GAO Month in Review May 2004
About the Month in Review
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.
Top 10 list of significant work made publicly available in the last month http://www.gao.gov/press/topten.html
Agriculture and Food
- Posthearing Questions Related to Fragmentation and Overlap in
the Federal Food Safety System. GAO-04-832R, May 26, 2004 (4
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-832R
Budget and Spending
- Debt Ceiling: Analysis of Actions Taken During the 2003 Debt
Issuance Suspension Period. GAO-04-526, May 20, 2004 (57 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-526 - Opportunities for Congressional Oversight and Improved Use of
Taxpayer Funds: Budgetary Implications of Selected GAO Work.
GAO-04-649, May 7, 2004 (314 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-649
Business, Industry, and Consumers
- Business-Owned Life Insurance: More Data Could Be Useful in
Making Tax Policy Decisions. GAO-04-303, May 13, 2004 (60
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-303 - Patents: Information about the Publication Provisions of the
American Inventors Protection Act. GAO-04-603, May 20, 2004 (16
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-603 - Telecommunications: Issues Related to Federal Funding for Public
Television by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
GAO-04-284, April 30, 2004 (138 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-284 - Terrorism Insurance: Effects of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
of 2002. GAO-04-806T, May 18, 2004 (19 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-806T
Education
- Diploma Mills: Federal Employees Have Obtained Degrees from
Diploma Mills and Other Unaccredited Schools, Some at Government
Expense. GAO-04-771T, May 11, 2004 (9 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-771T
Employment
- National Emergency Grants: Labor Is Instituting Changes to
Improve Award Process, but Further Actions Are Required to
Expedite Grant Awards and Improve Data. GAO-04-496, April 16,
2004 (45 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-496
Energy
- Department of Energy: Achieving Small Business Prime Contracting
Goals Involves Both Potential Benefits and Risks. GAO-04-738T,
May 18, 2004 (26 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-738T - Energy Markets: Effects of Mergers and Market Concentration in
the U.S. Petroleum Industry. GAO-04-96, May 17, 2004 (231
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-96 - Nuclear Regulation: NRC Needs to More Aggressively and
Comprehensively Resolve Issues Related to the Davis-Besse Nuclear
Power Plant's Shutdown. GAO-04-415, May 17, 2004 (130 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-415 - Nuclear Security: DOE Must Address Significant Issues to Meet
the Requirements of the New Design Basis Threat. GAO-04-773T, May
11, 2004 (16 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-773T
Environmental Protection
- Superfund Program: Breakdown of Appropriations Data.
GAO-04-787R, May 14, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-787R
Financial Institutions
- Securities Markets: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Investor
Confidence and Improve Listing Program Oversight. GAO-04-75,
April 8, 2004 (118 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-75
Financial Management
- Financial Management: Audit of the White House Commission on the
National Moment of Remembrance for Fiscal Years 2003 and 2002.
GAO-04-497R, May 20, 2004 (13 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-497R - National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Significant
Actions Needed to Address Long-standing Financial Management
Problems. GAO-04-754T, May 19, 2004 (22 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-754T
Government Operations
- Elections: Electronic Voting Offers Opportunities and Presents
Challenges. GAO-04-766T, May 12, 2004 (43 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-766T - Federal Advisory Committees: Additional Guidance Could Help
Agencies Better Ensure Independence and Balance. GAO-04-328,
April 16, 2004 (160 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-328 - GSA Actions Leading to Proposed Debarment of WorldCom.
GAO-04-741R, May 26, 2004 (7 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-741R - Human Capital: Observations on Agencies' Implementation of the
Chief Human Capital Officers Act. GAO-04-800T, May 18, 2004 (16
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-800T - Postal Service: Progress in Implementing Supply Chain Management
Initiatives. GAO-04-540, May 17, 2004 (27 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-540 - Unfunded Mandates: Analysis of Reform Act Coverage. GAO-04-637,
May 12, 2004 (90 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-637
Health
- Antibiotic Resistance: Federal Agencies Need to Better Focus
Efforts to Address Risk to Humans from Antibiotic Use in Animals.
GAO-04-490, April 22, 2004 (95 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-490 - Assisted Living: Examples of State Efforts to Improve Consumer
Protections. GAO-04-684, April 30, 2004 (39 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-684 - Computer-Based Patient Records: Improved Planning and Project
Management Are Critical to Achieving Two-Way VA-DOD Health Data
Exchange. GAO-04-811T, May 19, 2004 (12 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-811T - Computer-Based Patient Records: Subcommittee Questions
Concerning VA and DOD Efforts to Achieve a Two-Way Exchange of
Health Data. GAO-04-691R, May 14, 2004 (15 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-691R - HHS OIG: Allegations of Misspending Were Unsubstantiated.
GAO-04-618R, April 30, 2004 (8 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-618R - Medicare Physician Payments: Information on Spending Trends and
Targets. GAO-04-751T, May 5, 2004 (15 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-751T - Undocumented Aliens: Questions Persist about Their Impact on
Hospitals' Uncompensated Care Costs. GAO-04-472, May 21, 2004 (34
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-472
Homeland Security
- Emergency Preparedness: Federal Funds for First Responders.
GAO-04-788T, May 13, 2004 (9 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-788T - Homeland Security: DHS Needs a Strategy to Use DOE's
Laboratories for Research on Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
Detection and Response Technologies. GAO-04-653, May 24, 2004 (38
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-653 - Homeland Security: First Phase of Visitor and Immigration Status
Program Operating, but Improvements Needed. GAO-04-586, May 11,
2004 (130 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-586 - Information Technology: Homeland Security Should Better Balance
Need for System Integration Strategy with Spending for New and
Enhanced Systems. GAO-04-509, May 21, 2004 (26 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-509 - Transfer of Budgetary Resources to the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). GAO-04-329R, April 30, 2004 (29 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-329R
Housing
- Fair Housing: Opportunities to Improve HUD's Oversight and
Management of the Enforcement Process. GAO-04-463, April 21, 2004
(82 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-463
Income Security
- Supplemental Security Income: Sustained Management Attention
Needed to Address Residency Violations. GAO-04-789T, May 20, 2004
(16 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-789T
Information Management
- Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Computer
Controls. GAO-04-681R, May 28, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-681R - DOD Business Systems Modernization: Limited Progress in
Development of Business Enterprise Architecture and Oversight of
Information Technology Investments. GAO-04-731R, May 17, 2004 (55
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-731R - Data Mining: Federal Efforts Cover a Wide Range of Uses.
GAO-04-548, May 4, 2004 (64 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-548 - Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Computer
Controls. GAO-04-672R, May 12, 2004 (5 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-672R - File Sharing Program: Users of Peer-to-Peer Networks Can Readily
Access Child Pornography. GAO-04-757T, May 6, 2004 (19 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-757T - Information Security: Information System Controls at the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation. GAO-04-630, May 28, 2004 (20
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-630 - Information Technology: Early Releases of Customs Trade System
Operating, but Pattern of Cost and Schedule Problems Needs to Be
Addressed. GAO-04-719, May 14, 2004 (107 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-719 - Information Technology: The Federal Enterprise Architecture and
Agencies' Enterprise Architectures Are Still Maturing.
GAO-04-798T, May 19, 2004 (36 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-798T
International Affairs
- Foreign Assistance: U.S. Anticorruption Programs in Sub-Saharan
Africa Will Require Time and Commitment. GAO-04-506, April 26,
2004 (67 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-506 - Iraq's Transitional Law. GAO-04-746R, May 25, 2004 (15 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-746R - State Department: Issues Affecting Funding of Iraqi National
Congress Support Foundation. GAO-04-559, April 30, 2004 (22
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-559 - Visa Operations at U.S. Posts in Canada. GAO-04-708R, May 18,
2004 (9 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-708R
Justice and Law Enforcement
- Information on Selected Personnel Practices at the Justice
Department. GAO-04-665R, April 22, 2004 (36 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-665R - Investigating Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing: Federal
Law Enforcement Agencies Face Continuing Coordination Challenges.
GAO-04-710T, May 11, 2004 (13 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-710T
National Defense
- Chemical and Biological Defense: DOD Needs to Continue to
Collect and Provide Information on Tests and on Potentially
Exposed Personnel. GAO-04-410, May 14, 2004 (37 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-410 - Contract Management: DOD Needs Measures for Small Business
Subcontracting Program and Better Data on Foreign Subcontracts.
GAO-04-381, April 5, 2004 (29 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-381 - DOD Personnel Clearances: Additional Steps Can Be Taken to
Reduce Backlogs and Delays in Determining Security Clearance
Eligibility for Industry Personnel. GAO-04-632, May 26, 2004 (55
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-632 - DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations Related to
Backlogs and Delays in Determining Security Clearance Eligibility
for Industry Personnel. GAO-04-202T, May 6, 2004 (23 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-202T - Defense Acquisitions: Knowledge of Software Suppliers Needed to
Manage Risks. GAO-04-678, May 25, 2004 (29 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-678 - Defense Infrastructure: Issues Related to the Renovation of
General and Flag Officer Quarters. GAO-04-555, May 17, 2004 (27
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-555 - Foreign Military Sales: Improved Army Controls Could Prevent
Unauthorized Shipments of Classified Spare Parts and Items
Containing Military Technology to Foreign Countries. GAO-04-327,
April 15, 2004 (22 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-327 - Future Years Defense Program: Actions Needed to Improve
Transparency of DOD's Projected Resource Needs. GAO-04-514, May
7, 2004 (34 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-514 - Military Base Closures: Assessment of DOD's 2004 Report on the
Need for a Base Realignment and Closure Round. GAO-04-760, May
17, 2004 (47 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-760 - Military Housing: Further Improvement Needed in Requirements
Determinations and Program Review. GAO-04-556, May 19, 2004 (40
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-556 - Military Housing: Opportunities Exist to Better Explain Family
Housing O&M Budget Requests and Increase Visibility Over
Reprogramming of Funds. GAO-04-583, May 27, 2004 (52 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-583 - Military Operations: DOD's Fiscal Year 2003 Funding and Reported
Obligations in Support of the Global War on Terrorism.
GAO-04-668, May 13, 2004 (14 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-668 - Military Personnel: Active Duty Compensation and Its Tax
Treatment. GAO-04-721R, May 7, 2004 (30 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-721R - Uncertainties Remain Concerning the Airborne Laser's Cost and
Military Utility. GAO-04-643R, May 17, 2004 (36 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-643R
Natural Resources
- Biscuit Fire: Analysis of Fire Response, Resource Availability,
and Personnel Certification Standards. GAO-04-426, April 12, 2004
(35 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-426 - Great Lakes: A Comprehensive Strategy and Monitoring System Are
Needed to Achieve Restoration Goals. GAO-04-782T, May 21, 2004
(14 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-782T - Mineral Revenues: Cost and Revenue Information Needed to Compare
Different Approaches for Collecting Federal Oil and Gas
Royalties. GAO-04-448, April 16, 2004 (38 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-448 - National Park Foundation: Better Communication of Roles and
Responsibilities Is Needed to Strengthen Partnership with the
National Park Service. GAO-04-541, May 17, 2004 (68 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-541 - Recreation Fees: Comments on the Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act, H.R. 3283. GAO-04-745T, May 6, 2004 (16 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-745T
Social Services
- Child And Family Services Reviews: States and HHS Face
Challenges in Assessing and Improving State Performance.
GAO-04-781T, May 13, 2004 (25 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-781T
Special Publications
- Comptroller General's Forum on Health Care: Unsustainable Trends
Necessitate Comprehensive and Fundamental Reforms to Control
Spending and Improve Value. GAO-04-793SP, May 1, 2004 (34
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-793SP
Tax Policy and Administration
- Tax Debt Collection: IRS Is Addressing Critical Success Factors
for Contracting Out but Will Need to Study the Best Use of
Resources. GAO-04-492, May 24, 2004 (30 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-492
Transportation
- Aviation Security: Challenges in Using Biometric Technologies.
GAO-04-785T, May 19, 2004 (25 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-785T - Coast Guard: Station Spending Requirements Met, but Better
Processes Needed to Track Designated Funds. GAO-04-704, May 28,
2004 (25 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-704 - Federal Aviation Administration: Challenges for Transforming
Into a High-Performing Organization. GAO-04-770T, May 18, 2004
(16 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-770T
Veterans Affairs
- VA Health Care: Resource Allocations to Medical Centers in the
Mid South Healthcare Network. GAO-04-444, April 21, 2004 (37
pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-444
Legal Products: Decisions and Opinions
- Alpha Marine Services, LLC. B-292511.4, B-292511.5, March 22,
2004 (6 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A09942 - Computer Associates International, Inc.--Reconsideration.
B-292077.6, May 5, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A10153 - Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services--Video News Releases. B-302710, May 19, 2004
(11 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A10151 - Great South Bay Marina, Inc.. B-293649, May 3, 2004 (3 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A09959 - Hyperbaric Technologies, Inc.. B-293047.2, B-293047.3, February
11, 2004 (5 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A09927 - Information Ventures, Inc.. B-293743, May 20, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A10192 - Native Blade, Inc.. B-293886, May 20, 2004 (2 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A09997 - Research Analysis & Maintenance, Inc.; Westar Aerospace &
Defense Group, Inc.. B-292587.4, B-292587.5, B-292587.6,
B-292587.7, B-292587.8, November 17, 2003 (7 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A10008 - Science Applications International Corporation. B-293601,
B-293601.2, B-293601.3, May 3, 2004 (8 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A10097 - Transfer of Fiscal Year 2003 Funds from the Library of Congress
to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. B-302760, May 17,
2004 (8 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?accno=A10190
Legal Products: Federal Agency Major Rules
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Changes to the Criteria
for Being Classified as an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility.
GAO-04-761R, May 24, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-761R - Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals: Annual Payment Rate Updates and Policy Changes. GAO-04-762R, May 24, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-762R - Department of Justice: Civil Division; Claims Under the
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000;
Amendments Contained in the 21st Century Department of Justice
Appropriations Authorization Act of 2002. GAO-04-619R, May 5,
2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-619R - Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Defining and
Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative,
Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees. GAO-04-735R,
May 5, 2004 (4 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-04-735R
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