Annual Month In Review: Index of Reports, Testimony, and Correspondence (FY2009)

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.

1176 items
Agriculture and Food - 12 items	Financial Management - 31 items	Natural Resources - 28 items
Budget and Spending - 8 items	Government Operations - 92 items	Science, Space, and Technology - 16 items
Business, Industry, and Consumers - 22 items	Health - 72 items	Social Services - 3 items
Civil Rights - 5 items	Homeland Security - 53 items	Tax Policy and Administration - 18 items
Economic Development - 17 items	Housing - 9 items	Transportation - 46 items
Education - 20 items	Income Security - 13 items	Veterans Affairs - 18 items
Employment - 9 items	Information Management - 31 items	Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions - 269 items
Energy - 19 items	International Affairs - 63 items	Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules - 103 items
Environmental Protection - 27 items	Justice and Law Enforcement - 16 items
Financial Institutions - 42 items	National Defense - 114 items

Agriculture and Food

Crop Insurance: Opportunities Exist to Reduce the Costs of Administering the Program: GAO-09-445, April 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Dietary Supplements: FDA Should Take Further Actions to Improve Oversight and Consumer Understanding: GAO-09-250, January 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 77 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Farm Programs: USDA Needs to Strengthen Controls to Prevent Payments to Individuals Who Exceed Income Eligibility Limits: GAO-09-67, October 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Food Labeling: FDA Needs to Better Leverage Resources, Improve Oversight, and Effectively Use Available Data to Help Consumers Select Healthy Foods: GAO-08-597, September 9, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 81 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Genetically Engineered Crops: Agencies Are Proposing Changes to Improve Oversight, but Could Take Additional Steps to Enhance Coordination and Monitoring: GAO-09-60, November 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 109 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

School Meal Programs: Changes to Federal Agencies' Procedures Could Reduce Risk of School Children Consuming Recalled Food: GAO-09-649, August 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

School Meal Programs: Improved Reviews, Federal Guidance, and Data Collection Needed to Address Counting and Claiming Errors: GAO-09-814, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Seafood Fraud: FDA Program Changes and Better Collaboration among Key Federal Agencies Could Improve Detection and Prevention: GAO-09-258, February 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Agriculture: Retail Food Prices Grew Faster Than the Prices Farmers Received for Agricultural Commodities, but Economic Research Has Not Established That Concentration Has Affected These Trends: GAO-09-746R, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Improved Management Controls Can Enhance Effectiveness of Key Conservation Programs: GAO-09-528T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Veterinarian Workforce: Actions Are Needed to Ensure Sufficient Capacity for Protecting Public and Animal Health: GAO-09-178, February 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 93 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Veterinarian Workforce: The Federal Government Lacks a Comprehensive Understanding of Its Capacity to Protect Animal and Public Health: GAO-09-424T, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

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Budget and Spending

Debt Management: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Should Play a Heightened Role in Addressing Debt Management Challenges: GAO-09-932, September 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Debt Management: Treasury's Cash Management Challenges and Timing of Payments to Medicare Private Plans: GAO-09-118, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Records Archive: The National Archives and Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan: GAO-09-733, July 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 78 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Fiscal Year 2008 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Federal Government Faces New and Continuing Financial Management and Fiscal Challenges: GAO-09-805T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Annual Update of the Third Edition: GAO-09-340SP, March 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 134 pages)

Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Third Edition, Volume III: GAO-08-978SP, September 1, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 898 pages)

The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: March 2009 Update: GAO-09-405SP, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: September 2008 Update: GAO-09-94R, November 6, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

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Business, Industry, and Consumers

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance: GAO-09-247T, December 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance: GAO-09-242T, December 4, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Auto Industry: Summary of Government Efforts and Automakers' Restructuring to Date: GAO-09-553, April 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Bankruptcy: Judiciary Should Take Further Steps to Make Bankruptcy Data More Accessible: GAO-09-28, December 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Better Data Collection and Assessment of Consumer Information Efforts Could Help Protect Minority Children: GAO-09-731, August 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Consumer Safety: Better Information and Planning Would Strengthen CPSC's Oversight of Imported Products: GAO-09-803, August 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 96 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Feasibility of Requiring Financial Assurances for the Recall or Destruction of Unsafe Consumer Products: GAO-09-512R, April 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

HUBZone Program: Fraud and Abuse Identified in Four Metropolitan Areas: GAO-09-519T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

HUBZone Program: Fraud and Abuse Identified in Four Metropolitan Areas: GAO-09-440, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Insurance Reciprocity and Uniformity: NAIC and State Regulators Have Made Progress in Producer Licensing, Product Approval, and Market Conduct Regulation, but Challenges Remain: GAO-09-372, April 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Reverse Mortgages: Product Complexity and Consumer Protection Issues Underscore Need for Improved Controls over Counseling for Borrowers: GAO-09-606, June 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 80 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Reverse Mortgages: Product Complexity and Consumer Protection Issues Underscore Need for Improved Controls over Counseling for Borrowers: GAO-09-812T, June 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration's Implementation of Administrative Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvesment Act: GAO-09-507R, April 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Additional Guidance on Documenting Credit Elsewhere Decisions Could Improve 7(a) Program Oversight: GAO-09-228, February 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: Additional Steps Should Be Taken to Address Reforms to the Disaster Loan Program and Improve the Application Process for Future Disasters: GAO-09-755, July 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: Additional Steps Should Be Taken to Address Reforms to the Disaster Loan Program and Improve the Application Process for Future Disasters: GAO-09-900T, July 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Agency Should Assess Resources Devoted to Contracting and Improve Several Processes in the 8(a) Program: GAO-09-16, November 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: Opportunities Exist to Build on Leadership's Efforts to Improve Agency Performance and Employee Morale: GAO-08-995, September 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Small Business Administration: Status of Efforts to Address Previous Recommendations on the HUBZone Program: GAO-09-532T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Innovation Research: Observations on Agencies' Data Collection and Eligibility Determination Efforts: GAO-09-956T, August 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Telecommunications: Broadband Deployment Plan Should Include Performance Goals and Measures to Guide Federal Investment: GAO-09-494, May 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Telecommunications: Preliminary Observations about Consumer Satisfaction and Problems with Wireless Phone Service and FCC's Efforts to Assist Consumers with Complaints: GAO-09-800T, June 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

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Civil Rights

New Markets Tax Credit: Minority Entities Are Less Successful in Obtaining Awards Than Non-Minority Entities: GAO-09-795T, June 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

New Markets Tax Credit: Minority Entities Are Less Successful in Obtaining Awards Than Non-Minority Entitities: GAO-09-536, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Recommendations and Options Available to the New Administration and Congress to Address Long-Standing Civil Rights Issues: GAO-09-650T, April 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Recommendations and Options to Address Management Deficiencies in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights: GAO-09-62, October 22, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Voters With Disabilities: More Polling Places Had No Potential Impediments Than in 2000, but Challenges Remain: GAO-09-685, June 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

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Economic Development

Actions Taken to Implement the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006: GAO-09-59R, November 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 127 pages) Accessible Text

Alaska Native Villages: Limited Progress Has Been Made on Relocating Villages Threatened by Flooding and Erosion: GAO-09-551, June 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Disaster Assistance: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation: GAO-09-81, December 11, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text

Disaster Assistance: Greater Coordination and an Evaluation of Programs' Outcomes Could Improve Disaster Case Management: GAO-09-561, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Disaster Housing: FEMA Needs More Detailed Guidance and Performance Measures to Help Ensure Effective Assistance after Major Disasters: GAO-09-796, August 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Disaster Recovery: FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program Experienced Challenges with Gulf Coast Rebuilding: GAO-09-129, December 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Disaster Recovery: Past Experiences Offer Recovery Lessons for Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Future Disasters: GAO-09-437T, March 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Emergency Management: Actions to Implement Select Provisions of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act: GAO-09-433T, March 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Flood Insurance: FEMA's Rate-Setting Process Warrants Attention: GAO-09-12, October 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Flood Insurance: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of the WYO Program: GAO-09-455, August 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 83 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Flood Insurance: Options for Addressing the Financial Impact of Subsidized Premium Rates on the National Flood Insurance Program: GAO-09-20, November 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Gulf Coast Disaster Recovery: Community Development Block Grant Program Guidance to States Needs to Be Improved: GAO-09-541, June 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Disaster Assistance: FEMA Strengthened Its Fraud Prevention Controls, but Customer Service Needs Improvement: GAO-09-671, June 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information on Proposed Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program: GAO-09-420R, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

National Preparedness: FEMA Has Made Progress, but Needs to Complete and Integrate Planning, Exercise, and Assessment Efforts: GAO-09-369, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 123 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Natural Hazard Mitigation and Insurance: The United States and Selected Countries Have Similar Natural Hazard Mitigation Policies but Different Insurance Approaches: GAO-09-188R, December 22, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding: Perspectives and Observations: GAO-09-411R, April 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

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Education

Access to Arts Education: Inclusion of Additional Questions in Education's Planned Research Would Help Explain Why Instruction Time Has Decreased for Some Students: GAO-09-286, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Career and Technical Education: States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV: GAO-09-683, July 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Career and Technical Education: Surveys to State Directors of Career and Technical Education (GAO-09-737SP, July 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-683: GAO-09-737SP, July 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

District of Columbia Public Schools: Implementation and Sustainability of Reform Efforts Could Benefit From Enhanced Planning: GAO-09-902T, July 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

District of Columbia Public Schools: Important Steps Taken to Continue Reform Efforts, But Enhanced Planning Could Improve Implementation and Sustainability: GAO-09-619, June 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

English Language Learning: Diverse Federal and State Efforts to Support Adult English Language Learning Could Benefit from More Coordination: GAO-09-575, July 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Student Aid Formula: Cost-of-Living Adjustment Could Increase Aid to a Small Percentage of Students in High-Cost Areas but Could Also Further Complicate Aid Process: GAO-09-825, August 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Student Aid: Recent Changes to Eligibility Requirements and Additional Efforts to Promote Awarness Could Increase Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grant Participation: GAO-09-343, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Literacy and Education Commission: Progress Made in Fostering Partnerships, but National Strategy Remains Largely Descriptive Rather Than Strategic: GAO-09-638T, April 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Graduate Medical Education: Trends in Training and Student Debt: GAO-09-438R, May 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text

Higher Education: Approaches to Attract and Fund International Students in the United States and Abroad: GAO-09-379, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text

Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Management Attention to Long-standing Concerns Needed to Improve Education's Oversight of Grant Programs: GAO-09-309, August 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Meal Counting and Claiming by Food Service Management Companies in the School Meal Programs: GAO-09-156R, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text

No Child Left Behind Act: Enhancements in the Department of Education's Review Process Could Improve State Academic Assessments: GAO-09-911, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Proprietary Schools: Stronger Department of Education Oversight Needed to Help Ensure Only Eligible Students Receive Federal Student Aid: GAO-09-600, August 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

School Meal Programs: Experiences of the States and Districts That Eliminated Reduced-price Fees: GAO-09-584, July 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text

Seclusions and Restraints: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers: GAO-09-719T, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text

Teacher Preparation: Multiple Federal Education Offices Support Teacher Preparation for Instructing Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners, but Systematic Departmentwide Coordination Could Enhance This Assistance: GAO-09-573, July 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Teacher Quality: Survey Results of State Officials on Efforts to Coordinate Teacher Quality Initiatives (GAO-09-594SP, July 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-593: GAO-09-594SP, July 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Teacher Quality: Sustained Coordination among Key Federal Education Programs Could Enhance State Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality: GAO-09-593, July 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Employment

Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division Needs Improved Investigative Processes and Ability to Suspend Statute of Limitations to Better Protect Workers Against Wage Theft: GAO-09-629, June 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division's Complaint Intake and Investigative Processes Leave Low Wage Workers Vulnerable To Wage Theft: GAO-09-458T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Employee Misclassification: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and Prevention: GAO-09-717, August 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Equal Employment Opportunity: Pilot Projects Could Help Test Solutions to Long-standing Concerns with the EEO Complaint Process: GAO-09-712, August 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: Opportunities Exist to Build on Recent Progress to Strengthen DOD's Civilian Human Capital Strategic Plan: GAO-09-235, February 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Job Corps: Better Targeted Career Training and Improved Preenrollment Information Could Enhance Female Residential Student Recruitment and Retention: GAO-09-470, June 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs: Improved Oversight and Controls Would Better Ensure Program Quality: GAO-09-395, May 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Vocational Rehabilitation Funding Formula: Options for Improving Equity in State Grants and Considerations for Performance Incentives: GAO-09-798, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 82 pages) Accessible Text

Workforce Investment Act: Labor Has Made Progress in Addressing Areas of Concern, but More Focus Needed on Understanding What Works and What Doesn't: GAO-09-396T, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

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Energy

Clean Coal: DOE Should Prepare a Comprehensive Analysis of the Relative Costs, Benefits, and Risks of a Range of Options for FutureGen: GAO-09-465T, March 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Clean Coal: DOE's Decision to Restructure FutureGen Should Be Based on a Comprehensive Analysis of Costs, Benefits, and Risks: GAO-09-248, February 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Energy: Contract and Project Management Concerns at the National Nuclear Security Administration and Office Of Environmental Management: GAO-09-406T, March 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Energy Efficiency: Potential Fuel Savings Generated by a National Speed Limit Would Be Influenced by Many Other Factors: GAO-09-153R, November 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Energy Markets: Estimates of the Effects of Mergers and Market Concentration on Wholesale Gasoline Prices: GAO-09-659, June 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text

Energy Markets: Refinery Outages Can Have Varying Gasoline Price Impacts, but Gaps in Federal Data Limit Understanding of Impacts: GAO-09-700, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Energy Markets: Refinery Outages Can Impact Petroleum Product Prices, but No Federal Requirements to Report Outages Exist: GAO-09-87, October 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Energy Policy Act of 2005: Greater Clarity Needed to Address Concerns with Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas Development under Section 390 of the Act: GAO-09-872, September 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Energy Management: Addressing Challenges through Better Plans and Clarifying the Greenhouse Gas Emission Measure Will Help Meet Long-term Goals for Buildings: GAO-08-977, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Energy Management: Agencies Are Acquiring Alternative Fuel Vehicles but Face Challenges in Meeting Other Fleet Objectives: GAO-09-75R, October 22, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Motor Fuels: Stakeholder Views on Compensating for the Effects of Gasoline Temperature on Volume at the Pump: GAO-08-1114, September 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Safety: Department of Energy Needs to Strengthen Its Independent Oversight of Nuclear Facilities and Operations: GAO-09-61, October 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 117 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Security: Better Oversight Needed to Ensure That Security Improvements at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Are Fully Implemented and Sustained: GAO-09-321, March 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Waste: DOE's Environmental Management Initiatives Report Is Incomplete: GAO-09-697R, June 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties and Questions about Costs and Risks Persist with DOE's Tank Waste Cleanup Strategy at Hanford: GAO-09-913, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear and Worker Safety: Limited Information Exists on Costs and Reasons for Work Stoppages at DOE's Hanford Site: GAO-09-451, May 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Research and Development: DOE Could Enhance the Project Selection Process for Government Oil and Natural Gas Research: GAO-09-186, December 29, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Issues Regarding the Inclusion of Refined Petroleum Products as Part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: GAO-09-695T, May 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Technology Transfer: Clearer Priorities and Greater Use of Innovative Approaches Could Increase the Effectiveness of Technology Transfer at Department of Energy Laboratories: GAO-09-548, June 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Environmental Protection

Air Pollution: Air Quality, Visibility, and the Potential Impacts of Coal-Fired Power Plants on Great Basin National Park, Nevada: GAO-09-788R, July 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation and Climate Change: Aircraft Emissions Expected to Grow, but Technological and Operational Improvements and Government Policies Can Help Control Emissions: GAO-09-554, June 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 100 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation and the Environment: Initial Voluntary Airport Low Emissions Program Projects Reduce Emissions, and FAA Plans to Assess the Program's Overall Performance as Participation Increases: GAO-09-37, November 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Biomonitoring: EPA Needs to Coordinate Its Research Strategy and Clarify Its Authority to Obtain Biomonitoring Data: GAO-09-353, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Chemical Regulation: Options for Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Toxic Substances Control Act: GAO-09-428T, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Clean Air Act: Historical Information on EPA's Process for Reviewing California Waiver Requests and Making Waiver Determinations: GAO-09-249R, January 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Clean Air Act: Preliminary Observations on the Effectiveness and Costs of Mercury Control Technologies at Coal-Fired Power Plants: GAO-09-860T, July 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Clean Water Infrastructure: A Variety of Issues Need to Be Considered When Designing a Clean Water Trust Fund: GAO-09-657, May 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Clean Water Infrastructure: Design Issues and Funding Options for a Clean Water Trust Fund: GAO-09-893T, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Climate Change Policy: Preliminary Observations on Options for Distributing Emissions Allowances and Revenue under a Cap-and-Trade Program: GAO-09-950T, August 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Climate Change Science: High Quality Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data are a Cornerstone of Programs to Address Climate Change: GAO-09-423T, February 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Climate Change: Observations on Federal Efforts to Adapt to a Changing Climate: GAO-09-534T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Climate Change: Observations on the Potential Role of Carbon Offsets in Climate Change Legislation: GAO-09-456T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

EPA Chemical Assessments: Process Reforms Offer the Potential to Address Key Problems: GAO-09-774T, June 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Endangered Species Act: Many GAO Recommendations Have Been Implemented, but Some Issues Remain Unresolved: GAO-09-225R, December 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 215 pages) Accessible Text

Environmental Contamination: Lessons Learned from the Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense and Military Munitions Sites: GAO-09-779T, June 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Environmental Enforcement: EPA Needs to Improve the Accuracy and Transparency of Measures Used to Report on Program Effectiveness: GAO-08-1111R, September 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Environmental Protection Agency: Major Management Challenges: GAO-09-434, March 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Lands: Enhanced Planning Could Assist Agencies in Managing Increased Use of Off-Highway Vehicles: GAO-09-509, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Lands: Survey of Land Managers' Perspectives of Off-Highway Vehicle Use (GAO-09-547SP, June 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-509: GAO-09-547SP, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Hazardous Materials: EPA's Assessment of Sites That May Have Received Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana (GAO-09-7SP, March 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-6R: GAO-09-7SP, March 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Hazardous Materials: Status of EPA's Efforts to Assess Sites That May Have Received Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana: GAO-09-6R, March 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

International Climate Change Programs: Lessons Learned from the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism: GAO-09-151, November 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

National Marine Fisheries Service: Improvements Are Needed in the Federal Process Used to Protect Marine Mammals from Commercial Fishing: GAO-09-78, December 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Scientific Integrity: EPA's Efforts to Enhance the Credibility and Transparency of Its Scientific Processes: GAO-09-773T, June 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Superfund: Greater EPA Enforcement and Reporting Are Needed to Enhance Cleanup at DOD Sites: GAO-09-278, March 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Superfund: Litigation Has Decreased and EPA Needs Better Information on Site Cleanup and Cost Issues to Estimate Future Program Funding Requirements: GAO-09-656, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 130 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Financial Institutions

Bank Secrecy Act: Federal Agencies Should Take Action to Further Improve Coordination and Information-Sharing Efforts: GAO-09-227, February 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 110 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Bank Secrecy Act: Suspicious Activity Report Use Is Increasing, but FinCEN Needs to Further Develop and Document Its Form Revision Process: GAO-09-226, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Check 21 Act: Most Consumers Have Accepted and Banks Are Progressing Toward Full Adoption of Check Truncation: GAO-09-8, October 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text

Check 21 Act: Questions for Consumers about Check 21 Act (GAO-09-9SP, October 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-09-8: GAO-09-9SP, October 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Fair Lending: Data Limitations and the Fragmented U.S. Financial Regulatory Structure Challenge Federal Oversight and Enforcement Efforts: GAO-09-704, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 102 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Financial Assistance: Preliminary Observations on Assistance Provided to AIG: GAO-09-490T, March 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls: GAO-09-722R, May 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Markets Regulation: Financial Crisis Highlights Need to Improve Oversight of Leverage at Financial Institutions and across System: GAO-09-739, July 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 136 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System: GAO-09-349T, February 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System: GAO-09-314T, January 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System: GAO-09-310T, January 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System: GAO-09-216, January 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 107 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Regulation: Recent Crisis Reaffirms the Need to Overhaul the U.S. Regulatory System: GAO-09-1049T, September 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Regulation: Review of Regulators' Oversight of Risk Management Systems at a Limited Number of Large, Complex Financial Institutions: GAO-09-499T, March 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Hedge Funds: Overview of Regulatory Oversight, Counterparty Risks, and Investment Challenges: GAO-09-677T, May 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Inspectors General: Independent Oversight of Financial Regulatory Agencies: GAO-09-524T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Issues Involving the Use of the Futures Markets to Invest in Commodity Indexes: GAO-09-285R, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Private Equity: Recent Growth in Leveraged Buyouts Exposed Risks That Warrant Continued Attention: GAO-08-885, September 9, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 133 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Regulation SHO: Recent Actions Appear to Have Initially Reduced Failures to Deliver, but More Industry Guidance Is Needed: GAO-09-483, May 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 114 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Risk-Based Capital: New Basel II Rules Reduced Certain Competitive Concerns, but Bank Regulators Should Address Remaining Uncertainties: GAO-08-953, September 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Greater Attention Is Needed to Enhance Communication and Utilization of Resources in the Division of Enforcement: GAO-09-613T, May 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Securities and Exchange Commission: Greater Attention Needed to Enhance Communication and Utilization of Resources in the Division of Enforcement: GAO-09-358, March 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Oversight of U.S. Equities Market Clearing Agencies: GAO-09-318R, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Publicly Available Data on Sizes and Investments for Some Funds Are Limited: GAO-08-946, September 9, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text

Systemic Risk: Regulatory Oversight and Recent Initiatives to Address Risk Posed by Credit Default Swaps: GAO-09-397T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency: GAO-09-266T, December 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency: GAO-09-161, December 2, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Capital Purchase Program Transactions for October 28, 2008, through May 29, 2009, and Information on Financial Agency Agreements, Contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements, and Interagency Agreements Awarded as of June 1, 2009 (GAO-09-707SP, June 2009), an e-supplement to GAO-09-658: GAO-09-707SP, June 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Capital Purchase Program Transactions for the Period October 28, 2008 through March 20, 2009 and Information on Financial Agency Agreements, Contracts, and Blanket Purchase Agreements Awarded as of March 13, 2009 (GAO-09-522SP, March 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-504: GAO-09-522SP, March 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: June 2009 Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-658, June 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 117 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: March 2009 Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-504, March 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 100 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Defaults and Foreclosures on Home Mortgages: GAO-09-231T, December 4, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-1048T, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-920T, July 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-539T, March 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-484T, March 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-474T, March 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-417T, February 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-359T, February 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-296, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 112 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Government Assistance Provided to AIG: GAO-09-975, September 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 101 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Participants' Dividend Payments and Repurchases of Preferred Stock and Warrants: GAO-09-889T, July 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

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Financial Management

American Battle Monuments Commission: Management Action Needed to Improve Internal Control Procedures: GAO-09-714R, June 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2008 Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes: GAO-09-90R, November 3, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2008 Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes: GAO-09-91R, November 3, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform: GAO-09-1009T, September 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform: GAO-09-468, September 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 153 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Designated Federal Entities: Survey of Governance Practices and the Inspector General Role: GAO-09-270, April 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 155 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Contracting: Application of OMB Guidance Can Improve Use of Award Fee Contracts: GAO-09-839T, August 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007: GAO-09-293, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt's Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Schedules of Federal Debt: GAO-09-44, November 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements: GAO-09-92, December 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Congressional Award Foundation's Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements: GAO-09-652, May 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds' 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements: GAO-09-535, May 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: IRS's Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements: GAO-09-119, November 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 118 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Continue to Impact Preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government: GAO-09-387, April 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Audit: Securities and Exchange Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007: GAO-09-173, November 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007: GAO-09-409, May 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management Systems: OMB's Financial Management Line of Business Initiative Continues but Future Success Remains Uncertain: GAO-09-328, May 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Management: Achieving Financial Statement Auditability in the Department of Defense: GAO-09-373, May 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Management: DOD Needs to Clarify Its General Gift Fund Policies to Provide for Effective Oversight: GAO-09-486R, May 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Financial Management: Persistent Financial Management Systems Issues Remain for Many CFO Act Agencies: GAO-08-1018, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text

Improper Payments: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper Payments: GAO-09-628T, April 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: Management and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars Need Attention: GAO-09-624T, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages)

Inspectors General: Actions Needed to Improve Audit Coverage of NASA: GAO-09-88, December 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 77 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Management Report: Improvements Needed in SEC's Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures: GAO-09-376R, April 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Management Report: Opportunities for Improvements in FDIC's Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures: GAO-09-943R, September 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Review of Special Counsel Expenses for 6 Months Ended September 30, 2008: GAO-09-367R, March 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Senate Preservation Fund: Key Transaction-Related Operating Practices Have Been Established but Additional Practices Are Needed: GAO-09-89R, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Single Audit: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Single Audit Process and Oversight: GAO-09-307R, March 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Statutory Authorities to Prohibit Inspector General Activities: GAO-09-660R, May 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Understanding the Primary Components of the Annual Financial Report of the United States Government: GAO-09-946SP, September 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

United States Merchant Marine Academy: Internal Control Weaknesses Resulted in Improper Sources and Uses of Funds; Some Corrective Actions Are Under Way: GAO-09-635, August 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Government Operations

2008 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements: GAO-09-487, April 1, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

2010 Census: Census Bureau Needs Procedures for Estimating the Response Rate and Selecting for Testing Methods to Increase Response Rate: GAO-08-1012, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

2010 Census: Communications Campaign Has Potential to Boost Participation: GAO-09-525T, March 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

2010 Census: Fundamental Building Blocks of a Successful Enumeration Face Challenges: GAO-09-430T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

2010 Census: Little Time Remains to Address Operational Challenges: GAO-09-408T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau: Fiscal Year 2010 Proposed Licensing and Registration Fees Program: GAO-09-1023R, September 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

America Competes Act: NIST Applied Some Safeguards in Obtaining Expert Services, but Additional Direction from Congress Is Needed: GAO-09-789, August 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Recommendations (HTML)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: GAO's Role in Helping to Ensure Accountability and Transparency: GAO-09-453T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Architect of the Capitol: Plans for Renovating the Cannon House Office Building and Garages: GAO-09-673T, May 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Biosafety Laboratories: BSL-4 Laboratories Improved Perimeter Security Despite Limited Action by CDC: GAO-09-1038T, September 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Biosafety Laboratories: BSL-4 Laboratories Improved Perimeter Security Despite Limited Action by CDC: GAO-09-851, July 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Biosafety Laboratories: Perimeter Security Assessment of the Nation's Five BSL-4 Laboratories: GAO-08-1092, September 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Capitol Visitor Center: Construction Expected to Be Completed within Current Budget Estimate: GAO-09-925T, July 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

Certificated Expenditures: Executive Office of the President Fiscal Year 2007 Certificated Expenditures Were Used for Authorized Purposes: GAO-09-305, February 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Citizens' Report: Fiscal Year 2008 Summary of GAO's Performance and Financial Results: GAO-09-2SP, January 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Confirmation of Political Appointees: Eliciting Nominees' Views on Management Challenges within Agencies and across Government: GAO-09-194, November 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 155 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: Minimal Compliance with New Safeguards for Time-and-Materials Contracts for Commercial Services and Safeguards Have Not Been Applied to GSA Schedules Program: GAO-09-579, June 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Labor: Better Cost Assessments and Departmentwide Performance Tracking Are Needed to Effectively Manage Competitive Sourcing Program: GAO-09-14, November 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Effect of Personnel Reform on the Federal Aviation Administration's Budget: GAO-09-645R, May 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Emergency Communications: Vulnerabilities Remain and Limited Collaboration and Monitoring Hamper Federal Efforts: GAO-09-604, June 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 104 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Excluded Parties List System: Suspended and Debarred Businesses and Individuals Improperly Receive Federal Funds: GAO-09-419T, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Excluded Parties List System: Suspended and Debarred Businesses and Individuals Improperly Receive Federal Funds: GAO-09-174, February 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Contracting: Guidance on Award Fees Has Led to Better Practices but Is Not Consistently Applied: GAO-09-630, May 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Contracting: Observations on the Government's Contracting Data Systems: GAO-09-1032T, September 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Contractors: Better Performance Information Needed to Support Agency Contract Award Decisions: GAO-09-374, April 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Energy and Fleet Management: Plug-in Vehicles Offer Potential Benefits, but High Costs and Limited Information Could Hinder Integration into the Federal Fleet: GAO-09-493, June 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Real Property: An Update on High Risk Issues: GAO-09-801T, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Real Property: Authorities and Actions Regarding Enhanced Use Leases and Sale of Unneeded Real Property: GAO-09-283R, February 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Real Property: Government's Fiscal Exposure from Repair and Maintenance Backlogs Is Unclear: GAO-09-10, October 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Research: Information on the Government's Right to Assert Ownership Control over Federally Funded Inventions: GAO-09-742, July 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Research: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Management and Oversight of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: GAO-09-15, October 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Rulemaking: Improvements Needed to Monitoring and Evaluation of Rules Development as Well as to the Transparency of OMB Regulatory Reviews: GAO-09-205, April 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 115 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office: GAO-09-699T, May 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office: GAO-09-587T, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Formula Grants: Census Data Are among Several Factors That Can Affect Funding Allocations: GAO-09-832T, July 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Freedom of Information Act: DHS Has Taken Steps to Enhance Its Program, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness: GAO-09-260, March 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs (Supersedes GAO-07-1134SP): GAO-09-3SP, March 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 438 pages) Accessible Text

GSA Global Supply's Direct Vendor Delivery Proposal Addresses Declining Office Product Sales, but Annual Reviews May Be Needed to Monitor Impact on Small Business Participation: GAO-09-230R, February 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Government Performance: Strategies for Building a Results-Oriented and Collaborative Culture in the Federal Government: GAO-09-1011T, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Government Printing Office: Issues Faced in Obtaining a New Facility: GAO-09-392R, February 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Grants Management: Grants.gov Has Systematic Weaknesses That Require Attention: GAO-09-589, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

High Risk Series: Restructuring the U.S. Postal Service to Achieve Sustainable Financial Viability: GAO-09-937SP, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 3 pages) Accessible Text

High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed: GAO-09-1036T, September 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed: GAO-09-1045T, September 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed: GAO-09-574, September 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 104 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

High-Risk Series: An Update: GAO-09-271, January 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 99 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Actions Needed to Better Track and Provide Timely and Accurate Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Federal Civilians: GAO-09-562, June 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 87 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Human Capital: Diversity in the Federal SES and Processes for Selecting New Executives: GAO-09-110, November 26, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 79 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Improved Implementation of Safeguards and an Action Plan to Address Employee Concerns Could Increase Employee Acceptance of the National Security Personnel System: GAO-09-464T, April 1, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Improved Tracking and Additional Actions Needed to Ensure the Timely and Accurate Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Civilians: GAO-09-1019T, September 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Sustained Attention to Strategic Human Capital Management Needed: GAO-09-632T, April 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Identity Theft: Governments Have Acted to Protect Personally Identifiable Information, but Vulnerabilities Remain: GAO-09-759T, June 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: Census Bureau Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems Can Be Strengthened: GAO-09-262, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Interagency Collaboration: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight of National Security Strategies, Organizations, Workforce, and Information Sharing: GAO-09-904SP, September 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text

National Applications Office Certification Review: GAO-09-105R, November 6, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nonprofit Sector: Significant Federal Funds Reach the Sector through Various Mechanisms, but More Complete and Reliable Funding Data Are Needed: GAO-09-193, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Office of Personnel Management: Retirement Modernization Planning and Management Shortcomings Need to Be Addressed: GAO-09-529, April 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Older Workers: Enhanced Communication among Federal Agencies Could Improve Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Experienced Workers: GAO-09-206, February 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Overseas U.S. Government Personnel Involved in Efforts to Protect and Enforce Intellectual Property Rights: GAO-09-402R, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Personnel Security Clearances: An Outcome-Focused Strategy Is Needed to Guide Implementation of the Reformed Clearance Process: GAO-09-488, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Personnel Security Clearances: Progress Has Been Made to Reduce Delays but Further Actions Are Needed to Enhance Quality and Sustain Reform Efforts: GAO-09-684T, September 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Radio Communications: Congressional Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Collaborate to Develop a Joint Solution: GAO-09-133, December 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Real Property: Infrastructure Investment Presents Opportunities to Address Long-standing Real Property Backlogs and Reduce Energy Consumption: GAO-09-324T, January 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities, Continued Attention to Accountability Issues Is Essential: GAO-09-631T, April 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities, Continued Attention to Accountability Issues Is Essential: GAO-09-580, April 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 303 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Recovery Act: Consistent Policies Needed to Ensure Equal Consideration of Grant Applications: GAO-09-590R, April 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Recovery Act: Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to Be Fully Addressed: GAO-09-1016, September 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 163 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Recovery Act: Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to Be Fully Addressed (Appendixes): GAO-09-1017SP, September 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 671 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: GAO's Efforts to Work with the Accountability Community to Help Ensure Effective and Efficient Oversight: GAO-09-672T, May 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: Initial Results on States' Use of and Accountability for Transportation Funds: GAO-09-597T, April 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses: GAO-09-908T, September 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses: GAO-09-831T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses: GAO-09-829, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 167 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses (Appendixes): GAO-09-830SP, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 736 pages) Accessible Text

Results Oriented Management: Opportunities Exist for Refining the Oversight and Implementation of the Senior Executive Performance-Based Pay System: GAO-09-82, November 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Results-Oriented Management: Strengthening Key Practices at FEMA and Interior Could Promote Greater Use of Performance Information: GAO-09-676, August 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Sponsored Noncitizens and Public Benefits: More Clarity in Federal Guidance and Better Access to Federal Information Could Improve Implementation of Income Eligibility Rules: GAO-09-375, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Status of GSA's Implementation of Selected Green Building Provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: GAO-09-111R, October 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Government Accountability Office: Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2008: GAO-09-1SP, November 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 186 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Age and Disability in the Executive Service: GAO-09-255R, January 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Broad Restructuring Needed to Address Deteriorating Finances: GAO-09-790T, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Deteriorating Postal Finances Require Aggressive Actions to Reduce Costs: GAO-09-332T, January 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Escalating Financial Problems Require Major Cost Reductions to Limit Losses: GAO-09-475T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Intelligent Mail Benefits May Not Be Achieved if Key Risks Are Not Addressed: GAO-09-599, May 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Postal Service: Mail Delivery Efficiency Has Improved, but Additional Actions Needed to Achieve Further Gains: GAO-09-696, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Postal Service: Network Rightsizing Needed to Help Keep USPS Financially Viable: GAO-09-674T, May 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Restructuring Urgently Needed to Achieve Financial Viability: GAO-09-958T, August 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

United States Government Accountability Office Fiscal Year 2010 Performance Plan: GAO-09-304SP, April 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Update of State and Local Government Fiscal Pressures: GAO-09-320R, January 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Whistleblower Protection Program: Better Data and Improved Oversight Would Help Ensure Program Quality and Consistency: GAO-09-106, January 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 78 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Women's Pay: Converging Characteristics of Men and Women in the Federal Workforce Help Explain the Narrowing Pay Gap: GAO-09-621T, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Women's Pay: Gender Pay Gap in the Federal Workforce Narrows as Differences in Occupation, Education, and Experience Diminish: GAO-09-279, March 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 108 pages) Accessible Text

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Health

Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water: GAO-09-861T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water: GAO-09-610, June 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS Should Develop an Agencywide Policy for Translating Medicare Documents into Languages Other Than English: GAO-09-752R, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Coast Guard Retiree Health Care: Coast Guard Contributions to and Payments from the DOD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund (MERHCF): GAO-09-857R, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Drug Safety: Better Data Management and More Inspections Are Needed to Strengthen FDA's Foreign Drug Inspection Program: GAO-08-970, September 22, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

End-Stage Renal Disease: CMS Should Monitor Effect of Bundled Payment on Home Dialysis Utilization Rates: GAO-09-537, May 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Estimated Adjusted Medicaid Funding Allocations Related to the Proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: GAO-09-371R, February 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Estimated Temporary Medicaid Funding Allocations Related to Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: GAO-09-364R, February 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

FDA Advisory Committees: Process for Recruiting Members and Evaluating Potential Conflicts of Interest: GAO-08-640, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollee Cost Sharing for Selected Specialty Prescription Drugs: GAO-09-517R, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Tort Claims Act: Information Related to Implications of Extending Coverage to Volunteers at HRSA-Funded Health Centers: GAO-09-693R, June 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Food and Drug Administration: FDA Faces Challenges Meeting Its Growing Medical Product Responsibilities and Should Develop Complete Estimates of Its Resource Needs: GAO-09-581, June 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 81 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

HIV/AIDS: Federal and State Efforts to Identify Infected Individuals and Connect Them to Care: GAO-09-985, September 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Redesigned BioSense Program: GAO-09-100, November 20, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 85 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Health Insurance: Enrollment, Benefits, Funding, and Other Characteristics of State High-Risk Health Insurance Pools: GAO-09-730R, July 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text

Health Resources and Services Administration: Many Underserved Areas Lack a Health Center Site, and Data Are Needed on Service Provision at Sites: GAO-09-667T, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Health-Care-Associated Infections In Hospitals: Continuing Leadership Needed from HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on These Infections: GAO-09-516T, March 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections: GAO-08-808, September 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text

Health-Care-Associated Infections: HHS Action Needed to Obtain Nationally Representative Data on Risks in Ambulatory Surgical Centers: GAO-09-213, February 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Hospital Emergency Departments: Bibliography (GAO-09-348SP, April 30, 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-347: GAO-09-348SP, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowding Continues to Occur, and Some Patients Wait Longer than Recommended Time Frames: GAO-09-347, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text

Human Subjects Research: Undercover Tests Show the Institutional Review Board System Is Vulnerable to Unethical Manipulation: GAO-09-448T, March 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Hurricane Katrina: Barriers to Mental Health Services for Children Persist in Greater New Orleans, Although Federal Grants Are Helping to Address Them: GAO-09-935T, August 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Hurricane Katrina: Barriers to Mental Health Services for Children Persist in Greater New Orleans, Although Federal Grants Are Helping to Address Them: GAO-09-563, July 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text

Hurricane Katrina: Federal Grants Have Helped Health Care Organizations Provide Primary Care, but Challenges Remain: GAO-09-588, July 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Improper Payments: Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to Eliminating Waste and Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid: GAO-09-838R, July 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Indian Health Service: Millions of Dollars in Property and Equipment Continue to Be Lost or Stolen: GAO-09-450, June 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Indoor Mold: Better Coordination of Research on Health Effects and More Consistent Guidance Would Improve Federal Efforts: GAO-08-980, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Indoor Mold: Ongoing and Recently Completed Federal Research Activities (GAO-08-984SP, September 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-980: GAO-08-984SP, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Influenza Pandemic: Continued Focus on the Nation's Planning and Preparedness Efforts Remains Essential: GAO-09-760T, June 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Influenza Pandemic: Gaps in Pandemic Planning and Preparedness Need to Be Addressed: GAO-09-909T, July 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

Influenza Pandemic: Greater Agency Accountability Needed to Protect Federal Workers in the Event of a Pandemic: GAO-09-783T, June 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Influenza Pandemic: Increased Agency Accountability Could Help Protect Federal Employees Serving the Public in the Event of a Pandemic: GAO-09-404, June 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Influenza Pandemic: Sustaining Focus on the Nation's Planning and Preparedness Efforts: GAO-09-334, February 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text

Medicaid Preventive Services: Concerted Efforts Needed to Ensure Beneficiaries Receive Services: GAO-09-578, August 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 81 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicaid and CHIP: Opportunities Exist to Improve U.S. Insular Area Demographic Data That Could Be Used to Help Determine Federal Funding: GAO-09-558R, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicaid: Fraud and Abuse Related to Controlled Substances Identified in Selected States: GAO-09-1004T, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Medicaid: Fraud and Abuse Related to Controlled Substances Identified in Selected States: GAO-09-957, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicaid: Source of Screening Affects Women's Eligibility for Coverage of Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment in Some States: GAO-09-384, May 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text

Medical Devices: FDA Should Take Steps to Ensure That High-Risk Device Types Are Approved through the Most Stringent Premarket Review Process: GAO-09-190, January 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medical Devices: Shortcomings in FDA's Premarket Review, Postmarket Surveillance, and Inspections of Device Manufacturing Establishments: GAO-09-370T, June 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Advantage Organizations: Actual Expenses and Profits Compared to Projections for 2006: GAO-09-132R, December 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Advantage: Characteristics, Financial Risks, and Disenrollment Rates of Beneficiaries in Private Fee-for-Service Plans: GAO-09-25, December 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage: Federal Oversight of Reported Price Concessions Data: GAO-08-1074R, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Part D: Opportunities Exist for Improving Information Sent to Enrollees and Scheduling the Annual Election Period: GAO-09-4, December 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare Physician Payments: Fees Could Better Reflect Efficiencies Achieved When Services Are Provided Together: GAO-09-647, July 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare Physician Services: Utilization Trends Indicate Sustained Beneficiary Access with High and Growing Levels of Service in Some Areas of the Nation: GAO-09-559, August 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 91 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare and Medicaid Participating Facilities: CMS Needs to Reexamine Its Approach for Funding State Oversight of Health Care Facilities: GAO-09-64, February 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 90 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare: Callers Can Access 1-800-MEDICARE Services, but Responsibility within CMS for Limited English Proficiency Plan Unclear: GAO-09-104, December 29, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Medicare: Improvements Needed to Address Improper Payments in Home Health: GAO-09-185, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Methadone-Associated Overdose Deaths: Factors Contributing to Increased Deaths and Efforts to Prevent Them: GAO-09-341, March 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text

National Institutes of Health: Completion of Comprehensive Risk Management Program Essential to Effective Oversight: GAO-09-687, September 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nonprescription Drugs: Considerations Regarding a Behind-the-Counter Drug Class: GAO-09-245, February 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text

Nonprofit Hospitals: Variation in Standards and Guidance Limits Comparison of How Hospitals Meet Community Benefit Requirements: GAO-08-880, September 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text

Nursing Homes: CMS's Special Focus Facility Methodology Should Better Target the Most Poorly Performing Homes, Which Tended to Be Chain Affiliated and For-Profit: GAO-09-689, August 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Prescription Drugs: Overview of Approaches to Control Prescription Drug Spending in Federal Programs: GAO-09-819T, June 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief: Partner Selection and Oversight Follow Accepted Practices but Would Benefit from Enhanced Planning and Accountability: GAO-09-666, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Privacy and Security: Food and Drug Administration Faces Challenges in Establishing Protections for Its Postmarket Risk Analysis System: GAO-09-355, June 1, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 79 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Private Health Insurance: 2008 Survey Results on Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market: GAO-09-363R, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Private Health Insurance: Research on Competition in the Insurance Industry: GAO-09-864R, July 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Project BioShield Act: HHS Has Supported Development, Procurement, and Emergency Use of Medical Countermeasures to Address Health Threats: GAO-09-878R, July 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Project Bioshield: HHS Can Improve Agency Internal Controls for Its New Contracting Authorities: GAO-09-820, July 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Public Health and Border Security: HHS and DHS Should Further Strengthen Their Ability to Respond to TB Incidents: GAO-09-58, October 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Ryan White CARE Act: Effects of Certain Funding Provisions on Grant Awards: GAO-09-894, September 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Proposed Stop-Loss Provision in H.R. 3293 on Urban Areas: GAO-09-947R, August 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Proposed Stop-Loss Provision on Urban Areas: GAO-09-472R, March 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Ryan White CARE Act: Health Resources and Services Administration's Implementation of Certain Provisions Hampered by Lack of Timely and Accurate Information: GAO-09-1020, September 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Ryan White CARE Act: Implementation of the New Minority AIDS Initiative Provisions: GAO-09-315, March 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Ryan White CARE Act: Program Changes Affecting Minority AIDS Initiative and Part D Grantees: GAO-09-1027T, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Ryan White Care Act: First-Year Experiences under the Part D Administrative Expense Cap: GAO-09-140, December 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

State Children's Health Insurance Program: CMS Should Improve Efforts to Assess whether SCHIP Is Substituting for Private Insurance: GAO-09-252, February 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

State and Local Fiscal Challenges: Rising Health Care Costs Drive Long-term and Immediate Pressures: GAO-09-210T, November 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

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Homeland Security

Aviation Security: Federal Air Marshal Service Has Taken Actions to Fulfill Its Core Mission and Address Workforce Issues, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve Workforce Survey: GAO-09-273, January 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 78 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Aviation Security: Preliminary Observations on TSA's Progress and Challenges in Meeting the Statutory Mandate for Screening Air Cargo on Passenger Aircraft: GAO-09-422T, March 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation Security: Status of Transportation Security Inspector Workforce: GAO-09-123R, February 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation Security: TSA's Cost and Performance Study of Private-Sector Airport Screening: GAO-09-27R, January 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Biological Research: Observations on DHS's Analyses Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland as on Plum Island: GAO-09-747, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text

Border Patrol: Checkpoints Contribute to Border Patrol's Mission, but More Consistent Data Collection and Performance Measurement Could Improve Effectiveness: GAO-09-824, August 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 147 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

CBP Could Improve Its Estimation of Funding Needed for New Border Patrol Agents: GAO-09-542R, June 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Coast Guard: Administrative Law Judge Program Contains Elements Designed to Foster Judges' Independence and Mariner Protections Assessed Are Being Followed: GAO-09-489, June 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text

Coast Guard: As Deepwater Systems Integrator, Coast Guard Is Reassessing Costs and Capabilities but Lags in Applying Its Disciplined Acquisition Approach: GAO-09-682, July 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Coast Guard: Better Logistics Planning Needed to Aid Operational Decisions Related to the Deployment of the National Security Cutter and Its Support Assets: GAO-09-497, July 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Coast Guard: Observations on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget and Related Performance and Management Challenges: GAO-09-810T, July 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Coast Guard: Observations on the Genesis and Progress of the Service's Modernization Program: GAO-09-530R, June 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Coast Guard: Update on Deepwater Program Management, Cost, and Acquisition Workforce: GAO-09-620T, April 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Improved Testing of Advanced Radiation Detection Portal Monitors, but Preliminary Results Show Limits of the New Technology: GAO-09-655, May 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS's Phase 3 Test Report on Advanced Portal Monitors Does Not Fully Disclose the Limitations of the Test Results: GAO-08-979, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Lessons Learned from DHS Testing of Advanced Radiation Detection Portal Monitors: GAO-09-804T, June 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Combating Nuclear Terrorism: Preliminary Observations on Preparedness to Recover from Possible Attacks Using Radiological or Nuclear Materials: GAO-09-996T, September 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Commercial Vehicle Security: Risk-Based Approach Needed to Secure the Commercial Vehicle Sector: GAO-09-85, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 113 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DHS: Organizational Structure and Resources for Providing Health Care to Immigration Detainees: GAO-09-308R, February 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Department of Homeland Security: A Strategic Approach Is Needed to Better Ensure the Acquisition Workforce Can Meet Mission Needs: GAO-09-30, November 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Homeland Security: Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate Oversight: GAO-09-29, November 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of Homeland Security: Organizational Structure, Spending, and Staffing for the Health Care Provided to Immigration Detainees: GAO-09-401T, March 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Disaster Recovery: Experiences from Past Disasters Offer Insights for Effective Collaboration after Catastrophic Events: GAO-09-811, July 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Emergency Communications: National Communications System Provides Programs for Priority Calling, but Planning for New Initiatives and Performance Measurement Could be Strengthened: GAO-09-822, August 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 76 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Development of Integrated Public Alert and Warning System: GAO-09-1044T, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Modernization and Integration of Public Alert and Warning System: GAO-09-834, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Emergency Preparedness: Results of Survey on State and Local Emergency Alert and Notification Capabilities (GAO-09-880SP, September 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-834: GAO-09-880SP, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Taken to Fulfill Core Mission and Address Workforce Issues: GAO-09-903T, July 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Federal User Fees: Additional Analyses and Timely Reviews Could Improve Immigration and Naturalization User Fee Design and USCIS Operations: GAO-09-180, January 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Firearm and Explosives Background Checks Involving Terrorist Watch List Records: GAO-09-125R, May 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Address Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace: GAO-09-612T, April 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace: GAO-09-184, January 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees - November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008: GAO-09-168R, December 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Improve Security Practices at National Icons and Parks: GAO-09-983, August 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: Despite Progress, DHS Continues to Be Challenged in Managing Its Multi-Billion Dollar Annual Investment in Large-Scale Information Technology Systems: GAO-09-1002T, September 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service Has Taken Some Initial Steps to Address Its Challenges, but Vulnerabilities Still Exist: GAO-09-1047T, September 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service Should Improve Human Capital Planning and Better Communicate with Tenants: GAO-09-749, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Homeland Security: Preliminary Results Show Federal Protective Service's Ability to Protect Federal Facilities Is Hampered By Weaknesses in Its Contract Security Guard Program: GAO-09-859T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Homeland Security: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Planning and Execution Improvements Needed: GAO-09-96, December 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 139 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Immigration Application Fees: Costing Methodology Improvements Would Provide More Reliable Basis for Setting Fees: GAO-09-70, January 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Immigration Benefits: Actions Needed to Address Vulnerabilities in Process for Granting Permanent Residency: GAO-09-55, December 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Maritime Security: Vessel Tracking Systems Provide Key Information, but the Need for Duplicate Data Should Be Reviewed: GAO-09-337, March 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Northern Border Security: DHS's Report Could Better Inform Congress by Identifying Actions, Resources, and Time Frames Needed to Address Vulnerabilities: GAO-09-93, November 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Detection: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Should Improve Planning to Better Address Gaps and Vulnerabilities: GAO-09-257, January 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Forensics: Comprehensive Interagency Plan Needed to Address Human Capital Issues: GAO-09-527R, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Secure Border Initiative Fence Construction Costs: GAO-09-244R, January 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed: GAO-09-1013T, September 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed: GAO-09-896, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Weapons: GAO-09-39, December 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Critical Infrastructure Protection Cost-Benefit Report: GAO-09-654R, June 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Transit Security Grant Program: DHS Allocates Grants Based on Risk, but Its Risk Methodology, Management Controls, and Grant Oversight Can Be Strengthened: GAO-09-491, June 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Secure Border Initiative Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan: GAO-09-274R, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 71 pages) Accessible Text

Urban Area Security Initiative: FEMA Lacks Measures to Assess How Regional Collaboration Efforts Build Preparedness Capabilities: GAO-09-651, July 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Housing

Affordable Housing in Transit-Oriented Development: Key Practices Could Enhance Recent Collaboration Efforts between DOT-FTA and HUD: GAO-09-871, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Characteristics and Performance of Nonprime Mortgages: GAO-09-848R, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Analysis of Options for Revising the Housing Enterprises' Long-term Structures: GAO-09-782, September 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text

Green Affordable Housing: HUD Has Made Progress in Promoting Green Building, but Expanding Efforts Could Help Reduce Energy Costs and Benefit Tenants: GAO-09-46, October 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Home Mortgages: Provisions in a 2007 Mortgage Reform Bill (H.R. 3915) Would Strengthen Borrower Protections, but Views on Their Long-term Impact Differ: GAO-09-741, July 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text

Home Mortgages: Recent Performance of Nonprime Loans Highlights the Potential for Additional Foreclosures: GAO-09-922T, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Public Housing: HUD's Oversight of Housing Agencies Should Focus More on Inappropriate Use of Program Funds: GAO-09-33, June 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Reverse Mortgages: Policy Changes Have Had Mostly Positive Effects on Lenders and Borrowers, but These Changes and Market Developments Have Increased HUD's Risk: GAO-09-836, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Actions Needed to Make the Home Affordable Modification Program More Transparent and Accountable: GAO-09-837, July 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Income Security

401(k) Plans: Policy Changes Could Reduce the Long-term Effects of Leakage on Workers' Retirement Savings: GAO-09-715, August 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defined Benefit Pensions: Survey Results of the Nation's Largest Private Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors: GAO-09-291, March 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text

Defined Benefit Plans: Proposed Plan Buyouts by Financial Firms Pose Potential Risks and Benefits: GAO-09-207, March 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Financial Challenges Highlight Need for Improved Governance and Management: GAO-09-702T, May 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: More Strategic Approach Needed for Processing Complex Plans Prone to Delays and Overpayments: GAO-09-716, August 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 91 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Private Pensions: Alternative Approaches Could Address Retirement Risks Faced by Workers but Pose Trade-offs: GAO-09-642, July 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 77 pages) Accessible Text

Private Pensions: Conflicts of Interest Can Affect Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans: GAO-09-503T, March 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Administration: Further Actions Needed to Address Disability Claims and Service Delivery Challenges: GAO-09-511T, March 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Administration: Service Delivery Plan Needed to Address Baby Boom Retirement Challenges: GAO-09-24, January 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Disability: Additional Performance Measures and Better Cost Estimates Could Help Improve SSA's Efforts to Eliminate Its Hearings Backlog: GAO-09-398, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices: GAO-09-149, December 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Social Security Disability: Improving Notices to Denied Claimants: GAO-09-183R, January 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Unemployment Insurance Measures Included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as of July 2009: GAO-09-942R, July 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages) Accessible Text

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Information Management

Assessing the Reliability of Computer-Processed Data (Supersedes GAO-03-273G): GAO-09-680G, July 1, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text

Bureau of Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls: GAO-09-633R, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Cybersecurity: Continued Federal Efforts Are Needed to Protect Critical Systems and Information: GAO-09-835T, June 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Efforts to Achieve Full Interoperability Are Ongoing; Program Office Management Needs Improvement: GAO-09-775, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Health Records: DOD's and VA's Sharing of Information Could Benefit from Improved Management: GAO-09-268, January 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Electronic Health Records: Program Office Improvements Needed to Strengthen Management of VA and DOD Efforts to Achieve Full Interoperability: GAO-09-895T, July 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Information Security Issues: GAO-09-817R, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM): GAO-09-232G, February 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 601 pages) Accessible Text

Health Information Technology: Federal Agencies' Experiences Demonstrate Challenges to Successful Implementation: GAO-09-312T, January 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Agencies Continue to Report Progress, but Need to Mitigate Persistent Weaknesses: GAO-09-546, July 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 66 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Security: Agencies Make Progress in Implementation of Requirements, but Significant Weaknesses Persist: GAO-09-701T, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Address Significant Weaknesses at IRS: GAO-09-136, January 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Security: Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities Place Federal Systems at Risk: GAO-09-661T, May 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Further Actions Needed to Address Risks to Bank Secrecy Act Data: GAO-09-195, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Security: Securities and Exchange Commission Needs to Consistently Implement Effective Controls: GAO-09-203, March 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Strengthen Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems: GAO-09-413T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: Census Bureau Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems Can Be Strengthened: GAO-09-414T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: Challenges Remain for VA's Sharing of Electronic Health Records with DOD: GAO-09-427T, March 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: DOD Needs to Strengthen Management of Its Statutorily Mandated Software and System Process Improvement Efforts: GAO-09-888, September 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Demand for the Social Security Administration's Electronic Data Exchanges Is Growing and Presents Future Challenges: GAO-09-126, December 4, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: FDA Needs to Establish Key Plans and Processes for Guiding Systems Modernization Efforts: GAO-09-523, June 2, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects: GAO-09-566, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 65 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: HUD Needs to Strengthen Its Capacity to Manage and Modernize Its Environment: GAO-09-675, July 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: Management Improvements Needed on the Department of Homeland Security's Next Generation Information Sharing System: GAO-09-40, October 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 58 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Information Technology: SSA Has Taken Key Steps for Managing Its Investments, but Needs to Strengthen Oversight and Fully Define Policies and Procedures: GAO-08-1020, September 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

National Cybersecurity Strategy: Key Improvements Are Needed to Strengthen the Nation's Posture: GAO-09-432T, March 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Administration: Effective Information Technology Management Essential for Data Center Initiative: GAO-09-662T, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available in Bulk and Online Records, but Changes to Enhance Security Are Occurring: GAO-08-1009R, September 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text

Social Security Numbers: Transfers and Sales of Public Records That May Contain Social Security Numbers (GAO-08-1004SP, September 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-1009R: GAO-08-1004SP, September 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Telecommunications: Information on Participation in the E-rate Program (GAO-09-254SP, March 2009), an e-supplement to GAO-09-253: GAO-09-254SP, April 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Telecommunications: Long-Term Strategic Vision Would Help Ensure Targeting of E-rate Funds to Highest-Priority Uses: GAO-09-253, March 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 83 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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International Affairs

Addressing Significant Vulnerabilities in the Department of State's Passport Issuance Process: GAO-09-583R, April 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Afghanistan Security: Corrective Actions Are Needed to Address Serious Accountability Concerns about Weapons Provided to Afghan National Security Forces: GAO-09-366T, February 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Afghanistan Security: Lack of Systematic Tracking Raises Significant Accountability Concerns about Weapons Provided to Afghan National Security Forces: GAO-09-267, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Afghanistan Security: U.S. Programs to Further Reform Ministry of Interior and National Police Challenged by Lack of Military Personnel and Afghan Cooperation: GAO-09-280, March 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Oversight of U.S. Interagency Efforts: GAO-09-1015T, September 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight: GAO-09-473SP, April 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Afghanistan: U.S.- and Internationally-Funded Roads (GAO-09-626SP), an E-supplement to GAO-09-473SP: GAO-09-626SP, April 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 6 pages)

Broadcasting to Cuba: Actions Are Needed to Improve Strategy and Operations: GAO-09-127, January 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Broadcasting to Cuba: Observations Regarding TV Marti's Strategy and Operations: GAO-09-758T, June 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Climate Change Trade Measures: Considerations for U.S. Policy Makers: GAO-09-724R, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text

Climate Change Trade Measures: Estimating Industry Effects: GAO-09-875T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Combating Terrorism: U.S. Agencies Report Progress Countering Terrorism and Its Financing in Saudi Arabia, but Continued Focus on Counter Terrorism Financing Efforts Needed: GAO-09-883, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Coordinated Federal Decisions and Additional Data Are Needed to Manage Potential Economic Impact of Applying U.S. Immigration Law: GAO-09-426T, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan: GAO-09-19, October 1, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Democracy Assistance: U.S. Agencies Take Steps to Coordinate International Programs but Lack Information on Some U.S.-funded Activities: GAO-09-993, September 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 71 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of State: Additional Steps Needed to Address Continuing Staffing and Experience Gaps at Hardship Posts: GAO-09-874, September 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of State: Comprehensive Plan Needed to Address Persistent Foreign Language Shortfalls: GAO-09-955, September 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Department of State: Persistent Staffing and Foreign Language Gaps Compromise Diplomatic Readiness: GAO-09-1046T, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Department of State: Undercover Tests Reveal Significant Vulnerabilities in State's Passport Issuance Process: GAO-09-447, March 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Developing Countries: The United States Has Not Fully Funded Its Share of Debt Relief, and the Impact of Debt Relief on Countries' Poverty-Reducing Spending Is Unknown: GAO-09-162, January 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 86 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Embassy Construction: Additional Actions Are Needed to Address Contractor Participation: GAO-09-48, January 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Export Controls: Challenges with Commerce's Validated End-User Program May Limit Its Ability to Ensure That Semiconductor Equipment Exported to China Is Used as Intended: GAO-08-1095, September 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Export Promotion: Commerce Needs Better Information to Evaluate Its Fee-Based Programs and Customers: GAO-09-144, March 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Export Promotion: States' Export Promotion Agency Survey (GAO-09-148SP), an E-Supplement to GAO-09-144: GAO-09-148SP, March 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages)

Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges: GAO-09-781T, June 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges: GAO-09-709, June 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 83 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Aid Reform: Comprehensive Strategy, Interagency Coordination, and Operational Improvements Would Bolster Current Efforts: GAO-09-192, April 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: Continued Efforts Needed to Strengthen USAID's Oversight of U.S. Democracy Assistance for Cuba: GAO-09-165, November 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: Measures to Prevent Inadvertent Payments to Terrorists under Palestinian Aid Programs Have Been Strengthened, but Some Weaknesses Remain: GAO-09-622, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Foreign Assistance: State Department Foreign Aid Information Systems Have Improved Change Management Practices but Do Not Follow Risk Management Best Practices: GAO-09-52R, November 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Intellectual Property: Enhanced Planning by U.S. Personnel Overseas Could Strengthen Efforts: GAO-09-863, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Recommendations (HTML)

International Environmental Oversight: U.S. Agencies Follow Certain Procedures Required by Law, but Have Limited Impact: GAO-09-99, November 20, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight: GAO-09-977SP, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Can Enhance the Efficiency of U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation: GAO-09-570, May 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 102 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Provides Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation: GAO-09-757T, June 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

International Food Assistance: USAID Is Taking Actions to Improve Monitoring and Evaluation of Nonemergency Food Aid, but Weaknesses in Planning Could Impede Efforts: GAO-09-980, September 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Trade: Effective Export Programs Can Help In Achieving U.S. Economic Goals: GAO-09-480T, March 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

International Trade: Four Free Trade Agreements GAO Reviewed Have Resulted in Commercial Benefits, but Challenges on Labor and Environment Remain: GAO-09-439, July 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 154 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

International Trade: Observations on U.S. Government Efforts to Address Textile Transshipment: GAO-09-813T, June 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

International Trade: Prior Updates of the Trade Advisory System Offer Insights for Current Review: GAO-09-842T, July 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

International Trade: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, but Serious Impediments Remain to Restricting Trade in Burmese Rubies and Jadeite: GAO-09-987, September 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Recommendations (HTML)

Iraq and Afghanistan: Security, Economic, and Governance Challenges to Rebuilding Efforts Should Be Addressed in U.S. Strategies: GAO-09-476T, March 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Iraq: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight: GAO-09-294SP, March 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text

Iraqi Refugee Assistance: Improvements Needed in Measuring Progress, Assessing Needs, Tracking Funds, and Developing an International Strategic Plan: GAO-09-120, April 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 78 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

New Embassy Construction: Structured Interviews with Construction Firms (GAO-09-47SP, January 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-48: GAO-09-47SP, January 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Nonproliferation: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, but More Effort Is Needed to Strengthen and Expand the Proliferation Security Initiative: GAO-09-43, November 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Nonproliferation: National Nuclear Security Administration Has Improved the Security of Reactors in its Global Research Reactor Program, but Action Is Needed to Address Remaining Concerns: GAO-09-949, September 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Nuclear Nonproliferation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Address Proliferation and Management Challenges in IAEA's Technical Cooperation Program: GAO-09-275, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 73 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq: GAO-09-86R, October 1, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Rebuilding Iraq: Improved Management Controls and Iraqi Commitment Needed for Key State and USAID Capacity-Building Programs: GAO-09-526, June 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Securing, Stabilizing, and Developing Pakistan's Border Area with Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight: GAO-09-263SP, February 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Laws Limiting Foreign Investment Affect Certain U.S. Assets and Agencies Have Various Enforcement Processes: GAO-09-608, May 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

State Department: Key Transformation Practices Could Have Helped in Restructuring Arms Control and Nonproliferation Bureaus: GAO-09-738, July 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

State Department: Significant Vulnerabilities in the Passport Issuance Process: GAO-09-681T, May 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

State Department: Wide Range of Emergency Services Provided to American Citizens Overseas, but Improved Monitoring Is Needed: GAO-09-989, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

U.S. Public Diplomacy: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight: GAO-09-679SP, May 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. and Canadian Governments Have Established Mechanisms to Monitor Compliance with the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement but Face Operational Challenges: GAO-09-764R, June 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

U.S.-Africa Trade: Options for Congressional Consideration to Improve Textile and Apparel Sector Competitiveness under the African Growth and Opportunity Act: GAO-09-916, August 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement: Interagency Process Used to Develop the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Needs to Be Strengthened: GAO-09-743R, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

USA Patriot Act: Better Interagency Coordination and Implementing Guidance for Section 311 Could Improve U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Efforts: GAO-08-1058, September 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

USAID Acquisition and Assistance: Challenges Remain in Developing and Implementing a Strategic Workforce Plan: GAO-09-607T, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

United Nations Peacekeeping: Challenges Obtaining Needed Resources Could Limit Further Large Deployments and Should Be Addressed in U.S. Reports to Congress: GAO-09-142, December 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

United Nations: Renovation Still Scheduled for Completion in 2013, but Risk to Its Schedule and Cost Remain: GAO-09-870R, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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Justice and Law Enforcement

Bureau of Prisons: Written Policies on Lateral Transfers and Assessment of Temporary Assignments Needed: GAO-09-141, February 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Combating Gangs: Better Coordination and Performance Measurement Would Help Clarify Roles of Federal Agencies and Strengthen Assessment of Efforts: GAO-09-708, July 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 89 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Corporate Crime: Preliminary Observations on DOJ's Use and Oversight of Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements: GAO-09-636T, June 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center: Clarifying Rationale for the Research and Development Funding Decisions Would Increase Accountability: GAO-09-339R, March 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Crime Victims' Rights Act: Increasing Awareness, Modifying the Complaint Process, and Enhancing Compliance Monitoring Will Improve Implementation of the Act: GAO-09-54, December 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 149 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Crime Victims' Rights Act: Increasing Victim Awareness and Clarifying Applicability to the District of Columbia Will Improve Implementation of the Act: GAO-09-1024T, September 29, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Drug Control: Better Coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and an Updated Accountability Framework can Further Enhance DEA's Efforts to Meet Post-9/11 Responsibilities: GAO-09-63, March 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 80 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Drug Control: U.S. Counternarcotics Cooperation with Venezuela Has Declined: GAO-09-806, July 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Bankruptcy Judges: Measuring Judges' Case-Related Workload: GAO-09-808T, June 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Judgeships: General Accuracy of District and Appellate Judgeship Case-Related Workload Measures: GAO-08-928T, June 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

Federal Law Enforcement Retirement: Information on Enhanced Retirement Benefits for Law Enforcement Personnel: GAO-09-727, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text

Immigration Enforcement: Better Controls Needed over Program Authorizing State and Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws: GAO-09-109, January 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Immigration Enforcement: Controls over Program Authorizing State and Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws Should Be Strengthened: GAO-09-381T, March 4, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Juvenile Justice: A Time Frame for Enhancing Grant Monitoring Documentation and Verification of Data Quality Would Help Improve Accountability and Resource Allocation Decisions: GAO-09-850R, September 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Juvenile Justice: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help to Improve Girls' Delinquency Programs: GAO-09-721R, July 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Plan Colombia: Drug Reduction Goals Were Not Fully Met, but Security Has Improved; U.S. Agencies Need More Detailed Plans for Reducing Assistance: GAO-09-71, October 6, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 115 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

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National Defense

Acquisition Workforce: DOD Can Improve Its Management and Oversight by Tracking Data on Contractor Personnel and Taking Additional Actions: GAO-09-616T, April 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Army Health Care: Progress Made in Staffing and Monitoring Units that Provide Outpatient Case Management, but Additional Steps Needed: GAO-09-357, April 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Improve Budgeting for Carryover at Army Ordnance: GAO-09-415, June 10, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Information on Construction and Support Costs for Proposed European Sites: GAO-09-771, August 6, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Best Practices: High Levels of Knowledge at Key Points Differentiate Commercial Shipbuilding from Navy Shipbuilding: GAO-09-322, May 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contingency Contract Management: DOD Needs to Develop and Finalize Background Screening and Other Standards for Private Security Contractors: GAO-09-351, July 31, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Are Taking Actions to Track Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan: GAO-09-538T, April 1, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Contract Management: DOD Developed Draft Guidance for Operational Contract Support but Has Not Met All Legislative Requirements: GAO-09-114R, November 20, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Navy Implementing a Number of Key Management Controls on Enterprise Resource Planning System, but Improvements Still Needed: GAO-09-841, September 15, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Recent Slowdown in Institutionalizing Key Management Controls Needs to Be Addressed: GAO-09-586, May 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DOD Business Transformation: Status of DOD's Actions on Previous Recommendations for the Defense Travel System: GAO-09-416T, March 5, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

DOD Personnel Clearances: Comprehensive Timeliness Reporting, Complete Clearance Documentation, and Quality Measures Are Needed to Further Improve the Clearance Process: GAO-09-400, May 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations about Timeliness and Quality: GAO-09-261R, December 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text

DOD's High Risk Areas: Actions Needed to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Business Outcomes: GAO-09-460T, March 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Actions Needed to Ensure Value for Service Contracts: GAO-09-643T, April 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Additional Analysis Needed to Capture Cost Differences Between Conventional and Nuclear Propulsion for Navy's Future Cruiser: GAO-09-886R, August 7, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Army Aviation Modernization Has Benefited from Increased Funding but Several Challenges Need to Be Addressed: GAO-09-978R, September 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Assessments Needed to Address V-22 Aircraft Operational and Cost Concerns to Define Future Investments: GAO-09-482, May 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs: GAO-09-326SP, March 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 190 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Charting a Course for Improved Missile Defense Testing: GAO-09-403T, February 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Charting a Course for Lasting Reform: GAO-09-663T, April 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Balance Its Needs with Available Resources and Follow an Incremental Approach to Acquiring Weapon Systems: GAO-09-431T, March 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Prioritize Its Weapon System Acquisitions and Balance Them with Available Resources: GAO-09-501T, March 18, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Decisions Needed to Shape Army's Combat Systems for the Future: GAO-09-288, March 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Needs a Unified Strategy for Balancing Investments in Tactical Wheeled Vehicles: GAO-09-968R, September 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Issues to be Considered for Army's Modernization of Combat Systems: GAO-09-793T, June 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Key Considerations for Planning Future Army Combat Systems: GAO-09-410T, March 26, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Measuring the Value of DOD's Weapon Programs Requires Starting with Realistic Baselines: GAO-09-543T, April 1, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies among Unmanned Aircraft Systems: GAO-09-520, July 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 78 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Perspectives on Potential Changes to Department of Defense Acquisition Management Framework: GAO-09-295R, February 27, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Production and Fielding of Missile Defense Components Continue with Less Testing and Validation Than Planned: GAO-09-338, March 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 111 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Acquisitions: Sound Practices Critical to Ensuring Value for the Defense Logistics Agency's Acquisitions: GAO-09-1040T, September 24, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Status of the Safety, Performance, and Reliability of the Expeditionary Fire Support System: GAO-09-189R, November 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Timely and Accurate Estimates of Costs and Requirements Are Needed to Define Optimal Future Strategic Airlift Mix: GAO-09-50, November 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Business Transformation: Status of Department of Defense Efforts to Develop a Management Approach to Guide Business Transformation: GAO-09-272R, January 9, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Contracting Integrity: Opportunities Exist to Improve DOD's Oversight of Contractor Ethics Programs: GAO-09-591, September 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Contracting Integrity: Survey on Contractor Ethics Programs (GAO-09-646SP, September 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-591: GAO-09-646SP, September 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF)

Defense Critical Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve the Consistency, Reliability, and Usefulness of DOD's Tier 1 Task Critical Asset List: GAO-09-740R, July 17, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Critical Infrastructure: Developing Training Standards and an Awareness of Existing Expertise Would Help DOD Assure the Availability of Critical Infrastructure: GAO-09-42, October 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Exports: Foreign Military Sales Program Needs Better Controls for Exported Items and Information for Oversight: GAO-09-454, May 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Health Care: Additional Efforts Needed to Ensure Compliance with Personality Disorder Separation Requirements: GAO-09-31, October 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Infrastructure: Additional Information Is Needed to Better Explain the Proposed 100,000-Acre Expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site: GAO-09-171, January 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Infrastructure: Army's Approach for Acquiring Land Is Not Guided by Up-to-Date Strategic Plan or Always Communicated Effectively: GAO-09-32, January 13, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Oversight of Relocatable Facilities and Develop a Strategy for Managing Their Use across the Military Services: GAO-09-585, June 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Periodically Review Support Standards and Costs at Joint Bases and Better Inform Congress of Facility Sustainment Funding Uses: GAO-09-336, March 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Infrastructure: Planning Challenges Could Increase Risks for DOD in Providing Utility Services When Needed to Support the Military Buildup on Guam: GAO-09-653, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Inventory: Army Needs to Evaluate Impact of Recent Actions to Improve Demand Forecasts for Spare Parts: GAO-09-199, January 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Inventory: Management Actions Needed to Improve the Cost Efficiency of the Navy's Spare Parts Inventory: GAO-09-103, December 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Enhanced to Better Inform Congress: GAO-09-147R, December 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Logistics: Improved Analysis and Cost Data Needed to Evaluate the Cost-effectiveness of Performance Based Logistics: GAO-09-41, December 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Logistics: Information on the Test and Evaluation and Assignment and Cancellation of National Stock Numbers as It Relates to MILITEC-1: GAO-09-735R, June 25, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Logistics: Lack of Key Information May Impede DOD's Ability to Improve Supply Chain Management: GAO-09-150, January 12, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Logistics: Observations on Army's Implementation of the Logistics Modernization Program: GAO-09-852R, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Management: Actions Needed to Address Stakeholder Concerns, Improve Interagency Collaboration, and Determine Full Costs Associated with the U.S. Africa Command: GAO-09-181, February 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Management: Actions Needed to Overcome Long-standing Challenges with Weapon Systems Acquisition and Service Contract Management: GAO-09-362T, February 11, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Management: DOD Can Establish More Guidance for Biometrics Collection and Explore Broader Data Sharing: GAO-09-49, October 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Program Management, Policy, and Testing to Enhance Ability to Field Operationally Useful Non-lethal Weapons: GAO-09-344, April 21, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Management: DOD Needs to Increase Attention on Fuel Demand Management at Forward-Deployed Locations: GAO-09-300, February 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Defense Management: Increased Attention on Fuel Demand Management at DOD's Forward-Deployed Locations Could Reduce Operational Risks and Costs: GAO-09-388T, March 3, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Management: Key Challenges Should be Addressed When Considering Changes to Missile Defense Agency's Roles and Missions: GAO-09-466T, March 26, 2009; S