Today's Reports - June 17, 2004
The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:
Reports
1. Air Force Maintenance: Improved Pricing and Cost Reduction Practices Needed. GAO-04-498, June 17. Highlights
2. Internet Pharmacies: Some Pose Safety Risks for Consumers. GAO-04-820, June 17. Highlights
3. VHA Purchase Cards: Internal Controls Over the Purchase Card Program Need Improvement. GAO-04-737, June 7. Highlights
Testimonies
1. Foreign Assistance: Observations on USAID's Commodity Import Program in Egypt, by David B. Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on International Affairs. GAO-04-846T, June 17. Highlights
2. Internet Pharmacies: Hydrocodone, an Addictive Narcotic Pain Medicine, Is Available Without Prescription Through the Internet, by Robert J. Cramer, director, Office of Special Investigations, before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO-04-892T, June 17.
3. Internet Pharmacies: Some Poses Safety Risks for Consumers and Are Unreliable in Their Business Practices, by Marcia Crosse, director, health care-public health and military health care issues, and Robert Cramer, director, Office of Special Investigations, before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO-04-888T, June 17. Highlights
4. Veterans Health Administration: Inadequate Controls over the Purchase Card Program Resulted in Improper and Questionable Purchases, by McCoy Williams, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-04-857T, June 17. Highlights
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