The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondence and testimonies:
Reports 1. Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Establish a Strategy and Improve Transparency over Reserve and National Guard Compensation to Manage Significant Growth in Cost. GAO-07-828, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-828 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07828high.pdf 2. Defense Contracting: Use of Undefinitized Contract Actions Understated and Definitization Time Frames Often Not Met. GAO-07-559, June 19. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-559 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07559high.pdf Correspondence 1. PBGC's Legal Support: Improvements Needed to Eliminate Confusion and Ensure Provision of Consistent Advice. GAO-07-757R, May 18. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-757R Testimonies 1. Public Housing: Information on the Financing, Oversight, and Effects of the HOPE VI Program, by David G. Wood, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-07-1025T, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1025T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071025thigh.pdf 2. World Trade Center: Preliminary Observations on EPA's Second Program to Address Indoor Contamination, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. GAO-07-806T, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-806T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07806thigh.pdf 3. Inspectors General: Proposals to Strengthen Independence and Accountability, by Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, managing director, financial management and assurance, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-07-1021T, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1021T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071021thigh.pdf 4. Guard and Reserve Personnel: Fiscal, Security, and Human Capital Challenges Should be Considered in Developing a Revised Business Model for the Reserve Component, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves. GAO-07-984, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-984 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07984high.pdf 5. Information Security: Homeland Security Needs to Enhance Effectiveness of Its Program, by Keith A. Rhodes, chief technologist, and Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-07-1003T, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1003T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071003thigh.pdf 6. Homeland Security: Guidance from Operations Directorate Will Enhance Collaboration among Departmental Operations Centers, by Eileen R. Larence, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-07-683T, June 20. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-683T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07683thigh.pdf Help with viewing PDF files is available from the "Help" section of http://www.gao.gov. Check the information in the section titled, "Help with Reading Portable Document Format Files" if you have difficulty. Subscribe to this or other E-mail updates about GAO products at the "Subscribe to Updates" 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 Government Accountability Office to provide daily information about GAO Reports and Testimony. Access GAO on the web at http://www.gao.gov
