Shuttle Retirement on GAO Top 13 List for Transition Team

GAO Lists Top “Urgent Issues” for Next President and Congress and Unveils New Website

“Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro Thursday released a list of 13 urgent issues the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified as among those needing the attention of President-Elect Obama and the 111th Congress during the transition and the first year of the new administration and Congress. The list is the centerpiece of a new Web site GAO launched Thursday that is designed to help make the transition an informed and smooth one across the federal government.

* Retirement of the Space Shuttle”