Today's GAO Reports - October 04, 2007

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

Reports

1. Global Health: U.S. Agencies Support Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance. GAO-07-1186, September 28.  Highlights

2. Energy Efficiency: Opportunities Exist for Federal Agencies to Better Inform Household Consumers. GAO-07-1162, September 26.

3. Workforce Investment Act: One-Stop System Infrastructure Continues to Evolve, but Labor Should Take Action to Require That All Employment Service Offices Are Part of the System. GAO-07-1096, September 4.  Highlights

4. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Hiring Efforts Are Not Sufficient to Reduce the Patent Application Backlog. GAO-07-1102, September 4.  Highlights

Testimonies

1. Environmental Right-to-Know: EPA's Recent Rule Could Reduce Availability of Toxic Chemical Information Used to Assess Environmental Justice, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-115T, October 4.  Highlights

2. High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: Preliminary Observations on the Oversight of the Proliferation of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories in the United States, by Keith A. Rhodes, Chief technologist, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-108T, October 4.  Highlights

3. Maritime Security: The SAFE Port Act and Efforts to Secure Our Nation's Seaports, by Stephen L. Caldwell, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-08-86T, October 4.  Highlights

4. Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Serious Challenges Confront U.S. Efforts to Build the Capacity of Iraqi Ministries, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-124T, October 4.  Highlights

5. Combating Terrorism: Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Directives to Assist Foreign Nations, statement for the record by Jess T. Ford, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-144T, October 4.  Highlights

Presentation By The Comptroller General

1. "Fiscal and Health Care Challenges," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before KPMG Partners' Meeting, in Arlington, Virginia. GAO-08-158CG, October 3.

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