Agriculture and Food
- 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)
[back to top]
Business, Industry, and Consumers
- 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)
[back to top]
Civil Rights
- 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)
[back to top]
Energy
- 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
[back to top]
Environmental Protection
- 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)
[back to top]
Financial Institutions
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
[back to top]
Financial Management
- 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
[back to top]
Government Operations
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
[back to top]
Health
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
[back to top]
Homeland Security
- 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)
[back to top]
Housing
- 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)
[back to top]
Information Management
- 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)
- 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)
[back to top]
International Affairs
- 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
- 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)
- Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
- GAO-09-86R, October 1, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text
- 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)
[back to top]
National Defense
- 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 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 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
- Department of Defense: A Departmentwide Framework to Identify and Report Gaps in the Defense Supplier Base Is Needed
- GAO-09-5, October 7, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Space Acquisitions: DOD's Goals for Resolving Space Based Infrared System Software Problems Are Ambitious
- GAO-08-1073, September 30, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
[back to top]
Natural Resources
- Oil and Gas Royalties: MMS's Oversight of Its Royalty-in-Kind Program Can Be Improved through Additional Use of Production Verification Data and Enhanced Reporting of Financial Benefits and Costs
- GAO-08-942R, September 26, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
[back to top]
Social Services
- Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress Is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight
- GAO-08-1002, September 26, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
[back to top]
Transportation
- Highway Safety: Foresight Issues Challenge DOT's Efforts to Assess and Respond to New Technology-Based Trends
- GAO-09-56, October 3, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 107 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Responses to Questions for the Record; September 2008 Hearing on the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status and Issues
- GAO-09-130R, October 20, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text
[back to top]
Veterans Affairs
- Multiple Agencies Provide Assistance to Service-disabled Veterans or Entrepreneurs, but Specific Needs Are Difficult to Identify and Coordination Is Weak
- GAO-09-11R, October 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- VA Health Care: Improved Staffing Methods and Greater Availability of Alternate and Flexible Work Schedules Could Enhance the Recruitment and Retention of Inpatient Nurses
- GAO-09-17, October 24, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- VA National Initiatives and Local Programs that Address Education and Support for Families of Returning Veterans
- GAO-09-22R, October 22, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text
- Veterans' Disability Benefits: Better Accountability and Access Would Improve the Benefits Delivery at Discharge Program
- GAO-08-901, September 9, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
[back to top]
Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions
- Armacel Armor Corporation
- B-400239.2, October 22, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Armorworks Enterprises, LLC
- B-400394; B-400394.2, September 23, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 9 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Avue Technologies Corp; Carahsoft Technology Corp.
- B-298380.4, June 11, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 10 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- CSI GmbH
- B-400434, October 22, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Delex Systems, Inc.
- B-400403, October 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 13 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Denali Commission--Overobligation of Apportionment
- B-316372, October 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Doug Boyd Enterprises, LLC
- B-400390, October 2, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- ESM Group, Inc.
- B-400298.2, October 14, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Federal Aviation Administration--Authority to Auction Airport Arrival and Departure Slots and to Retain and Use Auction Proceeds
- B-316796, September 30, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 16 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Gentex Corporation
- B-400328; B-400328.2, September 23, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 8 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Helicopter Transport Services LLC
- B-400295; B-400295.2, September 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 8 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Information Ventures, Inc.
- B-299361.2; B-299361.3, October 1, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 13 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.
- B-310424.2; B-310424.3; B-310424.4, September 23, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 10 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- LOGMET
- B-400535, October 30, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Office of Compliance--Retroactive Salary Increase
- B-317034, October 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Optelec U.S., Inc.
- B-400349; B-400349.2, October 16, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Piedmont Hoist & Crane
- B-400563, October 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Proposed Easement Amendment Agreement between the Department of Agriculture and Plum Creek Timber Co.
- B-317292, October 10, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 15 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Seaborn Health Care, Inc.
- B-400429, October 27, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Simont S.p.A.
- B-400481, October 1, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- T-L-C Systems
- B-400369, October 23, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Turner Consulting Group, Inc.
- B-400421, October 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Inc.
- B-400219, September 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 11 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General--Implementation of Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act Section 603, Part 1
- B-317022, September 25, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 7 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Wackenhut Services, Inc.
- B-400240; B-400240.2, September 10, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 14 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
[back to top]
Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules
- Board of Directors of the HOPE for Homeowners Program: HOPE for Homeowners Program: Program Regulations
- GAO-09-101R, October 20, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Final Rule To Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales
- GAO-09-117R, October 27, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management: National Security Personnel System
- GAO-09-84R, October 14, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Energy: Energy Conservation Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Packaged Terminal Ar Conditioner and Packaged Terminal Heat Pump Energy Conservation Standards
- GAO-09-155R, October 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates: Final Fiscal Year 2009 Wage Indices and Payment Rates Including Implementation of Section 124 of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
- GAO-09-97R, October 20, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts for Calendar Year 2009
- GAO-09-65R, October 3, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Medicare Part B Monthly Actuarial Rates, Premium Rate, and Annual Deductible Beginning January 1, 2009
- GAO-09-66R, October 3, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Part A Premium for Calendar Year 2009 for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement
- GAO-09-69R, October 6, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs
- GAO-09-51R, October 3, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration: Congestion Management Rule for John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport
- GAO-09-121R, October 27, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration: Congestion Management Rule for LaGuardia Airport
- GAO-09-122R, October 27, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
- GAO-09-73R, October 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
- GAO-09-76R, October 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird Hunting; Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2008-09 Late Season
- GAO-09-79R, October 9, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service: Royalty Relief for Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases--Conforming Regulations to Court Decision
- GAO-09-102R, October 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Under the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act
- GAO-09-143R, October 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Environmental Protection Agency: Control of Emissions From Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines and Equipment
- GAO-09-107R, October 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Securities and Exchange Commission: Amendments to Regulation SHO
- GAO-09-138R, October 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Securities and Exchange Commission: Commission Guidance and Revisions to the Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer, Rights Offerings, and Business Combination Rules and Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions
- GAO-09-116R, October 24, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Securities and Exchange Commission: Disclosure of Short Sales and Short Positions by Institutional Investment Managers
- GAO-09-137R, October 28, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Securities and Exchange Commission: Foreign Issuer Reporting Enhancements
- GAO-09-98R, October 20, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
[back to top]
If you have any questions, please contact Chuck Young of Public Affairs at (202) 512-4800
or via email at YoungC1@GAO.GOV.
Subscribe to this monthly mailing and daily E-mail updates about GAO products at the
"E-mail Updates" section of http://www.gao.gov.
Remove yourself from this mailing list by sending an E-mail message to: listserv@listserv.gao.gov
with the message: unsubscribe review-m in the message body.
Find these and other GAO products in the "Reports and Testimonies" section or the
"Legal Decisions" section of http://www.gao.gov. Order
printed copies of any of these items from GAO: 202-512-6000 (voice) 202-512-2537 (TDD) 202-512-6061 (fax).
This list is produced by the Government Accountability Office. |
