Today's Reports - July 22, 2004
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimonies:
Reports
1. Contract Management: Further Efforts Needed to Sustain VA's Progress in Purchasing Medical Products and Services. GAO-04-718, June 22. Highlights
2. Gender Issues: Women's Participation in the Sciences Has Increased, but Agencies Need to Do More to Ensure Compliance with Title IX. GAO-04-639, July 22. Highlights
3. No FEAR Act: Methods the Justice Department Says It Could Use to Account for Its Cost per Case Under the Act. GAO-04-863, July 22. Highlights
4. VA Health Care: VA Needs to Improve Accuracy of Reported Wait Times for Blind Rehabilitation Services. GAO-04-949, July 22. Highlights
5. Guardianships: Collaboration Needed to Protect Incapacitated Elderly People. GAO-04-655, July 13. Highlights
Testimonies
1. Drinking Water: Safeguarding the District of Columbia's Supplies and Applying Lessons Learned to Other Systems, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-04-974T, July 22. Highlights
2. Information and Technology Management: Responsibilities, Reporting Relationships, Tenure, and Challenges of Agency Chief Information Officers, by David A. Powner, director, information technology, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-04-957T, July 21. Highlights
3. Prescription Drugs: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Enforce the Prohibitions on Personal Importation, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice, before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO-04-839T, July 22. Highlights
4. Securities Markets: Preliminary Observations on the Use of Subpenny Pricing, by Davi M. D'Agostino, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. GAO-04-968T, July 22. Highlights
5. VA Health Care: More Outpatient Rehabilitation Services for Blind Veterans Could Better Meet Their Needs, by Cynthia A. Bascetta, director, health care-veterans' health and benefits, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-04-996T, July 22. Highlights
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