The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondences and testimony:
Reports 1. Biological Research: Observations on DHS's Analyses Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland as on Plum Island. GAO-09-747, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-747 2. U.S. Postal Service: Mail Delivery Efficiency Has Improved, but Additional Actions Needed to Achieve Further Gains. GAO-09-696, July 15. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-696 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09696high.pdf 3. Improper Payments: Significant Improvements Needed in DOD's Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements. GAO-09-442, July 29. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-442 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09442high.pdf 4. Public Transportation: FTA's Triennial Review Program Has Improved, But Assessments of Grantees' Performance Could Be Enhanced. GAO-09-603, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-603 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09603high.pdf 5. Motor Carrier Safety: Reincarnating Commercial Vehicle Companies Pose Safety Threat to Motoring Public; Federal Safety Agency Has Initiated Efforts to Prevent Future Occurrences. GAO-09-924, July 28. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-924 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09924high.pdf 6. Federal Lands: Enhanced Planning Could Assist Agencies in Managing Increased Use of Off-Highway Vehicles. GAO-09-509, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-509 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09509high.pdf Related Product: Federal Lands: Survey of Land Managers' Perspectives of Off-Highway Vehicle Use (E-supplement to GAO-09-509). GAO-09-547SP, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-09-547sp/index.html 7. Energy Markets: Refinery Outages Can Have Varying Gasoline Price Impacts, but Gaps in Federal Data Limit Understanding of Impacts. GAO-09-700, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-700 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09700high.pdf 8. Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies among Unmanned Aircraft Systems. GAO-09-520, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-520 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09520high.pdf 9. Defense Infrastructure: Planning Challenges Could Increase Risks for DOD in Providing Utility Services When Needed to Support the Military Buildup on Guam. GAO-09-653, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-653 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09653high.pdf 10. Reverse Mortgages: Policy Changes Have Had Mostly Positive Effects on Lenders and Borrowers, but These Changes and Market Developments Have Increased HUD's Risk. GAO-09-836, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-836 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09836high.pdf 11. Federal Law Enforcement Retirement: Information on Enhanced Retirement Benefits for Law Enforcement Personnel. GAO-09-727, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-727 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09727high.pdf 12. Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service Should Improve Human Capital Planning and Better Communicate with Tenants. GAO-09-749, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-749 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09749high.pdf 13. Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects. GAO-09-566, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-566 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09566high.pdf Correspondences 1. U.S. Agriculture: Retail Food Prices Grew Faster Than the Prices Farmers Received for Agricultural Commodities, but Economic Research Has Not Established That Concentration Has Affected These Trends. GAO-09-746R, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-746R 2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS Should Develop an Agencywide Policy for Translating Medicare Documents into Languages Other than English. GAO-09-752R, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-752R 3. Highway Trust Fund Expenditures on Purposes Other than Construction and Maintenance of Highways and Bridges during Fiscal Years 2004-2008. GAO-09-729R, June 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-729R 4. United Nations: Renovation Still Scheduled for Completion in 2013, but Risks to Its Schedule and Cost Remain. GAO-09-870R, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-870R Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09870rhigh.pdf Testimony 1. U.S. Postal Service: Broad Restructuring Needed to Address Deteriorating Finances, by Phillip Herr, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-09-790T, July 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-790T Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09790thigh.pdf 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. 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