Today's GAO Reports - September 14, 2006

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:

Reports

1. Social Security Reform: Implications of Different Indexing Choices. GAO-06-804, September 14.  Highlights

2. United Nations: Additional Efforts Needed to Increase U.S. Employment at U.N. Agencies. GAO-06-988, September 6.  Highlights

3. Illegal Immigration: Border-Crossing Deaths Have Doubled Since 1995; Border Patrol's Efforts to Prevent Deaths Have Not Been Fully Evaluated. GAO-06-770, August 15.  Highlights

4. Chesapeake Bay Gateways Program: National Park Service Needs Better Accountability and Oversight of Grantees and Gateways. GAO-06-1049, September 14.  Highlights

5. Best Practices: Stronger Practices Needed to Improve DOD Technology Transition Processes. GAO-06-883, September 14.  Highlights

6. Depot Maintenance: Improvements Needed to Achieve Benefits from Consolidations and Funding Changes at Naval Shipyards. GAO-06-989, September 14.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. Commercial Aviation: Programs and Options for the Federal Approach to Providing and Improving Air Service to Small Communities, by Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-06-398T, September 14.  Highlights

2. Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Leadership Needed to Enhance Cybersecurity, by David A. Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-06-1087T, September 13.  Highlights


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