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

FINANCIAL STABILIZATION: “The Use of TARP Funds in the Support and Reorganization of the Domestic Automotive Industry” (TARP Congressional Oversight Panel). Questions whether the Treasury Department had legal authority to use TARP funds to bail out Chrysler and General Motors and reports that it unlikely that taxpayers will recover the entire amount invested in those companies.

FINANCIAL STABILIZATION: “The Continued Risk of Troubled Assets” (TARP Congressional Oversight Panel).

FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT: “Wildland Fire Management: Federal Agencies Have Taken Important Steps Forward, but Additional, Strategic Action is Needed to Capitalize on Those Steps” (Government Accountability Office).

“AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: Oversight of U.S. Interagency Efforts” (Government Accountability Office). Also see hearing on “Afghanistan and Pakistan: Accountability Community Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy” (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs).

MILITARY: “Homeland Defense: U.S. Northern Command Has a Strong Exercise Program, but Involvement of Interagency Partners and States Can Be Improved” (Government Accountability Office).

TRANSPORTATION: “Military Base Realignments and Closures: Transporation Impact of Personnel Increases Will Be Significant, but Long-Term Costs Are Uncertain and Direct Federal Support Is Limited” (Government Accountability Office).

TRANSPORTATION: “Aviation Weather: FAA and the National Weather Service Are Considering Plans to Consolidate Weather Service Offices, but Face Significant Challenges” (Government Accountability Office).

TRANSPORTATION: “Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Options Exist to Enhance Transportation Planning Capacity and Federal Oversight” (Government Accountability Office).

LABOR: “Employee Misclassification: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and Prevention” (Government Accountability Office).

HEALTH CARE: “Ryan White CARE Act: Program Changes Affecting Minority AIDS Initiative and Part D Grantees” (Government Accountability Office).

RECOVERY ACT: “The Department of Energy’s Efforts to Meet Accountability and Performance Reporting Objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” (Energy Department’s Inspector General).

DISABILITY BENEFITS: “Social Security Disability: Additional Performance Measures and Better Cost Estimates Could Help Improve SSA’s Efforts to Eliminate Its Hearings Backlog” (Government Accountability Office).

FINANCIAL CONTROLS: “United States Merchant Marine Academy: Internal Control Weaknesses Resulted in Improper Sources and Uses of Funds; Some Corrective Actions Are Under Way” (Government Accountability Office).

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