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Date Aug. 29, 1980 Report No. CED-80-134 Title

Housing: More Improvements Can Be Made in HUD's Research and Technology Activities

1::QMhlUNrTY AN0 DEVEL.0PMEN-r ECaNOMlC KIIVISION B-199825 AUGUST 29,198O The Honorable Moon Landrieu ,,,$" The Secretary of Housing Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary: km ,,,,,,, ,18”/ and p pi”’ $#““I” 113248 SUBJECT: &ore Research Improvements Can Be Made in and Technology Activities) (CED-80-134) &UD8s We recently completed a review of the Department of Rousing and llrban Develop...
Date July 8, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-85 Title

Energy: Federal Power Marketing Agencies Could Do More in Conservation and Renewable Resource Areas

. .. * . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, IX. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS DIV.~SION . . JULY 8,198O B-199 167 The Honorable -The Secretary Dear Mr. Charles W. Duncan, of Energy Jr. gQ Duncan : Power Marketing Agencies Could Conservation and Renewable Resource ‘Do More in ts Subject: % we have issued reports which looked at the During the past 2 years, future role and contributio...
Date May 27, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-76 Title

Energy: Do NRC Plans Adequately Address Regulatory Deficiencies Highlighted by the Three Mile Island Accident?

Diim~~nthg Not to be rohaud office axeopt on the outside MO Uenaral basis of rpocific approval B-198829 May 27, 1980 u”’ he Honorable Gary W. Hart, Chairman b f The Honorable Alan K. Simpson / do b”(O Ranking Minority Member Y ’ Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation Committee on Environment and Pub1 ic Works United States Senate -Subject: Eo ’ sion Plans Adequately Address Regulatory Def ic...
Date May 21, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-39 Title

Natural Resources: Emergency Allocation Rules Fail To Recognize Needs of Petrochemical Industry

EY THECOMPTROLL~l?‘~i!!NERAL. OF THEUNITEDSTATES ’ ’ Report ToThe Congress Emergency Allocation Rules Fail To Recognize Needs Of Petrochemical Industry The petrochemical industry uses petroleum and natural gas for making its products as well as meeting its fuel needs. However, current Government allocation programs pertain solely to fuel uses, not to the industry’s material feedstock requi...
Date April 8, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-65 Title

Energy: Need for a System To Establish Priorities Among Fossil Energy Technologies

RELEASED Rot to be released outside the aeneral RESl7?ICTID Accounting Office except on the barls of speolfk rpprovai by the Office of Congressional R&f~tteif% COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASWINGTON. OF D.C. TWE UNITED i?OS48 STATES B-198007 APRIL8,1980 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power '7 rl;' O&~Cc33 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representat...
Date Feb. 29, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-31 Title

Budget Formulation: Many Approaches Work but Some Improvements Are Needed

Report To The Chairman, House Committee On Government Operations United States House Of Representatives Budget Formulation: Many Approaches Work But Some Improvements Are Needed This report describes and compares the budget formulation process in 10 Federal programs in the Departments of Defense; Interior; and l-lealth, Education, and Welfare. GAO found a wide range of budget developNo single appr...
Date Sept. 25, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-45 Title

Budget and Spending: Streamlining Zero-Base Budgeting Will Benefit Decisionmaking

c i!Y THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Streamlining - Zero-base Budgeting Will Benefit Decisionmaking Zero-base budgeting IS a process that considers other ways of carrying out programs and actlvltles It also examines current organlzatlonal obJectIves, operations, and costs A special feature of ZBB IS that programs are ranked by their order of Importance to the organi...
Date June 1, 1979 Report No. 120211 Title

Government Operations: Survey of Procurement System Operated at Scott Air Force Base

*I1 - . (, I .6 * UNITEDSTATES GENERA~ACCOIJNTING OFFICE '? Q 0 . l( REGIONAL ROOM OFFICE II BUILDING 717, GATEWAY &H AND STATE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS 66101 Colonel John A. Doglione Commander, 375th Aeromedical Scott Air Force Base, Illinois Dear Colonel Doglione: Airlift Wing 6222 The General Accounting Office has completed a limited survey of the base levsl procurement activities of the 375th Aerom...
Date May 1, 1979 Report No. 094314 Title

Budget and Spending: Can Zero-Base Budgeting Be Successfully Applied to the Federal Budget Process?

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. 094379 Title

Government Operations: Federal Research and Development Budget

United States General Account'ins O f f icr -Washington,D. C. 20548- l 1 1 1 1 1 lr 1 1 1 1 1 l Il 1i 094379 ~ FOR RkLEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m., EST Thursday, April 5, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY j ' ON THELFEDERAL R&D BUDGET] \' 1 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: O f all the co...
Date Nov. 6, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-164 Title

Free Legal Services for the Poor: Increased Coordination, Community Legal Education, and Outreach Needed

DOCUMENT RESUME 07901 - rC3128227] Free Legal Services for the Poor: Increased Coordination, Community Legal Education, and Outreach Needed. HRD-78-164; B-130515(6). November 6, 1978. 23 pp. + 4 appendices (112 pp.)Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Inccie Security Programs: Legal Services for the Economically Disadvantaged ...
Date Oct. 11, 1978 Report No. CED-78-148A Title

An Executive Summary: 16 Air and Water Pollution Issues Facing the Nation

DOCUMENT RESUME 07383 - [C28679921 Air and Water Pollution Issues Facing B-166506. October 11, 1978. 43 pp. by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller eneral. An Executive Summary: 16 the Natioa. CED-78-148A; Report to the Congress: Issue Area: Environmental Protection Programs: Environmental Protection Standards (2201). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Env...
Date Sept. 18, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-57 Title

Fossil Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration: Opportunities for Change

~lsllllllllllllllllllelillllll~~~ll~ LM107101 I - JKIEASED ---. OF Tt-iE UNITEC; STATES -m- - The Department of Energy tools necessary to properly energy research, deveiopment, tion program. Specifically, needs to develop. lacks some of the manage rts fossil and demonstrathe Departmen? .-A system of formal program prioritres to allocate lirnrted resources among different fossil energy technologtes...
Date July 31, 1978 Report No. 091441 Title

Special Publications: Building a Consensus on Legislation for a National Materials Policy

Date July 25, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-421 Title

National Defense: Essentiality of Air Force War Reserve Items

DOCUMENT RESUME 06480 [ B20871021 Essentiality of Air Force War feserve Items. LCD-78-421; B-133395. July 25, 1978. 26 pp. + 4 ppendices (4 pp.). Report to Sen. John C. Stennis, Chairman, Senate Ccmmittee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Balance of War eserves, Prepositicned Stocks, aid the Industrial Base. (806). Contact: Loqistics and ...
Date April 24, 1978 Report No. ID-78-39 Title

International Affairs: Priorities and Materials Allocations under Defense Production Act

DCCU£ENT RISUSI 05714 - [ B1226183] Priorities and naterials Allocations under Defense Production Act]. ID-78-39; B-36983. April 24, 1S78. 3 pp. * enclosure (9 Dp.) Report to Rep. charles J. Carney, C'tairuan, House of Representctives: Congressional Steoii Caucus; by J. Kenneth Fasick, Director, International Div. Issue Area: International Economic and Military Programs 1600); InterLational Econo...
Date March 6, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-64 Title

The 1975 Amendments to the Older Americans Act: Little Effect on Spending for Priority Services

,’ .A llHlllllllllllll IIllIIIIIIIIlIIlllll lllllllllllll LMI 05322 ! OF THE UNITED STAiES The 1975 Amendments To The Older ! Americans Act--Little Effect On Spending For Priority Services The 1975 amendments established four priority servies for me eklerly-transportation, home services, legal and other counseling, and residential repair and renovation. They have had little effect on the spendin...
Date Feb. 15, 1978 Report No. CED-78-55 Title

Education: Questionable Need for All Schools Planned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs

DOCUIBET RESOIB 05061 BO485406 1*t f7Se J/A7/7 F Questionable Need for All Schools lanned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. CED-78-55; B-111868, February. 15, 1978. Ralease.. February 27, 1978. 25 pp. + appendix (2 pp.). Report to Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Interior Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assi...
Date Jan. 6, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-10 Title

Emergency Natural Gas Purchases: Actions Needed to Correct Program Abuses and Consumer Inequities

DOCUMENT BESUBE 04552 - (B0104991] Esergency Natural Gas Purchasest Actions Program Abuses and Consumer Inequities. Needed to Correct END-78-10; B-178205. January 6, 1978. 32 pp. + 4 appindices (S pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy: Effect of Federal Efforts on Energy Conservation (1607); Energy: Role of Fossil Future Needs (1609);laterials: A...
Date Dec. 20, 1977 Report No. CED-78-6 Title

Environmental Protection: National Water Quality Goals Cannot Be Attained without More Attention to Pollution from Diffused or 'Nonpoint' Sources

DOCUMENT 04259 B35548073 ESUME National Water Quality Goals Cannot Be Attained without ore Attention to Pollution from Diffused or "Nonpoint" Sources. CED-78-6; B-166506. December 20, 1977. 29 pp. + 8 appendices (18 PP.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: nvironmental Protection Programs: Costs/Benefits of Achieving Envircnmental Protection Standards (220...
Date Dec. 12, 1977 Report No. HRD-78-3 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Consumer Product Safety Commission Needs to Issue Safety Standards Faster

V REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES so ? The Consumer Product Safety Commission Needs To Issue Safety Standards Faster The Consumer Product Safety Commission develops and issues safety standards to protect consumers from hazardous products. However, as of June 30, 1977, and since it began in May 1973, the Commission had issued only three safety standards under ...
Date Oct. 13, 1977 Report No. 103962 Title

Government Operations: The Office of Technology Assessment

_ ._ ___. TP ->,-I---.. - .._ .-. -- _.._ II B-188995 Under t&e pmvisions of 38 U.S,C. B 21X(a) (1970) * excw as to matters not reMat to y&r cE&z, the dec%siems rpf t&e Adminfstrator of Veterans' WeEairs om. any ipaestims 0E 3.awam fact under any law administered by the VA providing bem&Zts fsp veterans and their dependents or suruivors are f%.nal and cowltim No other official nor any court of the...
Date Oct. 6, 1977 Report No. 107100 Title

Natural Resources: Land and Natural Resource Planning System Used by the Bureau of Land Management

Date May 20, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-406 Title

Energy: Emergency Power Generators Used and Managed Inefficiently by Department of Defense

DOCUMENT RESUME 02165 A14524561 by Emergency Power Generators Used and Mana.ged Inefficiently 32 20, 1977. Department of Defense. LCD-77-406; B-133361. May PPReport to Secretary, Department of Defense; by Fred J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Communications Div. and Issue Area: Facilities and Material Managemet:' Operation Federal Efforts to Maintenance of Facilities (708); Energy: Conserve Ener...
Date Feb. 7, 1977 Report No. 091348 Title

Civil Rights: Civil Preparedness Activities

UNITED . STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D-C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 2:OO p.m. Febcuacy 7, 1977 l FRED J. STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR, LOGISTICS SHAFER, DIVlSION BEFORE = AND COMMUNICATIONS THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND FACILITIES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED-SERVICES . MR. CHAIRMAN, INSTALLATIONS MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY I WELCOME THIS OPPORTU...
Date Aug. 24, 1976 Report No. 094668 Title

Government Operations: Overview of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFiCi 'WifHTNGTDN, D. D. 20548 ' 1 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 AM, E.D.T. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1976 1. STATEMENT OF ROBERT F. KELLER DEPUTY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 3 --ii/ SUBCOMMI7lEE ON FEDERAL SPENDING PRACTICES,~~~~'r EFFICIENCY, SENATE COMMIiEE AND OPEN GOVERNMENT ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON OVERVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROC...
Date Feb. 27, 1976 Report No. PSAD-76-14 Title

Government Operations: Impact of Shortages of Processed Materials on Programs of Vital National Interest

MAR1 4976 LIBRARY SYSTEM lmr,act Of Shortages atxwals on Prscesse Prdgrams Of lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll National Interest LM099948 Departments of Commerce, Protection Defense, and Labor Agency and The Environmental the General Service Admrn’rstratron Past shortages of processed materials such as steel, aluminum, castings, forgings, and electronic components increased costs and delaye...
Date Dec. 2, 1975 Report No. 094633 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Federal Materials Research and Development

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 OYY633 I For release on delivery Expected 9:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1975 STATEMENTOF ELMERB. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL BEFORETHE SENATECOMMITTEEON COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ON AND COMMERCE B.3~~ / 5‘5 $ Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: We are releasing Materials today a report to the Congress on "be...
Date June 17, 1975 Report No. 094617 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 4461

--. LL United S t a t e s G e n e r a l Accounting O f f i c e 20548 Washington, D. C. FOR RELEASE 0 D E L I V E R Y 1 3 Expected a t 1 0 a . m . , EDT Tuesday, J u n e 1 7 , 1975 STATEMENT OF ELMER 8. STAATS, COHPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES BEFORE THE 6 ) HOUSE COlalMITTEE on. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON ~ 3(d@ H.R. 4461, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY - W E ORGANIZATION ACT OF 1975 Mr. ...
Date Nov. 12, 1974 Report No. 094568 Title

Congressional Budget Reform: What Are Its Prospects?

I d Ldd/ NAVAL POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL BANNERMAN LECTURE SERIES MONTEREY , CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 1 2 , 1974 BUDGET REFORM: WHAT ARE ITS I am honored t o have been invited t o participate in the Bannerman. Lecture Series established by the Naval Post-Graduate School. / Jim l!lryq 4 Bannerman epitomized t h a t s e l f l e s s dedication which should be a standard for a l l of us in the public service. H...
Date April 1, 1974 Report No. 094589 Title

Special Publications: Why a Higher Priority Is Needed for Improved Government Reporting

Date Jan. 1, 1974 Report No. 091091 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Summer 1974

The G‘AO t2uilrling. 441 C Street. NW., K’nshington, D.C. President Harry S. Truman participutetl in the laying of the cornerstone in Septemher 1951. During the dedication ceremonies he stated: “Many people in the Government hace wrongly considered the General Accounting Ofice a sort of bugaboo thnt keeps them from doing what they want to do. Many people outside the Government, when they th...
Date March 7, 1972 Report No. 092416 Title

National Defense: Military Traffic Management Information Systems and Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures

2Q) UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION FAR EAST BRANCH 1833 KALAKAUA AVENUE HONOLULU, HAWAII 96815 MAR 8 Commander Pacific Air Forces Base Command 15th Air Base Wing Hickam AFB, Hawaii 96553 Attention: Dear Sir; Comptroller 972 Our office has completed surveys of the application of Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures (MILSTAMP) and other traffic man...
Date Jan. 28, 1972 Report No. 089788 Title

Government Operations: Survey of Postal Service Research and Engineering Activities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION JAN 2 8 1972 Dear Mr. Berry: The General Accounting Office has completed a survey of Postal Service research and engineering activities--principally those conducted by the Bureau of Research and Engineering before postal reorganization. The purpose of the survey was to obtain general information about such activities par...
Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091004 Title

Government Operations: Should the Government Buy Insurance?

Date May 12, 1971 Report No. B-164497(3) Title

Transportation: Highway Program Shows Limited Progress Toward Increasing Accessibility to and Through Appalachia

REPORT TO THE COi’kGRESS rogram Shows ress Toward asing Accessibility To And T S-164497(3) Appalachian Regional Comm won BY THE CQMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1 COMPTROLLER GEN;RAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D C B- 164497(3) To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives Program Shows LlmTo and Through by the Appalachian This 1s our report ent...
Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091165 Title

Special Publications: The Relationship of Budgeting, Program Planning, and Evaluation

Date June 26, 1969 Report No. 089443 Title

Government Operations: GSA Effectiveness in Meeting the Supply Requirements of Domestic Agencies

Uiwm STATES GENERAL PLC~UNT~NG OFFICE WASHINGTON,D C 20548 CIVIL DlVlSION JUN2 61969 Dear Mr. Sampson: rnto the effectiveness Admrnlstratlon (GSA), and crvlllan agencies The General Accounting Office has examrned of the Federal Supply Servrce, General Services In meetrng the supply requirements of mrlrtary located wrthln the contlnental Unrted States, _ Our examlnatlon was performed at GSA Central...