The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:
Reports 1. Mutual Fund Advertising: Improving How Regulators Communicate New Rule Interpretations to Industry Would Further Protect Investors. GAO-11-697, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-697 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11697high.pdf 2. Value in Health Care: Key Information for Policymakers to Assess Efforts to Improve Quality While Reducing Costs. GAO-11-445, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-445 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11445high.pdf 3. Data Center Consolidation: Agencies Need to Complete Inventories and Plans to Achieve Expected Savings. GAO-11-565, July 19. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-565 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11565high.pdf 4. School Improvement Grants: Early Implementation Under Way, but Reforms Affected by Short Time Frames. GAO-11-741, July 25. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-741 5. Burma: UN and U.S. Agencies Assisted Cyclone Victims in Difficult Environment, but Improved U.S. Monitoring Needed. GAO-11-700, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-700 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11700high.pdf Video - http://www.gao.gov/multimedia/video/damage_in_burma_s_irrawaddy_delta_from_cyclone_nargis_may_2008 6. Defense Management: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative. GAO-11-676, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-676 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11676high.pdf Testimonies 1. Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS has Developed a Strategic Plan for its Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, but Gaps Remain, by David C. Maurer, director, homeland security and justice, and Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-11-869T, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-869T 2. Cybersecurity: Continued Attention Needed to Protect Our Nation's Critical Infrastructure, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-11-865T, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-865T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11865thigh.pdf 3. Value-Added Taxes: Potential Lessons for the United States from Other Countries' Experiences, by James R. White, director, strategic issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-11-867T, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-867T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11867thigh.pdf 4. Federal Workers' Compensation: Questions to Consider in Changing Benefits for Older Beneficiaries, by Andrew Sherrill, director, education, workforce, and income security 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-11-854T, July 26. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-854T You'll find the most up-to-date listing of Reports and Testimonies at http://www.gao.gov. 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. Information on ordering printed copies at: http://www.gao.gov/ordering.htm 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
