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
- Medicaid and CHIP: Given the Association between Parent and Child Insurance Status, New Expansions May Benefit Families. GAO-11-264, February 4.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-264
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11264high.pdf - Electronic Records Archive: National Archives Needs to Strengthen Its Capacity to Use Earned Value Techniques to Manage and Oversee Development. GAO-11-86, January 13.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-86
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1186high.pdf - Child Support Enforcement: Departures from Long-term Trends in Sources of Collections and Caseloads Reflect Recent Economic Conditions. GAO-11-196, January 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-196
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11196high.pdf - Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Should Remove Barriers and Improve Efforts to Meet Their Common System Needs. GAO-11-265, February 2.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-265
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11265high.pdf - Border Security: Enhanced DHS Oversight and Assessment of Interagency Coordination Is Needed for the Northern Border. GAO-11-97, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-97
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1197high.pdf - Hearing Loss Prevention: Improvements to DOD Hearing Conservation Programs Could Lead to Better Outcomes. GAO-11-114, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-114
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11114high.pdf - Veterans' Health Care: VA Uses a Projection Model to Develop Most of Its Health Care Budget Estimate to Inform the President's Budget Request. GAO-11-205, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-205
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11205high.pdf - Financial Management: NOAA Needs to Better Document Its Policies and Procedures for Providing Management and Administration Services. GAO-11-226, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-226
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11226high.pdf - Rail Transit: FTA Programs Are Helping Address Transit Agencies' Safety Challenges, but Improved Performance Goals and Measures Could Better Focus Efforts. GAO-11-199, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-199
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11199high.pdf - Afghanistan Security: Afghan Army Growing but Additional Trainers Needed; Long-term Costs Not Determined. GAO-11-66, January 27.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-66
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1166high.pdf - Payday Lending: Federal Law Enforcement Uses a Multilayered Approach to Identify Employees in Financial Distress. GAO-11-147, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-147
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11147high.pdf - Ballistic Missile Defense: DOD Needs to Address Planning and Implementation Challenges for Future Capabilities in Europe. GAO-11-220, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-220
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11220high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_45.html - VA Health Care: VA Spends Millions on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Research and Incorporates Research Outcomes into Guidelines and Policy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Services. GAO-11-32, January 24.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-32
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1132high.pdf - Troubled Asset Relief Program: Third Quarter 2010 Update of Government Assistance Provided to AIG and Description of Recent Execution of Recapitalization Plan. GAO-11-46, January 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-46
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1146high.pdf - Military Personnel: Personnel and Cost Data Associated with Implementing DOD's Homosexual Conduct Policy. GAO-11-170, January 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-170
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11170high.pdf - 2010 Tax Filing Season: IRS's Performance Improved in Some Key Areas, but Efficiency Gains Are Possible in Others. GAO-11-111, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-111 - Consumer Finance: Regulatory Coverage Generally Exists for Financial Planners, but Consumer Protection Issues Remain. GAO-11-235, January 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-235
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11235high.pdf - Employment Verification: Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Improve E-Verify, but Significant Challenges Remain. GAO-11-146, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-146
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11146high.pdf - Maritime Security: Federal Agencies Have Taken Actions to Address Risks Posed by Seafarers, but Efforts Can Be Strengthened. GAO-11-195, January 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-195
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11195high.pdf - Defense Acquisitions: Further Action Needed to Better Implement Requirements for Conducting Inventory of Service Contract Activities. GAO-11-192, January 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-192
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11192high.pdf - Food Labeling: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Protecting Consumers from False or Misleading Claims. GAO-11-102, January 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-102
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11102high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_43.html - Rail Safety: Federal Railroad Administration Should Report on Risks to the Successful Implementation of Mandated Safety Technology. GAO-11-133, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-133
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11133high.pdf - H-1B Visa Program: Reforms Are Needed to Minimize the Risks and Costs of Current Program. GAO-11-26, January 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-26
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1126high.pdf - Program Evaluation: Experienced Agencies Follow a Similar Model for Prioritizing Research. GAO-11-176, January 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-176
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11176high.pdf - Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Programs and Implementation of GAO Recommendations. GAO-11-74, January 12.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-74
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1174high.pdf - Electricity Grid Modernization: Progress Being Made on Cybersecurity Guidelines, but Key Challenges Remain to be Addressed. GAO-11-117, January 12.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-117
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11117high.pdf
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Declining Balance Raises Concerns over Ability to Meet Future Demands, by Gerald Dillingham, director, physical infrastructure, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-11-358T, February 3.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-358T - Contract Audits: Role in Helping Ensure Effective Oversight and Reducing Improper Payments, by Jeanette M. Franzel, managing director, financial management and assurance, and Gayle L. Fischer, assistant director, financial management and assurance, before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-11-331T, February 1.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-331T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11331thigh.pdf
- Rail Transit: Reliability of FTA's Rail Accident Database. GAO-11-217R, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-217R - Defense Business Transformation: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Further Define Key Management Roles, Develop Measurable Goals, and Align Planning Efforts. GAO-11-181R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-181R - Defense Infrastructure: Further Actions Needed to Support Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator Relocation Plans. GAO-11-123R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-123R - Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Draft Stop-Loss Provision. GAO-11-322R, January 21.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-322R - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: Role of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board in the Municipal Securities Markets and Its Past Funding. GAO-11-267R, January 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-267R
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: Fiscal Year 2012 Performance Plan. GAO-11-343SP, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-343SP - Summary of GAO's Performance and Financial Information Fiscal Year 2010. GAO-11-3SP, January 24.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-3SP
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