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7) Defense acquisitions, assessments of selected weapon programs: report to congressional committees
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This is GAO's seventh annual assessment of selected Department of Defense (DOD) weapon programs. The report examines how well DOD is planning and executing its weapon acquisition programs, an area that has been on GAO's high-risk list since 1990. This year's report is in response to the mandate in the joint explanatory statement to the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. The report includes (1) an analysis...
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This manual lists specific control activities and techniques and related suggested audit procedures. These are described at a high level and assume some level of expertise for an auditor to perform these audit procedures effectively. Accordingly, the auditor, applying judgment, should develop more detailed audit steps and tailor control activities based on the specific software and control techniques employed by the entity, the audit objectives, and...
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U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
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[2009]
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Federal and other decision makers have had a renewed interest in how high speed rail might fit into the national transportation system and address increasing mobility constraints on highways and at airports due to congestion. GAO was asked to review (1) the factors affecting the economic viability--meaning whether total social benefits offset or justify total social costs--of high speed rail projects, including difficulties in determining the economic...