General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony articles from July - September 2006

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony archives from July - September 2006

Bid Protest Ruling: Urban Title, LLC.
March 1, 2009... B-311437.3 January 7, 2009 Urban Title, LLC, of Dallas, Texas, a small business, protests the award of two contracts to Brendan Gowing Inc. (Gowing) of Houston, Texas, and Luna & Luna, LLP of Garland, Texas, by the Department of Housing...

Aviation Security: TSA's Cost and Performance Study of Private-Sector Airport Screening.
March 1, 2009... GAO-09-27R January 9, 2009 This report formally responds to Congress' request that GAO review the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Screening Partnership Program (SPP). In accordance with the Aviation and Transportation...

Aviation Security: Federal Air Marshal Service Has Taken Actions to Fulfill Its Core Mission and Address Workforce Issues, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve Workforce Survey.(Survey)
March 1, 2009... GAO-09-273 January 14, 2009 By deploying armed air marshals onboard selected flights, the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), a component of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), plays a key role in helping to protect...

Clean Air Act: Historical Information on EPA's Process for Reviewing California Waiver Requests and Making Waiver Determinations.
March 1, 2009... GAO-09-249R January 16, 2009 Emissions from mobile sources, such as automobiles and trucks, contribute to air quality degradation and can threaten public health and the environment. Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection...

New Embassy Construction: Structured Interviews with Construction Firms (GAO-09-47SP, January 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-48.
March 1, 2009... GAO-09-47SP January 16, 2009 This document presents information from a series of structured interviews GAO held with 17 of the 21 U.S. construction firms that won contracts to build new U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...