But in its May 1 report, the GAO said that estimate was calculated incorrectly.
Studies show returns for 401(k)-style plans lagging 1 percentage point a year behind those of professionally managed traditional pension plans, the GAO said.
Some states said the penalty would be more of an incentive to boost reporting, the GAO said, but the Justice Department has yet to penalize any state.
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But the GAO said 65% of trusts reviewed treated claims information as confidential under rules that consider information submitted as part of a legal settlement process as privileged.
While the recent federal funds may serve as a catalyst for many projects and have generated high public expectations, the planning necessary to meet the many concerns outlined above has not yet occurred, the GAO report said.
The Labor Department said it would address the GAO's recommendations but also faced budgetary and legal limits in helping state plans.
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"It's still dangerous, even if they're not targeting the population, " Habib Maiga, a teacher in Gao, said of the strikes.
French and Malian troops also staged joint patrols for the first time, in the town of Douentza west of Gao, the AFP news agency said, quoting Malian sources.
Higher production, capacity and efficiency "drove significant margin expansion" during the quarter, Chief Executive JifanGaoJifan Gao said.
Higher production, capacity and efficiency "drove significant margin expansion" during the quarter, Chief Executive Jifan Gao said.
Bamako, Mali (CNN) -- Malian forces loosened the grip that Islamist militants' hold in the country's north with the retaking of the airport in the city of Gao, an official said.
Still, fighting continues in mountainous areas in the northeastern part of the West African nation, and Le Drian said that security in the key northern city of Gao remains a concern as well.
Spokesman Jim Foley said the department takes the GAO findings, which were completed 10 days ago, very seriously and that a number of flaws have already been corrected.
Gao Mayor Sadou Diallo said the Islamist fighters had launched Saturday's attack inside the city's Quatrieme Quartier, or Fourth District, and retreated when they were engaged by Malian forces.
The activist said that Belmokhtar was operating around Gao, hundreds of kilometres south of where Chadian troops are engaged in operations.
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The GAO, in the report released Thursday, said six of the seven governments also described difficulties with the complexity of the information technology systems they need to put in place to assist consumers in making their insurance choices.
With the support of French forces, the Malians entered and took control of Gao, which for months had been a militant stronghold, the French defense ministry said.
"The GAO is prepared to assist the Bureau throughout the process to ensure that this technology upgrade becomes a model program instead of another government IT failure like those which GAO found at other agencies, " the letter said.
"It's time for the U.S. to demonstrate that it will continue as the champion of free market and free trade, " Gao said.
"Most states made little to no progress with their reporting, " said Carol Cha, co-author of the GAO investigation.
Mr. Gao said that CIC is still heavily invested in the U.S. "I'm not diminishing it, but I'm not hanging everything in one tree, " he said.
"This was and will be their only child, " said a teacher who gave her surname as Gao at the Northeast Yucai School where Ms. Lu once studied.
Oxfam said prices in Gao had risen by more than 20% since the French military intervention.
During the financial crisis, "we were sort of welcome" in America, said Gao Xiqing, head of China Investment Corp.
Walker said he had decided to make the changes before Defense Department officials had contacted the GAO.
Mr Le Drian said French troops were also encountering pockets of resistance around the main northern city of Gao, adding that they were "practically in face-to-face combat" with the militants.
"China will first get to know the Arctic better, and then it is able to join effectively international cooperation, " Mr. Gao said, according to Xinhua.
Water and electricity supplies in the city of Gao have also been affected by rising fuel prices, fuel shortages and conflict-related damage, the aid agency said.
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