I get an email every month from the Government Accounting Office called the GAO Month in Review. It is self-described as "a comprehensive list of all reports, testimony, correspondence, and other publications issued by GAO during the previous month, grouped according to topic."
Below, you will find the latest email I received. I am sharing it to impress upon you, dear readers, just how HUGE our government is, that the department charged with holding the government accountable prepares and issues this many reports...EVERY MONTH. Please do not confuse the message with the messenger. The GAO is awesome, and probably the ONE department our government has that earns its money. The problem is not the GAO. The problem is how immense our government has become.
When you create a monster that is so big that you cannot longer afford to feed it at the rate it wants to eat, what do you do? You put it on a diet!
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* * * AGRICULTURE AND FOOD * * *
USDA Systems Modernization: Management and Oversight Improvements Are Needed, GAO-11-586, July 20 (47 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-586
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11586high.pdf
* * * AUDITING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT * * *
Air Force Working Capital Fund: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Work and Funding Could Be Improved, GAO-11-539, July 7 (41 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11539high.pdf
American Battle Monuments Commission: Improvements Needed in Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures - Fiscal Year 2010, GAO-11-577R, July 28 (18 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-577R
Bankruptcy: Complex Financial Institutions and International Coordination Pose Challenges, GAO-11-707, July 19 (143 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11707high.pdf
Cost and Legal Authority for Selected Financial Literacy Programs and Activities, GAO-11-781R, July 13 (10 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-781R
DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Achieve Auditability, GAO-11-864T, July 28 (23 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11864thigh.pdf
DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Improve Reliability of Financial Information, GAO-11-835T, July 27 (23 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11835thigh.pdf
Federal Reserve System: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Emergency Assistance, GAO-11-696, July 21 (266 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11696high.pdf
Improper Payments: Reported Medicare Estimates and Key Remediation Strategies, GAO-11-842T, July 28 (30 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11842thigh.pdf
Proprietary Trading: Regulators Will Need More Comprehensive Information to Fully Monitor Compliance with New Restrictions When Implemented, GAO-11-529, July 13 (62 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11529high.pdf
Troubled Asset Relief Program: The Government's Exposure to AIG Following the Company's Recapitalization, GAO-11-716, July 18 (97 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11716high.pdf
* * * BUDGET AND SPENDING * * *
Air Force Working Capital Fund: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Work and Funding Could Be Improved, GAO-11-539, July 7 (41 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11539high.pdf
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: Definitions, Focal Point, and Methodology Needed for DOD to Develop Full-Spectrum Cyberspace Budget Estimates, GAO-11-695R, July 29 (33 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-695R
Information Technology: Continued Attention Needed to Accurately Report Federal Spending and Improve Management, GAO-11-831T, July 14 (18 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11831thigh.pdf
* * * BUSINESS REGULATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION * * *
Children's Television Act: FCC Could Improve Efforts to Oversee Enforcement and Provide Public Information, GAO-11-659, July 14 (42 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11659high.pdf
Residential Appraisals: Opportunities to Enhance Oversight of an Evolving Industry, GAO-11-653, July 13 (60 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11653high.pdf
Residential Appraisals: Opportunities to Enhance Oversight of an Evolving Industry, GAO-11-783T, July 13 (12 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-783T
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Preliminary Information on Actions Taken by Agencies to Address Fraud and Abuse and Remaining Vulnerabilities, GAO-11-589T, July 28 (13 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11589thigh.pdf
Troubled Asset Relief Program: The Government's Exposure to AIG Following the Company's Recapitalization, GAO-11-716, July 18 (97 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11716high.pdf
* * * ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT * * *
Burma: UN and U.S. Agencies Assisted Cyclone Victims in Difficult Environment, but Improved U.S. Monitoring Needed, GAO-11-700, July 26 (82 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11700high.pdf
Department of Commerce: Office of Manufacturing and Services Could Better Measure and Communicate Its Contributions to Trade Policy, GAO-11-583, June 7 (45 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11583high.pdf
Economic Development: Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fragmented Programs Are Unclear, GAO-11-872T, July 27 (15 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-872T
FEMA and the Corps Have Taken Steps to Establish a Task Force, but FEMA Has Not Assessed the Costs of Collecting and Reporting All Levee-Related Concerns, GAO-11-689R, July 29 (15 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-689R
FEMA Has Made Progress in Managing Regionalization of Preparedness Grants, GAO-11-732R, July 29 (42 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-732R
Millennium Challenge Corporation: Compacts in Cape Verde and Honduras Achieved Reduced Targets, GAO-11-728, July 25 (124 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11728high.pdf
* * * EDUCATION * * *
Cost and Legal Authority for Selected Financial Literacy Programs and Activities, GAO-11-781R, July 13 (10 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-781R
Disadvantaged Students: School Districts Have Used Title I Funds Primarily to Support Instruction, GAO-11-595, July 15 (58 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11595high.pdf
Financial Education and Counseling Pilot Program, GAO-11-737R, July 27 (19 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-737R
School Improvement Grants: Early Implementation Under Way, but Reforms Affected by Short Time Frames, GAO-11-741, July 25 (48 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-741
* * * EMPLOYMENT * * *
Federal Workers' Compensation: Questions to Consider in Changing Benefits for Older Beneficiaries, GAO-11-854T, July 26 (15 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-854T
Securities and Exchange Commission: Existing Post-Employment Controls Could Be Further Strengthened, GAO-11-654, July 12 (38 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11654high.pdf
* * * ENERGY * * *
Biofuels: Challenges to the Transportation, Sale, and Use of Intermediate Ethanol Blends, GAO-11-513, June 3 (57 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11513high.pdf
* * * EQUAL OPPORTUNITY * * *
Coast Guard: Civil Rights Directorate Can Enhance Workforce Restructuring Efforts, GAO-11-718, July 18 (45 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-718
* * * FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS * * *
Bankruptcy: Complex Financial Institutions and International Coordination Pose Challenges, GAO-11-707, July 19 (143 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11707high.pdf
Cost and Legal Authority for Selected Financial Literacy Programs and Activities, GAO-11-781R, July 13 (10 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-781R
Dodd-Frank Act: Eleven Agencies' Estimates of Resources for Implementing Regulatory Reform, GAO-11-808T, July 14 (20 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-808T
Federal Reserve System: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Emergency Assistance, GAO-11-696, July 21 (266 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11696high.pdf
Mortgage Reform: Potential Impacts of Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act on Homebuyers and the Mortgage Market, GAO-11-656, July 19 (83 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11656high.pdf
Mutual Fund Advertising: Improving How Regulators Communicate New Rule Interpretations to Industry Would Further Protect Investors, GAO-11-697, July 26 (58 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11697high.pdf
Person-To-Person Lending: New Regulatory Challenges Could Emerge as the Industry Grows, GAO-11-613, July 7 (78 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11613high.pdf
Private Fund Advisers: Although a Self-Regulatory Organization Could Supplement SEC Oversight, It Would Present Challenges and Trade-offs, GAO-11-623, July 11 (31 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11623high.pdf
Proprietary Trading: Regulators Will Need More Comprehensive Information to Fully Monitor Compliance with New Restrictions When Implemented, GAO-11-529, July 13 (62 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11529high.pdf
Residential Appraisals: Opportunities to Enhance Oversight of an Evolving Industry, GAO-11-783T, July 13 (12 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-783T
Securities and Exchange Commission: Existing Post-Employment Controls Could Be Further Strengthened, GAO-11-654, July 12 (38 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11654high.pdf
Securities Fraud Liability of Secondary Actors, GAO-11-664, July 21 (47 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-664
Troubled Asset Relief Program: The Government's Exposure to AIG Following the Company's Recapitalization, GAO-11-716, July 18 (97 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11716high.pdf
* * * GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS * * *
American Battle Monuments Commission: Improvements Needed in Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures - Fiscal Year 2010, GAO-11-577R, July 28 (18 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-577R
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Status of Transition to Federal Immigration Law, GAO-11-805T, July 14 (21 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11805thigh.pdf
Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Stakeholder Views on Impact of 2004 Antitrust Reform Are Mixed, but Support Whistleblower Protection, GAO-11-619, July 25 (76 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11619high.pdf
Data Center Consolidation: Agencies Need to Complete Inventories and Plans to Achieve Expected Savings, GAO-11-565, July 19 (106 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11565high.pdf
Department of Veterans Affairs: Issues Related to Real Property Realignment and Future Health Care Costs, GAO-11-877T, July 27 (11 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-877T
DHS Science and Technology: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Test and Evaluation Requirements Are Met, GAO-11-596, June 15 (61 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11596high.pdf
Dodd-Frank Act: Eleven Agencies' Estimates of Resources for Implementing Regulatory Reform, GAO-11-808T, July 14 (20 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-808T
Emergency Preparedness: Agencies Need Coordinated Guidance on Incorporating Telework into Emergency and Continuity Planning, GAO-11-628, July 22 (43 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11628high.pdf
FEMA and the Corps Have Taken Steps to Establish a Task Force, but FEMA Has Not Assessed the Costs of Collecting and Reporting All Levee-Related Concerns, GAO-11-689R, July 29 (15 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-689R
FEMA Has Made Progress in Managing Regionalization of Preparedness Grants, GAO-11-732R, July 29 (42 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-732R
Foreign Assistance: The United States Provides Wide-ranging Trade Capacity Building Assistance, but Better Reporting and Evaluation Are Needed, GAO-11-727, July 29 (65 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11727high.pdf
Information Technology: Continued Attention Needed to Accurately Report Federal Spending and Improve Management, GAO-11-831T, July 14 (18 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-831T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11831thigh.pdf
Interagency Collaboration: Implications of a Common Alignment of World Regions among Select Federal Agencies, GAO-11-776R, July 11 (40 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-776R
Social Media: Federal Agencies Need Policies and Procedures for Managing and Protecting Information They Access and Disseminate, GAO-11-605, June 28 (90 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11605high.pdf
Space and Missile Defense Acquisitions: Periodic Assessment Needed to Correct Parts Quality Problems in Major Programs, GAO-11-404, June 24 (63 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11404high.pdf
* * * HEALTH CARE * * *
Antibiotic Resistance: Data Gaps Will Remain Despite HHS Taking Steps to Improve Monitoring, GAO-11-406, June 1 (66 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11406high.pdf
Child Maltreatment: Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention, GAO-11-599, July 7 (57 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11599high.pdf
Department of Veterans Affairs: Issues Related to Real Property Realignment and Future Health Care Costs, GAO-11-877T, July 27 (11 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-877T
EPA Health Risk Assessments: Sustained Management and Oversight Key to Overcoming Challenges, GAO-11-824T, July 14 (11 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-824T
Fraud Detection Systems: Additional Actions Needed to Support Program Integrity Efforts at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, GAO-11-822T, July 12 (14 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-822T
Fraud Detection Systems: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Needs to Ensure More Widespread Use, GAO-11-475, June 30 (49 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11475high.pdf
Improper Payments: Reported Medicare Estimates and Key Remediation Strategies, GAO-11-842T, July 28 (30 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11842thigh.pdf
Medicare Part D: Changes in Utilization Similar for Randomly Reassigned and Other Low-Income Subsidy Beneficiaries, GAO-11-546R, June 22 (21 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-546R
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Contracts Awarded and Consultants Retained by Federal Departments and Agencies to Assist in Implementing the Act, GAO-11-797R, July 14 (21 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-797R
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Program Planning and Reporting, GAO-11-785, July 29 (44 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11785high.pdf
Safe Drinking Water Act: EPA Should Improve Implementation of Requirements on Whether to Regulate Additional Contaminants, GAO-11-254, May 27 (146 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11254high.pdf
Safe Drinking Water Act: Improvements in Implementation Are Needed to Better Assure the Public of Safe Drinking Water, GAO-11-803T, July 12 (24 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-803T
VA and DOD Health Care: First Federal Health Care Center Established, but Implementation Concerns Need to Be Addressed, GAO-11-570, July 19 (46 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11570high.pdf
Value in Health Care: Key Information for Policymakers to Assess Efforts to Improve Quality While Reducing Costs, GAO-11-445, July 26 (52 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11445high.pdf
World Trade Center Health Program: Administrator's Plans for Evaluating Clinics' Capabilities to Provide Required Data, GAO-11-793R, July 15 (33 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-793R
* * * HOMELAND SECURITY * * *
Aviation Security: TSA Has Enhanced Its Explosives Detection Requirements for Checked Baggage, but Additional Screening Actions Are Needed, GAO-11-740, July 11 (64 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11740high.pdf
Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Actions to Improve Security, but Additional Efforts Remain, GAO-11-807T, July 13 (20 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11807thigh.pdf
Coast Guard: Action Needed As Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable, GAO-11-743, July 28 (86 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11743high.pdf
Coast Guard: Civil Rights Directorate Can Enhance Workforce Restructuring Efforts, GAO-11-718, July 18 (45 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-718
Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS has Developed a Strategic Plan for its Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, but Gaps Remain, GAO-11-869T, July 26 (14 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-869T
Combating Terrorism: Additional Steps Needed to Enhance Foreign Partners' Capacity to Prevent Terrorist Travel, GAO-11-637, June 30 (44 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11637high.pdf
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Status of Transition to Federal Immigration Law, GAO-11-805T, July 14 (21 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11805thigh.pdf
DHS Science and Technology: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Test and Evaluation Requirements Are Met, GAO-11-596, June 15 (61 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11596high.pdf
Homeland Security: DHS Could Strengthen Acquisitions and Development of New Technologies, GAO-11-829T, July 15 (14 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-829T
Homeland Security: Protecting Federal Facilities Remains a Challenge for the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, GAO-11-813T, July 13 (18 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11813thigh.pdf
* * * HOUSING * * *
Mortgage Reform: Potential Impacts of Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act on Homebuyers and the Mortgage Market, GAO-11-656, July 19 (83 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11656high.pdf
Residential Appraisals: Opportunities to Enhance Oversight of an Evolving Industry, GAO-11-653, July 13 (60 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11653high.pdf
Residential Appraisals: Opportunities to Enhance Oversight of an Evolving Industry, GAO-11-783T, July 13 (12 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-783T
* * * HUMAN CAPITAL * * *
Securities and Exchange Commission: Existing Post-Employment Controls Could Be Further Strengthened, GAO-11-654, July 12 (38 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11654high.pdf
* * * INFORMATION MANAGEMENT * * *
DOD Task Force For Business and Stability Operations: Actions Needed to Establish Project Management Guidelines and Enhance Information Sharing, GAO-11-715, July 29 (34 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11715high.pdf
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking: National Data Collection Efforts Underway to Address Some Information Gaps, GAO-11-833T, July 13 (13 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-833T
Information Sharing Environment: Better Road Map Needed to Guide Implementation and Investments, GAO-11-455, July 21 (80 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11455high.pdf
Social Media: Federal Agencies Need Policies and Procedures for Managing and Protecting Information They Access and Disseminate, GAO-11-605, June 28 (90 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11605high.pdf
* * * INFORMATION SECURITY * * *
Cybersecurity: Continued Attention Needed to Protect Our Nation's Critical Infrastructure, GAO-11-865T, July 26 (20 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11865thigh.pdf
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: Definitions, Focal Point, and Methodology Needed for DOD to Develop Full-Spectrum Cyberspace Budget Estimates, GAO-11-695R, July 29 (33 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-695R
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: DOD Faces Challenges In Its Cyber Activities, GAO-11-75, July 25 (79 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1175high.pdf
Social Media: Federal Agencies Need Policies and Procedures for Managing and Protecting Information They Access and Disseminate, GAO-11-605, June 28 (90 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11605high.pdf
* * * INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY * * *
Data Center Consolidation: Agencies Need to Complete Inventories and Plans to Achieve Expected Savings, GAO-11-565, July 19 (106 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11565high.pdf
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: Definitions, Focal Point, and Methodology Needed for DOD to Develop Full-Spectrum Cyberspace Budget Estimates, GAO-11-695R, July 29 (33 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-695R
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: DOD Faces Challenges In Its Cyber Activities, GAO-11-75, July 25 (79 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1175high.pdf
Information Technology: Continued Attention Needed to Accurately Report Federal Spending and Improve Management, GAO-11-831T, July 14 (18 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11831thigh.pdf
Information Technology: DHS Needs to Improve Its Independent Acquisition Reviews, GAO-11-581, July 28 (65 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11581high.pdf
USDA Systems Modernization: Management and Oversight Improvements Are Needed, GAO-11-586, July 20 (47 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11586high.pdf
* * * INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS * * *
Afghanistan: Actions Needed to Improve Accountability of U.S. Assistance to Afghanistan Government, GAO-11-710, July 20 (48 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11710high.pdf
Burma: UN and U.S. Agencies Assisted Cyclone Victims in Difficult Environment, but Improved U.S. Monitoring Needed, GAO-11-700, July 26 (82 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11700high.pdf
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Status of Transition to Federal Immigration Law, GAO-11-805T, July 14 (21 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11805thigh.pdf
Department of Commerce: Office of Manufacturing and Services Could Better Measure and Communicate Its Contributions to Trade Policy, GAO-11-583, June 7 (45 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11583high.pdf
Foreign Assistance: The United States Provides Wide-ranging Trade Capacity Building Assistance, but Better Reporting and Evaluation Are Needed, GAO-11-727, July 29 (65 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11727high.pdf
Interagency Collaboration: Implications of a Common Alignment of World Regions among Select Federal Agencies, GAO-11-776R, July 11 (40 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-776R
Millennium Challenge Corporation: Compacts in Cape Verde and Honduras Achieved Reduced Targets, GAO-11-728, July 25 (124 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11728high.pdf
Pakistan Assistance: Relatively Little of the $3 Billion in Requested Assistance Is Subject to State's Certification of Pakistan's Progress on Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Issues, GAO-11-786R, July 19 (18 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-786R
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Program Planning and Reporting, GAO-11-785, July 29 (44 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11785high.pdf
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Information on the Rate of Sexual Violence in War-Torn Eastern DRC and Adjoining Countries, GAO-11-702, July 13 (39 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11702high.pdf
* * * JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT * * *
Bankruptcy: Complex Financial Institutions and International Coordination Pose Challenges, GAO-11-707, July 19 (143 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11707high.pdf
Child Maltreatment: Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention, GAO-11-599, July 7 (57 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11599high.pdf
Combatting Illicit Drugs: DEA and ICE Interagency Agreement Has Helped to Ensure Better Coordination of Drug Investigations, GAO-11-763, July 28 (57 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11763high.pdf
Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Stakeholder Views on Impact of 2004 Antitrust Reform Are Mixed, but Support Whistleblower Protection, GAO-11-619, July 25 (76 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11619high.pdf
Fraud Detection Systems: Additional Actions Needed to Support Program Integrity Efforts at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, GAO-11-822T, July 12 (14 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-822T
Fraud Detection Systems: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Needs to Ensure More Widespread Use, GAO-11-475, June 30 (49 pages)Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11475high.pdf
Missing Children: DOJ Could Enhance Oversight to Help Ensure That Law Enforcement Agencies Report Cases in a Timely Manner, GAO-11-444, June 21 (35 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11444high.pdf
Securities Fraud Liability of Secondary Actors, GAO-11-664, July 21 (47 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-664
* * * NATIONAL DEFENSE * * *
Air Force Working Capital Fund: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Work and Funding Could Be Improved, GAO-11-539, July 7 (41 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11539high.pdf
Army and Marine Corps Training: Metrics Needed to Assess Initiatives on Training Management Skills, GAO-11-673, July 28 (31 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11673high.pdf
Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Training Integration and Increase Transparency of Training Resources, GAO-11-625, July 18 (44 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11625high.pdf
Coast Guard: Action Needed As Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable, GAO-11-743, July 28 (86 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11743high.pdf
Defense Acquisitions: DOD Can Improve Its Management of Configuration Steering Boards, GAO-11-640, July 7 (37 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11640high.pdf
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: Definitions, Focal Point, and Methodology Needed for DOD to Develop Full-Spectrum Cyberspace Budget Estimates, GAO-11-695R, July 29 (33 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-695R
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: DOD Faces Challenges In Its Cyber Activities, GAO-11-75, July 25 (79 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1175high.pdf
Defense Logistics: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Address Challenges in Supply Chain Management, GAO-11-569, July 28 (52 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11569high.pdf
Defense Logistics: Oversight and a Coordinated Strategy Needed to Implement the Army Workload and Performance System, GAO-11-566R, July 14 (37 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-566R
Defense Management: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative, GAO-11-676, July 26 (49 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11676high.pdf
DHS Science and Technology: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Test and Evaluation Requirements Are Met, GAO-11-596, June 15 (61 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11596high.pdf
DOD Civilian Personnel: Competency Gap Analyses and Other Actions Needed to Enhance DOD's Strategic Workforce Plans, GAO-11-827T, July 14 (19 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11827thigh.pdf
DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Achieve Auditability, GAO-11-64T, July 28 (23 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11864thigh.pdf
DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Improve Reliability of Financial Information, GAO-11-835T, July 27 (23 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11835thigh.pdf
DOD Task Force For Business and Stability Operations: Actions Needed to Establish Project Management Guidelines and Enhance Information Sharing, GAO-11-715, July 29 (34 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11715high.pdf
Military Readiness: Navy's Report to Congress on the Impact of Training and Crew Size on Surface Force Material Readiness, GAO-11-746R, July 7 (11 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-746R
Space and Missile Defense Acquisitions: Periodic Assessment Needed to Correct Parts Quality Problems in Major Programs, GAO-11-404, June 24 (63 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11404high.pdf
VA and DOD Health Care: First Federal Health Care Center Established, but Implementation Concerns Need to Be Addressed, GAO-11-570, July 19 (46 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11570high.pdf
* * * NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT * * *
Abandoned Mines: Information on the Number of Hardrock Mines, Cost of Cleanup, and Value of Financial Assurances, GAO-11-834T, July 14 (13 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11834thigh.pdf
Climate Change Adaptation: Aligning Funding with Strategic Priorities, GAO-11-876T, July 28 (18 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11876thigh.pdf
Drinking Water: Unreliable State Data Limit EPA's Ability to Target Enforcement Priorities and Communicate Water Systems' Performance, GAO-11-381, June 17 (74 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11381high.pdf
EPA Health Risk Assessments: Sustained Management and Oversight Key to Overcoming Challenges, GAO-11-824T, July 14 (11 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-824T
Safe Drinking Water Act: EPA Should Improve Implementation of Requirements on Whether to Regulate Additional Contaminants, GAO-11-254, May 27 (146 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11254high.pdf
Safe Drinking Water Act: Improvements in Implementation Are Needed to Better Assure the Public of Safe Drinking Water, GAO-11-803T, July 12 (24 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-803T
* * * RETIREMENT SECURITY * * *
Federal Workers' Compensation: Questions to Consider in Changing Benefits for Older Beneficiaries, GAO-11-854T, July 26 (15 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-854T
Retirement Income: Ensuring Income throughout Retirement Requires Difficult Choices, GAO-11-400, June 7 (79 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11400high.pdf
Social Security Statements: Observations on SSA's Plans for the Social Security Statement, GAO-11-787T, July 8 (25 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11787thigh.pdf
* * * SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * * *
DHS Science and Technology: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Test and Evaluation Requirements Are Met, GAO-11-596, June 15 (61 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-596
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11596high.pdf
Nextgen Air Transportation System: Mechanisms for Collaboration and Technology Transfer Could Be Enhanced to More Fully Leverage Partner Agency and Industry Resources, GAO-11-604, June 30 (41 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11604high.pdf
Space Research: Content and Coordination of Space Science and Technology Strategy Need to Be More Robust, GAO-11-722, July 19 (31 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11722high.pdf
* * * SPACE * * *
NASA Needs to Better Assess Contract Termination Liability Risks and Ensure Consistency in Its Practices, GAO-11-609R, July 12 (18 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-609R
Space and Missile Defense Acquisitions: Periodic Assessment Needed to Correct Parts Quality Problems in Major Programs, GAO-11-404, June 24 (63 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11404high.pdf
Space Research: Content and Coordination of Space Science and Technology Strategy Need to Be More Robust, GAO-11-722, July 19 (31 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-722
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11722high.pdf
* * * TAX POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION * * *
Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Stakeholder Views on Impact of 2004 Antitrust Reform Are Mixed, but Support Whistleblower Protection, GAO-11-619, July 25 (76 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11619high.pdf
Investment Management: IRS Has a Strong Oversight Process but Needs to Improve How It Continues Funding Ongoing Investments, GAO-11-587, July 20 (47 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11587high.pdf
Tax Preparer Regulation: Improving Tax Return Accuracy Depends on IRS's Use of New Requirements, GAO-11-868T, July 28 (13 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11868thigh.pdf
Value-Added Taxes: Potential Lessons for the United States from Other Countries' Experiences, GAO-11-867T, July 26 (14 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11867thigh.pdf
* * * TELECOMMUNICATIONS * * *
Children's Television Act: FCC Could Improve Efforts to Oversee Enforcement and Provide Public Information, GAO-11-659, July 14 (42 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11659high.pdf
Defense Department Cyber Efforts: DOD Faces Challenges In Its Cyber Activities, GAO-11-75, July 25 (79 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1175high.pdf
* * * TRANSPORTATION * * *
Aviation Security: TSA Has Enhanced Its Explosives Detection Requirements for Checked Baggage, but Additional Screening Actions Are Needed, GAO-11-740, July 11 (64 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11740high.pdf
Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Actions to Improve Security, but Additional Efforts Remain, GAO-11-807T, July 13 (20 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11807thigh.pdf
Nextgen Air Transportation System: Mechanisms for Collaboration and Technology Transfer Could Be Enhanced to More Fully Leverage Partner Agency and Industry Resources, GAO-11-604, June 30 (41 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11604high.pdf
Traffic and Vehicle Safety: Reauthorization Offers Opportunities to Extend Recent Progress, GAO-11-866T, July 27 (21 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11866thigh.pdf
* * * VETERANS * * *
Data Center Consolidation: Agencies Need to Complete Inventories and Plans to Achieve Expected Savings, GAO-11-565, July 19 (106 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11565high.pdf
Department of Veterans Affairs: Issues Related to Real Property Realignment and Future Health Care Costs, GAO-11-877T, July 27 (11 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-877T
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Preliminary Information on Actions Taken by Agencies to Address Fraud and Abuse and Remaining Vulnerabilities, GAO-11-589T, July 28 (13 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11589thigh.pdf
VA and DOD Health Care: First Federal Health Care Center Established, but Implementation Concerns Need to Be Addressed, GAO-11-570, July 19 (46 pages)
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11570high.pdf
* * * WORKER AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE * * *
Child Fatalities from Maltreatment: National Data Could Be Strengthened, GAO-11-811T, July 12 (9 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-811T
Child Maltreatment: Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention, GAO-11-599, July 7 (57 pages) Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11599high.pdf
Disability Insurance: SSA Can Improve Efforts to Detect, Prevent, and Recover Overpayments, GAO-11-724, July 27 (48 pages) http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11724high.pdf
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking: National Data Collection Efforts Underway to Address Some Information Gaps, GAO-11-833T, July 13 (13 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-833T
* * * LEGAL PRODUCTS: DECISIONS AND OPINIONS * * *
Ahtna Facility Services, Inc., B-404913,B-404913.2, June 30 (12 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404913,B-404913.2
American Physical Security Group, LLC, B-405059, July 25 (5 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-405059
A1 Procurement, JVG, B-404618.3, July 26 (5 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404618.3
Birdstrike Control Program, B-404986, July 15 (8 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404986
Contract for Legal Services, B-322147, July 6 (6 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-322147
D'Andre Insurance Services, LLC, B-405046, July 21 (6 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-405046
Explo Systems, Inc., B-404952,B-404952.2, July 8 (11 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404952,B-404952.2
Intermarkets Global, B-400660.12,B-400660.13, May 6 (10 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-400660.12,B-400660.13
KGL Food Services, WLL; Intermarkets Global--Costs, B-400660.7,B-400660.8, June 20 (4 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-400660.7,B-400660.8
KNAPP Logistics Automation, Inc.--Protest and Costs, B-404887.2,B-404887.3, July 27 (5 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404887.2,B-404887.3
L-3 STRATIS, B-404865, June 8 (11 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404865
Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, B-404218.2,B-404218.3, June 14 (6 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404218.2,B-404218.3
National Labor Relations Board--Recording Obligations for Training and Court Reporting, B-321296, July 13 (8 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-321296
One Largo Metro LLC; Metroview Development Holdings, LLC; King Farm Associates, LLC, B-404896,B-404896.2,B-404896.3,B-404896.4,B-404896.5,B-404896.6,B-404896.7, June 20 (20 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404896,B-404896.2,B-404896.3,B-404896.4,B-404896.5,B-404896.6,B-404896.7
Re-Engineered Business Solutions, Inc.--Costs, B-404214.4, July 14 (3 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404214.4
Rod Robertson Enterprises, Inc., B-404476, January 31 (4 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404476
SafeGuard Services, LLC, B-404910, June 28 (6 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404910
SHG National, LLC, B-404613.3, July 20 (6 pages)
http://www.gao.gov/products/B-404613.3
* * * LEGAL PRODUCTS: FEDERAL AGENCY MAJOR RULES * * *
Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service: National School Lunch Program: School Food Service Account Revenue Amendments Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, GAO-11-792R, July 6 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-792R
Department of Energy: Energy Priorities and Allocations System Regulations, GAO-11-789R, July 1 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-789R
Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements, GAO-11-841R, July 26 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-841R
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary: Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Operating Rules for Eligibility for a Health Plan and Health Care Claim Status Transactions, GAO-11-838R, July 21 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-838R
Department of Health and Human Services: World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for Enrollment, Appeals, Certification of Health Conditions, and Reimbursement, GAO-11-821R, July 15 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-821R
Department of Housing and Urban Development: SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act: Minimum Licensing Standards and Oversight Responsibilities, GAO-11-817R, July 14 (5 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-817R
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2011, GAO-11-818R, July 15 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-818R
Securities and Exchange Commission: Family Offices, GAO-11-816R, July 14 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-816R
Securities and Exchange Commission: Rules Implementing Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, GAO-11-862R, July 28 (4 pages) http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-862R
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