Today's GAO Reports - June 29, 2007

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

Reports

1. Military Base Closures: Projected Savings from Fleet Readiness Centers Likely Overstated and Actions Needed to Track Actual Savings and Overcome Certain Challenges. GAO-07-304, June 29.  Highlights

2. Defense Contracting: Improved Insight and Controls Needed over DOD's Time-and-Materials Contracts. GAO-07-273, June 29.  Highlights

3. Nursing Homes: Federal Actions Needed to Improve Targeting and Evaluation of Assistance by Quality Improvement Organizations. GAO-07-373, May 29.  Highlights

4. Homeland Security: Departmentwide Integrated Financial Management Systems Remain a Challenge. GAO-07-536, June 21.  Highlights

Correspondences

1. Military Health: DOD's Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network. GAO-07-787R, June 29.

2. Preliminary Information on Rebuilding Efforts in the Gulf Coast. GAO-07-809R, June 29.

Testimonies

1. Higher Education: Challenges in Attracting International Students to the United States and Implications for Global Competitiveness, by George A. Scott, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-07-1047T, June 29.  Highlights

2. Millennium Challenge Corporation: Progress and Challenges with Compacts in Africa, by David B. Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO-07-1049T, June 28.  Highlights

3. Homeland Security: Transforming Departmentwide Financial Management Systems Remains a Challenge, by Keith Rhodes, chief technologist, and McCoy Williams, director, financial management and assurance, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-07-1041T, June 28.  Highlights

Presentation By The Comptroller General

1. "Transparent Government and Access to Information: A Role for Supreme Audit Institutions" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government, in Vienna, Austria. GAO-07-1068CG, June 26, 2007. [text]

Guidance

1. Financial Audit Manual, Volume Three. (Exposure draft). GAO-07-313G, June 2007. [Internet only]

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