New From the GAO

June 29, 2011

New GAO Reports, Correspondence and Testimony (PDF)
Source: Government Accountability Office

+ Reports

1.  Recovery Act:  Funding Used for Transportation Infrastructure Projects, but Some Requirements Proved Challenging.  GAO-11-600, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-600
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11600high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_63.html

2.  Recovery Act:  Funds Supported Many Water Projects, and Federal and State Monitoring Shows Few Compliance Problems.  GAO-11-608, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-608
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11608high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_63.html

3.  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:  IRS Should Expand Its Strategic Approach to Implementation.  GAO-11-719, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-719

4.  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation:  More Strategic Approach to Contracting Still Needed.  GAO-11-588, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-588
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11588high.pdf

5.  Diplomatic Security:  Expanded Missions and Inadequate Facilities Pose Critical Challenges to Training Efforts.  GAO-11-460, June 1.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-460
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11460high.pdf

6.  Department of Defense:  Further Actions Needed to Institutionalize Key Business System Modernization Management Controls.  GAO-11-684, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-684
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11684high.pdf

+ Correspondence

1.  Medicare:  Issues for Manufacturer-Level Competitive Bidding for Durable Medical Equipment.  GAO-11-337R, May 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-337R

+ Testimony

1.  Diplomatic Security:  Expanded Missions and Inadequate Facilities Pose Critical Challenges to Training Efforts, by Jess T. Ford, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  GAO-11-780T, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-780T

+ Presentation By The Comptroller General

1.  ”Maximizing DOD’s Potential to Achieve Greater Efficiencies and Improve Business Operations,” by Gene L. Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, before the DOD Performance Symposium, in Lansdowne, Virginia.  GAO-11-799CG, June 29, 2011
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-799CG

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