Reports and Testimonies |
Economic Development
- Disaster Recovery: FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program Experienced Challenges with Gulf Coast Rebuilding
- GAO-09-129, December 18, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Disaster Assistance: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation
- GAO-09-81, December 11, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text
Financial Institutions
- Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency
- GAO-09-266T, December 10, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text
Financial Management
- Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System
- GAO-09-216, January 8, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 107 pages) Accessible Text
Government Operations
- Radio Communications: Congressional Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Collaborate to Develop a Joint Solution
- GAO-09-133, December 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 59 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
Health
- Ryan White Care Act: First-Year Experiences under the Part D Administrative Expense Cap
- GAO-09-140, December 19, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text
- Medicare Advantage: Characteristics, Financial Risks, and Disenrollment Rates of Beneficiaries in Private Fee-for-Service Plans
- GAO-09-25, December 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Medicare Part D: Opportunities Exist for Improving Information Sent to Enrollees and Scheduling the Annual Election Period
- GAO-09-4, December 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
Homeland Security
- Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees - November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008
- GAO-09-168R, December 23, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text
- Homeland Security: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Planning and Execution Improvements Needed
- GAO-09-96, December 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 139 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Weapons
- GAO-09-39, December 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text
Income Security
- Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices
- GAO-09-149, December 17, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
Information Management
- Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Address Significant Weaknesses at IRS
- GAO-09-136, January 9, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Recommendations (HTML)
International Affairs
- United Nations Peacekeeping: Challenges Obtaining Needed Resources Could Limit Further Large Deployments and Should Be Addressed in U.S. Reports to Congress
- GAO-09-142, December 18, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
Justice and Law Enforcement
- Crime Victims' Rights Act: Increasing Awareness, Modifying the Complaint Process, and Enhancing Compliance Monitoring Will Improve Implementation of the Act
- GAO-09-54, December 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 149 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
National Defense
- Defense Business Transformation: Status of Department of Defense Efforts to Develop a Management Approach to Guide Business Transformation
- GAO-09-272R, January 9, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages)
- Defense Logistics: Improved Analysis and Cost Data Needed to Evaluate the Cost-effectiveness of Performance Based Logistics
- GAO-09-41, December 19, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations about Timeliness and Quality
- GAO-09-261R, December 19, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text
- Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Enhanced to Better Inform Congress
- GAO-09-147R, December 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense
- GAO-09-233R, December 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 12 pages) Accessible Text
- Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan
- GAO-09-128R, December 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Defense Inventory: Management Actions Needed to Improve the Cost Efficiency of the Navy's Spare Parts Inventory
- GAO-09-103, December 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007)
- GAO-09-201R, December 11, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text
Natural Resources
- Research and Development: DOE Could Enhance the Project Selection Process for Government Oil and Natural Gas Research
- GAO-09-186, December 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Recommendations (HTML)
Social Services
- Social Security Disability: Improving Notices to Denied Claimants
- GAO-09-183R, January 9, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Recommendations (HTML)
Transportation
- Federal-Aid Highways: Federal Requirements for Highways May Influence Funding Decisions and Create Challenges, but Benefits and Costs Are Not Tracked
- GAO-09-36, December 12, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)