Recent GAO reports

Education

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT: Education Actions Needed to Improve Implementation and Evaluation of Supplemental Educational Services, GAO-06-1121T, September 21, 2006
     Highlights (pdf, 59KB, 1p.) Full testimony (pdf, 494KB, 27p.)
     Discusses Supplemental Educational Services (SES) in schools receiving Title I funds.

Elderly

GUARDIANSHIPS: Little Progress in Ensuring Protection for Incapacitated Elderly People, GAO-06-1086T, September 7, 2006
     Highlights (pdf, 60KB, 1p.) Full testimony (pdf, 188KB, 17p.)
     Updates a 2004 GAO report.

Mortgages

ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE PRODUCTS: Impact on Defaults Remains Unclear, but Disclosure of Risks to Borrowers Could Be Improved, GAO-06-1112T, September 20, 2006
     Highlights (pdf, 60KB, 1p.) Full testimony (pdf, 564KB, 16p.)

ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE PRODUCTS: Impact on Defaults Remains Unclear, but Disclosure of Risks to Borrowers Could Be Improved, GAO-06-1021, September 19, 2006
     Highlights (pdf, 60KB, 1p.) Full report (pdf, 1.6MB, 64p.)
     Report and testimony discuss risks of interest-only, adjustable rate mortgages for less sophisticated borrowers.

Social Security

SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: Implications of Different Indexing Choices, GAO-06-804, September 14, 2006
     Highlights (pef, 56KB, 1p.) Full report (pdf, 1MB, 74p.)
     Analyzes the role of indexing in Social Security's long-term solvency as well as income adequacy and benefit equity.