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Date May 9, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-74 Title

Government Operations: Analysis of Benefits Realized From Multiyear Contracting for the Black Hawk Helicopter

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Defense, Committee On Appropriations, House Of Representatives On Analysis D”f Benefits Realized From Multiyear Contracting&orJ’“he Black Hawk Helicopter In 1982, the Congress authorized a 6950 million 3-year multiyear contract for 294 Black Hawk helicopters. The Army estimated that such an arrangement would save about $...
Date May 9, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-112 Title

National Defense: Status of the Peacekeeper (MX) Weapon System

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense Status@dhe (MX) heapon Peacekeeper System Based on four successful test flights to date, the Air Force believes it wilt meet the December 19‘86 Peacekeeper initial deployment date specified by tfre Congress. However, some fright testing planned to take place before missile deployment is now scheduled for completion after deplo...
Date May 8, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-74 Title

Government Operations: Executive Agencies' Employee Cash Awards Program for Disclosure of Fraud, Waste, or Mismanagement

c . UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DWSION ~-215054 MAY 8, 1984 The Honorable Patricia Schroeder Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Civil Service Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Madam Chairwoman: Subject: II lllIlMlllll 124111' Executive Agencies' Employee Cash Awards Program for Disclosure of Fraud, Waste, or Misman...
Date May 7, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-152 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA's Preliminary Estimates of Future Hazardous Waste Cleanup Costs Are Uncertain

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman,Subcommittee On Commerce, Transportation And Tourism Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives s EPA’s Preliminary Estimates @f Future Hazardous Waste Cleanup Costs Are Uncertain This report evaluates the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Task Force preliminary study on the future resources needed toclean up th...
Date May 7, 1984 Report No. 124104 Title

Government Operations: Relocation of the OPM Western Executive Seminar Center

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEDURING HEARINGSSCHEDULED MAY 7, 1984, at 1O:OO A.M. STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON,DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE MANPOWER HOUSING ON AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE CIVIL SERVICE ON COMMITTEEON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON RELOCATIONOF THE WE...
Date May 3, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-68 Title

Government Operations: Labor Contract Negotiations Under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

.-I - 1241 +qjp$w BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Investigations, Committee On Post Off ice And Civil Service, House Of Representatives Labor Contract Negotiations Under The Civil Service Reform Act Of 1978 This report describes the labor contract negotlatlons process under the Cwl Service Reform Act and presents detailed data collected by GAO In a surv...
Date April 27, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-104 Title

National Defense: Review of the Alternate Fighter Engine Competition

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED 0 C. 20548 STATES B-199675 The Honorable United States The Honorable United States Subject: Lawton Chiles Senate Lowell Weicker, Senate Jr. April 27, 1984 Review of the Alternate Fighter Competition (GAO/NSIAD-84-104) Engine discussions, selection on February As you requested and as agreed to in subsequent we have reviewed the Alternate Fighter Engine s...
Date April 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-55 Title

Income Security: Absenteeism at the Social Security Administration's Office of Central Operations

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING~FRCEWASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 . HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION . w? 1 F. Simermeyer Mr. Arthur Associate Commissioner for Central ,Operatiol Social Security Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Simermeyer: Absenteeism at the Social Security Administration's Office of Central (GAO/HRD-84-55) 124149 Subject: Operations The General Accounting Office h...
Date April 11, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-84 Title

National Defense: The Navy Can Reduce Its Stated Requirements for F/A-18 Weapons Tactics Trainers

” c h B’Y’ U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE THE Report To The Secretary Of Defense The Navy Can Reduce its Stated Requirements For F/A-l 8 Weapons Tactics Trainers The Navy has proposed purchasing additronal weapons tactics trainers to support F/A-18 training. GAO’s analysis of F/A-18 trarnrng plans indicates that changes which have occurred in several key factors used by Navy planners would r...
Date April 2, 1984 Report No. PEMD-84-2 Title

Income Security: CWEP's Implementation Results to Date Raise Questions About the Administration's Proposed Mandatory Workfare Program

REPORT THEUS. W General Accounting Office CWEP’s Implementation Results To Date Raise Questions About The Administration’s Proposed Mandatory Workfare Program Community Work Experience Programs (CWEP’s) provide work experience and training to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients. The administration now proposes to make CWEP’s mandatory in all statesand to phase out the...
Date March 26, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-60 Title

National Defense: Department of the Army's Program To Modify 155-mm. M109 Self-Propelled Howitzers to an M109A5 Configuration

c I BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense Department Of The Army’s Program To Modify 155mm. Ml 09 Self-Propelled Howitzers To An Ml 09A5 Configuration The Army plans to modify 1,500 of its 155-mm. Ml09 howitzers to an M109A5 configuration at a cost of $1.5 billion. The modifications are intended to improve the howitzer’s effectiveness and availability. In April 1...
Date March 16, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-3 Title

Health: Assuring Reasonableness of Rising Indirect Costs on NIH Research Grants--A Difficult Problem

i REPORT THE BY Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Assuring Reasonableness Of Rising Indirect Costs O’n NIH Research Grants--A Difficult Problem National institutes of Health reimbursements to its grantees for indirect costs increased from $166 million in 1972 to $690 million in 1982. Moreover, indirect costs consumed an increasing proportion of the federal research dollar--rising from abo...
Date March 12, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-88 Title

Government Operations: Underestimation of Funding Requirements in Five Year Procurement Plans

UNDERESTIMATION OF FUNDING REQUIREMENTS I N F I V E YEAR PROCUREMENT PLANS J (BRIEFING PAPER) GAO/NSIAD-84-88 M A R C H 12,1984 F PREFACE UNDERCOSTING OF THE FIVE YEAR DEFENSE PLAN Historical data shows that DOD's Five Year Defense Plans (FYDP) are consistently undercosted. The dramatic increases in the defense program since 1980 and the perception that the cost of these huge increases may continu...
Date March 2, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-51 Title

National Defense: Impact of the Army's National Training Center on Improving Individual Soldier and Unit Abilities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL 8EClJRllV AFFAII16 AND DIVI8lON ~~.r--F+ . ,i “7 . Y ‘“,~-_-, _I.. ‘,, ,, ._ “, . _ ,_~_ P ..“,‘7 ^_ c.“T.si p,pqccsal ‘. ..Y appceQmli 2, 1984 The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo Subcommittee on Defense Chairman, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: RELEA...
Date March 2, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-95 Title

Transportation: The FAA Process of Selecting Locations for Automated Flight Service Stations

. ‘C c UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFF ICE (IESOURCIS. COMMUNITV, AN0 ECONOMIC OEVLLOPMLNT DIVISION B-214395 MARCH 2, 1984 The Honorable The Secretary Elizabeth H. Dole of Transportation Dear Madam Secretary: Subject: Iw llllllllll 123550 The Federal Aviation Administration's process of Selecting Locations for Automated Flight Service Stations (GAO/RCED-84-95) We have...
Date March 1, 1984 Report No. 123544 Title

Environmental Protection: Status of the General Accounting Office Reviews Concerning EPA's Superfund Activities

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE I WASHINGTON,D.C. 20545 . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECiTED 9:30 A.M. EDT AT MARCH1, 19l34 STATEMENTOF HUGHJ. WESSINGER, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON TRANSPORTATION,AND TOURISM OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEEON ENERGYAND COMMERCE ON STATUS OF #THEGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS CONCE...
Date Feb. 29, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-83 Title

Transportation: Types of Work Performed Using Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Federal Highway Funds

BYTHEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Investigations And Oversight, Committee On Public Works And Transportation U.S. House Of Representatives Types Of Work Performed Using Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehabilitation, And Reconstruction Federal Highway Funds This report discusses how seven states used Federal Highway Administration funds for resurfacing, restoring, ...
Date Feb. 23, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-21 Title

Government Operations: Escalation in Engineering Labor Rates at Defense Contractors

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED O.C. 2oM8 , STATES - B-205285 FEBRUARY 23, 1984 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Escalation at Defense in Engineering Labor Rates Contractors (GAO/NSIAD-84-21) In response to your September 17, 1982, request and su...
Date Feb. 21, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-29 Title

Agriculture and Food: Government Could Save Millions by Revising Its Purchase Specification for Ground Beef

ii? THEU.S.GENEkL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretaries Agriculture And Defense Of Government Could Save Millions By Revising Its Purchase Specification For Ground Beef The’ government’s purchase specification. for ground beef is more restrictive than specrfrcations used by commercial buyers and results in higher prices, without increasing quality. Most government ground beef purchases a...
Date Feb. 14, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-99 Title

Natural Resources: Information on the Forest Service Road Construction Program

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED D.C. 2064 STATES WASHINGTON R-213750 February 27, 1984 The Honorable G. V. Montgomery Chairman, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs The Honorable Alan K. Simpson Chairman, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subject: The Congress Could Consider Changing the Effective Date Provision for VA Disability Pension Awards (GAO/HRD-84-15) As part of our oversight of the...
Date Feb. 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-40 Title

Health: Analysis of Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Claims in Georgia, Idaho, and Southern California

UNITED STATS GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 13, 1984 February HUMANRESOURCES D1V1910N Carolyne K. Davis, PhD Health Care Financing Administrator, Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Analysis Claims California in of Medicare Durable Medical Georgia, Idaho, and Southern (GAO/HRD-84-40) Equipment Subject: We are in the process of analyzing reimburs...
Date Feb. 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-23 Title

Health: Inadequate Controls Over Medicare Payments for Once-in-a-Lifetime Physician Procedures

UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 February HUMAN RUOURCU DIVISION 13, 1984 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Subject: I Ill 123437 Over Medicare Physician Payments Procedures Inadequate Controls for Once-In-A-Lifetime (GAO/HRD-84-23) Medicare carriers are required to have c...
Date Feb. 10, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-77 Title

Energy: Natural Gas Price Increases in Kansas City

k’ THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton And The Honorable Nancy L. Kassebaum United States Senate Natural Gas Price Increases In Kansas City Substantial recent increases in natural gas P’k : ,‘. ““4. . ,* ‘. I’. prices have focused considerable congres..p ~sional and public attention on natural gas ~issues. To determine which factors contributed ...
Date Feb. 7, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-106 Title

Energy: The U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation's Contracting With Individual Consultants

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Oversight And Investigations, Committee On Energy And Commerce, House Of Representatives The U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation’s Contracting With Individual Consultants On The U S Synthetic Fuels Corporation has an overall policy and lmplementlng guIdelInes for awarding contracts Regarding Indlvldual consultants, the policy states that contracts should be awar...
Date Jan. 18, 1984 Report No. IMTEC-84-7 Title

Information Management: Air Force Progress in Implementing the Phase IV Base Level Computer Replacement Program

BYiHE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee Government Operations House Of Representatives On OF THE UNITEDSTATES Air Force Progress In Implementing The Phase IV Base Level Computer Replacement Program The Air Force has desrgned a program--called Phase IV--to replace computers at 118 air bases around the world by July 1985 Because of drfflculties rn convertrng the old software to ru...
Date Jan. 17, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-33 Title

Government Operations: Air Force Decision To Produce Liquid Oxygen In-House at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OffICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NAnoNu INTSRNATIONU 8Rcunm ANAIRS ANO OIW8ION JANUARY 17, 1884 B-205555 The Ronarable United States Dear Senator Subject: Bob Packwood Senate Packwood: Air Force Decision to Produce Liquid Oxygen In-Rouse at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam (CAO/NSIA,D-84-33) 123285 In your letters of November 24, 1982, and March 11, 1983, you expressed c...
Date Jan. 12, 1984 Report No. IMTEC-84-3 Title

Information Management: An Improved Automated System Would Better Identify Small Businesses Seeking Federal Contracting Opportunities

ES’THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING 0 FFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee General Oversight And The Economy Committee On Small Business House Of Representatives An Improved Automated System Would Better Identify Small Businesses Seeking Federal Contracting Opportunities The Small Business Admlnlstratlon’s(SBA’s) Procurement Automated Source System IS intended to maintain Information about t...
Date Jan. 4, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-2 Title

Transportation: Safety Standards on Small Passenger Aircraft--With Nine or Fewer Seats--Are Significantly Less Stringent Than on Larger Aircraft

. -31 . I- iP+- BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Safety Standards On Small Passenger Aircraft-W ith Nine Or Fewer Seats--Are Significantly Less Stringent Than On Larger Aircraft GAO’ analysis of commercial air carrier accident statistics shows that s the accident rate for small aircraft--those with nine or fewer passenger seats--is significantly higher than f...
Date Dec. 29, 1983 Report No. HRD-84-19 Title

Education: Funding Information on the State Student Incentive Grant Program and Other Need-Based Student Aid Programs

B-213349 REtEASED The Honorable Paul Simon Chairman, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Funding Information on the State Student Incentive Grant Program and Other Need-Based Student Aid Programs/of Selected States (GAO/HRD-84-19) I* Your November 17, 1982, letter requested information on the Department of Ed...
Date Dec. 12, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-33 Title

Agriculture and Food: Cost Information on the USDA Tobacco Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHiNGTON. ACCOUNTlNG D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION December 12, 1983 B-205935 The Honorable Thomas E. Petri House of Representatives Dear M r. Petri: Subject: Cost Information (GAO/RCED-84-33) on USDA's Tobacco Program In your April 13, 1983, letter and subsequent discussions with your office, you asked that we obtain cost informa...
Date Dec. 9, 1983 Report No. GGD-84-18 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Travel by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Administrator and His Staff Was Reasonable and Appropriate

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 QIIXUAL QOVCRNMtM DlVI8ION OECEMBER 9, 1983 B-202245 The Honorable Ike F . Andrew9 on Chairman, Subcommittee Human Resources Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear M r. Chairman: Subject: 123022 IIIIIll T ravel By The O ffice O f Juvenile Justice And Delinquency Prevention's Administrator And His Staff Was Reasona...
Date Dec. 8, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-66 Title

Transportation: Limited Funds and Numerous Deficient Off-System Bridges Create Federal Bridge Program Dilemma

BY THE US GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Limited Funds And Numerous Deficient C)ff -System Bridges Create Federal Bridge Program Dilemma The majority of the Nation’ 252,000 deficient bridges is off s the Federal-aid highway system. These bridges, generally located in rural areas with low volumes of traffic, are usually the responsibility of local governments, ...
Date Nov. 28, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-48 Title

Natural Resources: Agriculture's Soil Conservation Programs Miss Full Potential in the Fight Against Soil Erosion

. . l s. /2Zq’ qM \ h’ THE COM P T R O LLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Agriculture’ s Soil Conservation Programs M iss Full Potential In The Fight Against Soil Erosion Indications are that soil erosion is becoming more serious and Department of Agriculture programs are not keeping pace with the current rate of erosion. Agriculture’ s conservation resources, includin...
Date Nov. 9, 1983 Report No. 122843 Title

Government Operations: The Proposed Carter Presidential Library

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO A.M. WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 1983 9, STATEMENTOF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON,DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE PROPOSED CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY / Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I am pleased to be here today to provide aspec...
Date Nov. 3, 1983 Report No. 122983 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture's Payment-In-Kind Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING.OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 --1 j FOR RELEASE ON DELkVERY Expecked at lO:,t$O A.M. EST Thursday, November. 3, 1983 / STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDlV+N BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON SELECT REVENUE MEASURES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON THE ) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S PAYMENT-IN-K...
Date Oct. 27, 1983 Report No. AFMD-84-4 Title

Financial Management: Department of Defense Progress in Resolving Contract Audits

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Department Of Defense Progress In Resolving Contract Audits The Department of Defense has progressed in establishing a contract audit resolution system. The purpose of the system is to ensure that managers appropriately use audit recommendations in the negotiation, administration, and settlement of contracts. When the system was established in 1...
Date Oct. 26, 1983 Report No. 122681 Title

National Defense: Department of Defense Spare Parts Procurement Practices

U.S. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASEINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 10:00 A.M. +UESDAY. OCTOBER26, 1983 STATEMENTOF WARREN REED G. DIRECTOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE BEFORETHE COMMITTEEON ARMEDSERVICES, UNITED STATES SENATE, ON DEPARTMENT DEFENSE SPARE PARTS OF PROCUREMENT PRACTICES us. - 11111 Ill 122681 Mr. Chairman an...
Date Oct. 25, 1983 Report No. IMTEC-84-5 Title

Information Management: GSA Should Strengthen Its Management and Cost Control Over ADP Revolving Fund Activities

. . ’ ERRATA To the recipients Oct.ober and 25, Cost of General entitled Over Accounting “GSA O ffice Should report Strengthen Fund IMTEC-84-5, its Man- dated agement 1983, Control ADP Revolving Activities.” The fifth ing following line of change first should be made to page t.he 3, head- subparagraph under NEED FOR INCREASED “various GSA officials.” COST CONTROL G A O off iciale” OVER...
Date Oct. 14, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-11 Title

Energy: Status of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Activities as of September 30, 1983

General Accounting Office Status Of Strategic Petroleum Rkserve Activities As Of September 30, 1983 The Department of Energy reported that during fiscal year 1983 about 83.1 million barrels of oil were delivered to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, for an annual average fill rate of about 228,000 barrels per day. As of September 30, 1983, the oil inventory of the Reserve was about 361 million barre...
Date Oct. 11, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-84-12 Title

Government Operations: Information on the Military Services' Enlisted Aide Program

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING O F F ICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 Ooneral apprOVsPl REslrNHxCi2 ‘I .‘ r,A: i,NAL V~,,llli,NA, SCCURITY AkfAlRS AND DIVISION Not to bo relcakcd o~ts:ato the CXCQpt On tile basis of tpecific AoCoantinp: o~%cc pr tk, Office of Congressional Relations. B-207788 RELEASED OCTOBER 11, 1983 The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on App...
Date Oct. 7, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-84-6 Title

National Defense: Comments on Navy's Manpower, Personnel, and Training Planning Process

UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 w*no**L INTIIINATIONAL 81cuam AWAIRS lruo OIVISION OCT ? 1983 The Honorable Chapman 8. Co% Assistant Secretary of the Navy Manpower and Reserve Affairs Dear Mr. Cox: Subject: Comments on Navy’s Manpower, Personnel, and Training Planning Process (GAO/NSIAD-84-6) In March 1983 GAO began surveying the effectiveness of Navy's manpower, pers...
Date Oct. 4, 1983 Report No. 122598 Title

Income Security: Economic Implications of Unisex Pensions

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. STATEMENT LAWRENCE THOMPSON OF H. CHIEF ECONOMIST 122598 BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE LABOR ON SENATE COMMITTEEON LABOR AND HUMANRESOURCES ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF UNISEX PENSIONS ON FOR RELEASEON DELfVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. October 4, 1983 Mr. Chairman and Members I am pleased on women's pension Senators examining Practices be affected. ...
Date Sept. 30, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-108 Title

Government Operations: Cost Comparison of House of Representatives Page System Versus Regular Messenger Employees

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20540 Mf~SHcJn~&TON, B-206782 RELEASED Sepee&er 30, 1983 The Honorable Bill Frenzel House of Representatives Dear Mr. Frenzel: Subject: Cost Comparison of House of Representatives System Versus Regular Messenger Employees (GAO/GGD-83408) Page This report is in response to your August 12, 1983, request that we compare the cost of the present page system ...
Date Sept. 30, 1983 Report No. AFMD-83-89 Title

Financial Management: Review of the Government Printing Office's Cost Estimate for the Cooperative Map Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 mxourmNa MANAO8MCNT AN0 ~INANCIAA. DIVI8ION B-208490 SEPTEMBER 39,1983 The Honorable Augustus Hawkins Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States Dear Mr. Chairman Review of the Government Printing Cost Estimate for the Cooperative (GAO/AFMD-83-891,' Office's Map Program Subject: This report is in response to th...
Date Sept. 27, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-83 Title

Health: Opportunities To Reduce Fee-Basis Pharmacy Costs

. . UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTIN&FFICE c WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURW DlVlSION SeotemDer 27, 1983 B-207930 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs Dear Xr. Walters: Sublect: Opportunltles to Xeduce Fee-Basis Pharmacy Costs (GAO/HRD-83-83) We have completed a review of the Veterans Adminxtratlon's (VA's1 efforts to reduce the number and cost of prescriptions fille...
Date Sept. 26, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-69 Title

Energy: Pros and Cons of Exporting Alaskan North Slope Oil

BY THE U.S.GENERA? ACCOUNTING Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On International Economic Policy And Trade, Committee On Foreign Affairs House Of Representatives OFFKE l Pros And Cons Of Exporting Alaskan North Slope Oil U.S. laws restrict the export of oil produced from Alaska’s North Slope fields. Whether some of that oil should now be exported is a subject of debate. The controversy involv...
Date Sept. 21, 1983 Report No. 122383 Title

Government Operations: The Regulatory Reform Act

U.S. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 A.M. ETD Wednesday, September 21, 1983 STATEMENTOF ARTHURJ. CORAZ'ZINI ACTING DIRECTOR, PROGRAM ANALYSIS DIVISION BEFORETHE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE ON AND PROCEDURE COMMITTEEON THE JUDICIARY ON THE REGULATORY REFORM ACT Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are pleased latory R...
Date Sept. 20, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-33 Title

Government Operations: Better Management and Price Negotiation Will Improve the VA Multiple Award Schedule Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-211827 SEPTEMBER 20.1983 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs Dear Mr. Walters: Subject: Better Management and Price Negotiation Will Improve the Veterans Administration's Multiple Award Schedule Program (GAO/NSIAD-83-33) We reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA's) procurement of drugs and pharmaceutic...
Date Sept. 7, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-32 Title

Budget and Spending: Status of Major Acquisitions as of September 30, 1982

sTtB>v6’ THE S-LAFFOF U.S. ~’ THE General Accounting Off ice Status Of Major Acquisitions September 30, 19182 As of September 30,1982, federal agencies. estimated cost of 444 civil and defense major acquisitions was more than 5842 billion. This included cost growth of more than 5460 billion over the initial estimates for these acquisitions, The initial estimate is the estimate contained in th....
Date Sept. 6, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-94 Title

Energy: Compliance With the Department of the Interior's Cost Recovery Program Could Generate Substantial Additional Revenues

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING O.C. 20548 OFFICE ANP HESCIURCES. COMMUNITY. ECON