The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports: REPORTS
1. Accounting Firm Consolidation: Selected Large Public Company Views on Audit Fees, Quality, Independence, and Choice. GAO-03-1158, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1158 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031158high.pdf Highlights 2. Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2003. GAO-03-1098, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1098 3. Medicare: Modifying Payments for Certain Pathology Services Is Warranted. GAO-03-1056, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1056 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031056high.pdf Highlights 4. Human Capital: DHS Personnel System Design Effort Provides for Collaboration and Employee Participation. GAO-03-1099, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1099 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031099high.pdf Highlights 5. Military Training: Strategic Planning and Distributive Learning Could Benefit the Special Operations Forces Foreign Language Program. GAO-03-1026, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1026 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031026high.pdf Highlights 6. Social Security Administration: Disclosure Policy for Law Enforcement Allows Information Sharing, but SSA Needs to Ensure More Consistent Application. GAO-03-919, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-919 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03919high.pdf Highlights 7. Social Security: Proposed Totalization Agreement with Mexico Presents Unique Challenges. GAO-03-993, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-993 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03993high.pdf Highlights 8. Veterans' Benefits: Improvements Needed in the Reporting and Use of Data on the Accuracy of Disability Claims Decisions. GAO-03-1045, September 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-1045 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d031045high.pdf Highlights 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
