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Thomas
H.
Kean
CHAIR
Lee
H. Hamilton
VICE
CHAIR
RichardBen-Veniste
Max
Cleland
Frederick
F.
Fielding
Jamie
S. Gorelick
Slade Gorton
John
F.
LehmanTimothy
J.
Roemer
James
R.
Thompson
Philip
D.
Zelikow
DIRECTOR
September
2,
2003TheHonorable DavidM.WalkerComptroller GeneralGeneral Accounting
Office
441 G Street, NWWashington,DC20548Dear
Mr.
Walker:As a follow-up to your letter of July 28, 2003, establishing procedures for ourCommission's
access
to GAO records, and our letter of July 29, 2003, we
wanted
toupdateyou on ourprogressinreviewingGAOmaterials.Wehavenow met with many of your
staff
and received valuable briefings from themon their work past,
present,
and
future.
We appreciate the cooperation wehave received from you and the GAO. Based on these
broader
briefings to
date,
we would like to request the opportunity to inspect and copy selectedworkpapers from the
following
completed GAO Reports:
1.
Border Security
-
Implications
of
Eliminating
the
Visa WaiverProgram, November 2002(GAO-03-38);2. Border Security
-
New
Policies
and
Procedures
are
Needed
to
FillGapsin theVisa Revocation
Process,
June 2003(GAO-03-798);
3.
Technology Assessment
-
Using Biometrics
for
Border Security,November 2002
(GAO-03-174);
4. Information Technology
-
Terrorist Watch Lists Should
be
Consolidated to Promote Better Integration and Sharing, April2003 (GAO-03-322);
5.
Land Border Ports
of
Entry
-
Vulnerabilities
and
Inefficiencies
in
the
Inspections Process, July 2003 (GAO-03-782);
•->*-
6.
Homeland Security
- INS
Cannot Locate Many Aliens Because
it
Lacks Reliable Address Information, November 2002 (GAO-03-188);
7.
Immigration
Benefit
Fraud
—
Focused Approach
is
Needed
to
Address Problems, January 2002 (GAO-02-66); and
8.
Potential Terrorist Attacks
-
Additional Actions Needed
to
BetterPrepare Critical Financial Market Participants(GAO-03-414).
In
addition,
we
understand
that
you are in the
process
of
completing
a
report
on the
U.S.-Visit Program,
and we
would
ask for
similar
access
to
selected
work
papers once that report
is
released.
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Street
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202.331.4060
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202.296.5545
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