Government Accountability Office

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Source Category:

• Government Agency (US)

Articles:

• Privacy: Federal Law Should Be Updated to Address Changing Technology Landscape
  August 22, 2012 21:52
• Unconventional Oil and Gas Production: Opportunities and Challenges of Oil Shale Development
  May 10, 2012 16:36
• Federal Funding for Non-Federally Recognized Tribes
  May 10, 2012 14:08
• Threats Impacting the Nation
  April 26, 2012 19:22
• Observations on Costs, Benefits, and Challenges of a Department of Defense Role in Helping to Secure the Southwest Land Border
  April 18, 2012 12:51
• Mail Processing Network Exceeds What Is Needed for Declining Mail Volume
  April 14, 2012 02:19
• Defense Acquisitions: Further Actions Needed to Improve Accountability for DOD's Inventory of Contracted Services
  April 9, 2012 20:29
• State and Local Governments' Fiscal Outlook: April 2012 Update
  April 6, 2012 18:57
• The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
  April 2, 2012 20:54
• Proliferation Security Initiative
  March 28, 2012 18:34
• Renewable Energy: Federal Agencies Implement Hundreds of Initiatives
  March 13, 2012 15:33
• State And Local Government Pension Plans: Economic Downturn Spurs Efforts to Address Costs and Sustainability
  March 6, 2012 15:42
• NASA Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects
  March 1, 2012 20:23
• 2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue
  February 28, 2012 16:26
• Department of Energy's Office of Science Uses a Multilayered Process for Prioritizing Research
  February 26, 2012 14:55
• National Preparedness: Countermeasures for Thermal Burns
  February 22, 2012 19:31
• Improvements Needed to Enhance Oversight of Estimated Long-term Costs for Operating and Supporting Major Weapon Systems
  February 14, 2012 02:15
• Troubled Asset Relief Program Management Report
  February 13, 2012 20:20
• Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs to Improve Guidance on Weapon Limitations and Planning for Its Stockpile Surveillance Program
  February 9, 2012 16:21
• Monitoring and Oversight of Tribal 8(a) Firms Need Attention
  February 7, 2012 19:57