The Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This past week GAO investigated defense, environment, international , and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Social Security Reform: Raising the Retirement Ages Would Have Implications for Older Workers and SSA Disability Rolls. GAO-11-125, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-125 - Nuclear Weapons: National Nuclear Security Administration's Plans for Its Uranium Processing Facility Should Better Reflect Funding Estimates and Technology Readiness. GAO-11-103, November 19
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-103
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11103high.pdf - District of Columbia Public Education: Agencies Have Enhanced Internal Controls over Federal Payments for School Improvement, But More Consistent Monitoring Needed. GAO-11-16, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-16
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1116high.pdf - Defense Logistics: Additional Oversight and Reporting for the Army Logistics Modernization Program Are Needed. GAO-11-139, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-139
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11139high.pdf - Private Pensions: Changes Needed to Better Protect Multiemployer Pension Benefits. GAO-11-79, October 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-79
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1179high.pdf - Health Information Technology: DOD Needs to Provide More Information on Risks to Improve Its Program Management. GAO-11-148, November 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-148
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11148high.pdf - Federal Transit Programs: Federal Transit Administration Has Opportunities to Improve Performance Accountability. GAO-11-54, November 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-54
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1154high.pdf - Recovery Act: FEMA Could Take Steps to Protect Sensitive Port Security Grant Details and Improve Recipient Reporting Instructions. GAO-11-88, October 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-88
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1188high.pdf - Defense Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve the Navy's Processes for Managing Public Shipyards' Restoration and Modernization Needs. GAO-11-7, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-7
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d117high.pdf - Health Care Delivery: Features of Integrated Systems Support Patient Care Strategies and Access to Care, but Systems Face Challenges. GAO-11-49, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-49
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1149high.pdf - Financial Audit: Securities and Exchange Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009. GAO-11-202, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-202
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11202high.pdf - The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Fall 2010 Update. GAO-11-201SP, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-201SP
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11201sphigh.pdf
Podcast - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_37.html - Mortgage Foreclosures: Additional Mortgage Servicer Actions Could Help Reduce the Frequency and Impact of Abandoned Foreclosures. GAO-11-93, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-93
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1193high.pdf
Podcast - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_38.html - Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements. GAO-11-174, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-174
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11174high.pdf - Financial Audit: Federal Housing Finance Agency's Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements. GAO-11-151, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-151
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11151high.pdf - Afghanistan Development: U.S. Efforts to Support Afghan Water Sector Increasing, but Improvements Needed in Planning and Coordination. GAO-11-138, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-138
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11138high.pdf - Combating Terrorism: U.S. Agencies Report Progress Countering Terrorism and Its Financing in Saudi Arabia, but Continued Focus on Counter Terrorism Financing Efforts Needed. (Arabic version). GAO-11-190, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-190
- Surface Coal Mining: Information on Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Reviews under Enhanced Coordination Procedures in Appalachia, Focusing on West Virginia. GAO-11-101R, October 19.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-101R - The Cooperative Model as a Potential Component of Structural Reform Options for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. GAO-11-33R, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-33R - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Assessment of Federal Financial Risks and Cost Reimbursement and Notification Policies and Procedures. GAO-11-90R, November 12.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-90R
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_36.html
- Military and Veterans Disability System: Preliminary Observations on Evaluation and Planned Expansion of DOD/VA Pilot, by Daniel Bertoni, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-11-191T, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-191T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11191thigh.pdf - Small Businesses: Tax Compliance Benefits and Opportunities to Mitigate Costs on Third Parties of Miscellaneous Income Reporting Requirements, by James R. White, director, strategic issues, before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. GAO-11-218T, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-218T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11218thigh.pdf - DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Progress on Addressing Timeliness and Quality Issues, By Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-11-185T, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-185T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11185thigh.pdf
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: Performance and Accountability Report, Fiscal Year 2010. GAO-11-2SP, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-2SP
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