GAO Month in Review August 2008
About the Month in ReviewThe Month in Review is a comprehensive list of all reports, testimony, correspondence, and other publications issued by GAO during the previous month, grouped according to subject categories. Top 10 list http://www.gao.gov/press/topten.html |
Environmental Protection
- Chemical Safety Board: Improvements in Management and Oversight Are Needed
- GAO-08-864R, August 22, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 81 pages) Accessible Text
- Hurricane Katrina: Continuing Debris Removal and Disposal Issues
- GAO-08-985R, August 25, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text
- Superfund: Funding and Reported Costs of Enforcement and Administration Activities
- GAO-08-841R, July 18, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text
Financial Management
- Grants Management: Attention Needed to Address Undisbursed Balances in Expired Grant Accounts
- GAO-08-432, August 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text
Government Operations
- Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects' Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals
- GAO-08-925, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text
- Schedule and Timing Issues Complicate Withholding Premiums for Medicare Parts C and D from Social Security Payments
- GAO-08-816R, July 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 89 pages) Accessible Text
- The Role of the U.S. Government Accountability Office
- GAO-08-1089CG, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text
Health
- Food and Drug Administration: Approval and Oversight of the Drug Mifeprex
- GAO-08-751, August 7, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages) Accessible Text
- Medicare Part D: Some Plan Sponsors Have Not Completely Implemented Fraud and Abuse Programs, and CMS Oversight Has Been Limited
- GAO-08-760, July 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 38 pages) Accessible Text
- Medicare and Medicaid: CMS and State Efforts to Interact with the Indian Health Service and Indian Tribes
- GAO-08-724, July 11, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text
- Medicare: Covert Testing Exposes Weaknesses in the Durable Medical Equipment Supplier Screening Process
- GAO-08-955, July 3, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text
Homeland Security
- Supply Chain Security: CBP Works with International Entities to Promote Global Customs Security Standards and Initiatives, but Challenges Remain
- GAO-08-538, August 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text
- Transportation Security: TSA Has Developed a Risk-Based Covert Testing Program, but Could Better Mitigate Aviation Security Vulnerabilities Identified Through Covert Tests
- GAO-08-958, August 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text
Income Security
- PBGC Assets: Implementation of New Investment Policy Will Need Stronger Board Oversight
- GAO-08-667, July 17, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text
- Private Pensions: Fulfilling Fiduciary Obligations Can Present Challenges for 401(k) Plan Sponsors
- GAO-08-774, July 16, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text
- Private Pensions: GAO Survey of 401(k) Plan Sponsor Practices (GAO-08-870SP, July 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-774
- GAO-08-870SP, July 16, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)
International Affairs
- Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership
- GAO-08-860, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Managing Potential Economic Impact of Applying U.S. Immigration Law Requires Coordinated Federal Decisions and Additional Data
- GAO-08-791, August 4, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 126 pages) Accessible Text
- Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed
- GAO-08-784, July 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text
- Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Iraqi Revenues, Expenditures, and Surplus
- GAO-08-1031, August 5, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text
Justice and Law Enforcement
- International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005: Agencies Have Implemented Some, but Not All of the Act's Requirements
- GAO-08-862, August 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text
National Defense
- DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Navy Programs' Compliance with DOD's Federated Business Enterprise Architecture Needs to Be Adequately Demonstrated
- GAO-08-972, August 7, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text
- DOD Business Transformation: Air Force's Current Approach Increases Risk That Asset Visibility Goals and Transformation Priorities Will Not Be Achieved
- GAO-08-866, August 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text
- Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Needs Framework for Balancing Investments in Tactical Radios
- GAO-08-877, August 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text
- Defense Critical Infrastructure: Adherence to Guidance Would Improve DOD's Approach to Identifying and Assuring the Availability of Critical Transportation Assets
- GAO-08-851, August 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text
- Military Base Realignments and Closures: Army Is Developing Plans to Transfer Functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, but Challenges Remain
- GAO-08-1010R, August 13, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text
- Military Personnel: DOD's and the Coast Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs Face Implementation and Oversight Challenges
- GAO-08-924, August 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 124 pages) Accessible Text
- Military Personnel: Improvements Needed to Increase Effectiveness of DOD's Programs to Promote Positive Working Relationships between Reservists and Their Employers
- GAO-08-981R, August 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text
- Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but Further Actions Are Needed to Sustain Improvements
- GAO-08-966, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text
Natural Resources
- Hardrock Mining: Information on State Royalties and Trends in Mineral Imports and Exports
- GAO-08-849R, July 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text
Tax Policy and Administration
- Tax Administration: Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005
- GAO-08-957, July 24, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text
Transportation
- FAA Airspace Redesign: An Analysis of the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Project
- GAO-08-786, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 95 pages) Accessible Text
- Review of the Transportation Security Administration's Air Cargo Screening Exemptions Report
- GAO-08-1055R, August 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text
Veterans Affairs
- Veterans Affairs: Continued Action Needed to Reduce IT Equipment Losses and Correct Control Weaknesses
- GAO-08-918, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text
Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions
- Army--Mass Transit Benefits, Aberdeen Proving Ground
- B-316381, July 18, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- B.R. Hardison-Designated Employee Agent
- B-311275, May 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Brian X. Scott--Costs
- B-400168.3, August 18, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Carahsoft Technologies Corporation and Avue Technologies Corporation
- B-400405, August 4, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Colliers International
- B-400173, July 3, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc.
- B-311313, June 10, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 13 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Delex Systems, Inc.
- B-400321; B-400402, August 5, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Department of Homeland Security--Transfer of Support Function for Principal Federal Officials
- B-316533, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 8 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Environmental Protection Agency; CGI Federal, Inc.--Reconsiderations
- B-299504.3; B-299504.4, July 23, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Exec Plaza, LLC
- B-400107; B-400107.2, August 1, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 13 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- G. Koprowski
- B-400215, August 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Gary M. Williamson--Agency Tender Official
- B-400153, August 1, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Hendry Corporation
- B-400224.2, August 25, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- John Gage--Designated Employee Agent
- B-400379, August 4, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Labatt Food Service, Inc.
- B-310939.6, August 18, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems
- B-400135; B-400135.2, August 8, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 22 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Logistics Health, Inc.
- B-400157, August 13, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Murray-Benjamin Electric Company, LP
- B-400255, August 7, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- North Shore Medical Labs, Inc.; Advanced BioMedical Laboratories, LLC
- B-311070; B-311070.2, April 21, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Savantage Financial Services, Incorporated
- B-400109.2, July 28, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 9 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Sea Box, Inc.
- B-400198, August 25, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Systalex Corporation
- B-400109, July 17, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 7 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
- Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants, LLC; Garrison Engineering & Maintenance Services, LLC
- B-400127, August 7, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)
Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service: Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng, and Macadamia Nuts
- GAO-08-1093R, August 13, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 5 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2009
- GAO-08-1101R, August 22, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009
- GAO-08-1100R, August 22, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities, Automatic Sprinkler Systems
- GAO-08-1106R, August 27, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Environmental Protection Agency: Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
- GAO-08-1072R, August 11, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Federal Communications Commission: Commercial Mobile Alert System
- GAO-08-1070R, August 6, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Federal Communications Commission: Commercial Mobile Alert System
- GAO-08-1116R, August 27, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
- Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
- GAO-08-1118R, August 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)
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