The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports, testimony, and correspondence:
REPORTS 1. Consumer Protection: Federal and State Agencies Face Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending. GAO-04-280, January 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-280 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04280high.pdf 2. DOD Personnel Clearances: DOD Needs to Overcome Impediments to Eliminating Backlogs and Determining Its Size. GAO-04-344, February 9. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-344 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04344high.pdf 3. Defense Infrastructure: Long-Term Challenges in Managing the Military Construction Program. GAO-04-288, February 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-288 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04288high.pdf 4. Individual Fishing Quotas: Methods for Community Protection and New Entry Require Periodic Evaluation. GAO-04-277, February 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-277 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04277high.pdf 5. Social Security Numbers: Private Sector Entities Routinely Obtain and Use SSNs, and Laws Limit the Disclosure of This Information.GAO-04-11, January 22. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-11 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0411high.pdf CORRESPONDENCE Defense of Marriage Act: Update to Prior Report. GAO-04-353R, January 23. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-353R TESTIMONY Consumer Protection: Federal and State Agencies Face Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending, by David G. Wood, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. GAO-04-412T, February 24. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-412T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04412thigh.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
