The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:
REPORTS 1. Social Security Disability: Reviews of Beneficiaries' Disability Status Require Continued Attention to Achieve Timeliness and Cost- Effectiveness. GAO-03-662, July 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-662 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03662high.pdf Highlights 2. Veterans Benefit Administration: Process for Preventing Improper Payments to Deceased Veterans Can Be Improved. GAO-03-906, July 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-906 TESTIMONIES 1. Competitive Sourcing: Implementation Will Be Challenging for Federal Agencies, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO-03-1022T, July 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1022T http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031022thigh.pdf Highlights 2. Electronic Disability Claims Processing: Social Security Administration's Accelerated Strategy Faces Significant Risks, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management, before the Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-03-984T, July 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-984T http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03984thigh.pdf Highlights 3. Information Security: Further Efforts Needed to Implement Statutory Requirements in DOD, by Robert F. Dacey, director, information systems security, before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-03-1037T, July 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1037T http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031037thigh.pdf Highlights 4. Social Security Disability: Reviews of Beneficiaries' Disability Status Require Continued Attention to Improve Service Delivery, by Robert E, Robertson, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-03-1027T, July 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1027T Some products now have a link to Highlights (the link ends with "high.pdf"). This one-page document gives the key findings and recommendations of a GAO report or testimony. You can use the Highlights to decide whether you wish to see the full report or testimony. These and other GAO products are available from the "GAO Reports" section of GAO's Internet site, http://www.gao.gov. Subscribe to this or other E-mail alerts about GAO products at the "Order GAO Products" section of http://www.gao.gov. Remove yourself from this mailing list by sending an E-mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe daybook in the message body. Order printed copies of any of these items from GAO: 202-512-6000 (voice) 202-512-2537 (TDD) 202-512-6061 (fax). Members of the press may request copies from the Office of Public Affairs, 202-512-4800. =========================================================== This list is produced by the U.S. General Accounting Office to provide daily information about GAO Reports and Testimony. Access GAO on the web at http://www.gao.gov
