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U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports and Testimonies

• Armed Services
• Armed Services: Manpower and Personnel Subcommittee, Report to Sen. Sam Nunn, Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services, Manpower and Personnel Subcommittee by Elmer E. Staats, Comptroller General, July 27, 1978 (16 pages)
• Attack Warning
  • Attack Warning: Status of the Survivable Communications Integration System, July 1992 (22 pages)
• Ballistic Missile Defense
  • Ballistic Missile Defense: Evolution and Current Issues, July 1993 (88 pages)
• Base Security
  • Base Security: Evaluation of Alleged Weaknesses at the Miesau Army Depot, December 1990 (16 pages)
• Bioterrorism
  • HHS Bioterrorism Preparedness Programs: States Reported Progress but Fell Short of Program Goals for 2002, Report to the Congress by the United States General Accounting Office, February 10, 2004 (47 pages)
  • Bioterrorism: A Threat to Agriculture and the Food Supply, Statement of Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, November 19, 2003 (19 pages)
  • Bioterrorism: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Role in Public Health Protection, Statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues, November 15, 2001 (19 pages)
  • Bioterrorism: Coordination and Preparedness, Statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues, October 5, 2001 (25 pages)
  • Bioterrorism: Federal Research and Preparedness Activities, September 2001 (102 pages)
• Catastrophe Risk
  • Catastrophe Risk: U.S. and European Approaches to Insure Natural Catastrophe and Terrorism Risks, February 2005 (80 pages)
• Chemical and Biological Defense
  • Chemical and Biological Defense: U.S. Forces are Not Adequately Equipped to Detect All Threats, January 1993 (16 pages)
• Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare: Soldiers Not Adequately Trained or Equipped to Conduct Operations on a Chemical Battlefield, Statement of Richard Davis, Director, Army Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, April 16, 1991 (12 pages)
  • Chemical Warfare: DOD's Reporting of Its Chemical and Biological Research, August 1990 (26 pages)
  • Chemical Warfare: Planning for Protective Chemical Shelters Needs to Be Improved, February 1987 (26 pages)
• Combating Terrorism
  • Combating Terrorism: Intergovernmental Partnership in a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness, Statement of Paul L. Posner, Managing Director, Federal Budget Issues, Strategic Issues, March 22, 2002 (22 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations, September 2001 (218 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: FEMA Continues to Make Progress in Coordinating Preparedness and Response, March 2001 (45 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Need to Eliminate Duplicate Federal Weapons of Mass Destruction Training, March 2000 (49 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Observations on the Threat of Chemical and Biological Terrorism, Statement of Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division, October 20, 1999 (13 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks, September 1999 (40 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Issues to Be Resolved to Improve Counterterrorism Operations, May 1999 (32 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Use of National Guard Response Teams is Unclear, May 1999 (52 pages)
  • Combating Terrorism: Opportunities to Improve Domestic Preparedness Program Focus and Efficiency, November 1998 (56 pages)
• Commercial Air Defense
  • Commercial Air Defense Supplies, Letter to the Hon. G. William Whitehurst, House of Representatives, from D.J. Horan for R. W. Gutmann, Director, United States General Accounting Office, March 2, 1979 (15 pages)
• Computer Resources and Military Readiness
  • The Defense Science Board’s Task Force on Embedded Computer Resources Acquisition and Management, Statement of Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, July 22, 1982 (7 pages)
  • Computers and U.S. Army Readiness, Fred J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Communications Division, April 21, 1978 (2 pages)
  • Multilevel Computer Security Requirements of the World Wide Military Command and Control System, Fred J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Communications Division, April 5, 1978 (11 pages)
  • Computers and U.S. Military Readiness in Europe, Comptroller General’s Report to the Congress, August 25, 1976 (2 pages)
  • Practices at the National Civil Defense Computer Facility Olney, Maryland, Letter to the Hon. Marlow W. Cook, United States Senate, from Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, July 2, 1971 (5 pages)
• Continental Air Defense
  • Continental Air Defense: A Dedicated Force is No Longer Needed, May 1994 (34 pages)
• Continuity of Operations
  • Continuity of Operations: Improved Planning Needed to Ensure Delivery of Essential Services, Statement of Linda D. Koontz, Director, Information Management Issues, April 22, 2004 (21 pages)
  • Continuity of the Federal Government in a Critical National Emergency, a Neglected Necessity, Report to the Congress by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General, April 27, 1978 (90 pages)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Cybersecurity Responsibilities, May 2005 (78 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Improving Information Sharing with Infrastructure Sectors, July 2004 (69 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Establishing Effective Information Sharing with Infrastructure Sectors, Statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, April 21, 2004 (43 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges and Efforts to Secure Control Systems, March 2004 (47 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges and Efforts to Secure Control Systems, Statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, March 30, 2004 (29 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges for Selected Agencies and Industry Sectors, February 2003 (72 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Efforts of the Financial Services Sector to Address Cyber Threats, January 2003 (59 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Commercial Satellite Security Should Be More Fully Addressed, August 2002 (51 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Federal Efforts Require a More Coordinated and Comprehensive Approach for Protecting Information Systems, July 2002 (84 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges Need to Be Addressed, Statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, July 24, 2002 (64 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Homeland Security Challenges Need to Be Addressed, Statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, July 9, 2002 (46 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges in Safeguarding Government and Privately Controlled Systems from Computer-Based Attacks, Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology Issues, September 26, 2001 (41 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges in Protecting Federal Systems and Developing Analysis and Warning Capabilities, Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology Issues, September 12, 2001 (31 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges to Building a Comprehensive Strategy for Information Sharing and Coordination, Statement of Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, July 26, 2000 (15 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Comments on the Proposed Cyber Security Information Act of 2000, Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, June 22, 2000 (14 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: "ILOVEYOU" Computer Virus Highlights Need for Improved Alert and Coordination Capabilities, Statement of Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, May 18, 2000 (12 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: "ILOVEYOU" Computer Virus Emphasizes Critical Need for Agency and Governmentwide Improvements, Statement of Keith A. Rhodes, Director, Office of Computer and Information Technology Assessment, Accounting and Information Management Division, May 10, 2000 (12 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Comments on the National Plan for Information Systems Protection, Statement of Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, February 1, 2000 (14 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Comprehensive Strategy Can Draw on Year 2000 Experiences, October 1999 (55 pages)
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: Fundamental Improvements Needed to Assure Security of Federal Operations, Statement of Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, October 6, 1999 (16 pages)
• Defense Industrial Base
  • Overview of the Status of the Defense Industrial Base and DOD’s Industrial Preparedness Planning, Report to the Hon. Sam Nunn, United States Senate, by the U.S. General Accounting Office, May 23, 1985 (24 pages)
  • The Defense Industrial Base, Statement of Werner Grosshans, Deputy Director Procurement, Logistics and Readiness Division, July 21, 1981 (15 pages)
• Defense Production Act
  • Defense Production Act: Foreign Involvement and Materials Qualification in the Title III Program, March 1994 (34 pages)
  • Defense Production Act: Offsets in Military Exports and Proposed Amendments to the Act, April 1990 (22 pages)
  • Comments Relating to the Reauthorization of the Defense Production Act, March 1, 1990 (15 pages)
  • The Defense Production Act: Testimony, Statement of F. Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, September 15, 1983 (26 pages)
  • The Defense Production Act: Comments, Statement of J. Dexter Peach, Director Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, March 21, 1983, (11 pages)
  • Defense Production Act Amendments of 1977, Statement of Paul G. Dembling, General Counsel, United States General Accounting Office, May 20, 1977 (6 pages)
• Defense Research
  • Defense Research: Protecting Sensitive Data and Materials at 10 Chemical and Biological Laboratories, July 1991 (36 pages)
• Department of Defense
  • Department of Defense's Replacement of the Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network (DCTN) Contract, Samuel W. Bowlin, Director, Defense and Security Information Systems, April 28, 1993 (6 pages)
  • The Department of Defense’s Efforts to Achieve Interoperability, Statement of Richard A. Davis, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, August 14, 1986 (17 pages)
  • DOD Should Change its Approach to Reducing Computer Software Proliferation, Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, by the Comptroller General of the United States, May 26, 1983 (26 pages)
  • DOD’S Space-Based Laser Program—Potential, Progress, and Problems, Report by the Comptroller General of the United States, February 26, 1982 (4 pages)
  • DOD’s Industrial Preparedness Program Needs National Policy to Effectively Meet Emergency Needs, Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States, May 27, 1981 (60 pages)
  • Restructuring Needed of Department of Defense Program for Planning with Private Industry for Mobilization Production Requirements, Report to the Congress by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General, May 13, 1977 (36 pages)
  • Questionable Need for Full Implementation of Plans to Construct Explosive Production Facilities by the Department of Defense, Letter to the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the Director, United States General Accounting Office, October 14, 1971 (2 pages)
• Disaster Management
  • Disaster Management: Recent Disasters Demonstrate the Need to Improve the Nation's Response Strategy, Statement of J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, May 25, 1993 (32 pages)
• Electricity Restructuring
  • Posthearing Questions from the September 17, 2003, Hearing on “Implications of Power Blackouts for the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection: The Electric Grid, Critical Interdependencies, Vulnerabilities, and Readiness”, Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, December 8, 2003 (11 pages)
  • Electricity Restructuring: 2003 Blackout Identifies Crisis and Opportunity for the Electricity Sector, November 2003 (49 pages)
• Electronic Warfare
  • Electronic Warfare: Costly Radar Warning Receiver Duplication Continues, November 1993 (30 pages)
  • Electronic Warfare: Laser Warning System Production Should Be Limited, January 1993 (9 pages)
  • Electronic Warfare: No Air Force Follow-Up on Test Equipment Inadequacies, July 1991 (34 pages)
  • Performance Effectiveness of Radar Jammers Recently Acquired or Being Acquired by the Air Force for Protection of its Tactical Aircraft, Louis J. Rodrigues, Director, Command Control, Communications, and Intelligence Issues, July 11, 1990 (30 pages)
  • Electronic Warfare: Reliable Equipment Needed to Test Air Force's Electronic Warfare Systems, August 1989 (32 pages)
  • Countermeasures: Survivability of U.S. Radars Needs More Emphasis, July 1989 (16 pages)
  • Electronic Warfare: Navy / Air Force Still Developing Separate, Costly Radar Warning Receivers, July 1987 (28 pages)
• Embedded Computer Systems
  • Embedded Computer Systems: New F/A-18 Capabilities Impact Navy's Software Development Process, September 1992 (18 pages)
  • Embedded Computer Systems: Defense Does Not Know How Much it Spends on Software, July 1992 (20 pages)
  • Importance and Prevalence of Embedded Computer Systems and Oversight of this Technology by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Statement of Ralph V. Carlone, Assistant Comptroller General, Information Management and Technology Division, April 26, 1990 (7 pages)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Plan for Revitalizing U.S. Civil Defense: A Review of Three Major Plan Components, Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on HUD/Independent Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate by the Comptroller General of the United States, April 16, 1984 (76 pages)
  • National Defense Executive Reserve Program, Donald J. Horan, Director, Procurement, Logistics, and Readiness Division, February 28, 1983 (10 pages)
• Financial Management Service
  • Financial Management Service: Significant Weaknesses in Computer Controls, October 1999 (24 pages)
• Global Positioning System
  • Global Positioning System: Production Should Be Limited Until Receiver Reliability Problems Are Resolved, March 1991 (20 pages)
• Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Defense: DOD Needs to Assess the Structure of U.S. Forces for Domestic Military Missions, July 2003 (46 pages)
• Homeland Security
  • Homeland Security: Federal and Industry Efforts are Addressing Security Issues at Chemical Facilities, but Additional Action is Needed, Statement of John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, April 27, 2005 (19 pages)
  • Homeland Security: Process for Reporting Lessons Learned from Seaport Exercises Needs Further Attention, January 2005 (35 pages)
  • Homeland Security: Federal Leadership and Intergovernmental Cooperation Required to Achieve First Responder Interoperable Communications, July 2004 (100 pages)
  • Homeland Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities, Challenges, and Key Management Issues, Statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, September 17, 2003 (59 pages)
  • Homeland Security: Critical Design and Implementation Issues, Statement of David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, July 17, 2002 (31 pages)
• Homeporting
  • Homeporting: Status of Continuing Construction and Development, June 1990 (12 pages)
  • The Navy’s Strategic Homeporting Plan, Statement of Bill W. Thurman Deputy Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, February 26, 1986 (12 pages)
• Industrial Base (and Defense Industrial Base)
  • Industrial Base: Contractors Have Ability to Meet Requirements for Rations During Wartime, August 1994 (24 pages)
  • Industrial Base: Assessing the Risk of DOD's Foreign Dependence, April 1994 (52 pages)
  • Defense Industrial Base: An Overview of an Emerging Issue, March 1993 (20 pages)
  • Industrial Base: Significance of DOD's Foreign Dependence, January 1991 (30 pages)
  • Industrial Base: Adequacy of Official Information on the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, November 1989 (24 pages)
  • Adequacy of Official Information on U.S. Defense Industrial Base, Statement of Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division, July 18, 1989 (14 pages)
  • Industrial Base: Defense-Critical Industries, August 1988 (55 pages)
  • Industrial Base: DOD Efforts to Correct Deficiencies in Ammunition Production Base, November 1986 (12 pages)
  • Maintaining a Military Presence in an Industrial Environment— lssues and Costs, Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States, April 12, 1976 (62 pages)
• Industrial Security (and Defense Industrial Security)
  • Industrial Security: DOD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances that its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information, March 2004 (34 pages)
  • Defense Industrial Security: Issues in the Proposed Acquisition of LTV Corporation Missiles Division by Thomson-CSF, Statement of Joseph E. Kelley, Director, Security and International Relations Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, June 25, 1992 (10 pages)
  • Defense Industrial Security: Special Security Agreements Permit Foreign-owned U.S. Firms to Perform Classified Defense Contracts, March 21, 1990 (18 pages)
• Information Security
  • Information Security: Status of Federal Public Key Infrastructure Activities at Major Federal Departments and Agencies, December 2003 (58 pages)
  • Information Security: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain to Protect Federal Systems and the Nation's Critical Infrastructures, Statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues, April 8, 2003 (75 pages)
  • Information Security: Progress and Challenges to an Effective Defense-wide Information Assurance Program, March 2001 (43 pages)
  • Information Security: Advances and Remaining Challenges to Adoption of Public Key Infrastructure Technology, February 2001 (82 pages)
  • Information Security: Serious and Widespread Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies, September 2000 (36 pages)
  • Information Security: Computer Attacks at Department of Defense Pose Increasing Risk, Statement of Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Defense Information and Financial Management Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, May 22, 1996 (11 pages)
  • Information Security: Federal Agency Use of Nondisclosure Agreements, July 1991 (24 pages)
  • Information Security: Federal Agency Use of Nondisclosure Agreements, January 1991 (36 pages)
  • Information Security: Disposition and Use of Classified Documents by Presidential Appointees, September 1990 (21 pages)
  • Information Security: Controls Over Unofficial Access to Classified Information, June 1989 (18 pages)
  • Information Security: Need for DOD Inspections of Special Access Contracts, August 1986 (16 pages)
• Information Sharing
  • Information Sharing: Practices That Can Benefit Critical Infrastructure Protection, October 2001 (39 pages)
• Information System
  • Information System: Status of the Continental Army Management Information System, October 1986 (20 pages)
• Information Technology
  • Information Technology: Major Federal Networks That Support Homeland Security Functions, September 2004 (66 pages)
  • Information Technology: Comments on Navy Facility Consolidation Plan, December 1992 (14 pages)
  • Information Technology: DOD's Federal Logistics Data on Compact Disc Program, March 1990 (28 pages)
• Interoperability
  • Interoperability: DOD's Efforts to Achieve Interoperability Among C3 Systems, April 1987 (32 pages)
• Military Communications
  • Military Satellite Communications: DOD Needs to Review Requirements and Strengthen Leasing Practices, February 1994 (12 pages)
  • Military Communications: Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Issues, November 1992 (28 pages)
  • Navy’s Strategic Communications System, Statement of Jerome H. Stolarow, Director Procurement and Systems Acquisition Division, April 5, 1979 (8 pages)
• Military Space Programs
  • Military Space Programs: Opportunities to Reduce Missile Warning and Communication Satellites' Costs, Statement of Louis J. Rodrigues, Director, Systems Development and Production Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, February 2, 1994 (14 pages)
• Mobility Requirements
  • DOD's Mobility Requirements: Alternative Assumptions Could Affect Recommended Acquisition Plan, April 1993 (20 pages)
  • The Navy Does Not Know if it has Too Much Electronic/Electrical Depot Maintenance Capability, Too Little, or the Right Kind, November 2, 1979 (65 pages)
• National Defense Stockpile
  • National Defense Stockpile: Views on DOD's 1992 Report to the Congress and Proposed Legislation, March 1993 (44 pages)
  • Defense Stockpile: Defense Logistics Agency Contract Award for Cobalt, February 1991 (12 pages)
  • National Defense Stockpile: National Security Council Study Inadequate to Set Stockpile Goals, May 1987 (48 pages)
  • The Adequacy of the National Security Council Study for Setting National Defense Stockpile Goals, Statement of Martin M. Ferber, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, March 18, 1987 (17 pages)
  • National Defense Stockpile: Adequacy of National Security Council Study for Setting Stockpile Goals, August 1986 (28 pages)
• National Security
  • National Security: The Use of Presidential Directives to Make and Implement U.S. Policy, December 1988 (20 pages)
• Nuclear Defense Complex
  • Extent of Problems and Cost to Revitalize the Nation’s Nuclear Defense Complex, Statement of J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, August 23, 1988 (13 pages)
• Potential Terrorist Attacks
  • Potential Terrorist Attacks: Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants, February 2003 (120 pages)
  • Potential Terrorist Attacks: More Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Markets, Statement of Davi M. D'Agostino, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, February 12, 2003 (11 pages)
• Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure
  • Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure: Federal Requirements, Actions of Selected Facilities, and Remaining Challenges, March 2005 (55 pages)
• Secure Voice Telephone Systems
  • Concerns Regarding the National Security Agency Secure Telephone Program, Frank C. Conahan, Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, October 15, 1985 (5 pages)
  • Development of Military and Civil Agency Nontactical Secure Voice Systems, Letter to the Hon. John C. Stennis, Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense, Senate Committee on Appropriations, from the Acting Comptroller General of the United States, September 29, 1978 (23 pages)
  • Secure Voice Telephone Systems--How Department of Defense Can Save Millions, Comptroller General’s Report to the Congress, December 30, 1977 (4 pages) 
• Strategic Defense Initiative Program
  • Strategic Defense Initiative Program: A Look at Lessons Learned During SDIO's First 7 Years, Statement of Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division, May 16, 1991 (16 pages)
• Supercomputing
  • Supercomputing in Industry, Statement for the Record by Jack L. Erock, Jr., Director, Government Information and Financial Management Issues, Information Management and Technology Division, March 7, 1991 (11 pages)
• Technology Assessment
  • Technology Assessment: Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Protection, May 2004 (223 pages)
• Terrorism Insurance
  • Terrorism Insurance: Rising Uninsured Exposure to Attacks Heightens Potential Economic Vulnerabilities, Statement of Richard J. Hillman, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, February 27, 2002 (20 pages)
• U.S. Corps of Engineers
  • U.S. Corps of Engineers: Better Management Needed for Mobilization Support, April 1993 (16 pages)
• U.S. Weapons
  • U.S. Weapons: The Low-Intensity Threat is Not Necessarily a Low-Technology Threat, March 1990 (25 pages)
  • Better Planning and Management of Threat Simulators and Aerial Targets is Crucial to Effective Weapon Systems Performance, Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States, June 23, 1983 (56 pages)