The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondences and testimonies:
Reports 1. Military Base Closures: Projected Savings from Fleet Readiness Centers Likely Overstated and Actions Needed to Track Actual Savings and Overcome Certain Challenges. GAO-07-304, June 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-304 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07304high.pdf 2. Defense Contracting: Improved Insight and Controls Needed over DOD's Time-and-Materials Contracts. GAO-07-273, June 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-273 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07273high.pdf 3. Nursing Homes: Federal Actions Needed to Improve Targeting and Evaluation of Assistance by Quality Improvement Organizations. GAO-07-373, May 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-373 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07373high.pdf 4. Homeland Security: Departmentwide Integrated Financial Management Systems Remain a Challenge. GAO-07-536, June 21. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-536 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07536high.pdf Correspondences 1. Military Health: DOD's Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network. GAO-07-787R, June 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-787R 2. Preliminary Information on Rebuilding Efforts in the Gulf Coast. GAO-07-809R, June 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-809R Testimonies 1. Higher Education: Challenges in Attracting International Students to the United States and Implications for Global Competitiveness, by George A. Scott, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-07-1047T, June 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1047T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071047thigh.pdf 2. Millennium Challenge Corporation: Progress and Challenges with Compacts in Africa, by David B. Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO-07-1049T, June 28. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1049T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071049thigh.pdf 3. Homeland Security: Transforming Departmentwide Financial Management Systems Remains a Challenge, by Keith Rhodes, chief technologist, and McCoy Williams, director, financial management and assurance, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-07-1041T, June 28. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1041T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071041thigh.pdf Presentation By The Comptroller General 1. "Transparent Government and Access to Information: A Role for Supreme Audit Institutions" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Seventh Global Forum on Reinventing Government, in Vienna, Austria. GAO-07-1068CG, June 26, 2007. [text] http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d071068cg.pdf Guidance 1. Financial Audit Manual, Volume Three. (Exposure draft). GAO-07-313G, June 2007. [Internet only] http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-313G 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 "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
