The GAO report (NB this is _not_ GOA) is at

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/g100064.pdf

and it’s 100 pages (exactly) for whoever wants to print it.

There is, evidently, also this from a press release, from U.S. Sen. Craig
Thomas
(R-WY):

The General Accounting Office (GAO) audit of the National
Instant Check System (NICS) is now complete, and it shows there
are significant problems with NICS. It is designed and managed
by the FBI and does not operate as Congress intended. The most
glaring problems are:

1.2 million (28%) of all federal firearm checks were not
instant.

1,505 individuals were denied the opportunity to purchase
firearms as a result of FBI examiner error or misidentification.

As of December 31, 1999, BATF Headquarters reported that
3,353 prohibited individuals had obtained firearms, but only had
active criminal investigations on 110 – or 3.3 percent of these
individuals.

NICS failed to meet its operating accountability standards
2/3 of the time between 11/30/98 and 11/30/99.

NICS has been operational for 15 months, but it has not yet
been certified as secure in accordance with the FBI’s own routine
requirements for computer security.

The new NICS report should weigh heavily in the President’s
current push for additional laws to affect gun purchases and
address violence.” “If during our oversight of current gun
control laws it’s found that criminals still get guns and a high
number of legal gun purchases are denied, you have to question
the effectiveness of additional layers of gun regulation. We
have got to get serious about targeting and prosecuting the
criminals and addressing the drug trade that often precipitates
violence.”
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