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News GAO Reports: Congressional Oversight on Afghanistan, Iraqi Refugee Assistance, OPM Retirement Modernization Planning

  • Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight, GAO-09-473SP, April 21, 2009: “Security in Afghanistan has worsened significantly in the last 3 years, impeding both U.S. and international partners’ efforts to stabilize and rebuild the country. The security situation, including the overall increase in insurgent attacks from 2005 to 2008, is the result of a variety of factors including a resurgence of the Taliban in the south, the limited capabilities of Afghan security forces, a continuing and thriving illicit drug trade in the south, and the threat emanating from insurgent safe havens in Pakistan. Between fiscal years 2002 and 2009, the United States provided approximately $38.6 billion to support Afghanistan’s reconstruction goals, which can often be characterized as construction.”
  • Iraqi Refugee Assistance: Improvements Needed in Measuring Progress, Assessing Needs, Tracking Funds, and Developing an International Strategic Plan, GAO-09-120, April 21, 2009
  • Office of Personnel Management: Retirement Modernization Planning and Management Shortcomings Need to Be Addressed, GAO-09-529, April 21, 2009

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