The Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This set of publications from GAO investigates the military, education, data collection, and many other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Improve DOD's Oversight of Power Source Investments. GAO-11-113, December 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-113
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11113high.pdf - K-12 Education: Many Challenges Arise in Educating Students Who Change Schools Frequently. GAO-11-40, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-40
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1140high.pdf - Telecommunications: FCC's Performance Management Weaknesses Could Jeopardize Proposed Reforms of the Rural Health Care Program. GAO-11-27, November 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-27
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1127high.pdf - Public Health Information Technology: Additional Strategic Planning Needed to Guide HHS's Efforts to Establish Electronic Situational Awareness Capabilities. GAO-11-99, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-99
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1199high.pdf - Neighborhood Stabilization Program: HUD and Grantees Are Taking Actions to Ensure Program Compliance but Data on Program Outputs Could Be Improved. GAO-11-48, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-48
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1148high.pdf - Federal Lands: Adopting a Formal, Risk-Based Approach Could Help Land Management Agencies Better Manage Their Law Enforcement Resources. GAO-11-144, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-144
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11144high.pdf - K-12 Education: Selected Cases of Public and Private Schools That Hired or Retained Individuals with Histories of Sexual Misconduct. GAO-11-200, December 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-200
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11200high.pdf - Federal Work/Life Programs: Agencies Generally Satisfied with OPM Assistance, but More Tracking and Information Sharing Needed. GAO-11-137, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-137
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11137high.pdf - Information Sharing: DHS Could Better Define How It Plans to Meet Its State and Local Mission and Improve Performance Accountability. GAO-11-223, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-223
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11223high.pdf - Recovery Act: Head Start Grantees Expand Services, but More Consistent Communication Could Improve Accountability and Decisions about Spending. GAO-11-166, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-166
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11166high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_42.html - Statewide Transportation Planning: Opportunities Exist to Transition to Performance-Based Planning and Federal Oversight. GAO-11-77, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-77
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1177high.pdf - Nuclear Nonproliferation: Comprehensive U.S. Planning and Better Foreign Cooperation Needed to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Materials Worldwide. GAO-11-227, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-227
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11227high.pdf - National Security: An Overview of Professional Development Activities Intended to Improve Interagency Collaboration. GAO-11-108, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-108
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11108high.pdf - 2010 Census: Data Collection Operations Were Generally Completed as Planned, but Long-standing Challenges Suggest Need for Fundamental Reforms. GAO-11-193, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-193
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11193high.pdf
podcast - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_41.html - 2010 Census: Key Efforts to Include Hard-to-Count Populations Went Generally as Planned; Improvements Could Make the Efforts More Effective for Next Census. GAO-11-45, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-45
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1145high.pdf - 2010 Census: Follow-up Should Reduce Coverage Errors, but Effects on Demographic Groups Need to Be Determined. GAO-11-154, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-154
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11154high.pdf - Information Security: National Nuclear Security Administration Needs to Improve Contingency Planning for Its Classified Supercomputing Operations. GAO-11-67, December 9.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-67
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1167high.pdf - Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure a Coordinated Federal Response to Illegal Activity on Federal Lands. GAO-11-177, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-177
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11177high.pdf - Defense Management: DOD Has a Rigorous Process to Select Corrosion Prevention Projects, but Would Benefit from Clearer Guidance and Validation of Returns on Investment. GAO-11-84, December 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-84
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1184high.pdf - Charter Schools: Education Could Do More to Assist Charter Schools with Applying for Discretionary Grants. GAO-11-89, December 7.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-89
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1189high.pdf - Agricultural Chemicals: USDA Could Enhance Pesticide and Fertilizer Usage Data, Improve Outreach, and Better Leverage Resources. GAO-11-37, November 4.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-37
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1137high.pdf - Military and Veterans Disability System: Pilot Has Achieved Some Goals, but Further Planning and Monitoring Needed. GAO-11-69, December 6.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-69
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1169high.pdf - Maritime Security: Ferry Security Measures Have Been Implemented, but Evaluating Existing Studies Could Further Enhance Security. GAO-11-207, December 3.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-207
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11207high.pdf
- Defense Acquisitions: Realizing Savings under Different Littoral Combat Ship Acquisition Strategies Depends on Successful Management of Risks, by Paul Francis, managing director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services. GAO-11-277T, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-277T
- DOD's 2010 Comprehensive Inventory Management Improvement Plan Addressed Statutory Requirements, But Faces Implementation Challenges. GAO-11-240R, January 7.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-240R - Long-Term Care Hospitals: Differences in Their Oversight Compared to Other Types of Hospitals and Nursing Homes. GAO-11-130R, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-130R - Medicare: CMS Needs to Collect Consistent Information from Quality Improvement Organizations to Strengthen Its Establishment of Budgets for Quality of Care Reviews. GAO-11-116R, December 6.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-116R - Missile Defense: European Phased Adaptive Approach Acquisitions Face Synchronization, Transparency, and Accountability Challenges. GAO-11-179R, December 21.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-179R - Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Estimated Changes to Federal Upper Limits Using the Formula under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. GAO-11-141R, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-141R - Defense Management: DOD Needs to Monitor and Assess Corrective Actions Resulting from Its Corrosion Study of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. GAO-11-171R, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-171R - B-2 Bomber: Review of the Air Force's Decision to Change Extremely High Frequency Satellite Communications Antennas. GAO-11-180R, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-180R - Export Controls: Agency Actions and Proposed Reform Initiatives May Address Previously Identified Weaknesses, but Challenges Remain. GAO-11-135R, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-135R - Quadrennial Homeland Security Review: 2010 Reports Addressed Many Required Elements, but Budget Planning Not Yet Completed. GAO-11-153R, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-153R - U.S. Department of Justice Declinations of Indian Country Criminal Matters. GAO-11-167R, December 13.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-167R - Navy's Proposed Dual Award Acquisition Strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship Program. GAO-11-249R, December 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-249R - Defense Transportation: Additional Information Is Needed for DOD's Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study 2016 to Fully Address All of Its Study Objectives. GAO-11-82R, December 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-82R - The Housing Assistance Council's Use of Appropriated Funds. GAO-11-189R, December 6.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-189R
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