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WASHINGTON (Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008) – The chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the comptroller general to launch an inquiry into the use, award and implementation of contracts by the Department of Justice to outside entities for the monitoring of compliance with out-of-court settlement and deferred prosecution agreements in criminal investigations.    » read more »

Measure Included in FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

December 19, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which includes an amendment she sponsored to require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide a study on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of Shared Border Management (SBM). In announcing the amendment, Senator Clinton underscored the importance of the study to New York's northern border communities.    » read more »

Measure Included in FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

December 17, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the Omnibus Appropriations bill includes an amendment she sponsored to require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide a study on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of Shared Border Management (SBM). In announcing the amendment, Senator Clinton underscored the importance of the study to New York's northern border communities.    » read more »

Lautenberg, Oberstar, Costello release report, chide FAA

December 5, 2007 -- WASHINGTON—Three Congressional leaders on aviation safety today released a Government Accountability Office study showing that ground operations at the nation’s airports have not been improved in more than five years.    » read more »

FEMA Response to GAO Report on Maintenance and Deactivation of Housing Contracts in Response to Hurricane Katrina And Hurricane Rita

November 15, 2007 -- FEMA response to the Government Accounting Office (GAO) Report on "Maintenance And Deactivation Of Housing Contracts In Response To Hurricane Katrina And Hurricane Rita":

"The GAO report does not reveal new issues from the Katrina response. We are aware of and have drawn lessons learned from these issues. This is another look backwards that tries to project the mistakes made in Katrina onto the FEMA of today. We reject that effort.    » read more »

October 9, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to the release of GAO’s findings regarding the impact of significant funding increases provided by the House of Representatives for Part A of the Ryan White Treatment Modernization Act:    » read more »

September 26, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) made the following statement today on the Government Accountability Office report that found that wounded warriors are still receiving substandard treatment from the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs.    » read more »

Sept. 20, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who is the Commander-in-Chief of his state’s National Guard, today issued the following statement regarding the GAO Report on the Army and Marine Corp's equipment replacement strategy:    » read more »

Sept. 18, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study released today found that access to commodity programs and to crop insurance is a key factor motivating producers to plow up range land. The report was requested by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. Both Committees are charged with crafting a new farm bill.    » read more »

September 4, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, which concludes the Iraqi government has not met most of the security and economic benchmarks set by Congress:    » read more »

09/04/2007 -- "Mr. Walker, thank you for coming before the Committee today. We appreciate your willingness to adjust your schedule to testify, and look forward to hearing about this significant and timely report. The GAO has earned its reputation for objective, factual, analysis— something that has been in tragically short supply in the Washington debate over Iraq before the war, during the war, and still today as the occupation extends into its fourth year.    » read more »

September 4, 2007 -- Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada made the following statement today in response to the GAO report concluding the majority of benchmarks for progress in Iraq remain unmet at a time when al Qaeda has grown only stronger:    » read more »

04 September 2007 -- A report released Tuesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, says Iraq has failed to meet most of the benchmarks aimed at measuring political, economic and military progress. The report is one of several to be released to Congress in the coming days as growing numbers of lawmakers are calling for a redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The Government Accountability Office says Iraq has met only three of 18 benchmarks, has failed to meet 11 others, and has only partially met four.    » read more »

Aug 30, 2007 -- Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Senator John Edwards released the following statement about today's report in "The Washington Post" about a Government Accountability Office Report on Iraq that is to be delivered to Congress next week.    » read more »

August 30, 2007 -- San Francisco – A draft report by the Government Accountability Office has found that eight months into President Bush’s “surge,” the Iraqi government has failed to meet most of the political benchmarks set before it. The following is the statement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.):

“The purpose of the surge was to provide the necessary security so that the Iraqi government could move ahead to secure the infrastructure, protect the people, and meet the benchmarks.    » read more »