Today's GAO Reports - October 05, 2007

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

Reports

1. Cost of Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Needs Better Data to Assess Alternatives for Acquiring Low and Minimum Security Facilities. GAO-08-6, October 5.  Highlights

2. Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Improve Its Risk Management of Decennial Systems. GAO-08-79, October 5.  Highlights

3. General Services Administration: Improvements Needed in Managing Delegated Authority of Real Property Activities. GAO-07-1000, September 5.  Highlights

Testimony

1. Global Health: U.S. Agencies Support Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance, by David B. Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-138T, October 4.  Highlights

Guidance

1. Financial Audit Manual, Volume I. (Audit Methodology) (Exposure draft.) GAO-08-81G, October 2007.

2. Financial Audit Manual, Volume II. (Audit Tools) (Exposure draft.) GAO-08-82G, October 2007.

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