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Daily Archives: November 20, 2009

New GAO Reports: Budget Issues, Corporate Crime, Recovery Act , Private Pensions

  • Budget Issues: Electronic Processing of Non-IRS Collections Has Increased but Better Understanding of Cost Structure Is Needed, GAO-10-11, November 20, 2009
  • Defense Acquisitions: Further Actions Needed to Address Weaknesses in DOD’s Management of Professional and Management Support Contracts, GAO-10-39, November 20, 2009
  • Corporate Crime: Prosecutors Adhered to Guidance in Selecting Monitors for Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements, but DOJ Could Better Communicate Its Role in Resolving Conflicts, GAO-10-260T, November 19, 2009
  • Credit Cards: Rising Interchange Fees Have Increased Costs for Merchants, but Options for Reducing Fees Pose Challenges, GAO-10-45, November 19, 2009
  • Defense Health Care: Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Documentation Needs Improvement, GAO-10-56, November 19, 2009
  • Grant Monitoring: Department of Education Could Improve Its Processes with Greater Focus on Assessing Risks, Acquiring Financial Skills, and Sharing Information, GAO-10-57, November 19, 2009
  • Homeland Security: Key US-VISIT Components at Varying Stages of Completion, but Integrated and Reliable Schedule Needed, GAO-10-13, November 19, 2009
  • Recovery Act: Recipient Reported Jobs Data Provide Some Insight into Use of Recovery Act Funding, but Data Quality and Reporting Issues Need Attention, GAO-10-223, November 19, 2009
  • Recovery Act: Recipient Reported Jobs Data Provide Some Insight into Use of Recovery Act Funding, but Data Quality and Reporting Issues Need Attention, GAO-10-224T, November 19, 2009
  • Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts, GAO-10-255T, November 19, 2009
  • Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts, GAO-10-108, October 23, 2009
  • Private Pensions: Sponsors of 10 Underfunded Plans Paid Executives Approximately 0 Million in Compensation Shortly Before Termination, GAO-10-77, October 21, 2009

New CBO Reports: Affordable Health Care and DOD FY2010 Budget

H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, November 20, 2009. Revised cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives Information on Medicare’s Payments to Physicians and the Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physicians Payment Reform Act of 2009, November 19, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan Patient… Continue Reading

District Court in Louisiana Findings of Fact in Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation

“The Court entered its Findings of Fact and Conclusion of law in the Robinson matter. The Court ruled that the failure of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to maintain and operate the MRGO properly was a substantial cause for the failure of the Reach 2 Levee. It found that the Corps was not… Continue Reading