Today's GAO Reports - July 08, 2009

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondences and testimonies:

Reports

1. Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses. GAO-09-829, July 8.  Highlights

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Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses (Appendixes). GAO-09-830SP, July 8.

2. Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water. GAO-09-610, June 22.  Highlights

3. Transit Security Grant Program: DHS Allocates Grants Based on Risk, but Its Risk Methodology, Management Controls, and Grant Oversight Can Be Strengthened. GAO-09-491, June 8.  Highlights

4. Recovering Servicemembers: DOD and VA Have Jointly Developed the Majority of Required Policies but Challenges Remain. GAO-09-728, July 8.  Highlights

Correspondences

1. Climate Change Trade Measures: Considerations for U.S. Policy Makers. GAO-09-724R, July 8.

2. Defense Logistics: Observations on Army's Implementation of the Logistics Modernization Program. GAO-09-852R, July 8.

Testimonies

1. Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-09-831T, July 8.  Highlights

2. Fiscal Year 2008 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Federal Government Faces New and Continuing Financial Management and Fiscal Challenges, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-09-805T, July 8.  Highlights

3. Homeland Security: Preliminary Results Show Federal Protective Service's Ability to Protect Federal Facilities Is Hampered by Weaknesses in Its Contract Security Guard Program, by Mark L. Goldstein, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-859T, July 8.  Highlights

4. Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water, by John Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-09-861T, July 8.

5. Climate Change Trade Measures: Estimating Industry Effects, by Loren Yager, director, international affairs and trade, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-09-875T, July 8.

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