Today's GAO Reports - September 30, 2009

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

Reports

1. Medicaid: Fraud and Abuse Related to Controlled Substances Identified in Selected States. GAO-09-957, September 9.  Highlights

2. Ryan White CARE Act: Health Resources and Services Administration's Implementation of Certain Provisions Hampered by Lack of Timely and Accurate Information. GAO-09-1020, September 29.  Highlights

3. Vocational Rehabilitation Funding Formula: Options for Improving Equity in State Grants and Considerations for Performance Incentives. GAO-09-798, September 30.  Highlights

4. Disaster Housing: FEMA Needs More Detailed Guidance and Performance Measures to Help Ensure Effective Assistance after Major Disasters. GAO-09-796, August 28.  Highlights

5. International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight. GAO-09-977SP, September 30.

6. International Trade: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, but Serious Impediments Remain to Restricting Trade in Burmese Rubies and Jadeite. GAO-09-987, September 30.  Highlights

7. Intellectual Property: Enhanced Planning by U.S. Personnel Overseas Could Strengthen Efforts. GAO-09-863, September 30.  Highlights

8. Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties and Questions about Costs and Risks Persist with DOE's Tank Waste Cleanup Strategy at Hanford. GAO-09-913, September 30.  Highlights

9. Military Airlift: DOD Should Take Steps to Strengthen Management of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program. GAO-09-625, September 30.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. Financial Regulation: Recent Crisis Reaffirms the Need to Overhaul the U.S. Regulatory System, by Richard J. Hillman, managing director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-09-1049T, September 29.

2. Crime Victims' Rights Act: Increasing Victim Awareness and Clarifying Applicability to the District of Columbia Will Improve Implementation of the Act, by Eileen Larence, director, homeland security and justice, before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, House Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-09-1024T, September 29.  Highlights

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