Top 10 List for December 2008

An alphabetical listing of the top 10 areas of significant work and the reports and testimonies in those areas issued in December 2008.

1. Auto Industry

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance: GAO-09-247T, December 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance: GAO-09-242T, December 4, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 14 pages) Accessible Text

2. Crime Victims' Rights Act

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)

3. Federal-Aid Highways

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)

4. Flood Insurance

Flood Insurance: Options for Addressing the Financial Impact of Subsidized Premium Rates on the National Flood Insurance Program: GAO-09-20, November 14, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 48 pages) Accessible Text

Flood Insurance: FEMA's Rate-Setting Process Warrants Attention: GAO-09-12, October 31, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 54 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

5. Genetically Engineered Crops

Genetically Engineered Crops: Agencies Are Proposing Changes to Improve Oversight, but Could Take Additional Steps to Enhance Coordination and Monitoring: GAO-09-60, November 5, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 109 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

6. Global War on Terrorism

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

7. International Climate Change Programs

International Climate Change Programs: Lessons Learned from the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism: GAO-09-151, November 18, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 69 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

8. Medicare Advantage

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)

9. Troubled Asset Relief Program

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

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Defaults and Foreclosures on Home Mortgages: GAO-09-231T, December 4, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency: GAO-09-161, December 2, 2008; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 72 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

10. United Nations Peacekeeping

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)

Significant Work Issued in November 2008