GAO releases for the week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released reports, testimony and correspondence this week on topics, such as homeland security, fiscal responsibility, and nuclear proliferation. Want to know more about the GAO? Check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Defense Acquisitions: Key Decisions to Be Made on Future Combat System. GAO-07-376, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-376
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07376high.pdf
• Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Acquisition Strategy Generates Results but Delivers Less at a Higher Cost. GAO-07-387, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-387
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07387high.pdf
• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Continued Findings of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse. GAO-07-300, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-300
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07300high.pdf
• Reagan National Airport: Update on Capacity to Handle Additional Flights and Impact on Other Area Airports. GAO-07-352, February 28.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-352
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07352high.pdf
• Joint Strike Fighter: Progress Made and Challenges Remain. GAO-07-360, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-360
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07360high.pdf
• Financial Market Regulation: Agencies Engaged in Consolidated Supervision Can Strengthen Performance Measurement and Collaboration. GAO-07-154, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-154
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07154high.pdf
• Maritime Security: Public Safety Consequences of a Terrorist Attack on a Tanker Carrying Liquefied Natural Gas Need Clarification. GAO-07-316, February 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-316
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07316high.pdf
• Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2005 and 2004 Financial Statements. GAO-07-335, March 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-335
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE's International Radiological Threat Reduction Program Needs to Focus Future Efforts on Securing the Highest Priority Radiological Sources. GAO-07-282, January 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-282
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07282high.pdf
• Foreign Assistance: Actions Needed to Better Assess the Impact of Agencies' Marking and Publicizing Efforts. GAO-07-277, March 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-277
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07277high.pdf
• Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2005. GAO-07-462, March 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-462

Correspondences

• Military Personnel: Medical, Family Support, and Educational Services Are Available for Exceptional Family Members. GAO-07-317R, March 16.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-317R
• Railroad Safety--Responses to Posthearing Questions. GAO-07-610R, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-610R

Testimonies

• Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, Senate Committee on Appropriations. GAO-07-547T, March 16.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-547T
• Operation Iraqi Freedom: Preliminary Observations on Iraqi Security Forces' Logistical Capabilities, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-07-582T, March 9.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-582T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07582thigh.pdf
• Federal Housing Administration: Ability to Manage Risks and Program Changes Will Affect Financial Performance, by William B. Shear, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Senate Committee on Appropriations. GAO-07-615T, March 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-615T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07615thigh.pdf
• Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS's Decision to Procure and Deploy the Next Generation of Radiation Detection Equipment Is Not Supported by Its Cost-Benefit Analysis, by Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-07-581T, March 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-581T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07581thigh.pdf
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: Focusing on the Highest Priority Radiological Sources Could Improve DOE's Efforts to Secure Sources in Foreign Countries, by Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment, 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-07-580T, March 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-580T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07580thigh.pdf
• Stabilizing Iraq: Factors Impeding the Development of Capable Iraqi Security Forces, by Joseph A. Christoff, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-07-612T, March 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-612T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07612thigh.pdf
• Veterans' Disability Benefits: Processing of Claims Continues to Present Challenges, by Daniel Bertoni, acting director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-07-562T, March 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-562T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07562thigh.pdf
• Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status of Project's Schedule and Cost as of March 13, 2007, by Terrell G. Dorn, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations.GAO-07-601T, March 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-601T

Presentations by the Comptroller General

• "Improving Performance, Transparency, and Accountability in the Federal Government" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Federal Financial Management Conference, in Washington, D.C. GAO-07-603CG, March 13. [slides]
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07603cg.pdf
• "America's Fiscal Future: A Call for Citizen Involvement" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States. The Flory Public Policy Lecture at McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas. GAO-07-613CG, March 11. [Text]
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07613cg.pdf
• "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, GAO-07-624CG, March 9. [Slides]
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07624cg.pdf
• "Fiscal Stewardship and Defense Transformation" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland. GAO-07-600CG, March 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07600cg.pdf