The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following report, testimonies, and correspondence:
REPORT Farm Program Payments: USDA Needs to Strengthen Regulations and Oversight to Better Ensure Recipients Do Not Circumvent Payment Limitations. GAO-04-407, April 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-407 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04407high.pdf CORRESPONDENCE Management Report: Opportunities for Improvements in FDIC's Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures. GAO-04-677R, June 16. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-677R TESTIMONIES 1. Farm Program Payments: USDA Should Correct Weaknesses in Regulations and Oversight to Better Ensure Recipients Do Not Circumvent Payment Limitations, by Larry J. Dyckman, director, natural resources and environment, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-04-861T, June 16. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-861T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04861thigh.pdf 2. Federal Aviation Administration: Plan Still Needed to Meet Challenges to Effectively Manage Air Traffic Controller Workforce, by JayEtta Z. Hecker, director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-04-887T, June 15. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-887T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04887thigh.pdf 3. Pipeline Safety: Preliminary Information on the Office of Pipeline Safety's Efforts to Strengthen Its Enforcement Activities, by Katherine Siggerud, director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-04-875T, June 16. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-875T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04875thigh.pdf 4. Social Security: Reform Proposals Could Have a Variety of Effects on Distribution of Benefits and Taxes, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. GAO-04-872T, June 15. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-872T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04872thigh.pdf 5. United Nations: Observations on the Oil-for-Food Program and Iraq's Food Security, by Joseph A. Christoff, director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on Agriculture. GAO-04-880T, June 16. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-880T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04880thigh.pdf 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
