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| Date July 31, 1981 |
Report No. PLRD-81-48 |
Title
I( sCi,3f BY THECOMbTROLLER Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
Civil Agencies Should Save Millions By Recovering Silver From Photographic Wastes
Many civil agencies continue to pour silverladen photographic solutions down the drain. The Department of Defense, however, has an effective recovery program to stop further dumping of silver. Several civil agencies are using the Defense program, an... |
| Date June 8, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-66 |
Title
/ g “r,,!30 Ei’ THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF-THEUNITED STATES The Department Of Energy Needs Better Procedures For Selecting A Contractor To Operate Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is a multiprogram research and development laboratory operated by contractors for the Department of Energy. The Laboratory employs about 5,200 people with an annual operatin... |
| Date May 29, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-98 |
Title
QpaeQleneral $4~approval OFFICE UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED
HUMAN RESOURCES DlVLSlON MAY 29,1991 B-203295 The Honorable Jack Brooks Subcommittee on Legislation Chairman, and National Security Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: beview of Matters Relating to U.S. Army Laboratories and R search Activities in the San Franci... |
| Date Feb. 19, 1981 |
Report No. MASAD-81-5 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MISSION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACQUISITION AND OIVISION u-201a6a The honorable The Secretary Attention: Dear Mr. Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Assistant for Audit Reports FEBRUARY 19,198l Secretary: I R 114533 The State of asic Research in DOD aboratories (MASAD-81-5) F 3 In our Government-wide study of research and development 1/ some Department of Defense ... |
| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-39 |
Title
GAO
United States General Accountkg Office Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-201406
JANUARY Ilrfl#
19,198l The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Ray Marshall of Labor Secretary: b ccupational Consultations (HRD-81-39) Health Inspections Generally Appear ~lullulll IIll .
_. 114164 Subject: and Adequate J We reviewed the adequacy of health inspections and consultations made by the Occup... |
| Date Jan. 16, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-50 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALAIX~IJNT~NG OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION January 16, 1981 B-201760 The Honorable Douglas M. Castle Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: &essment of Grant Expenditures to Fund New Jersey Inter ency Toxic Waste Investigations/Prosecutions Program (CED-81-50) 4 At the request of the Chairman, Subcomnittee on ... |
| Date Dec. 24, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-40 |
Title
UNITED STATE~&&#LACCOUNT~N~
WASHINGTON, . D.C., 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION The Honorable Eula Bingham Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health . Department-of Labor Dear Ms. Bingham: Some Work Done by OSHA% Maintenance rand CalibrationLaboratory Appears Unnecessary (HRD-81-40) .J We visited the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA'S) Maintenance and Calibration L... |
| Date Dec. 22, 1980 |
Report No. LCD-81-18 |
Title
a + -’ .. RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the Qenerd Accounting Office except omthe basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relatbns. I \ww GAO
United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-201506
DECEMBER 22,199O RELEASED Logktics and Communications Division The Honorable Robert C. Byrd Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Committee ... |
| Date Dec. 16, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-42 |
Title
I!NI’TED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 The Honorable Julius Scsretary Assisthnt Department of Health Dear Dr. B. Richmond, M,D. for fiez.1t.h nnd Human Services Richmond: Subject: Biomedic-ll Research ILUi-r-* Program 2 (HRD-81-42) Support Grant _. During our survey of the National Institutes of Health's (EIA's! Bio!iledid~l Research Support Grant (BRSG) program,,-we ... |
| Date Dec. 16, 1980 |
Report No. 114006 |
Title
’ -. . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 A.M., EST, DECEMBER 16, 1980 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE ON ASPECTS OF THE NEW JERSEY INTERAGENCY OXIC WASTE INVESTIGATIO... |
| Date Nov. 26, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-81-33 |
Title
~~NITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING F ICE OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY mm MINERALS DIWSION NOVEM8ER 26,198O B-199916 The The Dear Honorable Secretary M r. Charles W . Duncan, of Energy Jr. Secretary: National L rgonne Early Retirement (EMD-81-33) Laboratory Program1 Subject: During our ongoing review of the Department of Energy's process for renewing the operating contract for the Argonne Nationa... |
| Date Oct. 22, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-12 |
Title
GAO
United States General Accounting Office Ufzhlngton. DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-200144
OCTOBER 22,198O The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris of Health and Human Services
113625 _. Harris: Charge A easonable %art B of Medicare Reductions Under (HRD-81-12) Subject: J Pursuant to a request from Senator Lawton Chiles, ChairSenate Special Committee on Aging, we exami... |
| Date Sept. 12, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-80-92 |
Title
REPCRT B','Tt-!EU.S. General Accounting Office
Federal Crime Laboratories Lack A Clear Policy For Assisting State And Local Jurisdictions
The Government encourages and assists States to develop their own crime laboratory capabilities and to decrease their reliance on Federal laboratories. However, Federal crime labs have accepted virtually all requests for analyses from State and local law enforce... |
| Date July 18, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-80-60 |
Title
,, BY THECOblP-T-ROLLER GENERAL ngress
OFTHEUNITEDSTATES Special Agents Should Be Phased Out As FBICrime Laboratory Examiners
The FBI is the only Federal crime laboratory which employs special agents as lab examiners. This is a costly practice, because special agents are higher graded than civilian personnel and receive special retirement benefits. The benefits the FBI claims from using special ag... |
| Date April 21, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-44 |
Title
UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT ACOUISITION AND SYSTEMS DIVISION APRIL 21,198O B-198347 The The Honorable Secretary Attention: Eiarold Srown of Defense d@c Assistant for Room 3A336 ASD (Comptroller) -a4 ‘*” Audit Reports ,. II ll 111111
112096
d 3 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: c, olicies DOD Still Geeds to Clarify for Performing Research and Development ... |
| Date Nov. 28, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-80-8 |
Title
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| Date Sept. 4, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-97 |
Title
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Obtaining services from laboratories in another Federal agency is one of many types of interagency cooperation in research and development. Interagency laboratory use is one means to more efficiently use the vast and varied research and development resources of the Federal Government. This report explores the extent and types of interagency laboratory use; scrutinizes the advan... |
| Date April 25, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-74 |
Title
APR 2 5 l979 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested bxletter dated January La, 1979, we are reviewing selected kesearch management activities of the National Institutes of Health](NIH) . Our review includes activities of four NIH components: the National... |
| Date April 23, 1979 |
Report No. ID-79-2 |
Title
REPORT THE BY Comptroller General
OF THEUNITED STATES
ffmmwrR~ RELEASED
.)Jd b be rehmwd out&de we AcecrumWZ Wfka ,-*a en the basis ed spa0 by aa3 Qffh e* cmwraaonti IRezati@m&,/ Difficulties In Determining If NLielear Training Of Foreigner!s Contributes TO Weapons Proliferation
Training and education in nuclear technology have been provided to foreign nationals by U.S. national laboratories and a... |
| Date July 6, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-60 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESHME 06538 - [B19269171 Savinqs Available by Contracting for Medicaid Supplies ard Services. HRD-78-60; B-164031(3). July 6, 1S78. 30 p, + 2 appendices (6 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Health Programs: ReimbuLseuent Folicies and Utilization Controls (1208). Cor. ict: Human Resourcts Div. Budcet Function: Heaith: Health Care Services 4551). orqani... |
| Date May 22, 1978 |
Report No. EMD-78-62 |
Title
DOCUMEIT BESUME 05938 - (B1446501] The multiprogram Laboratories: A National Resource for Nonnuclear Energy Research, Development, and remcustration. EBD-78-62; B-186105. nay 22, 1978. 82 pp. + appendices (4 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elder B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy: Executive Branch Organization and Processes for Dealing with Energy Problems (1611); Science and Tech... |
| Date Feb. 2, 1978 |
Report No. EMD-78-30 |
Title
DOCUENIT ESUOB
06772 B2267291] By aking the Lawrence Berikeley Laboratory a Feaderal Co. uter Center the Department of Energy Can Save illiorj #hile Serving Government Agencies. EBD-78-30; B-115369. ebruary 2, 1978. 16 pp. + 3 appendices (26 pp.). Report to Rep. Jack Brooks, Chairman, house Committee cD Government Operations; by Eleer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Automatic Data Proc... |
| Date Nov. 25, 1977 |
Report No. EMD-78-20 |
Title
DOCUMENT
04255 - [B3334564] iRESUM (Concerns regarding Report on the Solar Energy Research Institute]. EMD-78-20; B-186105. NcveQ.Ner 25, 1977. 3 pp. + 2 enclosures (9 pp.). Report to Rep. Timothy E. Wirth; Sen. Floyd K. Haskell; Sen. Gary W. Hart; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Araa: Energy: Exi.cutive Branch Organization and Processes for Dealing with Energy Problems (1611); Scie... |
| Date Nov. 17, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-78-14 |
Title
DOCUHENT RESUEH
04047 B3254496] A Way to Improve Sharing Cardiac Catheterization Services: B-133044. November 17, Patient Care and Reduce Costs. HED-78-14; (16 pp.).
1977. 40 pp. 7 appendices Comptrcller General. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Program.: Health Issue Area: Health Programs (1200); Health Policies and Providers (1202} ;Health rograms: eiseurseGent utilization Controls (1... |
| Date Sept. 16, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-148 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUtIE
03496 - [A26'3833) [Inappropriate Billing by the Veterans Administration for Electron icroscopy Services to Non-Veterans]. HED-77-148; E-133044o September 16, 1977. 5 pp. Report to P-tt Cleland, Administrator of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Adlinistiati, by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resources Div. Issue Area: Health Programs: Federal Government Control of Costs Through irect ... |
| Date Sept. 9, 1977 |
Report No. 103502 |
Title
DOCMENT RESUME
035'2 - [A2593739] Review of John J. Kane Hospital: A County Nursing Home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 9, 1977. 7 pp. Testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging; by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resources Div. Issue Area: Health Programs: Health Faci2ities (1203). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: Health: Nursing Homes (557). Organizaticn Conce... |
| Date July 15, 1977 |
Report No. LCD-77-357 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUnIE
02767 - [A2033113] '-asatric r [Reaction to Air Force Secretary's Comments on GAO Report on Consolidating Laboratories at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas].
LCD-77-357; B-172707. Jut 15, 1977. 4 pp. + enclosure (1 pp.). Report to Rep. John E. Moss; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700). Contact: Logistics and Communications Div. ... |
| Date July 12, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-122 |
Title
DOCUNENT 02948 A1993059] ESUME [Veterans' Administration Actions aken in Response to GAO Report on the Agency's Automated Clinical Lab System]. HRD-77-122; B-133044. ujy 12, 1977. 5 pp. Report to Sen, Alan Cranston, Chairman, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Area: Health Programs (1200); Health Programs: Federal ernment Control of Costs Through Direct... |
| Date April 6, 1977 |
Report No. LCD-77-323 |
Title
DOCUBENT RESUIE
01139 - A1052C15] Consolidation of the Air Forcues Environmental and Radiological Health Laboratories. B-172707; LCD-77-323. April 6, 1977. 45 pp. Report to Rep. Charles . halen, Jr.; Rep. John . Moss; Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey; Sen. John Glenn; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and aterial anageaent: Building, Buying, or Leasing Federal Faciliti... |
| Date Feb. 28, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-76-168 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME 00507 - [A0891494] Many Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Underused in Ldainistration Hospitals: Better Planning and Control Veterans Needed. HRD-76-168; 8-133044. February 28, 1977. 31 pp. Report to the Congress; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Health Programs: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: Veterans Benefits and Services: Hospital and Medica... |
| Date Oct. 8, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-160 |
Title
--s * p REPORT T THE CONGRESS .‘I( BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES .1..--- ~~ll~%11111111
LMlCmgo Health Monitoring Needed For Laboratory Em
Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency has not put into operation an agencywide program for the health monitoring of laboratory personnel even though numbers of its staff are potentially exposed on a continuing d... |
| Date Aug. 4, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-121 |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Tighter Controls Needed Over Payments For Laboratory Services Under Medicare And Medicaid
Social Social S’ecurity Administration and and Rehabilitation Service of Health, Education, and Welfare Department Medicare and Medicaid often pay substantially more for laboratory services than the prices charged by independent laborato... |
| Date May 3, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-100 |
Title
RT TO CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Need For Better Management And Control Over Scientific Equipment
Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency does not insure the most effective management and use of its scientific equipment. A large amount--$72 million--was infrequently or never used and unnecessary equipment purchases were being made. ) GAO re... |
| Date Dec. 3, 1975 |
Report No. PSAD-76-37 |
Title
By THE COMPTROLLER ‘@&j@JRAL OF THE UNITED STATES
LM096905 lllllMlllllllllllllllllull More Improvement Needed In Equipment Management Practices In Government Laboratories
Genera I Services Administration, Department Of Defense, and three civil agencies
For many years GAO and the Congress have tried to get Government agencies to improve the management of Government-owned laboratory equipment. Equ... |
| Date Aug. 22, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-76-10 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE
D.C. UNITED STATES
8 -221, xi- ZOSl8 B-164031(1) /, I’; The Honorable J. J. Pickle House of Representatives Dear Mr. Pickle: I 2 As you requested on September 18, 1974, we have reviewed the allegations of Mr. Robert F. Drucker, a former employee of the National Institute of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Drucker, in his undated... |
| Date July 1, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-389 |
Title
LM094971 Environmental Protection Agency Transfer Of Pesticide Laboratories From Beltsville, Maryland, And Washington, DC., To Cincinnati, Ohio, Should Be Reconsidered
There are three factors to be considered in the move: safety conditions, cost factors, and programmatic effects. The Agency has concluded that, because of safety and economic factors, the move is warranted. GAO’s review has shown ... |
| Date July 1, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-388 |
Title
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3 I G E S T . I;CLJ-75-383 .-&e!_el’.
lover date lpon jhouid removal... |
| Date Dec. 2, 1974 |
Report No. B-181844 |
Title
R- 181844 RELEASED The Honorable Roy A House of Representatives Dear Mr Taylor Taylor This letter 1s m response to your July 16, 1974, request relating to the July 12, 1974, announcement by the Admlmstr ator of the Agrxultural Stablllzatlon and Conservation Service (ASCS), Department of Agriculture, that the Asheville, North Carolma, and Salt Lake City, Utah, aerial photography laboratories would ... |
| Date Oct. 21, 1974 |
Report No. 093097 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND DIVISION WEIZARE OCT 2 i 197$ Mr. James B. Cardwell Commissioner of Social Department of Health, and Welfare Dear Mr. Cardwell: Security Education, Our review of the manner in which independent laboratories are regulated and reimbursed under federally funded health programs disclosed a situation in Arizona involving Medica... |
| Date Nov. 14, 1973 |
Report No. 090007 |
Title
Mr. James B . Ca rdwe 11 Commissioner of Social Security Department of Health, Education, Welfare Dear Mr. Cardwell: and We are performing a “survey of the manner in which independent laboratories are regulated and reimbursed under four federally funded hea lth programs --Ned icare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Benefits Program, Unifor... |
| Date May 31, 1973 |
Report No. 093829 |
Title
REGIONAL
ROOhrl 1903 JOHN F KENNEDY GOVERNMENT OFFICE
FEDERAL CENTER BUlLDING BOSTOM, MASSACHUSETB 02203 May 31, 1973 Brrgadler General John McWhorter Commanding General U S Army Natlck Laboratories Natlck, Massachusetts Dear General McWhorter c The General Accounting Office (GAO) 1s revlewlng the Government's standardlzatlon program a?d actlvltles related to mllltary and c~vdmn su_pply Items As p... |
| Date Aug. 30, 1971 |
Report No. 092587 |
Title
t
REGIONAL
PO06 WASHINGTON 234 STATE r
UNITED ‘STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
OFFICE
BOULFVAAD B-i-REEIBUILDINQ DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226 Commanding Officer Naval Ship Research and Development Laboratory Panama City, Florida 32401 Dear Sir: We have audited financial transactions in the accounts of your station for the 6-month period ended June 30, 1970, to test the effectiveness of your disbursi... |
| Date April 26, 1971 |
Report No. 093008 |
Title
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| Date Feb. 8, 1971 |
Report No. B-159687 |
Title
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY. ’ ’ CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Use And Operating Costs Of The Atomic Energy Commission’s High Energy Accelerators B159687 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES FEB. 8,1971 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. 20248 ~-157687 Dear Mr. Chairman: 7 4- 1 1’ I The General Accounting Office has reviewed the use and operating cost... |
| Date Jan. 29, 1970 |
Report No. 092114 |
Title
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WASHINGTON, .
D.C. 20548 I ;’ UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE . . ‘. . ,.’ . . .. .: .._ . ‘: .. |
| Date Jan. 1, 1967 |
Report No. 091187 |
Title
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