Top 10 List for July 2009

An alphabetical listing of the top 10 areas of significant work and the reports and testimonies in those areas issued in July 2009.

1. Bottled Water

Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water: GAO-09-861T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 8 pages) Accessible Text

Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water: GAO-09-610, June 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

2. Drug Control

Drug Control: U.S. Counternarcotics Cooperation with Venezuela Has Declined: GAO-09-806, July 20, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 39 pages) Accessible Text

3. Federal Lands

Federal Lands: Enhanced Planning Could Assist Agencies in Managing Increased Use of Off-Highway Vehicles: GAO-09-509, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 60 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Federal Lands: Survey of Land Managers' Perspectives of Off-Highway Vehicle Use (GAO-09-547SP, June 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-509: GAO-09-547SP, June 30, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (HTML)

4. Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration: FDA Faces Challenges Meeting Its Growing Medical Product Responsibilities and Should Develop Complete Estimates of Its Resource Needs: GAO-09-581, June 19, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 81 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

5. High Risk Series

High Risk Series: Restructuring the U.S. Postal Service to Achieve Sustainable Financial Viability: GAO-09-937SP, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 3 pages) Accessible Text

6. Homeland Security

Homeland Security: Preliminary Results Show Federal Protective Service's Ability to Protect Federal Facilities Is Hampered By Weaknesses in Its Contract Security Guard Program: GAO-09-859T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text

7. Motor Carrier Safety

Motor Carrier Safety: Reincarnating Commercial Vehicle Companies Pose Safety Threat to Motoring Public; Federal Safety Agency Has Initiated Efforts to Prevent Future Occurrences: GAO-09-924, July 28, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text

8. Recovery Act

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses: GAO-09-829, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 167 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses: GAO-09-831T, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text

Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses (Appendixes): GAO-09-830SP, July 8, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 736 pages) Accessible Text

9. Troubled Asset Relief Program

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Actions Needed to Make the Home Affordable Modification Program More Transparent and Accountable: GAO-09-837, July 23, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues: GAO-09-920T, July 22, 2009; Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text

10. VA Health Care

VA Health Care: Preliminary Findings on VA's Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans: GAO-09-899T, July 16, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

VA Health Care: Preliminary Findings on VA's Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans: GAO-09-884T, July 14, 2009; Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text

Significant Work Issued in June 2009