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1997 GAO Reports by Industry The General Accounting Office snoops around government programs and finds out what is going on. The auditing agency's reports often change the complexion of government programs and their management to a degree not found with any other watchdog group. Here are some of the pertinent audits the agency has recently completed. Copies of any of these reports are free by calling GAO at 202-512-6000 or by faxing a request to 301-258-4066. DEFENSE | ENVIRONMENT | SMALL BUSINESS | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | TELECOMMUNICATIONS | EXPORT CONTROLS | EXPORT FINANCE | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | URBAN TRANSPORTATION DEFENSE Trends in DOD Spending, Industrial Productivity and Competition, 70 pages, PEMD-97-3. Restructuring Costs; Information Pertaining To Five Business Combinations, 31 pages, NSIAD-97-97. Defense Budget; Analysis of Operation and Maintenance Accounts for 1985-2001, 78 pages, NSIAD-97-73. Base Operations; Challenges Confronting DOD as It Renews Emphasis on Outsourcing, 28 pages, NSIAD-97-86. Contract Management; Fixing DOD's Payment Problems Is Imperative, 44 pages, NSIAD-97-37. Defense Logistics; Much of the Inventory Exceeds Current Needs, 32 pages, NSIAD-97-71. Force Structure; Streamlining Plans Could Enable Navy to Reduce Personnel Below Fiscal Year 1999 Goal, 63 pages, NSIAD-97-90. Inventory Management; The Army Could Reduce Logistics Costs for Aviation Parts by Adopting Best Practices, 32 pages, NSIAD-97-82. Defense Inventory; Spare and Repair Parts Inventory Costs Can Be Reduced, 12 pages, NSIAD-97-47. Defense Budget: Observations on Infrastructure Activities, 35 pages, NSIAD-97-127BR. Defense IRM; Strategy Needed for Logistics Information Technology Improvement Efforts, 26 pages, AIMD-97-6. Defense IRM; Investments at Risk for DOD Computer Centers, 48 pages, AIMD-97-39. Defense Communications; Performance Measures Needed to Ensure DISN Program Success, 13 pages, AIMD-97-9 Acquisition Reform; DOD Faces Challenges In Reducing Oversight Costs, 23 pages, NSIAD-97-48. Financial Management; Improved Reporting Needed for DOD Problem Disbursements, 36 pages, AIMD-97-59. GAO's High-Risk Series: Defense Financial Management, 50 pages, HR-97-3 Defense Contract Management, 28 pages, HR-97-4; Defense Inventory Management, 32 pages, HR-97-5; Defense Weapons Systems Acquisition, 41 pages, HR 97-6; Defense Infrastructure, 33 pages, HR-97-7; Information Management and Technology, 69 pages, HR-97-9. ENVIRONMENT Information Contained In EPA's Regulatory Impact Analyses Can Be Made Clearer, 17 pages, RCED-97-38. Superfund; EPA Could Further Ensure the Safe Operation of On-Site Incinerators, 23 pages, RCED-97-43. Environmental Cleanup At DOD; Better Costing-Sharing guidance Needed at Government-Owned Contractor-Operated Sites, 45 pages, NSIAD-97-32. SMALL BUSINESS Update Of Information On SBA's Small Business Investment Company Programs, 28 pages, RCED-97-55. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Budget Trends, Federal Investment Outlays, Fiscal Years 1981-2002, 19 pages, AIMD-97-88. Measuring R&D Performance; Strengths and Limitations of Research Indicators, 34 pages, RCED-97-91. TELECOMMUNICATIONS Competition Issues in International Satellite Communications, 76 pages, RCED-97-1. EXPORT CONTROLS Sale of Telecommunications Equipment To China, 15 pages, NSIAD-97-5. Sensitive Machine Tool Exports To China by McDonnell Douglas, 40 pages, NSIAD-97-4. Change In Export Licensing Jurisdiction for Two Sensitive Dual-Use Items (commercial jet engine hot section and commercial communications satellites), 27 pages, NSIAD-97-24. EXPORT FINANCE Federal Efforts To Support Working Capital Needs of Small Business, 53 pages, NSIAD-97-20. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Status of Urban Empowerment Zones, 62 pages, RCED-97-21. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Contract Reform is Progressing, But Full Implementation Will Take Years, 80 pages, RCED-97-18. High-Risk Series: DOE Contract Management, 34 pages, HR-97-13. Value of Benefits Paid To Separated Contractor Workforce Varied Widely, 27 pages, RCED-97-33. Evaluating U.S. Vulnerability to Oil Supply Disruptions and Options for Mitigating Their Effects, 120 pages, RCED-97-6. Funding and Workforce Reduced, but Spending Remains Stable, 31 pages, RCED-97-96. URBAN TRANSPORTATION Challenges To Widespread Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24 pages, RCED-97-74. WE WILL PUBLICIZE YOUR REPORTS, ANALYSES, BOOKS OR RESOURCES. Send them to Richard McCormack, Editor, Manufacturing & Technology News, P.O. Box 36, Annandale, VA 22003, or fax us a synopsis at 703-750-0064 or drop us a line in the "COMMENTS" section of our Web site.