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Recently Issued Products

  • Latest Reports & Testimonies
  • Latest Legal Decisions & Opinions
  • Latest Comptroller General Presentations

Recently released reports and testimonies are listed below. Our congressional requesters may hold reports up to 30 days before making them publicly available, so some may have earlier issue dates.

Reports & Testimonies

November 06, 2009

Millennium Challenge Corporation: MCC Has Addressed a Number of Implementation Challenges, but Needs to Improve Financial Controls and Infrastructure Planning
GAO-10-52,  November 06, 2009
Information Technology: Agencies Need to Improve the Implementation and Use of Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Major System Acquisitions
GAO-10-2,  October 08, 2009

November 05, 2009

Afghanistan's Security Environment
GAO-10-178R,  November 05, 2009
Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2009 Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes
GAO-10-92R,  November 05, 2009
Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2009 Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes
GAO-10-93R,  November 05, 2009
Defense Infrastructure: The Army Needs to Establish Priorities, Goals, and Performance Measures for Its Arsenal Support Program Initiative
GAO-10-167R,  November 05, 2009
National Archives: Progress and Risks in Implementing its Electronic Records Archive Initiative
GAO-10-222T,  November 05, 2009
U.S. Postal Service: Financial Challenges Continue, with Relatively Limited Results from Recent Revenue-Generation Efforts
GAO-10-191T,  November 05, 2009
Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Further Enhanced to Better Inform Congress
GAO-10-172R,  November 04, 2009

November 02, 2009

Contingency Contracting: Further Improvements Needed in Agency Tracking of Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan
GAO-10-187,  November 02, 2009
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Preliminary Observations on DOD Planning for the Drawdown of U.S. Forces from Iraq
GAO-10-179,  November 02, 2009
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Continued Stewardship Needed as Treasury Develops Strategies for Monitoring and Divesting Financial Interests in Chrysler and GM
GAO-10-151,  November 02, 2009

October 30, 2009

Aviation Safety: Information on the Safety Effects of Modifying the Age Standard for Commercial Pilots
GAO-10-107R,  October 30, 2009
Black Lung Benefits Program: Administrative and Structural Changes Could Improve Miners' Ability to Pursue Claims
GAO-10-7,  October 30, 2009
Coal Combustion Residue: Status of EPA's Efforts to Regulate Disposal
GAO-10-85R,  October 30, 2009
Federal Energy Management: Agencies Are Taking Steps to Meet High-Performance Federal Building Requirements, but Face Challenges
GAO-10-22,  October 30, 2009
Fire Grants: FEMA Has Met Most Requirements for Awarding Fire Grants, but Additional Actions Would Improve Its Grant Process
GAO-10-64,  October 30, 2009
Valles Caldera: The Trust Has Made Progress but Faces Significant Challenges to Achieve Goals of the Preservation Act
GAO-10-84,  October 30, 2009
Defense Acquisitions: Challenges in Aligning Space System Components
GAO-10-55,  October 29, 2009
National Transportation Safety Board: Reauthorization Provides an Opportunity to Focus on Implementing Leading Management Practices and Addressing Human Capital and Training Center Issues
GAO-10-183T,  October 29, 2009
Contract Management: Extent of Federal Spending under Cost-Reimbursement Contracts Unclear and Key Controls Not Always Used
GAO-09-921,  September 30, 2009
Tax Debt Collection: IRS Needs to Better Manage the Collection Notices Sent to Individuals
GAO-09-976,  September 30, 2009

October 29, 2009

Federal Student Aid: Highlights of a Study Group on Simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
GAO-10-29,  October 29, 2009
Financial Management Systems: DHS Faces Challenges to Successfully Consolidate Its Existing Disparate Systems
GAO-10-210T,  October 29, 2009
Formerly Used Defense Sites: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Needs to Improve Its Process for Reviewing Completed Cleanup Remedies to Ensure Continued Protection
GAO-10-46,  October 29, 2009
The Comptroller General, the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), issues decisions in various areas of federal law. These decisions are prepared by GAO's Office of General Counsel, and are identified by a numbering system beginning with B-(number); each decision carries its own B-number and date.

Latest Legal Decisions & Opinions

November 06, 2009

American Construction Company
B-401493.2,  October 16, 2009
Trusted Base, LLC
B-401670,  October 27, 2009

November 05, 2009

The Mangi Environmental Group, Inc.
B-401775,  November 05, 2009
All Seasons Apparel, Inc.
B-401805, B-401805.2,  November 04, 2009

November 04, 2009

DMS-All Star Joint Venture
B-310932.6, B-310932.7,  October 09, 2009
Commissioning Solutions Global, LLC
B-401553,  October 06, 2009

October 30, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in Exchange Act Periodic Reports of Non-Accelerated Fliers
GAO-10-177R,  October 30, 2009

October 28, 2009

RBC Bearings Incorporated
B-401661, B-401661.2,  October 27, 2009
Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: Farm Storage Facility Loan and Sugar Storage Facility Loan Programs
GAO-10-169R,  October 28, 2009

October 27, 2009

AMI-ACEPEX, Joint Venture
B-401560,  September 30, 2009
Presentations and Testimonies from Acting Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro
 

Latest Comptroller General Presentations

October 22, 2009

Maximizing DOD's Untapped Potential to Improve Business Performance, DOD Performance Breakthrough Convention
Lansdowne, VA
GAO-10-184CG, October 14, 2009

October 15, 2009

Troubled Asset Relief Program: GAO’s Oversight Role, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Accounting & Auditing Conference
Arlington, VA
GAO-10-150CG, October 1, 2009

October 14, 2009

The Role of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, House Democracy Partnership Members of Parliament from Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Mongolia
Washington, D.C.
GAO-10-111CG, October 2, 2009

September 24, 2009

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
GAO-09-1048T, September 24, 2009

August 20, 2009

Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers' 2009 Annual Conference
Dearborn, MI
GAO-09-952CG, August 17, 2009
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress, American Institute of CPAs National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference
Washington, D.C
GAO-09-930CG, August 10, 2009

July 8, 2009

Fiscal Year 2008 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Federal Government Faces New and Continuing Financial Management and Fiscal Challenges, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
GAO-09-805T, July 8, 2009
Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
GAO-09-831T, July 8, 2009

June 24, 2009

Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress, Association of Government Accountants' professional development conference
New Orleans, LA
GAO-09-847CG, June 23, 2009

June 23, 2009

Key Challenges Facing Government Managers, Interagency Resources Management Conference
Cambridge, MD
GAO-09-609CG, April 21, 2009
The Recovery Act and TARP: GAO's Oversight Role, National State Auditors Association Annual Conference
Savannah, GA
GAO-09-846CG, June 17, 2009

May 21, 2009

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, before the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Senate Committee on Appropriations
GAO-09-699T, May 21, 2009

May 5, 2009

Recovery Act: GAO's Efforts to Work with the Accountability Community to Help Ensure Effective and Efficient Oversight, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and Technology
GAO-09-672T, May 5, 2009

April 28, 2009

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations
GAO-09-587T, April 28, 2009

April 23, 2009

Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities, Continued Attention to Accountability Issues Is Essential, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
GAO-09-631T, April 23, 2009