Today's GAO Reports - July 30, 2007

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

Reports

1. Trade Adjustment Assistance: Industry Certification Would Likely Make More Workers Eligible, but Design and Implementation Challenges Exist. GAO-07-919, June 29.  Highlights

2. Corporate Shareholder Meetings: Issues Relating to Firms That Advise Institutional Investors on Proxy Voting. GAO-07-765, June 29.  Highlights

3. African American Children in Foster Care: Additional HHS Assistance Needed to Help States Reduce the Proportion in Care. GAO-07-816, July 11.  Highlights

4. Medicare: Geographic Areas Used to Adjust Physician Payments for Variation in Practice Costs Should Be Revised. GAO-07-466, June 29.  Highlights

5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact: Enhancing EMAC's Collaborative and Administrative Capacity Should Improve National Disaster Response. GAO-07-854, June 29.  Highlights

Correspondences

1. Transportation Disadvantaged: Progress in Implementing the New Freedom Program Has Been Limited, and Better Monitoring Procedures Would Help Ensure Program Funds Are Used as Intended. GAO-07-999R, July 19.

2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Opportunities Remain to Improve Oversight and Management of Oil and Gas Activities on National Wildlife Refuges. GAO-07-829R, June 29.

Presentation By The Comptroller General

1. "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, before the Rotary Club, in Des Moines, Iowa. GAO-07-1164CG, July 26.

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