A daily roundup of just-released investigative reports, drawn from oversight agencies, congressional committees, and government offices across Washington.

HEALTH CARE: “Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowding Continues to Occur, and Some Patients Wait Longer than Recommended Time Frames” (Government Accountability Office). Reporting data for 2006, finds that patient waiting time at hospital emergency departments continued to increase and in many cases exceeded recommended time frames.

HEALTH CARE: “Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollee Cost Sharing for Selected Specialty Prescription Drugs” (Government Accountability Office).

“CROP INSURANCE: Opportunities Exist to Reduce the Costs of Administering the Program” (Government Accountability Office).

ENVIRONMENT: “Department of Energy Efforts to Manage Information Technology Resources in an Energy-Efficient and Environmentally Responsible Manner” (Energy Department’s Inspector General).

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS: “Potential Social Security Number Misuse in Certain Unique Populations” (Social Security Administration’s Inspector General).

“PRIVACY AND SECURITY: Food and Drug Administration Faces Challenges in Establishing Protections for Its Postmarket Risk Analysis System” (Government Accountability Office).

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: “New Markets Tax Credit: Minority Entities Are Less Successful in Obtaining Awards Than Non-Minority Entitities” (Government Accountability Office).

TAX ADMINISTRATION: “Fiscal Year 2009 Statutory Audit of Compliance With Legal Guidelines Prohibiting the Use of Illegal Tax Protester and Similar Designations” (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration).

GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL: “Nuclear Forensics: Comprehensive Interagency Plan Needed to Address Human Capital Issues” (Government Accountability Office).

MILITARY: “Defense Management: Observations on DOD’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and Control” (Government Accountability Office).

VETERANS: “Semiannual Report to Congress” (Veterans Affairs Department’s Inspector General).

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