Today's GAO Reports - July 28, 2010

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

Reports

1. Technology Assessment: Explosives Detection Technologies to Protect Passenger Rail. GAO-10-898, July 28.  Highlights  Podcast

2. Small Business Administration: Undercover Tests Show HUBZone Program Remains Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse. GAO-10-759, June 25.  Highlights

3. Defense Management: U.S. Southern Command Demonstrates Interagency Collaboration, but Its Haiti Disaster Response Revealed Challenges Conducting a Large Military Operation. GAO-10-801, July 28.  Highlights

4. Defense Management: Improved Planning, Training, and Interagency Collaboration Could Strengthen DOD's Efforts in Africa. GAO-10-794, July 28.  Highlights

5. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: After Almost 20 Years, Key Federal Agencies Still Have Not Fully Complied with the Act. GAO-10-768, July 28.  Highlights

6. Performance Measurement: Better Alignment to Strategic Goals and Data Verification Needed at the Corporation for National and Community Service. GAO-10-886, July 28.

Testimonies

1. National Security: Interagency Collaboration Practices and Challenges at DOD's Southern and Africa Commands, by John H. Pendleton, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-962T, July 28.  Highlights

2. Department of Veterans Affairs: Long-standing Weaknesses in Miscellaneous Obligation and Financial Reporting Controls, by Susan Ragland, director, financial management and assurance, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-939T, July 28.  Highlights

3. Small Business Administration: Undercover Tests Show HUBZone Program Remains Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse, by Gregory Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the House Committee on Small Business. GAO-10-920T, July 28.

4. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Payment Errors and Trafficking Have Declined, but Challenges Remain, by Kay E. Brown, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, House Committee on Agriculture. GAO-10-956T, July 28.  Highlights

5. DOD's High Risk Areas: Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Strategic Planning for Supply Chain Management, by Jack E. Edwards and William M. Solis, directors, defense capabilities and management, 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-10-929T, July 27.  Highlights

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