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

MILITARY PERSONNEL: “Reserve Forces: Army Needs to Finalize an Implementation Plan and Funding Strategy for Sustaining an Operational Reserve Force” (Government Accountability Office). The Army National Guard and Army Reserve are now used for ongoing operations rather than as a strategic reserve, but this study reports that the Army has not finalized policies and budgetary requirements related to this transition.

MILITARY: “Missile Defense: DOD Needs to More Fully Assess Requirements and Establish Operational Units before Fielding New Capabilities” (Government Accountability Office).

MILITARY: “Depot Maintenance: Improved Strategic Planning Needed to Ensure That Army and Marine Corps Depots Can Meet Future Maintenance Requirements” (Government Accountability Office).

ENVIRONMENT: “Energy Policy Act of 2005: Greater Clarity Needed to Address Concerns with Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas Development under Section 390 of the Act” (Government Accountability Office).

ENVIRONMENT: “The Economic Effects of Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions” (Congressional Budget Office).

ENVIRONMENT: “How Regulatory Standards Can Affect a Cap-and-Trade Program for Greenhouse Gases” (Congressional Budget Office).

ENVIRONMENT: “EPA Needs an Oversight Program for Protocol Gases” (Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General).

ENERGY: “Nuclear Nonproliferation: National Nuclear Security Administration Has Improved the Security of Reactors in its Global Research Reactor Program, but Action Is Needed to Address Remaining Concerns” (Government Accountability Office).

ENERGY: “Federal Oil And Gas Management: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight” (Government Accountability Office). Also see hearing on “H.R. 3534, The CLEAR Act” (House Natural Resources Committee).

BORDER SECURITY: “Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed” (Government Accountability Office). Also see hearing on “The Secure Border Initiative: SBInet Three Years Later” (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism).

GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL: “Human Capital: Improved Tracking and Additional Actions Needed to Ensure the Timely and Accurate Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Civilians” (Government Accountability Office). Also see hearing on “A Call to Arms: A Review of Benefits for Deployed Federal Employees” (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia).

RECOVERY ACT: “Controls over Recovery Act Rural Business Enterprise Grants,” Part 1 and Part 2 (Agriculture Department’s Inspector General).

HEALTH CARE: “Follow-Up: Colonoscope Reprocessing at VA Medical Facilities” (Veterans Affairs Department’s Inspector General).

PENSION BENEFITS: “Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: More Strategic Approach Needed for Processing Complex Plans Prone to Delays and Overpayments” (Government Accountability Office).

FINANCIAL CONTROLS: “Audit of FLITE Program Management’s Implementation of Lessons Learned” (Veterans Affairs Department’s Inspector General).

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