Annual Month In Review: Index of Reports, Testimony, and Correspondence (FY2003)

Annual Month in Review

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan agency within the legislative branch of the government, conducts audits, surveys, investigations, and evaluations of federal programs. This work is either self-initiated or done at the request of Congress. GAO presents its findings and recommendations in reports to Congress or in testimony before congressional committees.

Document title, number, date, and pagination are provided for each publication, which are grouped according to subject categories.

Although there may be instances in which reports or testimony may logically fit under two or more categories, we have tried to place them under the most obvious one.

1579 items
Agriculture and Food - 11 items	Financial Management - 101 items	Natural Resources - 26 items
Budget and Spending - 9 items	Government Operations - 108 items	Science, Space, and Technology - 10 items
Business, Industry, and Consumers - 19 items	Health - 52 items	Social Services - 22 items
Civil Rights - 3 items	Homeland Security - 59 items	Special Publications - 45 items
Economic Development - 6 items	Housing - 9 items	Tax Policy and Administration - 25 items
Education - 27 items	Income Security - 25 items	Transportation - 54 items
Employment - 16 items	Information Management - 49 items	Veterans Affairs - 20 items
Energy - 22 items	International Affairs - 51 items	Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions - 569 items
Environmental Protection - 28 items	Justice and Law Enforcement - 24 items	Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules - 48 items
Financial Institutions - 18 items	National Defense - 123 items

Agriculture and Food

Agricultural Conservation: Survey Results on USDA's Implementation of Food Security Act Compliance Provisions: GAO-03-492SP, April 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Agricultural Conservation: USDA Needs to Better Ensure Protection of Highly Erodible Cropland and Wetlands: GAO-03-418, April 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 112 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Agricultural Research: USDA's Outreach to Minority-Serving Institutions Could Improve Grant Competition: GAO-03-541, May 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Country-Of-Origin Labeling: Opportunities for USDA and Industry to Implement Challenging Aspects of the New Law: GAO-03-780, August 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Country-of-Origin Labeling for Certain Foods--Survey Results: GAO-03-781SP, August 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Debt Collection: Agriculture Making Progress in Addressing Key Challenges: GAO-03-202T, November 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages)

Pesticides on Tobacco: Federal Activities to Assess Risks and Monitor Residues: GAO-03-485, March 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

School Lunch Program: Efforts Needed to Improve Nutrition and Encourage Healthy Eating: GAO-03-506, May 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

School Meal Program: Few Instances of Foodborne Outbreaks Reported, but Opportunities Exist to Enhance Outbreak Data and Food Safety Practices: GAO-03-530, May 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

School Meal Programs: Revenue and Expense Information from Selected States: GAO-03-569, May 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Tobacco Exports: USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service Lacks Specific Guidance for Congressional Restrictions on Promoting Tobacco: GAO-03-618, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Budget and Spending

Budget Issues: Alternative Approaches to Finance Federal Capital: GAO-03-1011, August 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text

Budget Issues: Franchise Fund Pilot Review: GAO-03-1069, August 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Debt Ceiling: Analysis of Actions During the 2002 Debt Issuance Suspension Periods: GAO-03-134, December 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

District of Columbia: Structural Imbalance and Management Issues: GAO-03-666, May 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 154 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Budget: Opportunities for Oversight and Improved Use of Taxpayer Funds: GAO-03-922T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

Fiscal Exposures: Improving the Budgetary Focus on Long-Term Costs and Uncertainties: GAO-03-213, January 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Request: U.S. General Accounting Office: GAO-03-622T, April 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Long-Term Commitments: Improving the Budgetary Focus on Environmental Liabilities: GAO-03-219, January 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Opportunities for Oversight and Improved Use of Taxpayer Funds: Examples from Selected GAO Work: GAO-03-1006, August 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 302 pages) Accessible Text

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Business, Industry, and Consumers

Accounting Firm Consolidation: Selected Large Public Company Views on Audit Fees, Quality, Independence, and Choice: GAO-03-1158, September 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Consumer Credit: Limited Information Exists on Extent of Credit Report Errors and Their Implications for Consumers: GAO-03-1036T, July 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Death Care Industry: Regulation Varies across States and by Industry Segment: GAO-03-757, August 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text

Electricity Markets: FERC's Role in Protecting Consumers: GAO-03-726R, June 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Statement Restatements: Trends, Market Impacts, Regulatory Responses, and Remaining Challenges: GAO-03-138, October 4, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 272 pages) Accessible Text

Information on the Number of Small Business Set-Asides Issued and Successfully Challenged: GAO-03-242R, November 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 3 pages) Accessible Text

Insurance Regulation: Preliminary Views on States' Oversight of Insurers' Market Behavior: GAO-03-738T, May 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Internet Gambling: An Overview of the Issues: GAO-03-89, December 2, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text

Public Accounting Firms: Mandated Study on Consolidation and Competition: GAO-03-864, July 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 147 pages) Accessible Text

September 11: Small Business Assistance Provided in Lower Manhattan in Response to the Terrorist Attacks: GAO-03-88, November 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Observations on the Disaster Loan Program: GAO-03-721T, May 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Progress Made but Improvements Needed in Lender Oversight: GAO-03-720T, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Progress Made but Improvements Needed in Lender Oversight: GAO-03-90, December 9, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: The Commercial Marketing Representative Role Needs to Be Strategically Planned and Assessed: GAO-03-54, November 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Survey of State Regulators--Regulation of Funeral Homes, Cemeteries, Crematories, Pre-Need Sales of Funeral Plans, and Third-Party Sellers of Funeral Goods: GAO-03-831SP, August 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Telecommunications: Data Gathering Weaknesses In FCC's Survey Of Information on Factors Underlying Cable Rate Changes: GAO-03-742T, May 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Telecommunications: FCC Should Include Call Quality in Its Annual Report on Competition in Mobile Phone Services: GAO-03-501, April 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Telecommunications: Issues in Providing Cable and Satellite Television Services: GAO-03-130, October 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Waivers of the Small Business Administration's Nonmanufacturer Rule Have Limited Effect: GAO-03-311R, December 19, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

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Civil Rights

Environmental Protection Agency: Continued Improvement Needed in Assessing Equal Employment Opportunity: GAO-03-462, June 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Equal Employment Opportunity: Hiring, Promotion, and Discipline Processes at DEA: GAO-03-413, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 71 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Equal Employment Opportunity: SSA Region X's Changes to Its EEO Process Illustrate Need for Agencywide Procedures: GAO-03-604, July 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 94 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Economic Development

Disaster Assistance: Federal Aid to the New York City Area Following the Attacks of September 11th and Challenges Confronting FEMA: GAO-03-1174T, September 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Disaster Assistance: Information on FEMA's Post 9/11 Public Assistance to the New York City Area: GAO-03-926, August 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

FEMA Cerro Grande Claims: Payments Properly Processed, but Reported Payments Somewhat Overstated: GAO-03-623, May 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Flood Insurance: Challenges Facing the National Flood Insurance Program: GAO-03-606T, April 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Hazard Mitigation: Proposed Changes to FEMA's Multihazard Mitigation Programs Present Challenges: GAO-02-1035, September 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text

Maritime Administration: Weaknesses Identified in Management of the Title XI Loan Guarantee Program: GAO-03-728T, May 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

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Education

Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools: Expenditures in Selected Schools are Comparable to Similar Public Schools, But Data Are Insufficient to Judge Adequacy of Funding and Formulas: GAO-03-955, September 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools: New Facilities Management Information System Promising, but Improved Data Accuracy Needed: GAO-03-692, July 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Charter Schools: New Charter Schools Across the Country and in the District of Columbia Face Similar Start-Up Challenges: GAO-03-899, September 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text

College Completion: Additional Efforts Could Help Education with Its Completion Goals: GAO-03-568, May 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Education: Guaranteed Student Loan Program Vulnerabilities: GAO-03-268R, November 21, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Education: Status of Efforts to Address Major Management Challenges: GAO-03-872T, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Department of Education: Status of Efforts to Address Major Management Challenges: GAO-03-531T, March 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Disadvantaged Students: Fiscal Oversight of Title I Could Be Improved: GAO-03-377, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Education and Care: Head Start Key Among Array of Early Childhood Programs, but National Research on Effectiveness Not Completed: GAO-03-840T, July 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Student Aid: Progress in Integrating Pell Grant and Direct Loan Systems and Processes, but Critical Work Remains: GAO-03-241, December 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Student Aid: Timely Performance Plans and Reports Would Help Guide and Assess Achievement of Default Management Goals: GAO-03-348, February 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Flexibility Demonstration Programs: Education Needs to Better Target Program Information: GAO-03-691, June 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Head Start: Curriculum Use and Individual Child Assessment in Cognitive and Language Development: GAO-03-1049, September 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Higher Education: Activities Underway to Improve Teacher Training, but Reporting on These Activities Could Be Enhanced: GAO-03-6, December 11, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

No Child Left Behind Act: More Information Would Help States Determine Which Teachers Are Highly Qualified: GAO-03-631, July 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Public Schools: Insufficient Research to Determine Effectiveness of Selected Private Education Companies: GAO-03-11, October 29, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Purchases of Degrees from Diploma Mills: GAO-03-269R, November 21, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Response to the Department of Education's Request to Reconsider the High-Risk Designation of Federal Student Aid Programs: GAO-03-885R, June 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

School Finance: Per-Pupil Spending Differences between Selected Inner City and Suburban Schools Varied by Metropolitan Area: GAO-03-234, December 9, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text

Special Education: Clearer Guidance Would Enhance Implementation of Federal Disciplinary Provisions: GAO-03-550, May 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Special Education: Federal Actions Can Assist States in Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for Youth: GAO-03-773, July 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Special Education: Numbers of Formal Disputes Are Generally Low and States Are Using Mediation and Other Strategies to Resolve Conflicts: GAO-03-897, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Student Financial Aid: Monitoring Aid Greater Than Federally Defined Need Could Help Address Student Loan Indebtedness: GAO-03-508, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Student Loans and Foreign Schools: Assessing Risks Could Help Education Reduce Program Vulnerability: GAO-03-647, July 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Taxpayer Information: Increased Sharing and Verifying of Information Could Improve Education's Award Decisions: GAO-03-821, July 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Teacher Training Programs: Activities Underway to Improve Teacher Training, but Information Collected To Assess Accountability Has Limitations: GAO-03-197T, October 9, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Title I: Characteristics of Tests Will Influence Expenses; Information Sharing May Help States Realize Efficiencies: GAO-03-389, May 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Employment

Business Tax Incentives: Incentives to Employ Workers with Disabilities Receive Limited Use and Have an Uncertain Impact: GAO-03-39, December 11, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text

Collective Bargaining Rights: Information on the Number of Workers with and without Bargaining Rights: GAO-02-835, September 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Employment Disputes: Recommendations to Better Ensure That Securities Arbitrators Are Qualified: GAO-03-790, August 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

High-Skill Training: Grants from H-1B Visa Fees Meet Specific Workforce Needs, but at Varying Skill Levels: GAO-02-881, September 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 83 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Multiple Employment and Training Programs: Funding and Performance Measures for Major Programs: GAO-03-589, April 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text

Older Workers: Employment Assistance Focuses on Subsidized Jobs and Job Search, but Revised Performance Measures Could Improve Access to Other Services: GAO-03-350, January 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Older Workers: Policies of Other Nations to Increase Labor Force Participation: GAO-03-307, February 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text

Postal Service Employee Workers' Compensation Claims Not Always Processed Timely, but Problems Hamper Complete Measurement: GAO-03-158R, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Professional Boxing: Issues Related to the Protection of Boxers' Health, Safety, and Economic Interests: GAO-03-699, July 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 71 pages) Accessible Text

Unemployment Insurance: States' Use of the 2002 Reed Act Distribution: GAO-03-567T, March 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Unemployment Insurance: States' Use of the 2002 Reed Act Distribution: GAO-03-496, March 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text

Workforce Investment Act: Exemplary One-Stops Devised Strategies to Strengthen Services, but Challenges Remain for Reauthorization: GAO-03-884T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text

Workforce Investment Act: Issues Related to Allocation Formulas for Youth, Adults, and Dislocated Workers: GAO-03-636, April 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

Workforce Investment Act: One-Stop Centers Implemented Strategies to Strengthen Services and Partnerships, but More Research and Information Sharing is Needed: GAO-03-725, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Workforce Training: Employed Worker Programs Focus on Business Needs, but Revised Performance Measures Could Improve Access for Some Workers: GAO-03-353, February 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Workplace Safety and Health: OSHA Can Strengthen Enforcement through Improved Program Management: GAO-03-45, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Energy

Bonneville Power Administration: Long-Term Fiscal Challenges: GAO-03-918R, July 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Reform: DOE's Policies and Practices in Competing Research Laboratory Contracts: GAO-03-932T, July 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

DOE Contractor Management: Opportunities to Promote Initiatives That Could Reduce Support-Related Costs: GAO-02-1000, September 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Energy: External Regulation Savings in Safety and Health Activities at DOE Science Laboratories: GAO-03-633R, May 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Department of Energy: Status of Contract and Project Management Reforms: GAO-03-570T, March 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Electricity Restructuring: Action Needed to Address Emerging Gaps in Federal Information Collection: GAO-03-586, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 77 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Energy Markets: Additional Actions Would Help Ensure That FERC's Oversight and Enforcement Capability Is Comprehensive and Systematic: GAO-03-845, August 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 78 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Energy Task Force: Process Used to Develop the National Energy Policy: GAO-03-894, August 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Energy Management: Facility and Vehicle Energy Efficiency Issues: GAO-03-545T, March 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Charges for Hydropower Projects' Use of Federal Lands Need to Be Reassessed: GAO-03-383, May 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 161 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Lessons Learned From Electricity Restructuring: Transition to Competitive Markets Underway, but Full Benefits Will Take Time and Effort to Achieve: GAO-03-271, December 17, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Natural Gas: Analysis of Changes in Market Price: GAO-03-46, December 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 96 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE Action Needed to Ensure Continued Recovery of Unwanted Sealed Radioactive Sources: GAO-03-483, April 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Security: Federal and State Action Needed to Improve Security of Sealed Radioactive Sources: GAO-03-804, August 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 125 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Waste: Challenges and Savings Opportunities in DOE's High-Level Waste Cleanup Program: GAO-03-930T, July 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Waste: Challenges to Achieving Potential Savings in DOE's High-Level Waste Cleanup Program: GAO-03-593, June 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Waste: Preliminary Observations on the Quality Assurance Program at the Yucca Mountain Repository: GAO-03-826T, May 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Budgeting, Cost Accounting, and Management Associated with the Stockpile Life Extension Program: GAO-03-583, July 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Propane: Causes of Price Volatility, Potential Consumer Options, and Opportunities to Improve Consumer Information and Federal Oversight: GAO-03-762, June 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Radioactive Waste: DOE Has Acted to Address Delay in New Facility at Livermore Laboratory, but Challenges Remain: GAO-03-558, May 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Spent Nuclear Fuel: Options Exist to Further Enhance Security: GAO-03-426, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Tennessee Valley Authority: Information on Lease-Leaseback and Other Financing Arrangements: GAO-03-784, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Environmental Protection

Air Pollution: Meeting Future Electricity Demand Will Increase Emission of Some Harmful Substances: GAO-03-49, October 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Aviation and the Environment: Strategic Framework Needed to Address Challenges Posed by Aircraft Emissions: GAO-03-252, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Clean Air Act: EPA Should Use Available Data to Monitor the Effects of Its Revisions to the New Source Review Program: GAO-03-947, August 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Climate Change: Information on Three Air Pollutants' Climate Effects and Emissions Trends: GAO-03-25, April 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text

Deep Injection Wells: EPA Needs to Involve Communities Earlier and Ensure That Financial Assurance Requirements Are Adequate: GAO-03-761, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Endangered Species: Despite Consultation Improvement Efforts in the Pacific Northwest, Concerns Persist about the Process: GAO-03-949T, June 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Endangered Species: Research Strategy and Long-Term Monitoring Needed for the Mojave Desert Tortoise Recovery Program: GAO-03-23, December 9, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Environmental Compliance: Better DOD Guidance Needed to Ensure That the Most Important Activities Are Funded: GAO-03-639, June 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Environmental Contamination: DOD Has Taken Steps to Improve Cleanup Coordination at Former Defense Sites but Clearer Guidance Is Needed to Ensure Consistency: GAO-03-146, March 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Environmental Protection Agency: Problems Persist in Effectively Managing Grants: GAO-03-628T, June 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Environmental Protection: Federal Planning Requirements for Transportation and Air Quality Protection Could Potentially Be More Efficient and Better Linked: GAO-03-581, April 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Environmental Protection: Information on the Purchase, Use, and Disposal of Engine Lubricating Oil: GAO-03-340, January 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Environmental Protection: Issues Raised by the Reorganization of EPA's Ombudsman Function: GAO-03-92, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Environmental Protection: Recommendations for Improving the Underground Storage Tank Program: GAO-03-529T, March 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Grants Management: EPA Needs to Strengthen Efforts to Address Persistent Challenges: GAO-03-846, August 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 79 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Great Lakes: An Overall Strategy and Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed to Better Achieve Restoration Goals: GAO-03-515, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 97 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Hazardous Materials: EPA's Cleanup of Asbestos in Libby, Montana, and Related Actions to Address Asbestos-Contaminated Materials: GAO-03-469, April 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Hazardous Waste: EPA's Cleanup of the Eagle-Picher Henryetta, Oklahoma, Site: GAO-03-1051R, September 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Information on the Environmental Protection Agency's Actual and Proposed Funding for Enforcement Activities for Fiscal Years 2001 through 2003: GAO-02-1096R, September 27, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

International Environment: U.S. Actions to Fulfill Committments Under Five Key Agreements: GAO-03-249, January 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Livestock Agriculture: Increased EPA Oversight Will Improve Environmental Program for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: GAO-03-285, January 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

National Park Service: Opportunities to Improve the Administration of the Alternative Transportation Program: GAO-03-166R, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: Improved Science Coordination Needed to Increase the Likelihood of Success: GAO-03-518T, March 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

South Florida Restoration: Task Force Needs to Improve Science Coordination to Increase the Likelihood of Success: GAO-03-345, March 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Superfund Program: Current Status and Future Fiscal Challenges: GAO-03-850, July 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Waste Management: Observations on the Congressionally Approved New Hampshire-Vermont Solid Waste Compact: GAO-03-276R, December 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Water Quality: EPA Should Improve Guidance and Support to Help States Develop Standards That Better Target Cleanup Efforts: GAO-03-881T, June 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Water Quality: Improved EPA Guidance and Support Can Help States Develop Standards That Better Target Cleanup Efforts: GAO-03-308, January 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 83 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Financial Institutions

Catastrophe Insurance Risks: The Role of Risk-Linked Securities: GAO-03-195T, October 8, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Catastrophe Insurance Risks: The Role of Risk-Linked Securities and Factors Affecting Their Use: GAO-02-941, September 24, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: FTC Best Among Candidates to Enforce Consumer Protection Provisions: GAO-03-971, August 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 77 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Home Loan Bank System: Key Loan Pricing Terms Can Differ Significantly: GAO-03-973, September 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Reserve System: The Surplus Account: GAO-02-939, September 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Reserve System: Update on GAO's 1996 Recommendations: GAO-02-774, September 25, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Regulation: Review of Selected Operations of the Federal Housing Finance Board: GAO-03-364, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 87 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Statement Restatement Database: GAO-03-395R, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages)

Follow-up Report on Matters Relating to Securities Arbitration: GAO-03-162R, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Investment Banks: The Role of Firms and Their Analysts with Enron and Global Crossing: GAO-03-511, March 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text

Mutual Funds: Additional Disclosures Could Increase Transparency of Fees and Other Practices: GAO-03-909T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Mutual Funds: Greater Transparency Needed in Disclosures to Investors: GAO-03-763, June 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Mutual Funds: Information on Trends in Fees and Their Related Disclosure: GAO-03-551T, March 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

SEC and CFTC Fines Follow-Up: Collection Programs Are Improving, but Further Steps Are Warranted: GAO-03-795, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Securities Investor Protection: Update on Matters Related to the Securities Investor Protection Corporation: GAO-03-811, July 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Actions Needed to Improve Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Selection Process: GAO-03-339, December 19, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Preliminary Observations on SEC's Spending and Strategic Planning: GAO-03-969T, July 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Weekend Settlement: Potential Benefits, Costs, and Legal Issues: GAO-02-938, September 25, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

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Financial Management

Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes: GAO-03-361R, January 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Federal Unemployment Taxes: GAO-03-362R, January 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages)

Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes: GAO-03-360R, January 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Audit Guide: Auditing and Investigating the Internal Control of Government Purchase Card Programs: GAO-03-678G, May 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 79 pages) Accessible Text

Business Modernization: Improvements Needed in Management of NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program: GAO-03-507, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 79 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Continuing Resolution Mandate to Identify Accounts for Which Apportionments Differ From the Current Rate: GAO-03-368R, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Full Report (HTML) Accessible Text

Corps of Engineers: Effects of Restrictions on Corps' Hopper Dredges Should Be Comprehensively Analyzed: GAO-03-382, March 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DCPS: Limitation of Attorneys' Fees for Fiscal Years 1999 through 2001: GAO-03-224R, November 6, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Continued Investment in Key Accounting Systems Needs to be Justified: GAO-03-465, March 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Longstanding Management and Oversight Weaknesses Continue to Put Investments at Risk: GAO-03-553T, March 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

DOD User Fees: Implementation Status of Section 1085 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001: GAO-03-265R, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 3 pages) Accessible Text

Data Mining: Results and Challenges for Government Program Audits and Investigations: GAO-03-591T, March 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Budget: Improved Reviews Needed to Ensure Better Management of Obligated Funds: GAO-03-275, January 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Agriculture: Status of Efforts to Address Major Financial Management Challenges: GAO-03-871T, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Department of Defense: Status of Financial Management Weaknesses and Progress Toward Reform: GAO-03-931T, June 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Department of Housing and Urban Development: Status of Efforts to Implement an Integrated Financial Management System: GAO-03-447R, April 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

FAA Purchase Cards: Weak Controls Resulted in Instances of Improper and Wasteful Purchases and Missing Assets: GAO-03-405, March 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Assistance: Grant System Continues to Be Highly Fragmented: GAO-03-718T, April 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Budget: Opportunities for Oversight and Improved Use of Taxpayer Funds: GAO-03-1030T, July 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Budget: Opportunities for Oversight and Improved Use of Taxpayer Funds: GAO-03-1029T, July 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Procurement: Spending and Workforce Trends: GAO-03-443, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 164 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for The American National Theater and Academy for Fiscal Years 2001 and 2000: GAO-03-855R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the American Council of Learned Societies for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-1122R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated, for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-854R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Aviation Hall of Fame for 2001 and 2000: GAO-03-856R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Boy Scouts of America for 2001: GAO-03-858R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Fleet Reserve Association for 2002: GAO-03-1123R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America for 2001 and 2000: GAO-03-1124R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Military Order of the World Wars for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-1125R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Academy of Public Administration for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-1126R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists for Fiscal Years 2001-2003: GAO-03-1127R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic for Fiscal Years 1998-2002: GAO-03-1128R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Reserve Officers Association of the United States for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-1129R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War for Fiscal Years 1999-2002: GAO-03-1130R, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association for Fiscal Years 2001 and 2000: GAO-03-1078R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Air Force Sergeants Association for Fiscal Years 2000-2002: GAO-03-853R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-857R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America of 2000-2002: GAO-03-1075R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Disabled American Veterans for 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-1076R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Former Member of Congress for 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-1077R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the General Federation of Women's Clubs for Fiscal Years 2000-2002: GAO-03-1079R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Gold Star Wives for America, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 2002: GAO-03-1080R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Jewish War Veterans of the united States of America, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2000-2002: GAO-03-1081R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., National Memorial, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 2001: GAO-03-1082R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Report for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2001: GAO-03-1074R, August 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text

Federally Chartered Corporation: Rview of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Civil Air Patrol for Fiscal Year 2000: GAO-03-859R, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit Manual: Update to Part II--Tools: GAO-03-466G, April 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 356 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-444, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Bureau of Public Debt's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Schedules of Federal Debt: GAO-03-199, November 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements: GAO-03-822, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Congressional Award Foundation's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements: GAO-03-737, May 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds' 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements: GAO-03-543, March 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: IRS's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements: GAO-03-243, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 145 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2003: GAO-03-1098, September 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2002: GAO-03-445, March 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001: GAO-03-410, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management Systems: Core Financial Systems at the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act Agencies: GAO-03-903R, June 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management: Audit of the Centennial of Flight Commission for Fiscal Year 2002: GAO-03-888R, July 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Management: Challenges Remain in Addressing the Government's Improper Payments: GAO-03-750T, May 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management: DOD's Metrics Program Provides Focus for Improving Performance: GAO-03-457, March 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Management: Effective Implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 Is Key to Reducing the Government's Improper Payments: GAO-03-991T, July 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management: FFMIA Implementation Necessary to Achieve Accountability: GAO-03-31, October 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages)

Financial Management: Strategies to Address Improper Payments at HUD, Education, and Other Federal Agencies: GAO-03-167T, October 3, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management: Survey of Capitalization Threshold and Other Policies for Property, Plant, and Equipment: GAO-03-42, October 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 91 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management: Sustained Effort Needed to Resolve Long-Standing Problems at U.S. Agency for International Development: GAO-03-1170T, September 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Fiscal Year 2002 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Leadership and Oversight Needed for Effective Implementation of Financial Management Reform: GAO-03-572T, April 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Forest Service Purchase Cards: Internal Control Weaknesses Resulted in Instances of Improper, Wasteful, and Questionable Purchases: GAO-03-786, August 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Forest Service: Year-end Financial Reporting Significantly Improved, but Certain Underlying Problems Remain: GAO-03-538, May 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Government Auditing Standards: 2003 Revision: GAO-03-673G, June 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 202 pages) Accessible Text

HUD Purchase Cards: Poor Internal Controls Resulted in Improper and Questionable Purchases: GAO-03-489, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Internal Revenue Service: Status of Recommendations From Financial Audits and Related Financial Management Reports: GAO-03-665, May 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text

Labor Market Information: Trends and Issues in Funding of State Programs: GAO-03-336, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

Library of Congress: Special Events Gift Fund Operations and Accountability: GAO-03-312R, January 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Maritime Administration: Weaknesses Identified in Management of the Title XI Loan Guarantee Program: GAO-03-657, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare Financial Management: Significant Progress Made to Enhance Financial Accountability: GAO-03-151R, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Trust Funds Actuarial Estimates: Efforts Have Been Made to Improve Internal Control over Projection Process but Some Weaknesses Remain: GAO-03-247R, March 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Recommendations (HTML)

Navy Working Capital Fund: Backlog of Funded Work at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Was Consistently Understated: GAO-03-668, July 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Payment Processing: Statistical Sampling Plan for Voucher Prepayment Examination: GAO-03-1067R, August 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Statutory Limitation on Administrative Expenses Does Not Provide Meaningful Control: GAO-03-301, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Performance Budgeting: Current Developments and Future Prospects: GAO-03-595T, April 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Purchase Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave the Air Force Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: GAO-03-292, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 88 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Purchase Cards: Navy Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse but Is Taking Action to Resolve Control Weaknesses: GAO-03-154T, October 8, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Purchase Cards: Navy is Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse but Is Taking Action to Resolve Control Weaknesses: GAO-02-1041, September 27, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 98 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to GAO's Testimony on the U.S. Government's Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2002: GAO-03-848R, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Review of the Office of Personnel Management's Analysis of the United States Postal Service's Funding of Civil Service Retirement System Costs: GAO-03-448R, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages)

Savings Bonds: Actions Needed to Increase the Reliability of Cost-effectiveness Measures: GAO-03-513, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: Accounting Anomalies and Limited Operational Data Make Results of Loan Sales Uncertain: GAO-03-87, January 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: Loan Accounting and Other Financial Management Issues Impair Accountability: GAO-03-676T, April 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Response to September 11 Victims and Performance Measures for Disaster Lending: GAO-03-385, January 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Trust Funds Actuarial Estimates: Internal Control over Projection Process Needs Improvement: GAO-03-246R, March 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

The National Park Service: Actions Needed to Improve Travel Cost Management: GAO-03-354, February 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Title I: Although Definitions of Administrative Expenditures Vary, Almost All Districts Studied Spent Less Than 10 Percent on Administration: GAO-03-386, April 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text

Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 Master Settlement Agreement Payments: GAO-03-407, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 122 pages) Accessible Text

Transmittal of Comptroller General Decision on the Transportation Security Administration's Time and Attendance Approval System: GAO-03-532R, March 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Travel Cards: Air Force Management Focus Has Reduced Delinquencies, but Improvements in Controls Are Needed: GAO-03-298, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 85 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave Army Vulnerable to Potential Fraud and Abuse: GAO-03-169, October 11, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 107 pages) Recommendations (HTML)

Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave Navy Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse: GAO-03-147, December 23, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 98 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave Navy Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse: GAO-03-148T, October 8, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service Actions to Improve Its Financial Reporting: GAO-03-26R, November 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text

Workforce Investment Act: Potential Effects of Alternative Formulas on State Allocations: GAO-03-1043, August 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text

Workforce Investment Act: States' Spending Is on Track, but Better Guidance Would Improve Financial Reporting: GAO-03-239, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Government Operations

2000 Census: Complete Costs of Coverage Evaluation Programs Are Not Available: GAO-03-41, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

2000 Census: Lessons Learned for Planning a More Cost-Effective 2010 Census: GAO-03-40, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Acquisition Management: Agencies Can Improve Training on New Initiatives: GAO-03-281, January 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Acquisition Workforce: Status of Agency Efforts to Address Future Needs: GAO-03-55, December 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Architect of the Capitol: Management and Accountability Framework Needed for Organizational Transformation: GAO-03-231, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 131 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Campaign Finance Reform: Early Experiences of Two States That Offer Full Public Funding for Political Candidates: GAO-03-453, May 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 152 pages) Accessible Text

Capitol Hill Anthrax Incident: EPA's Cleanup Was Successful; Opportunities Exist to Enhance Contract Oversight: GAO-03-686, June 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Capitol Visitor Center: Current Status of Schedule and Estimated Cost: GAO-03-1014T, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Civil Penalties: Agencies Unable to Fully Adjust Penalties for Inflation Under Current Law: GAO-03-409, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Coin and Currency Production: Issues Concerning Who Should Provide Security: GAO-03-696, July 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Competitive Sourcing: Implementation Will Be Challenging for Federal Agencies: GAO-03-1022T, July 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Competitive Sourcing: Implementation Will Be Key to Success of New Circular A-76: GAO-03-943T, June 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: Civilian Agency Compliance with Revised Task and Delivery Order Regulations: GAO-03-983, August 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contract Management: Comments on Proposed Services Acquisition Reform Act: GAO-03-716T, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: Comments on Selected Provisions of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003, H.R. 1837: GAO-03-802R, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: Commercial Use of Share-in-Savings Contracting: GAO-03-327, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: Government Faces Challenges in Gathering Socioeconomic Data on Purchase Card Merchants: GAO-03-56, December 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contract Management: Guidance Needed for Using Performance-Based Service Contracting: GAO-02-1049, September 23, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contract Management: OFPP Policy Regarding Share-in-Savings Contracting Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002: GAO-03-552R, March 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contract Management: Postal Service's National Office Supply Contract Has Not Been Effectively Implemented: GAO-03-230, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contract Management: Reporting of Small Business Contract Awards Does Not Reflect Current Business Size: GAO-03-704T, May 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Decennial Census: Lessons Learned for Locating and Counting Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers: GAO-03-605, July 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Decennial Census: Methods for Collecting and Reporting Data on the Homeless and Others without Conventional Housing Need Refinement: GAO-03-227, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Decennial Census: Methods for Collecting and Reporting Hispanic Subgroup Data Need Refinement: GAO-03-228, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Health and Human Services: Amounts Charged to the Department for Events Attended by the President: GAO-03-791R, June 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Health and Human Services: Controls over Travel Program Are Generally Effective, but Some Improvements Are Needed: GAO-03-334, February 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Health and Human Services: Review of the Management of Inspector General Operations: GAO-03-685, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text

District of Columbia: Issues Associated with the Child and Family Services Agency's Performance and Policies: GAO-03-611T, April 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

District of Columbia: Performance Report Shows Continued Progress: GAO-03-693, May 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Procurement: Business Strategy Needed for GSA's Advantage System: GAO-03-328, February 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Transfers: Use by Federal Payment Recipients Has Increased but Obstacles to Greater Participation Remain: GAO-02-913, September 12, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Employment of OMHAR Staff at HUD Following Their Employment at OMHAR: GAO-03-703R, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Executive Reorganization Authority: Balancing Executive and Congressional Roles in Shaping the Federal Government's Structure: GAO-03-624T, April 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Facilities Location: Progress and Barriers in Selecting Rural Areas and Using Telework: GAO-03-1110T, September 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Pensions: DOL Oversight and Thrift Savings Plan Accountability: GAO-03-400, April 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Programs: Ethnographic Studies Can Inform Agencies' Actions: GAO-03-455, March 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Real Property: Executive and Legislative Actions Needed to Address Long-standing and Complex Problems: GAO-03-839T, June 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Real Property: Vacant and Underutilized Properties at GSA, VA, and USPS: GAO-03-747, August 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Vacancies Reform Act: Key Elements for Agency Procedures for Complying with the Act: GAO-03-806, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Request: U.S. General Accounting Office: GAO-03-580T, March 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Formula Grants: 2000 Census Redistributes Federal Funding Among States: GAO-03-178, February 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Forum on Key National Indicators: Assessing the Nation's Position and Progress: GAO-03-672SP, May 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF) Accessible Text

Freedom of Information Act: Agency Views on Changes Resulting from New Administration Policy: GAO-03-981, September 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text

GAO Forum on Governance and Accountability: Challenges to Restore Public Confidence in U.S. Corporate Governance and Accountability Systems: GAO-03-419SP, January 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

GAO Performance and Accountability Highlights: Fiscal 2002: GAO-03-306SP, January 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

GAO Performance and Accountability Report, 2002: GAO-03-305SP, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 172 pages) Accessible Text

GAO'S Proposed Human Capital Legislation: Views of the Employee Advisory Council: GAO-03-1162T, September 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

GAO'S Proposed Human Capital Legislation: Views of the Employee Advisory Council: GAO-03-1020T, July 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

GAO: Additional Human Capital Flexibilities Are Needed: GAO-03-1024T, July 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

GAO: Transformation Challenges, and Opportunities: GAO-03-1167T, September 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 88 pages) Accessible Text

General Services Administration: Factors Affecting the Construction and Operating Costs of Federal Buildings: GAO-03-609T, April 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Government Contracting: Adjudicated Violations of Certain Laws by Federal Contractors: GAO-03-163, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text

Highlights of a GAO Roundtable: The Chief Operating Officer Concept: A Potential Strategy To Address Federal Governance Challenges: GAO-03-192SP, October 4, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital Legislative Proposals to NASA's Fiscal Year 2003 Authorization Bill: GAO-03-264R, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital Management: FAA's Reform Effort Requires a More Strategic Approach: GAO-03-156, February 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: A Guide for Assessing Strategic Training and Development Efforts in the Federal Government (Exposure Draft): GAO-03-893G, July 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 90 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Building on DOD's Reform Effort to Foster Governmentwide Improvements: GAO-03-851T, June 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Building on the Current Momentum to Address High-Risk Issues: GAO-03-637T, April 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: DHS Personnel System Design Effort Provides for Collaboration and Employee Participation: GAO-03-1099, September 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: Effective Use of Flexibilities Can Assist Agencies in Managing Their Workforces: GAO-03-2, December 6, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Further Guidance, Assistance, and Coordination Can Improve Federal Telework Efforts: GAO-03-679, July 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 88 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: OPM Can Better Assist Agencies in Using Personnel Flexibilities: GAO-03-428, May 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: Opportunities to Improve Executive Agencies' Hiring Processes: GAO-03-450, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: Selected Agency Actions to Integrate Human Capital Approaches to Attain Mission Results: GAO-03-446, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Kennedy Center: Improvements Needed to Strengthen the Construction Process: GAO-03-1141T, September 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Kennedy Center: Improvements Needed to Strengthen the Management and Oversight of the Construction Process: GAO-03-823, September 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Maintaining Effective Control over Employee Time and Attendance Reporting: GAO-03-352G, January 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Management Reform: Continuing Progress in Implementing Initiatives in the President's Management Agenda: GAO-03-556T, March 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Administration for Children and Families: GAO-03-9, December 10, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text

Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: GAO-03-258, December 10, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Veterans Health Administration: GAO-03-10, December 10, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text

March 19 Hearing on Sourcing and Acquisition--Questions for the Record: GAO-03-771R, May 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Accessible Text

Mine Safety and Health Administration: Implementation of the Inflation Adjustment Act: GAO-03-288R, November 27, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

National Science Foundation: Status of the Business Analysis Plan Contract: GAO-03-832R, July 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

OFPP Followup to Federal Supply Schedule Recommendations: GAO-03-399R, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 2 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Paperwork Reduction Act: Record Increase in Agencies' Burden Estimates: GAO-03-619T, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Performance and Accountability: Reported Agency Actions and Plans to Address 2001 Management Challenges and Program Risks: GAO-03-225, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 198 pages) Accessible Text

Pipeline Safety: Systematic Process Needed to Evaluate Outcomes of Research and Development Program: GAO-03-746, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Postal Service: Employee Issues Associated with the Potential Closure of the San Mateo IT Center: GAO-03-205, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Posthearing Questions Related to Pay for Performance: GAO-03-793R, May 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Posthearing Questions Related to Strategic Human Capital Management: GAO-03-779R, May 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Privacy Act: OMB Leadership Needed to Improve Agency Compliance: GAO-03-304, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 82 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Program Evaluation: An Evaluation Culture and Collaborative Partnerships Help Build Agency Capacity: GAO-03-454, May 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Proposed Revisions to OMB Circular A-76: GAO-03-391R, January 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Regulatory Programs: Opportunities to Enhance Oversight of the Real Estate Appraisal Industry: GAO-03-404, May 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 108 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Reporting of Small Business Contract Awards Does Not Reflect Current Business Size: GAO-03-776R, May 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Cultures: Creating a Clear Linkage between Individual Performance and Organizational Success: GAO-03-488, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Cultures: Implementation Steps to Assist Mergers and Organizational Transformations: GAO-03-669, July 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Cultures: Modern Performance Management Systems Are Needed to Effectively Support Pay for Performance: GAO-03-612T, April 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Government: Shaping the Government to Meet 21st Century Challenges: GAO-03-1168T, September 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Government: Using GPRA to Address 21st Century Challenges: GAO-03-1166T, September 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Management: Agency Crosscutting Actions and Plans in Border Control, Flood Mitigation and Insurance, Wetlands, and Wildland Fire Management: GAO-03-321, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text

Results-Oriented Management: Agency Crosscutting Actions and Plans in Drug Control, Family Poverty, Financial Institution Regulation, and Public Health Systems: GAO-03-320, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 79 pages) Accessible Text

Retiree Health Benefits at Selected Government Contractors: GAO-03-412R, February 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Senior Executive Service: Enhanced Agency Efforts Needed to Improve Diversity as the Senior Corps Turns Over: GAO-03-34, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 139 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Contracting: Concerns About the Administration's Plan to Address Contract Bundling Issues: GAO-03-559T, March 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Status of the L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building Exchange: GAO-03-816R, June 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 3 pages) Accessible Text

Telecommunications: GSA Needs to Improve Process for Awarding Task Orders for Local Service: GAO-03-369, April 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

The American Community Survey: Accuracy and Timeliness Issues: GAO-02-956R, September 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Thrift Savings Plan: Delayed Allocation of Failed System Development Costs to Participant Accounts: GAO-03-827R, July 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Coins: Public Views on Changing Coin Design: GAO-03-206, December 17, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Customs Service: Prospective Rulings More Timely, but Database Reliability Questions Remain: GAO-03-828, August 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Postal Service: A Primer on Postal Worksharing: GAO-03-927, July 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Better Guidance Is Needed to Improve Communication Should Anthrax Contamination Occur in the Future: GAO-03-316, April 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Postal Service: Issues Associated with Anthrax Testing at the Wallingford Facility: GAO-03-787T, May 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Postal Service: Key Postal Transformation Issues: GAO-03-812T, May 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: More Consistent Implementation of Policies and Procedures for Cash Security Needed: GAO-03-267, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Use of Legislative Incentive for Performance-Based Contracting Unknown: GAO-03-674R, May 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

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Health

Ambulance Services: Medicare Payments Can Be Better Targeted to Trips in Less Densely Populated Rural Areas: GAO-03-986, September 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Anthrax Vaccine: GAO's Survey of Guard and Reserve Pilots and Aircrew: GAO-02-445, September 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Bone Marrow Transplants: Despite Recruitment Successes, National Program May Be Underutilized: GAO-03-182, October 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text

CDC's April 2002 Report On Smoking: Estimates of Selected Health Consequences of Cigarette Smoking Were Reasonable: GAO-03-942R, July 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

CMS Contracting: Issues Concerning Administrator's Decision to Exclude Subcontractor: GAO-03-842, July 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DOD and VA Health Care: Access for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: GAO-03-904R, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Health Care: Army Needs to Assess the Health Status of All Early-Deploying Reservists: GAO-03-437, April 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra: Health Risks and FDA's Oversight: GAO-03-1042T, July 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Dietary Supplements: Review of Health-Related Call Records for Users of Metabolife 356: GAO-03-494, March 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Employees' Health Benefits: Effects of Using Pharmacy Benefit Managers on Health Plans, Enrollees, and Pharmacies: GAO-03-196, January 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Employees' Health Plans: Premium Growth and OPM's Role in Negotiating Benefits: GAO-03-236, December 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Funds: Fiscal Year 2001 Expenditures by Selected Organizations Involved in Health-Related Activities: GAO-03-527R, May 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Group Purchasing Organizations: Use of Contracting Processes and Strategies to Award Contracts for Medical-Surgical Products: GAO-03-998T, July 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Health Care: Approaches to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities: GAO-03-862R, July 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Health Insurance: States' Protections and Programs Benefit Some Unemployed Individuals: GAO-03-191, October 25, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowded Conditions Vary among Hospitals and Communities: GAO-03-460, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 71 pages) Accessible Text

Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Bioterrorism Preparedness Efforts Have Improved Public Health Response Capacity, but Gaps Remain: GAO-03-654T, April 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Infectious Diseases: Gaps Remain in Surveillance Capabilities of State and Local Agencies: GAO-03-1176T, September 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Long-Term Care: Federal Oversight of Growing Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers Should Be Strengthened: GAO-03-576, June 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicaid Formula: Differences in Funding Ability among States Often Are Widened: GAO-03-620, July 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text

Medicaid and SCHIP: States Use Varying Approaches to Monitor Children's Access to Care: GAO-03-222, January 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text

Medicaid and Ticket to Work: States' Early Efforts to Cover Working Individuals with Disabilities: GAO-03-587, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

Medical Malpractice Insurance: Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates: GAO-03-702, June 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medical Malpractice: Implications of Rising Premiums on Access to Health Care: GAO-03-836, August 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Home Health Payment: Nonroutine Medical Supply Data Needed to Assess Payment Adjustments: GAO-03-878, August 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare Hospital Payments: Refinements Needed to Better Account for Geographic Differences in Wages: GAO-02-963, September 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare Physician Payments: Medical Settings and Safety of Endoscopic Procedures: GAO-03-179, October 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Provider Enrollment: Opportunities to Enhance Program Integrity Efforts: GAO-03-185, March 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare+Choice: Selected Program Requirements and Other Entities' Standards for HMOs: GAO-03-180, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 84 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare: Divided Authority for Policies on Coverage of Procedures and Devices Results in Inequities: GAO-03-175, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare: Financial Challenges and Considerations for Reform: GAO-03-577T, April 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare: Modest Eligibility Expansion for Critical Access Hospital Program Should Be Considered: GAO-03-948, September 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare: Modifying Payments for Certain Pathology Services Is Warranted: GAO-03-1056, September 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare: Observations on Program Sustainability and Strategies to Control Spending on Any Proposed Drug Benefit: GAO-03-650T, April 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare: Payment for Blood Clotting Factor Exceeds Providers' Acquisition Cost: GAO-03-184, January 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Military Retiree Health Benefits: Enrollment Low in Federal Employee Health Plans under DOD Demonstration: GAO-03-547, June 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text

Military Treatment Facilities: Internal Control Activities Need Improvement: GAO-03-168, October 25, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Newborn Screening: Characteristics of State Programs: GAO-03-449, March 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Nursing Home Quality: Prevalence of Serious Problems, While Declining, Reinforces Importance of Enhanced Oversight: GAO-03-561, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 104 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nursing Homes: Prevalence of Serious Quality Problems Remains Unacceptably High, Despite Some Decline: GAO-03-1016T, July 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Nursing Homes: Public Reporting of Quality Indicators Has Merit, but National Implementation Is Premature: GAO-03-187, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Pediatric Drug Research: Food and Drug Administration Should More Efficiently Monitor Inclusion of Minority Children: GAO-03-950, September 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings Depend on Pharmacy and Type of Card Used: GAO-03-912, September 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Prescription Drugs: FDA Oversight of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Has Limitations: GAO-03-177, October 28, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

SARS Outbreak: Improvements to Public Health Capacity Are Needed for Responding to Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases: GAO-03-769T, May 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Established Infectious Disease Control Measures Helped Contain Spread, But a Large-Scale Resurgence May Pose Challenges: GAO-03-1058T, July 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Skilled Nursing Facilities: Available Data Show Average Nursing Staff Time Changed Little after Medicare Payment Increase: GAO-03-176, November 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Skilled Nursing Facilities: Medicare Payments Exceed Costs for Most but Not All Facilities: GAO-03-183, December 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Smallpox Vaccination: Implementation of National Program Faces Challenges: GAO-03-578, April 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Specialty Hospitals: Information on National Market Share, Physician Ownership, and Patients Served: GAO-03-683R, April 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

VA Research: Actions Insufficient to Further Strengthen Human Subject Protections: GAO-03-917T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Youth Illicit Drug Use Prevention: DARE Long-Term Evaluations and Federal Efforts to Identify Effective Programs: GAO-03-172R, January 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

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Homeland Security

Airport Passenger Screening: Preliminary Observations on Progress Made and Challenges Remaining: GAO-03-1173, September 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation Security: Progress Since September 11, 2001, and the Challenges Ahead: GAO-03-1150T, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation Security: Registered Traveler Program Policy and Implementation Issues: GAO-03-253, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text

Bioterrorism: Information Technology Strategy Could Strengthen Federal Agencies' Abilities to Respond to Public Health Emergencies: GAO-03-139, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 103 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Bioterrorism: Preparedness Varied across State and Local Jurisdictions: GAO-03-373, April 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Border Security: Challenges in Implementing Border Technology: GAO-03-546T, March 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Border Security: Implications of Eliminating the Visa Waiver Program: GAO-03-38, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Border Security: New Policies and Increased Interagency Coordination Needed to Improve Visa Process: GAO-03-1013T, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Border Security: New Policies and Procedures Are Needed to Fill Gaps in the Visa Revocation Process: GAO-03-908T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Border Security: New Policies and Procedures Are Needed to Fill Gaps in the Visa Revocation Process: GAO-03-798, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Building Security: Security Responsibilities for Federally Owned and Leased Facilities: GAO-03-8, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text

Coast Guard: Challenges during the Transition to the Department of Homeland Security: GAO-03-594T, April 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Improve Force Protection for DOD Deployments through Domestic Seaports: GAO-03-15, October 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Combating Terrorism: Funding Data Reported to Congress Should Be Improved: GAO-03-170, November 26, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Combating Terrorism: Interagency Framework and Agency Programs to Address the Overseas Threat: GAO-03-165, May 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 274 pages) Accessible Text

Combating Terrorism: Observations on National Strategies Related to Terrorism: GAO-03-519T, March 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Container Security: Current Efforts to Detect Nuclear Materials, New Initiatives, and Challenges: GAO-03-297T, November 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Container Security: Expansion of Key Customs Programs Will Require Greater Attention to Critical Success Factors: GAO-03-770, July 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Counterfeit Documents Used to Enter the United States From Certain Western Hemisphere Countries Not Detected: GAO-03-713T, May 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges for Selected Agencies and Industry Sectors: GAO-03-233, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Commercial Satellite Security Should Be More Fully Addressed: GAO-02-781, August 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Efforts of the Financial Services Sector to Address Cyber Threats: GAO-03-173, January 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Homeland Security: Challenges and Steps in Establishing Sound Financial Management: GAO-03-1134T, September 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Food-Processing Security: Voluntary Efforts Are Under Way, but Federal Agencies Cannot Fully Assess Their Implementation: GAO-03-342, February 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Highlights of a GAO Forum: Mergers and Transformation: Lessons Learned for a Department of Homeland Security and Other Federal Agencies: GAO-03-293SP, November 14, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Defense: Preliminary Observations on How Overseas and Domestic Missions Impact DOD Forces: GAO-03-677T, April 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: CDC's Oversight of the Select Agent Program: GAO-03-315R, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Challenges Facing the Coast Guard as it Transitions to the New Department: GAO-03-467T, February 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security in Balancing its Border Security and Trade Facilitation Missions: GAO-03-902T, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Challenges to Implementing the Immigration Interior Enforcement Strategy: GAO-03-660T, April 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Department of Justice's Response to Its Congressional Mandate to Assess and Report on Chemical Industry Vulnerabilities: GAO-03-24R, October 10, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: EPA's Management of Clean Air Act Chemical Facility Data: GAO-03-509R, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Efforts to Improve Information Sharing Need to Be Strengthened: GAO-03-760, August 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: INS Cannot Locate Many Aliens Because It Lacks Reliable Address Information: GAO-03-188, November 21, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: Information Sharing Activities Face Continued Management Challenges: GAO-02-1122T, September 23, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities, Challenges, and Key Management Issues: GAO-03-1165T, September 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities, Challenges, and Key Management Issues: GAO-03-715T, May 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Information Technology Funding and Associated Management Issues: GAO-03-250, December 13, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Justice Department's Project to Interview Aliens after September 11, 2001: GAO-03-459, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: Management Challenges Facing Federal Leadership: GAO-03-260, December 20, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 85 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: OMB's Temporary Cessation of Information Technology Funding for New Investments: GAO-03-186T, October 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Reforming Federal Grants to Better Meet Outstanding Needs: GAO-03-1146T, September 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Risks Facing Key Border and Transportation Security Program Need to Be Addressed: GAO-03-1083, September 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 104 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: Voluntary Initiatives Are Under Way at Chemical Facilities, but the Extent of Security Preparedness Is Unknown: GAO-03-439, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Hospital Preparedness: Most Urban Hospitals Have Emergency Plans but Lack Certain Capacities for Bioterrorism Response: GAO-03-924, August 6, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain to Protect Federal Systems and the Nation's Critical Infrastructures: GAO-03-564T, April 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: Terrorist Watch Lists Should Be Consolidated to Promote Better Integration and Sharing: GAO-03-322, April 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 84 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Land Border Ports of Entry: Vulnerabilities and Inefficiencies in the Inspections Process: GAO-03-1084R, August 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Maritime Security: Progress Made in Implementing Maritime Transportation Security Act, but Concerns Remain: GAO-03-1155T, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Nonproliferation: U.S. and International Assistance Efforts to Control Sealed Radioactive Sources Need Strengthening: GAO-03-638, May 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 111 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Regulation: Emergency Preparedness Issues at the Indian Point 2 Nuclear Power Plant: GAO-03-528T, March 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Oversight of Security at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants Needs to Be Strengthened: GAO-03-752, September 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Security: DOE Faces Security Challenges in the Post September 11, 2001, Environment: GAO-03-896TNI, June 24, 2003; Summary (HTML)

Nuclear Security: NNSA Needs to Better Manage Its Safeguards and Security Program: GAO-03-471, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Post-Hearing Question From the May 8, 2003, Hearing on Barriers to Information Sharing at the Department of Homeland Security: GAO-03-985R, July 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Potential Terrorist Attacks: Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants: GAO-03-414, February 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 119 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Potential Terrorist Attacks: Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants: GAO-03-251, February 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 120 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Potential Terrorist Attacks: More Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Markets: GAO-03-468T, February 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Weaknesses In Screening Entrants Into the United States: GAO-03-438T, January 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

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Housing

Elderly Housing: Project Funding and Other Factors Delay Assistance to Needy Households: GAO-03-807T, June 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Elderly Housing: Project Funding and Other Factors Delay Assistance to Needy Households: GAO-03-512, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 80 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

HUD Management: Actions Needed to Improve Acquisition Management: GAO-03-157, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

HUD Management: Impact Measurement Needed for Technical Assistance: GAO-03-12, October 25, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Military Housing: Opportunities That Should Be Explored to Improve Housing and Reduce Costs for Unmarried Junior Servicemembers: GAO-03-602, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Public Housing: HOPE VI Leveraging Has Increased, but HUD Has Not Met Annual Reporting Requirement: GAO-03-91, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Public Housing: HUD's Oversight of HOPE VI Sites Needs to Be More Consistent: GAO-03-555, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 144 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Public Housing: Information on Receiverships at Public Housing Authorities: GAO-03-363, February 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

Rural Housing Service: Opportunities to Improve Management: GAO-03-911T, June 19, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

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Income Security

Electronic Disability Claims Processing: Social Security Administration's Accelerated Strategy Faces Significant Risks: GAO-03-984T, July 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Options to Encourage the Preservation of Pension and Retirement Savings: Phase 2: GAO-03-990SP, July 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Options to Encourage the Preservation of Pension and Retirement Savings: Phase 2: GAO-03-990SP, July 29, 2003; Summary (HTML)

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Single-Employer Pension Insurance Program Faces Significant Long-Term Risks: GAO-03-873T, September 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text

Private Pensions: Participants Need Information on Risks They Face in Managing Pension Assets at and during Retirement: GAO-03-810, July 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Private Pensions: Participants Need Information on the Risks of Investing in Employer Securities and the Benefits of Diversification: GAO-02-943, September 6, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Private Pensions: Process Needed to Monitor the Mandated Interest Rate for Pension Calculations: GAO-03-313, February 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Retirement Income Data: Improvements Could Better Support Analysis of Future Retirees' Prospects: GAO-03-337, March 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 87 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Retirement Income: Intergenerational Comparisons of Wealth and Future Income: GAO-03-429, April 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 86 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Administration: Subcommittee Questions Concerning Efforts to Automate the Disability Claims Process: GAO-03-1113R, September 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Disability: Reviews of Beneficiaries' Disability Status Require Continued Attention to Achieve Timeliness and Cost-Effectiveness: GAO-03-662, July 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Disability: Reviews of Beneficiaries' Disability Status Require Continued Attention to Improve Service Delivery: GAO-03-1027T, July 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Numbers: Ensuring the Integrity of the SSN: GAO-03-941T, July 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Numbers: Improved SSN Verification and Exchange of States' Driver Records Would Enhance Identity Verification: GAO-03-920, September 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Reform: Analysis of Reform Models Developed by the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security: GAO-03-310, January 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 109 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Reform: Analysis of a Trust Fund Exhaustion Scenario: GAO-03-907, July 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Reform: Analysis of a Trust Fund Exhaustion Scenario Illustrates the Difficult Choices and the Need for Early Action: GAO-03-1038T, July 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Reform: Information on Using a Voluntary Approach to Individual Accounts: GAO-03-309, March 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security and Minorities: Earnings, Disability Incidence, and Mortality Are Key Factors That Influence Taxes Paid and Benefits Received: GAO-03-387, April 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security: Analysis of Issues and Selected Reform Proposals: GAO-03-376T, January 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security: Congress Should Consider Revising the Government Pension Offset 'Loophole': GAO-03-498T, February 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security: Issues Relating to Noncoverage of Public Employees: GAO-03-710T, May 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security: Proposed Totalization Agreement with Mexico Presents Unique Challenges: GAO-03-993, September 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security: Proposed Totalization Agreement with Mexico Presents Unique Challenges: GAO-03-1035T, September 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Supplemental Security Income: SSA Could Enhance Its Ability to Detect Residency Violations: GAO-03-724, July 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Information Management

2000 Census: Coverage Measurement Programs' Results, Costs, and Lessons Learned: GAO-03-287, January 29, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Assessing the Reliability of Computer-Processed Data (Superseded by GAO-09-680G): GAO-03-273G, October 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text

Bureau of Land Management: Plan Needed to Sustain Progress in Establishing IT Investment Management Capabilities: GAO-03-1025, September 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls: GAO-03-524R, May 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 3 pages) Accessible Text

Business Systems Modernization: IRS Has Made Significant Progress in Improving Its Management Controls, but Risks Remain: GAO-03-768, June 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 122 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Business Systems Modernization: Summary of GAO's Assessment of the Department of Defense's Initial Business Enterprise Architecture: GAO-03-877R, July 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Computer Security: Progress Made, But Critical Federal Operations and Assets Remain at Risk: GAO-03-303T, November 19, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: INS Contracting Weaknesses Need Attention from the Department of Homeland Security: GAO-03-799, July 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contracting for Information Technology Services: GAO-03-384R, February 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Customs Service Modernization: Automated Commercial Environment Progressing, but Further Acquisition Management Improvements Needed: GAO-03-406, February 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Management: Installation of Telecommunications Equipment in the Homes of Volunteers: GAO-03-838R, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Electronic Government: Challenges to the Adoption of Smart Card Technology: GAO-03-1108T, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Electronic Government: Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Office of Personnel Management's Initiatives: GAO-03-1169T, September 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Electronic Government: Progress in Promoting Adoption of Smart Card Technology: GAO-03-144, January 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Government: Selection and Implementation of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 Initiatives: GAO-03-229, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Government: Success of the Office of Management and Budget's 25 Initiatives Depends on Effective Management and Oversight: GAO-03-495T, March 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Electronic Records: Management and Preservation Pose Challenges: GAO-03-936T, July 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Employee Privacy: Computer-Use Monitoring Practices and Policies of Selected Companies: GAO-02-717, September 27, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

FDIC Information Security: Progress Made but Existing Weaknesses Place Data at Risk: GAO-03-630, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls: GAO-03-525R, March 14, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

File-Sharing Programs: Child Pornography Is Readily Accessible over Peer-to-Peer Networks: GAO-03-537T, March 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

File-Sharing Programs: Peer-to-Peer Networks Provide Ready Access to Child Pornography: GAO-03-351, February 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

File-Sharing Programs: Users of Peer-to-Peer Networks Can Readily Access Child Pornography: GAO-03-1115T, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Geographic Information Systems: Challenges to Effective Data Sharing: GAO-03-874T, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Geospatial Information: Technologies Hold Promise for Wildland Fire Management, but Challenges Remain: GAO-03-1114T, August 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

IRS and Terrorist-Related Information Sharing: GAO-03-50R, October 21, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Information Management: Selected Agencies' Handling of Personal Information: GAO-02-1058, September 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Security: Challenges in Using Biometrics: GAO-03-1137T, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Computer Controls over Key Treasury Internet Payment System: GAO-03-837, July 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Fully Implement Statutory Requirements: GAO-03-852T, June 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Effective Patch Management is Critical to Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities: GAO-03-1138T, September 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Further Efforts Needed to Fully Implement Statutory Requirements in DOD: GAO-03-1037T, July 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Progress Made, but Weaknesses at the Internal Revenue Service Continue to Pose Risks: GAO-03-44, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology Services: Agencies Complying with Revision to Federal Acquisition Regulation: GAO-03-32, December 18, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology Training: Practices of Leading Private-Sector Companies: GAO-03-390, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 1.1): GAO-03-584G, April 1, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: DOD Needs to Leverage Lessons Learned from Its Outsourcing Projects: GAO-03-371, April 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 101 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Departmental Leadership Crucial to Success of Investment Reforms at Interior: GAO-03-1028, September 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Executive office for U.S. Attorneys Needs to Institutionalize Key IT Management Disciplines: GAO-03-751, July 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: FBI Needs an Enterprise Architecture to Guide Its Modernization Activities: GAO-03-959, September 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Homeland Security Needs to Improve Entry Exit System Expenditure Planning: GAO-03-563, June 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Issues Affecting Cost Impact of Navy Marine Corps Intranet Need to Be Resolved: GAO-03-33, October 31, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Justice Plans to Improve Oversight of Agency Projects: GAO-03-135, November 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Observations on Department of Defense's Draft Enterprise Architecture: GAO-03-571R, March 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Project Risks Could Affect Weather Data Needed by Civilian and Military Users: GAO-03-987T, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Records Management: National Archives and Records Administration's Acquisition of Major System Faces Risks: GAO-03-880, August 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Administration: Fugitive Felon Program Could Benefit from Better Use of Technology: GAO-02-346, September 6, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Telecommunications: Comprehensive Review of U.S. Spectrum Management with Broad Stakeholder Involvement Is Needed: GAO-03-277, January 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

United States Postal Service: Opportunities to Strengthen IT Investment Management Capabilities: GAO-03-3, October 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 91 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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International Affairs

Arms Control: Efforts to Strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention: GAO-02-1038NI, September 30, 2002; Summary (HTML)

Benefits and Costs of the Debt Relief Enhancement Act of 2002: GAO-03-215R, October 11, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Central and Southwest Asian Countries: Trends in U.S. Assistance and Key Economic, Governance, and Demographic Characteristics: GAO-03-634R, May 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Chemical Weapons: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Needs Comprehensive Plan to Correct Budgeting Weaknesses: GAO-03-5, October 24, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Compact of Free Association: An Assessment of the Amended Compacts and Related Agreements: GAO-03-1007T, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Compact of Free Association: An Assessment of the Amended Compacts and Related Agreements: GAO-03-988T, July 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Compact of Free Association: An Assessment of the Amended Compacts and Related Agreements: GAO-03-890T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Annual Report: GAO-03-341R, December 2, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Drug Control: Financial and Management Challenges Continue to Complicate Efforts to Reduce Illicit Drug Activities in Colombia: GAO-03-820T, June 3, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Drug Control: Specific Performance Measures and Long-Term Costs for U.S. Programs in Colombia Have Not Been Developed: GAO-03-783, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Embassy Construction: Process for Determining Staffing Requirements Needs Improvement: GAO-03-411, April 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Export Credit Agencies: Movement Toward Common Environmental Guidelines, but National Differences Remain: GAO-03-1093, September 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Export Promotion: Mixed Progress in Achieving a Governmentwide Strategy: GAO-02-850, September 4, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Affairs: Effective Stewardship of Resources Essential to Efficient Operations at State Department, USAID: GAO-03-1009T, September 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Foreign Assistance: Lack of Strategic Focus and Obstacles to Agricultural Recovery Threaten Afghanistan's Stability: GAO-03-607, June 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 94 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: Observations on Post-Conflict Assistance in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan: GAO-03-980T, July 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Foreign Assistance: Strategic Workforce Planning Can Help USAID Address Current and Future Challenges: GAO-03-946, August 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: Sustained Efforts Needed to Help Southern Africa Recover from Food Crisis: GAO-03-644, June 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 100 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: U.S. Democracy Programs in Six Latin American Countries Have Yielded Modest Results: GAO-03-358, March 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 139 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: USAID Needs to Improve Its Workforce Planning and Operating Expense Accounting: GAO-03-1171T, September 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Foreign Assistance: USAID's Earthquake Recovery Program in El Salvador Has Made Progress, but Key Activities Are Behind Schedule: GAO-03-656, May 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Free Trade Area of the Americas: Negotiations Progress, but Successful Ministerial Hinges on Intensified U.S. Preparations: GAO-03-560, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Free Trade Area of the Americas: United States Faces Challenges as Co-Chair of Final Negotiating Phase and Host of November 2003 Ministerial: GAO-03-700T, May 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

GAO's Electronic Database of China's World Trade Organization Commitments: GAO-03-797R, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Accessible Text

Global Health: Assessment of First Year Efforts of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: GAO-03-755T, May 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Global Health: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Has Advanced in Key Areas, but Difficult Challenges Remain: GAO-03-601, May 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text

Humanitarian Assistance: Protecting Refugee Women and Girls Remains a Significant Challenge: GAO-03-663, May 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Financial Crises: Challenges Remain in IMF's Ability to Anticipate, Prevent, and Resolve Financial Crises: GAO-03-734, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 82 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Trade: Advisory Committee System Should Be Updated to Better Serve U.S. Policy Needs: GAO-02-876, September 24, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 120 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Trade: Experts' Advice for Small Businesses Seeking Foreign Patents: GAO-03-910, June 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text

International Trade: Mexico's Maquiladora Decline Affects U.S.-Mexico Border Communities and Trade; Recovery Depends in Part on Mexico's Actions: GAO-03-891, July 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 85 pages) Accessible Text

NATO Enlargement: Report Is Responsive to Senate Requirements, but Additional Information Could Be Useful: GAO-03-255, November 15, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text

NATO Enlargement: Reports Are Responsive to Senate Requirements, but Analysis of Financial Burdens Is Incomplete: GAO-03-722, May 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nonproliferation: Strategy Needed to Strengthen Multilateral Export Control Regimes: GAO-03-43, October 25, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Overseas Presence: Conditions of Overseas Diplomatic Facilities: GAO-03-557T, March 20, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Overseas Presence: Rightsizing Framework Can Be Applied at U.S. Diplomatic Posts in Developing Countries: GAO-03-396, April 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Overseas Presence: Rightsizing Is Key to Considering Relocation of Regional Staff to New Frankfurt Center: GAO-03-1061, September 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Overseas Presence: Systematic Processes Needed to Rightsize Posts and Guide Embassy Construction: GAO-03-582T, April 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Rebuilding Iraq: GAO-03-792R, May 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Status of Reforms and Budgets of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization: GAO-03-565R, March 28, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Treasury Maintains a Formal Process to Advance U.S. Policies at the International Monetary Fund: GAO-03-401R, February 7, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

U.N. Peacekeeping: Transition Strategies for Post-Conflict Countries Lack Results-Oriented Measures of Progress: GAO-03-1071, September 26, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. International Broadcasting: New Strategic Approach Focuses on Reaching Large Audiences but Lacks Measurable Program Objectives: GAO-03-772, July 15, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Public Diplomacy: State Department Expands Efforts but Faces Significant Challenges: GAO-03-951, September 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

United Nations: Early Renovation Planning Reasonable, but Additional Management Controls and Oversight Will Be Needed: GAO-03-566, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Additional Russian Cooperation Needed to Facilitate U.S. Efforts to Improve Security at Russian Sites: GAO-03-482, March 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 102 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Observations on U.S. Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Programs in Russia: GAO-03-526T, March 4, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

World Bank Group: Important Steps Taken on Internal Control but Additional Assessments Should Be Made: GAO-03-366, June 16, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

World Trade Organization: Analysis of China's Commitments to Other Members: GAO-03-4, October 3, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 100 pages) Accessible Text

World Trade Organization: First-Year U.S. Efforts to Monitor China's Compliance: GAO-03-461, March 31, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text

World Trade Organization: Standard of Review and Impact of Trade Remedy Rulings: GAO-03-824, July 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 128 pages) Accessible Text

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Justice and Law Enforcement

Appointment and Qualifications of U.S. Marshals: GAO-03-499R, April 2, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Border Security: Visa Process Should Be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism Tool: GAO-03-132NI, October 21, 2002; Summary (HTML)

Combating Child Pornography: Federal Agencies Coordinate Law Enforcement Efforts, but an Opportunity Exists for Further Enhancement: GAO-03-272, December 2, 2002; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Customs Service: Acquisition and Deployment of Radiation Detection Equipment: GAO-03-235T, October 17, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Drug Control: Coca Cultivation and Eradication Estimates in Colombia: GAO-03-319R, January 8, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

FBI Reorganization: Progress Made in Efforts to Transform, but Major Challenges Continue: GAO-03-759T, June 18, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Bankruptcy Judges: Weighted Case Filings as a Measure of Judges' Case-Related Workload: GAO-03-789T, May 22, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Judgeships: General Accuracy of District and Appellate Judgeship Case-Related Workload Measures: GAO-03-937T, June 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Judgeships: The General Accuracy of the Case-Related Workload Measures Used to Assess the Need for Additional District Court and Courts of Appeals Judgeships: GAO-03-788R, May 30, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: Capacity Planning and Management Oversight Need Improvement: GAO-03-736, July 24, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Law Enforcement: Selected Issues in Human Capital Management: GAO-03-1034T, July 23, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Uniformed Police: Selected Data on Pay, Recruitment, and Retention at 13 Police Forces in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area: GAO-03-658, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text

Firearms Controls: Federal Agencies Have Firearms Controls, but Could Strengthen Controls in Key Areas: GAO-03-688, June 13, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 90 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Immigration Benefits: Eighth Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998: GAO-03-240R, October 22, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Immigration Benefits: Ninth Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998: GAO-03-681R, April 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Justice Department: Better Management Oversight and Internal Controls Needed to Ensure Accuracy of Terrorism-Related Statistics: GAO-03-266, January 17, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Marijuana: Early Experiences with Four States' Laws That Allow Use for Medical Purposes: GAO-03-189, November 1, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text

Radiation Exposure Compensation: Funding to Pay Claims May Be Inadequate to Meet Projected Needs: GAO-03-481, April 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Security: Counterfeit Identification and Indentification Fraud Raise Security Concerns: GAO-03-1147T, September 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Technical Assessment of Zhao and Thurman's 2001 Evaluation of the Effects of COPS Grants on Crime: GAO-03-867R, June 12, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of Phase II Funds: GAO-03-262R, December 3, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Traffic Enforcement: Funding of Automatic Red-Light and Speed Enforcement Technologies: GAO-03-408R, February 21, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Attorneys: Controls Over Grant-Related Activities Should Be Enhanced: GAO-03-733, June 10, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Video Surveillance: Information on Law Enforcement's Use of Closed-Circuit Television to Monitor Selected Federal Property in Washington, D.C.: GAO-03-748, June 27, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text

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National Defense

Army Logistics: Report on Manpower and Workload System Inadequate and System Interface Untested: GAO-03-21, October 30, 2002; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Army Stryker Brigades: Assessment of External Logistics Support Should Be Documented for the Congressionally Mandated Review of the Army's Operational Evaluation Plan: GAO-03-484R, March 25, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Best Practices: Better Acquisition Outcomes Are Possible If DOD Can Apply Lessons from F/A-22 Program: GAO-03-645T, April 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Best Practices: Improved Knowledge of DOD Service Contracts Could Reveal Significant Savings: GAO-03-661, June 9, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Best Practices: Setting Requirements Differently Could Reduce Weapon Systems' Total Ownership Costs: GAO-03-57, February 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 77 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Challenges and Risks Associated with the Joint Tactical Radio System Program: GAO-03-879R, August 11, 2003; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Chemical Weapons: Sustained Leadership, Along With Key Strategic Management Tools, Is Needed to Guide DOD's Destruction Program: GAO-03-1031, September 5, 2003; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF)