The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:
Reports 1. Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Assessment Needed to Improve Outcomes for Complex Service Acquisitions. GAO-08-263, April 22. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-263 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08263high.pdf 2. Interagency Contracting: Need for Improved Information and Policy Implementation at the Department of State. GAO-08-578, May 8. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-578 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08578high.pdf Testimonies 1. Social Security Administration Field Offices: Reduced Workforce Faces Challenges as Baby Boomers Retire, by Barbara D. Bovbjerg, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-08-737T, May 8. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-737T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08737thigh.pdf 2. Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Oversight Needed to Improve Complex Service Acquisition Outcomes, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-765T, May 8. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-765T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08765thigh.pdf 3. Human Capital: Transforming Federal Recruiting and Hiring Efforts, by Robert N. Goldenkoff, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-762T, May 8. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-762T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08762thigh.pdf 4. Prescription Drugs: Trends in FDA's Oversight of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising, by Marcia G. Crosse, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-758T, May 8. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-758T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08758thigh.pdf 5. Physical Infrastructure: Challenges and Investment Options for the Nation's Infrastructure, by Patricia A. Dalton, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-08-763T, May 8. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-763T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08763thigh.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 "E-mail 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 Testimonies. Visit GAO on the web at http://www.gao.gov
