Today's GAO Reports - July 25, 2006

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

Reports

1. DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency. GAO-06-943, July 25.  Highlights

2. Medicare Outpatient Payments: Rates for Certain Radioactive Sources Used in Brachytherapy Could Be Set Prospectively. GAO-06-635, July 24.  Highlights

3. Federal Assistance: Illustrative Simulations of Using Statistical Population Estimates for Reallocating Certain Federal Funding. GAO-06-567, June 23.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-06-981T, July 25.  Highlights

2. DOD's High-Risk Areas: Challenges Remain to Achieving and Demonstrating Progress in Supply Chain Management, by William M. Solis, director, defense management and capabilities, 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-06-983T, July 25.  Highlights

3. Tactical Aircraft: Questions Concerning the F-22A's Business Case, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Airland, Senate Committee on Armed Services. GAO-06-991T, July 25.  Highlights

4. Next Generation Air Transportation System: Preliminary Analysis of Progress and Challenges Associated with the Transformation of the National Airspace System, by Gerald L. Dillingham, director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-06-915T, July 25.  Highlights

5. Real Estate Brokerage: Various Factors May Affect Price Competition, by David G. Wood, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, House Committee on Financial Services. GAO-06-1005T, July 25.  Highlights

6. Medicare Physician Payments: Trends in Service Utilization, Spending, and Fees Prompt Consideration of Alternative Payment Approaches, by A. Bruce Steinwald, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-06-1008T, July 25.  Highlights

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