GAO Month in Review December 2008

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The Month in Review is a comprehensive list of all reports, testimony, correspondence, and other publications issued by GAO during the previous month, grouped according to subject categories.

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Agriculture and Food

Genetically Engineered Crops: Agencies Are Proposing Changes to Improve Oversight, but Could Take Additional Steps to Enhance Coordination and Monitoring
GAO-09-60, November 5, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 109 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
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Business, Industry, and Consumers

Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance
GAO-09-242T, December 4, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 14 pages)   Accessible Text
Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance
GAO-09-247T, December 5, 2008
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Economic Development

Actions Taken to Implement the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
GAO-09-59R, November 21, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 127 pages)   Accessible Text
Disaster Assistance: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation
GAO-09-81, December 11, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 72 pages)   Accessible Text
Disaster Recovery: FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program Experienced Challenges with Gulf Coast Rebuilding
GAO-09-129, December 18, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 61 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Flood Insurance: FEMA's Rate-Setting Process Warrants Attention
GAO-09-12, October 31, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 54 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Flood Insurance: Options for Addressing the Financial Impact of Subsidized Premium Rates on the National Flood Insurance Program
GAO-09-20, November 14, 2008
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Environmental Protection

International Climate Change Programs: Lessons Learned from the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism
GAO-09-151, November 18, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 69 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
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Financial Institutions

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency
GAO-09-161, December 2, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 72 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency
GAO-09-266T, December 10, 2008
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Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Defaults and Foreclosures on Home Mortgages
GAO-09-231T, December 4, 2008
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Financial Management

Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements
GAO-09-92, December 5, 2008
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Government Operations

Ensuring a Continuing Focus on Implementing Effective Human Capital Strategies
GAO-09-234CG, November 21, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 6 pages)   Accessible Text
Radio Communications: Congressional Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Collaborate to Develop a Joint Solution
GAO-09-133, December 12, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 59 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Results Oriented Management: Opportunities Exist for Refining the Oversight and Implementation of the Senior Executive Performance-Based Pay System
GAO-09-82, November 21, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 57 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
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Health

Medicare Advantage Organizations: Actual Expenses and Profits Compared to Projections for 2006
GAO-09-132R, December 8, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 14 pages)   Accessible Text
Medicare Advantage: Characteristics, Financial Risks, and Disenrollment Rates of Beneficiaries in Private Fee-for-Service Plans
GAO-09-25, December 15, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 44 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Medicare Part D: Opportunities Exist for Improving Information Sent to Enrollees and Scheduling the Annual Election Period
GAO-09-4, December 12, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 43 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Ryan White Care Act: First-Year Experiences under the Part D Administrative Expense Cap
GAO-09-140, December 19, 2008
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Homeland Security

Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees - November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008
GAO-09-168R, December 23, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 31 pages)   Accessible Text
Homeland Security: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Planning and Execution Improvements Needed
GAO-09-96, December 12, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 139 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Weapons
GAO-09-39, December 12, 2008
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Income Security

Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices
GAO-09-149, December 17, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 64 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
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International Affairs

United Nations Peacekeeping: Challenges Obtaining Needed Resources Could Limit Further Large Deployments and Should Be Addressed in U.S. Reports to Congress
GAO-09-142, December 18, 2008
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Justice and Law Enforcement

Crime Victims' Rights Act: Increasing Awareness, Modifying the Complaint Process, and Enhancing Compliance Monitoring Will Improve Implementation of the Act
GAO-09-54, December 15, 2008
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National Defense

DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations about Timeliness and Quality
GAO-09-261R, December 19, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 40 pages)   Accessible Text
Defense Inventory: Management Actions Needed to Improve the Cost Efficiency of the Navy's Spare Parts Inventory
GAO-09-103, December 12, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 54 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Enhanced to Better Inform Congress
GAO-09-147R, December 15, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 20 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Defense Logistics: Improved Analysis and Cost Data Needed to Evaluate the Cost-effectiveness of Performance Based Logistics
GAO-09-41, December 19, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 69 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense
GAO-09-233R, December 15, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 12 pages)   Accessible Text
Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan
GAO-09-128R, December 15, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 28 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007)
GAO-09-201R, December 11, 2008
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Tax Policy and Administration

Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Strengthen Its Approach for Evaluating the SRFMI Data-Sharing Pilot Program
GAO-09-45, November 7, 2008
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Transportation

Federal-Aid Highways: Federal Requirements for Highways May Influence Funding Decisions and Create Challenges, but Benefits and Costs Are Not Tracked
GAO-09-36, December 12, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 62 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)
Transportation Security Administration's Suspension of the Butane Lighter Ban Onboard Commercial Aircraft
GAO-09-177R, December 5, 2008
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Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions

Datamaxx Group, Inc.
B-400582, December 18, 2008
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Derm-Buro, Inc.
B-400558, December 11, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Detica
B-400523; B-400523.2, December 2, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 9 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to the Congress for Fiscal Year 2008
GAO-09-251R, December 22, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 2 pages)  
Hart Security Limited
B-400796.2, December 16, 2008
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HydroGeoLogic, Inc.
B-311263; B-311263.2, May 27, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 11 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Information Ventures Inc.
B-400604, December 22, 2008
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Integrated Management Resources Group, Inc.
B-400550, December 12, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 12 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Madison Services, Inc.
B-400615, December 11, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Major Contracting Services, Inc.
B-400737.2, December 17, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Mill City Partnership
B-400712, December 16, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Nordic Air, Inc.
B-400540, November 26, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Pond Security Group Italia, JV
B-400149.3, December 22, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Sallie Mae, Inc.
B-400486, November 21, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 7 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Sauer, Incorporated
B-400709, December 22, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Sector One Security Solution
B-400728, December 10, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Smart Data Solutions, LLC
B-400454.3, November 21, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Smart Innovative Solutions
B-400323.3, November 19, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
Triple Canopy, Inc.
B-400437, November 13, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Decision (PDF, 8 pages)   Full Decision (HTML)  
VT Griffin Services, Inc.
B-299869.2, November 10, 2008
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Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules

Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2007-013, Employment Eligibility Verification
GAO-09-221R, December 4, 2008
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Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary: TRICARE; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
GAO-09-284R, December 22, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families: Child Support Enforcement Program
GAO-09-269R, December 22, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicaid Program; Premiums and Cost Sharing
GAO-09-241R, December 10, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicaid Program; State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages
GAO-09-259R, December 16, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program: Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2009 Payments Rates; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Requirements for Approval and Re-Approval of Transplant Centers to Perform Organ Transplants--Clarification of Provider and Supplier Termination Policy Medicare and Medicaid Programs
GAO-09-211R, December 2, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 5 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances; Removal of Essential-Use Designation (Epinephrine)
GAO-09-237R, December 10, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
GAO-09-229R, December 8, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements
GAO-09-240R, December 10, 2008
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Department of Housing and Urban Development: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA): Rule To Simplify and Improve the Process of Obtaining Mortgages and Reduce Consumer Settlement Costs
GAO-09-209R, December 1, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
GAO-09-215R, December 2, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Hours of Service of Drivers
GAO-09-222R, December 3, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration: Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Systems
GAO-09-265R, December 16, 2008
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Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management: Oil Shale Management--General
GAO-09-214R, December 2, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 5 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Environmental Protection Agency: Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Requirements--Amendments
GAO-09-264R, December 22, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Federal Reserve System and Department of the Treasury: Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful Internet Gambling
GAO-09-212R, December 3, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 5 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Securities and Exchange Commission: Amendments to Regulation SHO
GAO-09-236R, December 12, 2008
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