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Recently Issued Products

  • Latest Reports & Testimonies
  • Latest Legal Decisions & Opinions
  • Latest Comptroller General Presentations

Recently released reports and testimonies are listed below. Our congressional requesters may hold reports up to 30 days before making them publicly available, so some may have earlier issue dates.

Reports & Testimonies

December 17, 2008

Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices
GAO-09-149,  December 17, 2008
Defense Inventory: Management Actions Needed to Improve the Cost Efficiency of the Navy's Spare Parts Inventory
GAO-09-103,  December 12, 2008
Flood Insurance: Options for Addressing the Financial Impact of Subsidized Premium Rates on the National Flood Insurance Program
GAO-09-20,  November 14, 2008

December 16, 2008

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
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
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

December 15, 2008

Medicare Advantage: Characteristics, Financial Risks, and Disenrollment Rates of Beneficiaries in Private Fee-for-Service Plans
GAO-09-25,  December 15, 2008
Disaster Assistance: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation
GAO-09-81,  December 11, 2008
Results Oriented Management: Opportunities Exist for Refining the Oversight and Implementation of the Senior Executive Performance-Based Pay System
GAO-09-82,  November 21, 2008
Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense
GAO-09-233R,  December 15, 2008

December 12, 2008

Radio Communications: Congressional Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Collaborate to Develop a Joint Solution
GAO-09-133,  December 12, 2008
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
Medicare Part D: Opportunities Exist for Improving Information Sent to Enrollees and Scheduling the Annual Election Period
GAO-09-4,  December 12, 2008
Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Weapons
GAO-09-39,  December 12, 2008
Homeland Security: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Planning and Execution Improvements Needed
GAO-09-96,  December 12, 2008

December 11, 2008

Medicare Advantage Organizations: Actual Expenses and Profits Compared to Projections for 2006
GAO-09-132R,  December 08, 2008
Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007)
GAO-09-201R,  December 11, 2008

December 10, 2008

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency
GAO-09-266T,  December 10, 2008

December 08, 2008

Actions Taken to Implement the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
GAO-09-59R,  November 21, 2008
Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Strengthen Its Approach for Evaluating the SRFMI Data-Sharing Pilot Program
GAO-09-45,  November 07, 2008

December 05, 2008

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance
GAO-09-247T,  December 05, 2008
Genetically Engineered Crops: Agencies Are Proposing Changes to Improve Oversight, but Could Take Additional Steps to Enhance Coordination and Monitoring
GAO-09-60,  November 05, 2008
Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements
GAO-09-92,  December 05, 2008
Transportation Security Administration's Suspension of the Butane Lighter Ban Onboard Commercial Aircraft
GAO-09-177R,  December 05, 2008

December 04, 2008

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance
GAO-09-242T,  December 04, 2008
The Comptroller General, the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), issues decisions in various areas of federal law. These decisions are prepared by GAO's Office of General Counsel, and are identified by a numbering system beginning with B-(number); each decision carries its own B-number and date.

Latest Legal Decisions & Opinions

December 17, 2008

Hart Security Limited
B-400796.2,  December 16, 2008

December 12, 2008

Derm-Buro, Inc.
B-400558,  December 11, 2008

December 11, 2008

Sector One Security Solution
B-400728,  December 10, 2008

December 10, 2008

VT Griffin Services, Inc.
B-299869.2,  November 10, 2008
Triple Canopy, Inc.
B-400437,  November 13, 2008

December 05, 2008

Sallie Mae, Inc.
B-400486,  November 21, 2008

December 03, 2008

Nordic Air, Inc.
B-400540,  November 26, 2008

November 26, 2008

Celadon Laboratories, Inc.--Costs
B-298533.2,  November 07, 2008

November 25, 2008

Burchick Construction Company
B-400342,  October 06, 2008
CCITE/SC
B-400782,  November 21, 2008
Presentations and Testimonies from Acting Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro
 

Latest Comptroller General Presentations

December 10, 2008

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency
GAO-09-266T,  December 10, 2008

December 5, 2008

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, before the House Committee on Financial Services
GAO-09-247T,  December 5, 2008

December 4, 2008

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
GAO-09-242T,  December 4, 2008

December 1, 2008

Ensuring a Continuing Focus on Implementing Effective Human Capital Strategies, Human Capital Management: Federal 2008 conference
GAO-09-234CG, November 21, 2008

November 13, 2008

Highlights of a Forum: Ensuring Opportunities for Disadvantaged Children and Families
GAO-09-18SP, November 13, 2008

November 3, 2008

Transforming DOD Business Operations, Defense Finance 2008 Conference
GAO-09-160CG, October 27, 2008
The Upcoming Transition: GAO's Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration, Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, City College of New York
GAO-09-159CG, October 23, 2008
Upcoming Transition Includes Key Information Technology Challenges, INPUT Fed Focus 2009 Conference
GAO-09-158CG, October 21, 2008

September 24, 2008

The Upcoming Transition: GAO's Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
GAO-08-1174T  September 24, 2008

September 19, 2008

The Role of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, House Democracy Assistance Commission, Members of Parliament from Afghanistan, Liberia & Timor-Leste
Washington, D.C.
GAO-08-1171CG, September 18, 2008

September 11, 2008

The Upcoming Transition: GAO's Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Work Force, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
GAO-08-1153T, September 10, 2008

August 7, 2008

The Role of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, House Democracy Assistance Commission, Members of Parliament from Indonesia, Kenya, Macedonia & Ukraine
Washington, DC
GAO-08-1089CG, July 31, 2008

July 31, 2008

Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Enhancing U.S. Partnerships in Countering Transnational Terrorism
GAO-08-887SP, July 31, 2008

July 23, 2008

Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Progress Report: Some Gains Made, Updated Strategy Needed, before the House Committee on Armed Services
GAO-08-1021T  July 23, 2008

July 11, 2008

Preparing the Accountability Profession for 21st Century Challenges, Institute of Internal Auditors’ 2008 International Conference
San Francisco, CA
GAO-08-1017CG, July 8, 2008

June 30, 2008

Highlights of the Joint Forum on Tax Compliance: Options for Improvement and Their Budgetary Potential
GAO-08-703SP, June 30, 2008

June 26, 2008

Fiscal Year 2007 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement in Financial Management Is Crucial to Improving Accountability and Addressing the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
GAO-08-926T  June 26, 2008