Today's GAO Reports - April 30, 2007

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondences and testimony:

Reports

1. Employer-Sponsored Health and Retirement Benefits: Efforts to Control Employer Costs and the Implications for Workers. GAO-07-355, March 30.  Highlights

2. Medicare: Focus on Physician Practice Patterns Can Lead to Greater Program Efficiency. GAO-07-307, April 30.  Highlights

3. Medicaid Financing: Federal Oversight Initiative Is Consistent with Medicaid Payment Principles but Needs Greater Transparency. GAO-07-214, March 30.  Highlights

4. Transportation Security: DHS Efforts to Eliminate Redundant Background Check Investigations. GAO-07-756, April 26.  Highlights

5. Bureau of Justice Statistics: Quality Guidelines Generally Followed for Police-Public Contact Surveys, but Opportunities Exist to Help Assure Agency Independence. GAO-07-340, March 30.  Highlights

6. Information Technology: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Needs to Fully Address Significant Infrastructure Modernization Program Management Weaknesses. GAO-07-565, April 27.  Highlights

7. Privacy: Lessons Learned about Data Breach Notification. GAO-07-657, April 30.  Highlights

8. Defense Management: High-Level Leadership Commitment and Actions Are Needed to Address Corrosion Issues. GAO-07-618, April 30.  Highlights

Correspondences

1. DOD and VA Outpatient Pharmacy Data: Computable Data Are Exchanged for Some Shared Patients, but Additional Steps Could Facilitate Exchanging These Data for All Shared Patients. GAO-07-554R, April 30.

2. Nursing Workforce: HHS Needs Methodology to Identify Facilities with a Critical Shortage of Nurses. GAO-07-492R, April 30.

3. Immigration Benefits: Sixteenth Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998. GAO-07-796R, April 27.

Testimony

1. Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Agency's Flexibility Reduces Transparency of Program Cost, by Paul Francis, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Defense, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-07-799T, April 30.  Highlights

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