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Recently released reports and testimonies are listed below. Our congressional requesters may hold reports up to 30 days before making them publicly available, so some may have earlier issue dates.
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Continued Stewardship Needed as Treasury Develops Strategies for Monitoring and Divesting Financial Interests in Chrysler and GM
National Transportation Safety Board: Reauthorization Provides an Opportunity to Focus on Implementing Leading Management Practices and Addressing Human Capital and Training Center Issues
Formerly Used Defense Sites: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Needs to Improve Its Process for Reviewing Completed Cleanup Remedies to Ensure Continued Protection
Public Transportation: Federal Project Approval Process Remains a Barrier to Greater Private Sector Role and DOT Could Enhance Efforts to Assist Project Sponsors
Aviation Security: DHS and TSA Have Researched, Developed, and Begun Deploying Passenger Checkpoint Screening Technologies, but Continue to Face Challenges
The Comptroller General, the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), issues decisions in various areas of federal law. These decisions are prepared by GAO's Office of General Counsel, and are identified by a numbering system beginning with B-(number); each decision carries its own B-number and date.
The Role of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, House Democracy Partnership Members of Parliament from Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Mongolia Washington, D.C.
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers' 2009 Annual Conference Dearborn, MI
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress, American Institute of CPAs National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference Washington, D.C
Fiscal Year 2008 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Federal Government Faces New and Continuing Financial Management and Fiscal Challenges, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress, Association of Government Accountants' professional development conference New Orleans, LA
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, before the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Recovery Act: GAO's Efforts to Work with the Accountability Community to Help Ensure Effective and Efficient Oversight, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and Technology
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations
Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities, Continued Attention to Accountability Issues Is Essential, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
