GAO Month in Review July 2008

About the Month in Review

The 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.

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Agriculture and Food

Food Safety: Selected Countries' Systems Can Offer Insights into Ensuring Import Safety and Responding to Foodborne Illness: GAO-08-794, June 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 96 pages) Accessible Text

Food Stamp Program: Options for Delivering Financial Incentives to Participants for Purchasing Targeted Foods: GAO-08-415, July 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text

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Business, Industry, and Consumers

Bankruptcy Reform: Dollar Costs Associated with the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: GAO-08-697, June 27, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Export-Import Bank: Performance Standards for Small Business Assistance Are in Place but Ex-Im Is in the Early Stages of Measuring Their Effectiveness: GAO-08-915, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

HUBZone Program: SBA's Control Weaknesses Exposed the Government to Fraud and Abuse: GAO-08-964T, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Additional Actions Are Needed to Certify and Monitor HUBZone Businesses and Assess Program Results: GAO-08-643, June 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Accessible Text

Small Business Administration: Additional Actions Are Needed to Certify and Monitor HUBZone Businesses and Assess Program Results: GAO-08-975T, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Performance Management and Strengthen Oversight of the High-Cost Program: GAO-08-633, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages) Accessible Text

Telecommunications: Survey of State Regulatory Commissions (GAO-08-662SP, June 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-633: GAO-08-662SP, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

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Economic Development

National Flood Insurance Program: Financial Challenges Underscore Need for Improved Oversight of Mitigation Programs and Key Contracts: GAO-08-437, June 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 86 pages) Accessible Text

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Employment

Department of Labor: Case Studies from Ongoing Work Show Examples in Which Wage and Hour Division Did Not Adequately Pursue Labor Violations: GAO-08-973T, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Fair Labor Standards Act: Better Use of Available Resources and Consistent Reporting Could Improve Compliance: GAO-08-962T, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Human Capital: Selected Agencies Have Implemented Key Features of Their Senior Executive Performance-Based Pay Systems, but Refinements Are Needed: GAO-08-1019T, July 22, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

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Energy

Department of Energy: New Loan Guarantee Program Should Complete Activities Necessary for Effective and Accountable Program Management: GAO-08-750, July 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Material: DOE Needs to Take Action to Reduce Risks Before Processing Additional Nuclear Material at the Savannah River Site's H-Canyon: GAO-08-840, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Weapons: Views on NNSA's Proposal to Transform the Nuclear Weapons Complex: GAO-08-1032T, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

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Environmental Protection

Chesapeake Bay Program: Recent Actions Are Positive Steps Toward More Effectively Guiding the Restoration Effort: GAO-08-1033T, July 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

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Financial Institutions

Fair Lending: Race and Gender Data Are Limited for Nonmortgage Lending: GAO-08-1023T, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Fair Lending: Race and Gender Data Are Limited for Nonmortgage Lending: GAO-08-698, June 27, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Management Report: Opportunities for Improvements in FDIC's Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures: GAO-08-863R, July 11, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

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Financial Management

DCAA Audits: Allegations That Certain Audits at Three Locations Did Not Meet Professional Standards Were Substantiated: GAO-08-857, July 22, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages) Accessible Text

DOD Financial Management: Adjudication of Butterbaugh Claims for the Restoration of Annual Leave or Pay: GAO-08-948R, July 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Audit Manual: Volume 1, July 2008: GAO-08-585G, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 524 pages)

Financial Audit Manual: Volume 2, July 2008: GAO-08-586G, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 360 pages)

Financial Management: DOD's Ability to Prevent, Identify, Investigate, and Report on Antideficiency Act Violations: GAO-08-941R, July 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Financial Management: FBI Has Designed and Implemented Stronger Internal Controls over Sentinel Contractor Invoice Review and Equipment Purchases, but Additional Actions Are Needed: GAO-08-716R, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

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Government Operations

2010 Census: Census Bureau Should Take Action to Improve the Credibility and Accuracy of Its Cost Estimate for the Decennial Census: GAO-08-554, June 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status of Project's Schedule and Cost as of June 27, 2008: GAO-08-900T, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Government Performance: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration on Using Performance Information to Improve Results: GAO-08-1026T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Government Performance: 2007 Federal Managers Survey on Performance and Management Issues: (GAO-08-1036SP, July 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-1026T: GAO-08-1036SP, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Indian Health Service: IHS Mismanagement Led to Millions of Dollars in Lost or Stolen Property: GAO-08-727, June 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text

Indian Health Service: Mismanagement Led to Millions of Dollars in Lost or Stolen Property and Wasteful Spending: GAO-08-1069T, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Personnel Security Clearances: Preliminary Observations on Joint Reform Efforts to Improve the Governmentwide Clearance Eligibility Process: GAO-08-1050T, July 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text

Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements: GAO-08-855, July 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Preparing the Accountability Profession for 21st Century Challenges: GAO-08-1017CG, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

Telecommunications: Agencies Are Generally Following Sound Transition Planning Practices, and GSA Is Taking Action to Resolve Challenges: GAO-08-759, June 27, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Capitol Police: Progress Made in Addressing Prior GAO Recommendations on Administrative and Management Operations: GAO-08-1000T, July 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: Data Needed to Assess the Effectiveness of Outsourcing: GAO-08-787, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

U.S. Postal Service: USPS Has Taken Steps to Strengthen Network Realignment Planning and Accountability and Improve Communication: GAO-08-1022T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

United States Postal Service: Information on the Irradiation of Federal Mail in the Washington, D.C., Area: GAO-08-938R, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

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Health

Emergency Preparedness: States Are Planning for Medical Surge, but Could Benefit from Shared Guidance for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: GAO-08-668, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text

Hurricane Katrina: Trends in the Operating Results of Five Hospitals in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina: GAO-08-681R, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages)

Influenza Pandemic: Federal Agencies Should Continue to Assist States to Address Gaps in Pandemic Planning: GAO-08-539, June 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 47 pages) Accessible Text

Long-Term Care Insurance: Oversight of Rate Setting and Claims Settlement Practices: GAO-08-712, June 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 35 pages) Accessible Text

Long-Term Care Insurance: State Oversight of Rate Setting and Claims Settlement Practices: GAO-08-1016T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers: CMS Should Encourage States to Conduct Mortality Reviews for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: GAO-08-529, May 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Part B Imaging Services: Rapid Spending Growth and Shift to Physician Offices Indicate Need for CMS to Consider Additional Management Practices: GAO-08-452, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text

Medicare Part D: Complaint Rates Are Declining, but Operational and Oversight Challenges Remain: GAO-08-719, June 27, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Prescription Drugs: FDA's Oversight of the Promotion of Drugs for Off-Label Uses: GAO-08-835, July 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text

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Homeland Security

Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration May Face Resource and Other Challenges in Developing a System to Screen All Cargo Transported on Passenger Aircraft: GAO-08-959T, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Biosurveillance: Preliminary Observations on Department of Homeland Security's Biosurveillance Initiatives: GAO-08-960T, July 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text

Emergency Management: GAO Responses to Post-hearing Questions for the Record: GAO-08-1003R, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text

Initial Results on Availability of Terrorism Insurance in Specific Geographic Markets: GAO-08-919R, July 11, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Detection: Preliminary Observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's Efforts to Develop a Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: GAO-08-999T, July 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages) Accessible Text

Nuclear Security: NRC and DHS Need to Take Additional Steps to Better Track and Detect Radioactive Materials: GAO-08-598, June 19, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

TSA's Explosives Detection Canine Program: Status of Increasing Number of Explosives Detection Canine Teams: GAO-08-933R, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text

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Income Security

Defined Benefit Pensions: Plan Freezes Affect Millions of Participants and May Pose Retirement Income Challenges: GAO-08-817, July 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Defined Benefit Pensions: Survey of Sponsors of Large Defined Benefit Pension Plans (GAO-08-818SP, July 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-817: GAO-08-818SP, July 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: A More Strategic Approach Could Improve Human Capital Management: GAO-08-624, June 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text

State and Local Government Pension Plans: Current Structure and Funded Status: GAO-08-983T, July 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

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Information Management

Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM): Exposure Draft: GAO-08-1029G, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 609 pages)

Federal Records: National Archives and Selected Agencies Need to Strengthen E-Mail Management: GAO-08-742, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text

Information Security: Federal Agency Efforts to Encrypt Sensitive Information Are Under Way, but Work Remains: GAO-08-525, June 27, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text

Information Sharing Environment: Definition of the Results to Be Achieved in Improving Terrorism-Related Information Sharing Is Needed to Guide Implementation and Assess Progress: GAO-08-492, June 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Information Sharing: Definition of the Results to Be Achieved in Terrorism-Related Information Sharing Is Needed to Guide Implementation and Assess Progress: GAO-08-637T, July 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars: GAO-08-1051T, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages)

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International Affairs

Afghanistan Reconstruction: Progress Made in Constructing Roads, but Assessments for Determining Impact and a Sustainable Maintenance Program Are Needed: GAO-08-689, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text

Agencies Believe Strengthening International Agreements to Improve Collection of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Would Be Difficult and Ineffective: GAO-08-876R, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

Border Security: State Department Is Taking Steps to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico: GAO-08-1006, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 36 pages) Accessible Text

Broadcasting to Cuba: Weaknesses in Contracting Practices Reduced Visibility into Selected Award Decisions: GAO-08-764, July 11, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

Developing Countries: U.S. Financing for Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative Currently Experiencing a Shortfall: GAO-08-888R, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 19 pages) Accessible Text

Food Insecurity Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite Efforts to Halve Hunger by 2015: GAO-08-1007R, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Force Structure: Preliminary Observations on the Progress and Challenges Associated with Establishing the U.S. Africa Command: GAO-08-947T, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 18 pages) Accessible Text

Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Enhancing U.S. Partnerships in Countering Transnational Terrorism: GAO-08-887SP, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 23 pages) Accessible Text

Human Rights: U.S. Government's Efforts to Address Alleged Abuse of Household Workers by Foreign Diplomats with Immunity Could Be Strengthened: GAO-08-892, July 29, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Progress Report: Some Gains Made, Updated Strategy Needed: GAO-08-1021T, July 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

State Department: Comprehensive Strategy Needed to Improve Passport Operations: GAO-08-891, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text

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Justice and Law Enforcement

Bureau of Justice Statistics Funding to States to Improve Criminal Records: GAO-08-898R, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

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National Defense

Air Force Procurement: Aerial Refueling Tanker Protest: GAO-08-991T, July 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text

Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Reduce Carryover at Army Depots: GAO-08-714, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text

Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities: GAO-08-740, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to Be Better Justified, Defined, and Managed: GAO-08-822, July 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: A Knowledge-Based Funding Approach Could Improve Major Weapon System Program Outcomes: GAO-08-619, July 2, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Cost to Deliver Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Likely to Exceed Budget: GAO-08-804, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 55 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding: GAO-08-1061T, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Infrastructure: Services' Use of Land Use Planning Authorities: GAO-08-850, July 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Defense Space Activities: DOD Needs to Further Clarify the Operationally Responsive Space Concept and Plan to Integrate and Support Future Satellites: GAO-08-831, July 11, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Depot Maintenance: DOD's Report to Congress on Its Public-Private Partnerships at Its Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITEs) Is Not Complete and Additional Information Would Be Useful: GAO-08-902R, July 1, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Long-Term Strategies Needed to Improve Security and Management Oversight: GAO-08-694, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text

Military Personnel: Preliminary Observations on DOD's and the Coast Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs: GAO-08-1013T, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text

Personnel Clearances: Questions for the Record Regarding Security Clearance Reform: GAO-08-965R, July 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Accessible Text

Rapid Acquisition of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles: GAO-08-884R, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 15 pages)

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Social Services

African American Children in Foster Care: HHS and Congressional Actions Could Help Reduce Proportion in Care: GAO-08-1064T, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text

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Tax Policy and Administration

Cayman Islands: Business Advantages and Tax Minimization Attract U.S. Persons and Enforcement Challenges Exist: GAO-08-779T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Cayman Islands: Business and Tax Advantages Attract U.S. Persons and Enforcement Challenges Exist: GAO-08-778, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text

Cayman Islands: Review of Cayman Islands and U.S. Laws Applicable to U.S. Persons' Financial Activity in the Cayman Islands, (GAO-08-1028SP), an E-supplement to GAO-08-778, July 2008: GAO-08-1028SP, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages)

Gulf Opportunity Zone: States Are Allocating Federal Tax Incentives to Finance Low-Income Housing and a Wide Range of Private Facilities: GAO-08-913, July 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Report Recommendations: GAO-08-693, July 2, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 95 pages) Accessible Text

Tax Compliance: Businesses Owe Billions in Federal Payroll Taxes: GAO-08-1034T, July 29, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text

Tax Compliance: Businesses Owe Billions in Federal Payroll Taxes: GAO-08-617, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 70 pages) Accessible Text

Tax Debt Collection: IRS Has a Complex Process to Attempt to Collect Billions of Dollars in Unpaid Tax Debts: GAO-08-728, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

Tax Expenditures: Available Data Are Insufficient to Determine the Use and Impact of Indian Reservation Depreciation: GAO-08-731, June 26, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages) Accessible Text

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Transportation

Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight: GAO-08-756, July 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 45 pages) Accessible Text

Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures: GAO-08-845, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 51 pages) Accessible Text

Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation Security Programs, but More Work Remains: GAO-08-1024T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Commercial Drivers: Certification Process for Drivers with Serious Medical Conditions: GAO-08-1030T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 7 pages) Accessible Text

Commercial Drivers: Certification Process for Drivers with Serious Medical Conditions: GAO-08-826, June 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text

Examples of Job Hopping by Commercial Drivers After Failing Drug Tests: GAO-08-829R, June 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 9 pages) Accessible Text

Highway Public-Private Partnerships: Securing Potential Benefits and Protecting the Public Interest Could Result from More Rigorous Up-front Analysis: GAO-08-1052T, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

Highway Safety: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Implement Changes in the Highway Safety Improvement Program Since SAFETEA-LU: GAO-08-1015T, July 17, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages) Accessible Text

National Airspace System: DOT and FAA Actions Will Likely Have a Limited Effect on Reducing Delays during Summer 2008 Travel Season: GAO-08-934T, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Public Transportation: Improvements Are Needed to More Fully Assess Predicted Impacts of New Starts Projects: GAO-08-844, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text

Safe Routes to School: Progress in Implementing the Program, but a Comprehensive Plan to Evaluate Program Outcomes Is Needed: GAO-08-789, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text

Surface Transportation Programs: Proposals Highlight Key Issues and Challenges in Restructuring the Programs: GAO-08-843R, July 29, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text

Surface Transportation: Principles Can Guide Efforts to Restructure and Fund Federal Programs: GAO-08-744T, July 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text

Traffic Safety Programs: Progress, States' Challenges, and Issues for Reauthorization: GAO-08-990T, July 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text

Traffic Safety: NHTSA's Improved Oversight Could Identify Opportunities to Strengthen Management and Safety in Some States: GAO-08-788, July 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

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Veterans Affairs

Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but More Work Remains: GAO-08-954, July 28, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text

VA Health Care: Ineffective Controls over Medical Center Billings and Collections Limit Revenue from Third-Party Insurance Companies: GAO-08-675, June 10, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 57 pages) Accessible Text

Veterans Affairs: Health Information System Modernization Far from Complete; Improved Project Planning and Oversight Needed: GAO-08-805, June 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

Veterans Health Administration: Improvements Needed in Design of Controls over Miscellaneous Obligations: GAO-08-1056T, July 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text

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Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions

Advanced Seal Technology, Inc.: B-400088; B-400089, July 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Aquaterra Contracting, Inc.: B-400065, July 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Barnesville Development Corporation: B-400049, June 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives--Prohibition in the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act: B-316510, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Carahsoft Technology Corporation; Allied Technology Group: B-311241; B-311241.2, May 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 10 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Commercial Window Shield: B-400154, July 2, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Commonwealth Home Health Care, Inc.: B-400163, July 24, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Corcel Corporation: B-311332; B-311332.2, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 7 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

ECI Defense Group: B-400177; B-400177.2, July 25, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Eomax Corporation: B-311391, June 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc.: B-299675.2; B-299675.3; B-299675.4, May 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 11 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Global Solutions Network, Inc.: B-298682.3; B-298682.4, June 23, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 12 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Guam Shipyard: B-311321; B-311321.2, June 9, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Hydro Fitting Manufacturing Corporation: B-311452, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Jim Swistowicz-Designated Employee Agent: B-400101, July 7, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Joint Venture Penauille/BMAR & Associates, LLC: B-311200; B-311200.2, May 12, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 8 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc.: B-311453; B-311453.2, July 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors: B-299766; B-299766.2, August 10, 2007; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 13 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

MCT JV: B-311245.2; B-311245.4, May 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 18 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

McGoldrick Construction Services Corporation: B-310340.3; B-310340.4, May 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

New Jersey & H Street, LLC: B-311314.3, June 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 9 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Pemco Aeroplex, Inc.: B-310372.3, June 13, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 8 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Superlative Technologies, Inc.: B-310489.4, June 3, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 13 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Systems Research and Applications Corporation: B-400227, July 21, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

Trammell Crow Company: B-311314.2, June 20, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 9 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

View One, Inc.: B-400346, July 30, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages) Full Decision (HTML)

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Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules

Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: Cotton World Price Determination: GAO-08-963R, July 8, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)

Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-004, Prohibition on Restricted Business Operations in Sudan and Imports from Burma: GAO-08-949R, July 3, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)

Department of Education: The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program and Other Federal Aid Programs: GAO-08-969R, July 15, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); Retrospective Adjustment for Additional Allotments To Eliminate Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Funding Shortfalls; Final SCHIP Allotments for FYs 2008 and 2009; Redistribution of Unused SCHIP FY 2005 Allotments To Eliminate FY 2008 Funding Shortfalls; Additional Allotments To Eliminate FY 2008 Funding Shortfalls: GAO-08-952R, July 3, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in Exchange Act Periodic Reports of Non-Accelerated Filers: GAO-08-998R, July 16, 2008; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 4 pages) Full Report (HTML)

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