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General Accounting Office Recommendations for a Smooth Presidential Transition
Posted by Jason D. Phillips at 10:06 AM
The General Accountability Office (GAO) has launched a new transition website intended to help make the transition an informed and smooth one.
The website can be found at http://www.gao.gov/transition_2009/
The 13 urgent issues they identified are as follows and are in alphabetic order not priority order:
* Caring for Service Members
* Defense Readiness
* Defense Spending
* Food Safety
* Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
* Oversight of Financial Institutions and Markets
* Preparing for Large-Scale Health Emergencies
* Protecting the Homeland
* Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
* Retirement of the Space Shuttle
* Surface Transportation
* The 2010 Census
* Transition to Digital TV
The website also includes sections on:
* Agency-by-Agency Issues
* Major Cost-Saving Opportunities
* Management Challenges Across the Government
* Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
* Examples of Upcoming GAO reports on Major National Issues
Post on GovDoc-L from: Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager, Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School
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