The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the following reports and reissues today:
Reports 1. Medicaid Financing: Questionnaire Data on States' Methods for Financing Medicaid Payments from 2008 through 2012 (GAO-15-227SP, March 2015), an e-supplement to GAO-14-627. GAO-15-227SP, March 13. http://www.gao.gov/products/gao-15-227SP 2. Summer Work Travel Program: State Department Has Taken Steps to Strengthen Program Requirements, but Additional Actions Could Further Enhance Oversight. GAO-15-265, February 11. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-15-265 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/668452.pdf Reissued Reports 1. Medicaid Financing: States' Increased Reliance on Funds from Health Care Providers and Local Governments Warrants Improved CMS Data Collection. GAO-14-627, July 29, 2014. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-627 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/665076.pdf On March 13, 2015, GAO reissued this report in conjunction with the release of an e-supplement that provides more detailed and state-level data on sources of funds used by states to finance the nonfederal share of their Medicaid programs. This data was collected through a questionnaire completed by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report was revised to add links to the e-supplement on the highlights page and pages 4 and 42. The reissued report also includes a revision on page 14 to the amount of total nonfederal share of Medicaid payments from sources other than health care providers and local governments and revisions on pages 49, 50, and 52 on the number of provider taxes in effect from 2008 through 2012. 2. Defense Science And Technology: Further DOD and DOE Actions Needed to Provide Timely Conference Decisions and Analyze Risks from Changes in Participation. GAO-15-278, March 4. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-15-278 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/668846.pdf Revised 3/13/15 to correct the Highlights and page 16. The corrected sentence on the Highlights reads: At DOE, a Sandia National Laboratories official estimated that Sandia attendance at a key conference declined by about half from 2011 through 2013. The corrected sentence on page 16 reads: An official from Sandia National Laboratories estimated its attendance at the Materials Research Society's annual fall conference declined from 45 participants in 2011 to 23 participants in 2013. The latest information from GAO is available at http://www.gao.gov. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/usgao Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usgao Check out the GAO WatchBlog: http://blog.gao.gov Information about GAO's email subscription options is available here: http://gao.gov/subscribe To stop receiving this email, send a message to lists...@listserv.gao.gov with the words "unsubscribe daybook" in the message body. ============================================================= This list is produced by the Government Accountability Office to provide timely information about GAO Reports and Testimonies. Visit GAO on the web at http://www.gao.gov
