The commission report stated that the GAO did not take into account the value the military lost from the departures.

Separately, the General Accounting Office ( GAO ) submitted to a House subcommittee a report reviewing the benefits and risks of “ Glass-Steagall repeal .” The report recommended a “ phased approach ” using a “ holding company organizational structure ” if Congress chose “ repeal .” Noting Glass-Steagall had “ already been eroded and the erosion is likely to continue in the future ,” the GAO explained “ coming to grips with the Glass-Steagall repeal question represents an opportunity to systematically and rationally address changes in the regulatory and legal structure that are needed to better address the realities of the marketplace .” The GAO warned that Congress ’ s failure to act was “ potentially dangerous ” in permitting a “ continuation of the uneven integration of commercial and investment banking activities .”

In 1997 the GAO issued a report reviewing those claims.

In 2003 the GAO issued another report reviewing those claims.

According to the GAO report, NRC officials did not visit the company or attempt to personally interview its executives.

Each year the GAO issues an audit report on the financial statements of the United States Government.

The GAO report was critical of the XM2's height, mobility, complexity, lack of clear doctrinal use, and lack of CBR protection.

* ( PDF ) April 2006 GAO report NASA's Deep Space Network: Current Management Structure Is Not Conducive to Effectively Matching Resources with Future Requirements

The GAO report found that, generally, if a book is in good condition and will be used on the campus again the next term, bookstores will pay students 50 percent of the original price paid.

If the bookstore has not received a faculty order for the book at the end of the term and the edition is still current, they may offer students the wholesale price of the book, which could range from 5 to 35 percent of the new retail price, according to the GAO report.

Similar to the issue of reimportation of pharmaceuticals into the U. S. market, the GAO report also highlights a similar phenomenon in textbook distribution.

A 2000 GAO report documented that even when referrals have been made, the response rate from flag states has been poor.

Following the 2004 GAO report at least one bill, the Uniting American Families Act, has been proposed to attempt to remedy some of the differences in rights between same-sex partnerships and marriages.

A 2010 GAO report estimated the registration rate at 92 % with the names and addresses of over 16. 2 million men on file.

For instance, GAO highlighted a structural issue of the BBG in a 2004 report claiming that " organizationally, the existence of five separate broadcast entities has led to overlapping language services, duplication of program content, redundant newsgathering and support services, and difficulties coordinating broadcast efforts.

:" The GAO will finally issue its report on the White House — the vandalizing of the White House in between the Clinton-Gore administration — Clinton and Bush administrations.

Regarding the trafficking of firearms from the U. S. into Mexico, the U. S. Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) issued a report in June 2009 which stated: “ While it is impossible to know how many firearms are illegally smuggled into Mexico in a given year, about 87 percent of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced in the last 5 years originated in the United States, according to data from Department of Justice ’ s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ).

The GAO report has been corroborated through other sources.

In June, 2010, the GAO released a preliminary report stating the investigation has found no sign the group or related organizations mishandled the $ 40 million in federal money they received from nine federal agencies.

The initial GAO report was entitled " Federal Agency Views on the Potential Application of ‘ Brain Fingerprinting .’" ( Initial Pre-911 GAO Report ).

Prior to his appointment to the GAO, Walker served as a partner and global managing director of Arthur Andersen LLP and in several government leadership positions, including as a Public Trustee for Social Security and Medicare from 1990 to 1995 and as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs during the Reagan administration.

The creation of the Karen Ryan video, named so because of the on-screen " reporter ," was ruled in May 2004 to be in violation of federal law by the General Accounting Office ( GAO ), the investigative arm of the U. S. government.

" We take the GAO report very seriously ," said April Stephenson, DCAA's director.

US Senator Claire McCaskill said GAO may have uncovered the " biggest auditing scandal in the history of this town ," and asked the DoD to immediately fire the supervisors cited in the report.

* Verton, Dan: GAO: Pentagon IT mismanagement wastes billions: The study outlines serious shortfalls that are also affecting Iraq military operations, Computerworld, July 8, 2004.

GAO found that EEOC does not fully monitor gender pay enforcement efforts and that Labor does not monitor enforcement trends and performance outcomes regarding gender pay or other specific areas of discrimination.

In that context, GAO reviewed ( 1 ) the extent to which the Department of Transportation ’ s ( DOT ) and Department of Energy ’ s ( DOE ) assessment process helps ensure advisory group efforts are not duplicative and what challenges, if any, exist in assessing potential duplication, and ( 2 ) to what extent DOT and DOE advisory groups are useful in assisting their respective agencies in carrying out their missions and how the groups ’ usefulness could be enhanced.

In a 2008 report, GAO focused on the enforcement and outreach efforts of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) and the Department of Labor ( Labor ).

The GAO issued a critical report concluding that the Army spent funds on R & D efforts that did not address validated BW threats and may have duplicated the research efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health.

In April 2007, the U. S. Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) identified the financial and other restrictions that the military government places on international humanitarian assistance in the Southeast Asian country.

While significant progress in improving federal financial management has been made since the federal government began preparing consolidated financial statements, the Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) reported that " major impediments continue to prevent from rendering an opinion.

" In December 2006, the GAO announced that for the 10th consecutive year, the GAO was prevented from expressing an opinion on the consolidated financial statements of the government due to a number of material weaknesses related to financial systems, fundamental recordkeeping, and financial reporting.

This Act required the head of GAO to " investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating to the receipt, disbursement, and application of public funds, and shall make to the President ... and to Congress ... reports recommendations looking to greater economy or efficiency in public expenditures ".

While most other countries have government entities similar to the GAO, their focus is primarily on conducting financial audits.

Over the years, GAO has been referred to as " The Congressional Watchdog " and " The Taxpayers ' Best Friend " for its frequent audits and investigative reports that have uncovered waste and inefficiency in government.

In 2007 the Partnership for Public Service ranked GAO second on its list of the best places to work in the federal government and Washingtonian magazine included GAO on its 2007 list of great places to work in Washington, a list that encompasses the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

The GAO is headed by the Comptroller General of the United States, a professional and non-partisan position in the U. S. government.

According to the GAO website, " the long tenure of the Comptroller General gives GAO a continuity of leadership that is rare within government.

GAO is a United States government electronic data provider, as all of its reports are available on its website ( www. gao. gov ), except for certain reports whose distribution is limited to official use in order to protect national and homeland security.

The accompanying press release states that the GAO ' cannot render an opinion on the 2010 consolidated financial statements of the federal government, because of widespread material internal control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, and other limitations '.

The Comptroller General is the director of the Government Accountability Office ( GAO ), an agency founded in 1921 to ensure the accountability of the federal government.

According to the federal government's Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) in 2004, more than 1, 138 rights and protections are conferred to U. S. citizens upon marriage by the federal government ; areas affected include Social Security benefits, veterans ' benefits, health insurance, Medicaid, hospital visitation, estate taxes, retirement savings, pensions, family leave, and immigration law.

In the U. S. federal government, FTE is defined by the Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) as the number of total hours worked divided by the maximum number of compensable hours in a full-time schedule as defined by law.

The United States Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) has stated that discontinuing the dollar bill in favor of the dollar coin would save the U. S. government approximately $ 5. 5 billion over thirty years primarily through seigniorage.

The United States Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) has stated that discontinuing the dollar bill in favor of the dollar coin would save the U. S. government approximately $ 5. 5 billion over thirty years.

* The Comptroller General is the director of the Government Accountability Office ( GAO ), an agency founded in 1921 ( as General Accounting Office ) to ensure the accountability of the federal government.

Moreover, the head of GAO serves a 15-year term, which gives the agency a continuity of leadership that is rare in the federal government.

While at the GAO, Walker embarked on a Fiscal Wake-up Tour, partnering with the Brookings Institution, the Concord Coalition, and the Heritage Foundation to alert Americans to wasteful government spending.