Top 10 List for January 2010

An alphabetical listing of the top 10 areas of significant work and the reports and testimonies in those areas issued in January 2010.

1. 2009 Tax Filing Season

2009 Tax Filing Season: IRS Met Many 2009 Goals, but Telephone Access Remained Low, and Taxpayer Service and Enforcement Could Be Improved
GAO-10-225, December 10, 2009

2. Brand-Name Prescription Drug Pricing

Brand-Name Prescription Drug Pricing: Lack of Therapeutically Equivalent Drugs and Limited Competition May Contribute to Extraordinary Price Increases
GAO-10-201, December 22, 2009

3. Defense Acquisitions

Defense Acquisitions: Managing Risk to Achieve Better Outcomes
GAO-10-374T, January 20, 2010
Defense Acquisitions: Status of DOD's Implementation of Independent Management Reviews for Services Acquisitions
GAO-10-284, January 28, 2010

4. Defense Infrastructure

Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Address Challenges in Meeting Federal Renewable Energy Goals
GAO-10-104, December 18, 2009

5. Homeland Security

Homeland Security: Better Use of Terrorist Watchlist Information and Improvements in Deployment of Passenger Screening Checkpoint Technologies Could Further Strengthen Security
GAO-10-401T, January 27, 2010

6. Information Sharing

Information Sharing: Federal Agencies Are Sharing Border and Terrorism Information with Local and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies, but Additional Efforts Are Needed
GAO-10-41, December 18, 2009

7. Loan Performance and Negative Home Equity in the Nonprime Mortgage Market

Loan Performance and Negative Home Equity in the Nonprime Mortgage Market
GAO-10-146R, December 16, 2009

8. Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage: CMS Assists Beneficiaries Affected by Inappropriate Marketing but Has Limited Data on Scope of Issue
GAO-10-36, December 17, 2009

9. Nuclear Security

Nuclear Security: DOE Needs to Address Protective Forces' Personnel System Issues
GAO-10-275, January 29, 2010

10. VA Health Care

VA Health Care: Improved Oversight and Compliance Needed for Physician Credentialing and Privileging Processes
GAO-10-26, January 6, 2010

 

Significant Work Issued in December 2009