Today's GAO Reports - April 22, 2009

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondences and testimonies:

Reports

1. Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Program Management, Policy, and Testing to Enhance Ability to Field Operationally Useful Non-lethal Weapons. GAO-09-344, April 21.  Highlights

2. Financial Audit: Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Continue to Impact Preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government. GAO-09-387, April 21.  Highlights

Correspondences

1. Hazardous Materials: Status of EPA's Efforts to Assess Sites That May Have Received Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana. GAO-09-6R, March 10.

Related Product

Hazardous Materials: EPA's Assessment of Sites That May Have Received Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana (GAO-09-7SP, March 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-6R. GAO-09-7SP, March 10.

2. Feasibility of Requiring Financial Assurances for the Recall or Destruction of Unsafe Consumer Products. GAO-09-512R, April 22.

Testimonies

1. Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Address Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace, by Davi D'Agostino, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-09-612T, April 22.

2. Coast Guard: Update on Deepwater Program Management, Cost, and Acquisition Workforce, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-09-620T, April 22.  Highlights

3. Aviation Safety: Potential Strategies to Address Air Ambulance Safety Concerns, by Gerald L. Dillingham, Ph.D., director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-09-627T, April 22.  Highlights

4. Human Capital: Sustained Attention to Strategic Human Capital Management Needed, by Yvonne D. Jones, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-09-632T, April 22.  Highlights

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