The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:
REPORTS 1. Housing Finance: Options to Help Prevent Suspensions of FHA and RHS Loan Guarantee Programs. GAO-05-227, March 15. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-227 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05227high.pdf 2. Unfunded Mandates: Opinions Vary About Reform Act's Strengths, Weaknesses, and Options for Improvement. GAO-05-454, March 31. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-454 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05454high.pdf SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS Unfunded Mandates: Parties' Feedback on UMRA and Federal Mandates. GAO-05-497SP, March 31. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-497SP TESTIMONIES 1. Air Force Procurement: Protests Challenging Role of Biased Official Sustained, by Daniel I. Gordon, managing associate general counsel for procurement law, before Airland Subcommittee, Senate Committee on Armed Services. GAO-05-436T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-436T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05436thigh.pdf 2. Human Capital: Preliminary Observations on Proposed Regulations for DOD's National Security Personnel System, by Derek B. Stewart, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services. GAO-05-559T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-559T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05559thigh.pdf 3. IRS: Assessment of FY 2006 Budget Request and Interim Results of the 2005 Filing Season, by James R. White, director, strategic issues, and David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-05-416T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-416T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05416thigh.pdf 4. Tax Compliance: Reducing the Tax Gap Can Contribute to Fiscal Sustainability, but Will Require a Variety of Strategies, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-05-527T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-527T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05527thigh.pdf 5. Telecommunications: Market Developments in the Global Satellite Services Industry and the Implementation of the ORBIT Act, by JayEtta Hecker, director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-05-550T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-550T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05550thigh.pdf 6. U.S. Postal Service: Despite Recent Progress, Postal Reform Legislation Is Still Needed, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-05-453T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-453T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05453thigh.pdf 7. U.S.-China Trade: Opportunities to Improve U.S. Government Efforts to Ensure Open and Fair Markets, statement for the record by Loren Yager, director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-05-554T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-554T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05554thigh.pdf 8. Unfunded Mandates: Analysis of Reform Act's Coverage and Views on Possible Next Steps, by Orice M. Williams, 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-05-533T, April 14. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-533T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05533thigh.pdf These and other GAO products are available from the "Reports and Testimony" section of GAO's Internet site, http://www.gao.gov. 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
