Month in Review, August 2012
The Month in Review is a comprehensive list of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by GAO during the previous month, grouped according to topics. We assign more than one topic to a report when that makes sense. For example, a report about education for veterans will be categorized as both a Veterans report and an Education report. So, you may see the same report in more than one topic below.
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Agriculture and Food
U.S. Department of Agriculture
[back to top]Auditing and Financial Management
Federal Buildings Fund
Improved Transparency and Long-term Plan Needed to Clarify Capital Funding Priorities
GAO-12-646, Jul 12, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-646, Jul 12, 2012
Business Regulation and Consumer Protection
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
[back to top]Economic Development
Entrepreneurial Assistance
Opportunities Exist to Improve Programs' Collaboration, Data-Tracking, and Performance Management
GAO-12-819, Aug 23, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-819, Aug 23, 2012
Education
Students with Disabilities
Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School
GAO-12-594, Jul 12, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-594, Jul 12, 2012
Employment
Income Security
Overlapping Disability and Unemployment Benefits Should be Evaluated for Potential Savings
GAO-12-764, Jul 31, 2012
GAO-12-764, Jul 31, 2012
Mine Safety
Reports and Key Studies Support the Scientific Conclusions Underlying the Proposed Exposure Limit for Respirable Coal Mine Dust
GAO-12-832R, Aug 17, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-832R, Aug 17, 2012
Energy
Worker and Family Assistance
Oil and Gas Management
Interior's Reorganization Complete, but Challenges Remain in Implementing New Requirements
GAO-12-423, Jul 30, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-423, Jul 30, 2012
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity
Ownership by Minority, Female, and Disadvantaged Firms in the Pipeline Industry
GAO-12-896R, Aug 2, 2012
GAO-12-896R, Aug 2, 2012
Secure Communities
Criminal Alien Removals Increased, but Technology Planning Improvements Needed
GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
U.S. Department of Agriculture
[back to top]Government Operations
Entrepreneurial Assistance
Opportunities Exist to Improve Programs' Collaboration, Data-Tracking, and Performance Management
GAO-12-819, Aug 23, 2012
GAO-12-819, Aug 23, 2012
Federal Buildings Fund
Improved Transparency and Long-term Plan Needed to Clarify Capital Funding Priorities
GAO-12-646, Jul 12, 2012
GAO-12-646, Jul 12, 2012
Federal Fleets
Overall Increase in Number of Vehicles Masks That Some Agencies Decreased Their Fleets
GAO-12-780, Aug 2, 2012
GAO-12-780, Aug 2, 2012
Federal Real Property
Improved Data and a National Strategy Needed to Better Manage Excess and Underutilized Property
GAO-12-958T, Aug 6, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-958T, Aug 6, 2012
Health Care
Drug Control
Initial Review of the National Strategy and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs
GAO-12-744R, Jul 6, 2012
GAO-12-744R, Jul 6, 2012
Health Care
Influenza Pandemic
Agencies Report Progress in Plans to Protect Federal Workers but Oversight Could Be Improved
GAO-12-748, Jul 25, 2012
GAO-12-748, Jul 25, 2012
Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid Long-Term Care
Information Obtained by States about Applicants' Assets Varies and May Be Insufficient
GAO-12-749, Jul 26, 2012
GAO-12-749, Jul 26, 2012
Medicaid
Providers in Three States with Unpaid Federal Taxes Received Over $6 Billion in Medicaid Reimbursements
GAO-12-857, Jul 27, 2012
GAO-12-857, Jul 27, 2012
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare
CMS Needs an Approach and a Reliable Cost Estimate for Removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards
GAO-12-831, Aug 1, 2012
GAO-12-831, Aug 1, 2012
Mine Safety
Reports and Key Studies Support the Scientific Conclusions Underlying the Proposed Exposure Limit for Respirable Coal Mine Dust
GAO-12-832R, Aug 17, 2012
GAO-12-832R, Aug 17, 2012
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Estimates of the Effect on the Prevalence of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
GAO-12-768, Jul 13, 2012
GAO-12-768, Jul 13, 2012
Patient Safety
HHS Has Taken Steps to Address Unsafe Injection Practices, but More Action Is Needed
GAO-12-712, Jul 13, 2012
GAO-12-712, Jul 13, 2012
Health Care
Survey on States' Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (GAO-12-944SP, August 2012), an E-supplement to GAO-12-821
GAO-12-944SP, Aug 1, 2012
GAO-12-944SP, Aug 1, 2012
Veterans Health Care
Veterans Health Administration Processes for Responding to Reported Adverse Events
GAO-12-827R, Aug 24, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-827R, Aug 24, 2012
Homeland Security
Coast Guard
Legacy Vessels' Declining Conditions Reinforce Need for More Realistic Operational Targets [Reissued on August 30, 2012]
GAO-12-741, Jul 31, 2012
GAO-12-741, Jul 31, 2012
Secure Communities
Criminal Alien Removals Increased, but Technology Planning Improvements Needed
GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
Information Management
Freedom of Information Act
[back to top]Information Security
Information Security
[back to top]International Affairs
Contingency Contracting
Agency Actions to Address Recommendations by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
GAO-12-854R, Aug 1, 2012
GAO-12-854R, Aug 1, 2012
Counternarcotics Assistance
U.S. Agencies Have Allotted Billions in Andean Countries, but DOD Should Improve Its Reporting of Results
GAO-12-824, Jul 10, 2012
GAO-12-824, Jul 10, 2012
Health Care
International Taxation
Information on Foreign-Owned but Essentially U.S.-Based Corporate Groups Is Limited
GAO-12-794, Jul 16, 2012
GAO-12-794, Jul 16, 2012
Iraq and Afghanistan
State and DOD Should Ensure Interagency Acquisitions Are Effectively Managed and Comply with Fiscal Law
GAO-12-750, Aug 2, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-750, Aug 2, 2012
Justice and Law Enforcement
Counternarcotics Assistance
U.S. Agencies Have Allotted Billions in Andean Countries, but DOD Should Improve Its Reporting of Results
GAO-12-824, Jul 10, 2012
GAO-12-824, Jul 10, 2012
Drug Control
Initial Review of the National Strategy and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs
GAO-12-744R, Jul 6, 2012
GAO-12-744R, Jul 6, 2012
L.A. Courthouse
Secure Communities
Criminal Alien Removals Increased, but Technology Planning Improvements Needed
GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
National Defense
National Defense
Contingency Contracting
Agency Actions to Address Recommendations by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
GAO-12-854R, Aug 1, 2012
GAO-12-854R, Aug 1, 2012
Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices
Counternarcotics Assistance
U.S. Agencies Have Allotted Billions in Andean Countries, but DOD Should Improve Its Reporting of Results
GAO-12-824, Jul 10, 2012
GAO-12-824, Jul 10, 2012
Defense Logistics
DOD Has Taken Actions to Improve Some Segments of the Materiel Distribution System
GAO-12-883R, Aug 3, 2012
GAO-12-883R, Aug 3, 2012
National Defense
Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Enhanced Polar System Program
GAO-12-983R, Aug 23, 2012
GAO-12-983R, Aug 23, 2012
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
DOD Is Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Its New Acquisition Strategy [Reissued on August 13, 2012]
GAO-12-822, Jul 26, 2012
GAO-12-822, Jul 26, 2012
Iraq and Afghanistan
State and DOD Should Ensure Interagency Acquisitions Are Effectively Managed and Comply with Fiscal Law
GAO-12-750, Aug 2, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-750, Aug 2, 2012
Natural Resources and Environment
EPA Regulations and Electricity
Better Monitoring by Agencies Could Strengthen Efforts to Address Potential Challenges
GAO-12-635, Jul 17, 2012
GAO-12-635, Jul 17, 2012
Information Security
Oil and Gas Management
Interior's Reorganization Complete, but Challenges Remain in Implementing New Requirements
GAO-12-423, Jul 30, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-423, Jul 30, 2012
Space
National Defense
Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Enhanced Polar System Program
GAO-12-983R, Aug 23, 2012
GAO-12-983R, Aug 23, 2012
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
DOD Is Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Its New Acquisition Strategy [Reissued on August 13, 2012]
GAO-12-822, Jul 26, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-822, Jul 26, 2012
Tax Policy and Administration
International Taxation
Information on Foreign-Owned but Essentially U.S.-Based Corporate Groups Is Limited
GAO-12-794, Jul 16, 2012
GAO-12-794, Jul 16, 2012
Medicaid
Providers in Three States with Unpaid Federal Taxes Received Over $6 Billion in Medicaid Reimbursements
GAO-12-857, Jul 27, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-857, Jul 27, 2012
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
[back to top]Transportation
Federal Fleets
Overall Increase in Number of Vehicles Masks That Some Agencies Decreased Their Fleets
GAO-12-780, Aug 2, 2012
GAO-12-780, Aug 2, 2012
Equal Opportunity
Ownership by Minority, Female, and Disadvantaged Firms in the Pipeline Industry
GAO-12-896R, Aug 2, 2012
GAO-12-896R, Aug 2, 2012
Transportation
Review of FAA's Collegiate Training Initiative as Mandated in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
GAO-12-996R, Aug 24, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-996R, Aug 24, 2012
Veterans
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Veterans Health Care
Veterans Health Administration Processes for Responding to Reported Adverse Events
GAO-12-827R, Aug 24, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-827R, Aug 24, 2012
Worker and Family Assistance
Worker and Family Assistance
Income Security
Overlapping Disability and Unemployment Benefits Should be Evaluated for Potential Savings
GAO-12-764, Jul 31, 2012
GAO-12-764, Jul 31, 2012
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
[back to top]Legal Products: Appropriations Decision
Availability of Appropriations for Reimbursements for Health Insurance Expenses
B-323449, Aug 14, 2012
B-323449, Aug 14, 2012
Social Security Administration--Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program (WIPA) and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security Program (PABSS)
B-323433, Aug 14, 2012
B-323433, Aug 14, 2012
U.S. International Trade Commission--Use of Appropriated Funds to Subsidize Employee Parking Permits
B-322337, Aug 3, 2012
[back to top]B-322337, Aug 3, 2012
Legal Products: Bid Protest Decision
Assisted Housing Services Corporation; North Tampa Housing Development Corporation; The Jefferson County Assisted Housing Corporation; National Housing Compliance; Southwest Housing Compliance Corporation; CMS Contract Management Services and the Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton; Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
B-406738,B-406738.2,B-406738.3,B-406738.4,B-406738.5,B-406738.6,B-406738.7,B-406738.8, Aug 15, 2012
[back to top]B-406738,B-406738.2,B-406738.3,B-406738.4,B-406738.5,B-406738.6,B-406738.7,B-406738.8, Aug 15, 2012
Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rule
Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission: Further Definition of "Swap," "Security-Based Swap" and "Security-Based Swap Agreement"; Mixed Swaps; Security-Based Swap Agreement Recordkeeping
GAO-12-1008R, Aug 28, 2012
GAO-12-1008R, Aug 28, 2012
Department of Education: Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria--Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Program
GAO-12-971R, Aug 10, 2012
GAO-12-971R, Aug 10, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2013
GAO-12-985R, Aug 10, 2012
GAO-12-985R, Aug 10, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2013
GAO-12-997R, Aug 20, 2012
GAO-12-997R, Aug 20, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2013
GAO-12-998R, Aug 20, 2012
GAO-12-998R, Aug 20, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary: Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Operating Rules for Health Care Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) and Remittance Advice Transactions
GAO-12-1006R, Aug 22, 2012
GAO-12-1006R, Aug 22, 2012
Department of Justice: National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape
GAO-12-1005R, Aug 21, 2012
GAO-12-1005R, Aug 21, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency: Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews
GAO-12-1012R, Aug 30, 2012
[back to top]GAO-12-1012R, Aug 30, 2012