Today's GAO Reports - June 26, 2007

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

Reports

1. Energy Efficiency: Important Challenges Must Be Overcome to Realize Significant Opportunities for Energy Efficiency Improvements in Gulf Coast Reconstruction. GAO-07-654, June 26.  Highlights

2. Wildland Fire Management: Lack of Clear Goals or a Strategy Hinders Federal Agencies' Efforts to Contain the Costs of Fighting Fires. GAO-07-655, June 1.  Highlights

3. Navy Working Capital Fund: Management Action Needed to Improve Reliability of the Naval Air Warfare Center's Reported Carryover Amounts. GAO-07-643, June 26.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. 2010 Census: Census Bureau Is Making Progress on the Local Update of Census Addresses Program, but Improvements Are Needed, by Mathew J. Scire, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-07-1063T, June 26.  Highlights

2. End-Stage Renal Disease: Medicare Should Pay a Bundled Rate for All ESRD Items and Services, statement for the record by A. Bruce Steinwald, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-07-1050T, June 26.

Presentations By The Comptroller General

1. "Economic Insecurity Challenges" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Rockefeller Foundation Trustees and Executives Dinner on Economic Insecurity in America, in New York, New York. GAO-07-1060CG, June 20, 2007. [Text]

2. "The Challenges and Opportunities of Demographic Change in America" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Center for Productive Longevity's National Conference on the New Human Resources Frontier: Utilizing Older Workers for Competitive Advantage, in Washington, D.C. GAO-07-1061CG, June 7, 2007. [Slides]

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