Today's GAO Reports - September 17, 2009

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:

Reports

1. Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed. GAO-09-896, September 9.  Highlights

2. Reserve Forces: Army Needs to Finalize an Implementation Plan and Funding Strategy for Sustaining an Operational Reserve Force. GAO-09-898, September 17.  Highlights

3. Depot Maintenance: Improved Strategic Planning Needed to Ensure That Army and Marine Corps Depots Can Meet Future Maintenance Requirements. GAO-09-865, September 17.  Highlights

4. Nuclear Nonproliferation: National Nuclear Security Administration Has Improved the Security of Reactors in its Global Research Reactor Program, but Action Is Needed to Address Remaining Concerns. GAO-09-949, September 17.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Border. Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-09-1013T, September 17.

2. Human Capital: Improved Tracking and Additional Actions Needed to Ensure the Timely and Accurate Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Civilians, by Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-09-1019T, September 16.  Highlights

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