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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports

June 28, 2010

Reports

1.  Recovery Act:  Increasing the Public's Understanding of What Funds
Are Being Spent on and What Outcomes Are Expected.  GAO-10-581, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-581
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10581high.pdf

2.  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:  Implications of Recent
Legislative and Economic Changes for State Programs and Work
Participation Rates.  GAO-10-525, May 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-525
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10525high.pdf

3.  Foreign Medical Schools:  Education Should Improve Monitoring of
Schools That Participate in the Federal Student Loan Program.
GAO-10-412, June 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-412

4.  Information Technology:  Management Improvements Are Essential to
VA's Second Effort to Replace Its Outpatient Scheduling System.
GAO-10-579, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-579
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10579high.pdf

5.  Export Controls:  Observations on Selected Countries' Systems and
Proposed Treaties.  GAO-10-557, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-557
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10557high.pdf

6.  Financial Audit:  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds' 2009
and 2008 Financial Statements.  GAO-10-705, June 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-705
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10705high.pdf

 

May 26, 2010

Reports

1.  Recovery Act:  States' and Localities' Uses of Funds and Actions
Needed to Address Implementation Challenges and Bolster Accountability.
GAO-10-604, May 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-604
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10604high.pdf

2.  National Airspace System:  Setting On-Time Performance Targets at
Congested Airports Could Help Focus FAA's Actions.  GAO-10-542, May 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-542
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10542high.pdf

Related Product:

National Airspace System: Summary of Flight Delay Trends for 34 Airports
in the Continental United States (GAO-10-543SP, May 26, 2010), an
E-supplement to GAO-10-542.  GAO-10-543SP, May 26.
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-10-543sp/index.htm

Correspondence

Internal Revenue Service: Assessment of Budget Justification for Fiscal
Year 2011 Identified Opportunities to Enhance Transparency.
GAO-10-687R, May 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-687R

Testimonies

1.  Herbal Dietary Supplements:  Examples of Deceptive or Questionable
Marketing Practices and Potentially Dangerous Advice, by Gregory Kutz,
managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before
the Senate Special Committee on Aging.  GAO-10-662T, May 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-662T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10662thigh.pdf

2.  Recovery Act:  Clean Water Projects Are Underway, but Procedures May
Not Be in Place to Ensure Adequate Oversight, by David C. Trimble,
acting director, natural resources and environment, before the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.  GAO-10-761T, May 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-761T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10761thigh.pdf

 

March 03, 2010

Reports

1.  Recovery Act: One Year Later, States' and Localities' Uses of Funds
and Opportunities to Strengthen Accountability.  GAO-10-437, March 3.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-437
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10437high.pdf

Correspondence
1.  Emergency Communications:  Establishment of the Emergency
Communications Preparedness Center and Related Interagency Coordination
Challenges.  GAO-10-463R, March 3.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-463R

 

September 20, 2010

Reports

1.  Recovery Act:  Opportunities to Improve Management and Strengthen
Accountability over States' and Localities' Uses of Funds.  GAO-10-999,
September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-999
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10999high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_28.html

Related Product:

Recovery Act:  State Appendixes. (E-supplement to GAO-10-999).
GAO-10-1000SP, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1000SP

2.  State and Local Government Pension Plans:  Governance Practices and
Long-term Investment Strategies Have Evolved Gradually as Plans Take On
Increased Investment Risk.  GAO-10-754, August 24.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-754
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10754high.pdf

3.  National Institutes of Health: Awarding Process, Awarding Criteria,
and Characteristics of Extramural Grants Made with Recovery Act Funding.
GAO-10-848, August 6.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-848
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10848high.pdf

4.  President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:  Efforts to Align
Programs with Partner Countries' HIV/AIDS Strategies and Promote Partner
Country Ownership. GAO-10-836, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-836
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10836high.pdf

5.  Sudan Divestment:  U.S. Investors Sold Assets but Could Benefit from
Increased Disclosure Regarding Companies' Ties to Sudan.  GAO-10-742,
June 22.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-742
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10742high.pdf

6.  Global Positioning System: Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading
Capabilities Persist.  GAO-10-636, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-636
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10636high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_29.html

Correspondence

1.  Recovery Act: Survey of State Housing Finance Agencies' Use of the
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) and the Section
1602 Program.  GAO-10-1022R, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1022R

Related Product:

Recovery Act:  Results of GAO's Survey of State Housing Finance
Agencies' Use of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Assistance Program
(TCAP) and the Section 1602 Program (E-supplement to GAO-10-1022R).
GAO-10-1023SP, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1023SP

2.  Carbon Trading:  Current Situation and Oversight Considerations for
Policymakers.  GAO-10-851R, August 19.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-851R

 

September 02, 2010

Reports

1.  Recovery Act:  States Could Provide More Information on Education
Programs to Enhance the Public's Understanding of Fund Use.  GAO-10-807,
July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-807
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10807high.pdf

Correspondence

2.  Tax Administration:  Usage and Selected Analyses of the First-Time
Homebuyer Credit.  GAO-10-1025R, September 2.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1025R

 

September 23, 2009

Reports

1.  Recovery Act:  Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and
Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to Be
Fully Addressed.  GAO-09-1016, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1016
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091016high.pdf

Related Product:

Recovery Act:  Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and
Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to Be
Fully Addressed (State Appendixes).  GAO-09-1017SP, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1017SP

2.  DCAA Audits:  Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require
Significant Reform.  GAO-09-468, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-468
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09468high.pdf

3.  HIV/AIDS: Federal and State Efforts to Identify Infected Individuals
and Connect Them to Care.  GAO-09-985, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-985
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09985high.pdf

Testimonies

1.  DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require
Significant Reform, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic
audits and special investigations, and Gayle L. Fischer, assistant
director, financial management and assurance, before the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  GAO-09-1009T,
September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1009T

2.  High-Containment Laboratories:  National Strategy for Oversight Is
Needed, by Nancy Kingsbury, Ph.D., managing director, applied research
and methods, before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security,
Senate Committee on the Judiciary.  GAO-09-1045T, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1045T

 

 

 

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