Today's GAO Reports - December 10, 2009
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondence and testimonies:
Reports
1. Recovery Act: Status of States' and Localities' Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability. GAO-10-231, December 10. Highlights
Related Product:
Recovery Act: Status of States' and Localities' Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability (Appendixes). GAO-10-232SP, December 10.
2. Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Oversight of Wireless Phone Service. GAO-10-34, November 10. Highlights
Related Product:
Telecommunications: Surveys of Consumers and of State Utility Commissions about Wireless Phone Service (GAO-10-35SP, November 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-10-34.
3. Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Progress Made in Enrolling Workers and Activating Credentials but Evaluation Plan Needed to Help Inform the Implementation of Card Readers. GAO-10-43, November 18. Highlights
Correspondence
1. Smithsonian Institution: Implementation of Governance Reforms Is Progressing, but Work Remains. GAO-10-190R, December 10. Highlights
Testimonies
1. Recovery Act: States' Use of Highway and Transit Funds and Efforts to Meet the Act's Requirements, by Katherine A. Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-10-312T, December 10. Highlights
2. Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Its Oversight Role, by David J. Wise, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-10-314T, December 10. Highlights
3. International Trade: Observations on U.S. and Foreign Countries' Export Promotion Activities, by Loren Yager, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-10-310T, December 9. Highlights
4. State Department: Challenges Facing the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, by Jess T. Ford, director, international affairs and trade, 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-10-290T, December 9.
5. Smithsonian Institution: Governance and Facilities Reforms Progressing, but Work Remains, by Mark L. Goldstein, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-10-297T, December 10. Highlights
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