Today's GAO Reports - June 27, 2006

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

Reports

1. Energy Security: Issues Related to Potential Reductions in Venezuelan Oil Production. GAO-06-668, June 27.  Highlights

2. Clinical Lab Quality: CMS and Survey Organization Oversight Should Be Strengthened. GAO-06-416, June 16.  Highlights

3. Compacts of Free Association: Development Prospects Remain Limited for Micronesia and Marshall Islands. GAO-06-590, June 27.  Highlights

4. Department of Energy, Office of Worker Advocacy: Deficient Controls Led to Millions of Dollars in Improper and Questionable Payments to Contractors. GAO-06-547, May 31.  Highlights

5. Defense Working Capital Fund: Military Services Did Not Calculate and Report Carryover Amounts Correctly. GAO-06-530, June 27.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. Office of Personnel Management: OPM Is Taking Steps to Strengthen Its Internal Capacity for Leading Human Capital Reform, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, 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-06-861T, June 27.   Highlights

2. Clinical Labs: CMS and Organization Oversight Is Not Sufficient to Ensure Lab Quality, by Leslie G. Aronovitz, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-06-879T, June 27.  Highlights

3. Community Development Block Grant Formula: Options for Improving the Targeting of Funds, by Stanley J. Czerwinski, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-06-904T, June 27.   Highlights

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