Top 10 List for December 2008An 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)
- 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