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| Date Oct. 25, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-80-12 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546
IUMAN It aNVIION B-164031(1) OCTOBER 25. 1979 The Honorable Patricia Roberts Harris The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Dea:: Mrs. Harris: Subject: Student Loan Insurance Fund (HRD-80-12) Under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, et seq., as amended), the Comptroller General is required to examine annually the... |
| Date Oct. 15, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-79-113 |
Title
REPORTBYTHEUS ”General Accounting Office
Duplication In The Navy’s Management Information Systems Is Costly
Most major Navy commands have developed their own management information systems for accounting, supply, payroll, personnel, and facilities management, even though these and raked functions are common to all commends regardless of mission or structure. : The Navy does not have enough sys... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-126 |
Title
HUMAN RmQURC~ OlVlblON RELEASED OCTOBER 2.1979 B-115369 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: L” HenryfiBellmon Senate
Bellmon: Jfz-h/ Y'CJ 6 eview of Department of He.alth~', Ed'ucation, ar&LW&&are Guidelines for Acquiring Automatic Data Processing Systems Under the Social Security Act (HRD-79-126) ,"i,F-' This is in response to your request that we review requirements governing fed... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1979 |
Report No. 094333 |
Title
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| Date Sept. 21, 1979 |
Report No. 110445 |
Title
*-I __- . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1979 STATEMENT OF D. L. SCANTLEBURY AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL / BEFORE THE / HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE SC o5 SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS /' b 4 AND $ / SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTE... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-118 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENEZAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 //L&q I , HUMAN RESOURCE5 DIVISION B-164031(4) SEPTEMBER 20. 1979 The Honorable The Secretary and Welfare L?ear Mrs. Patrlcla Roberts Harris of Health, Education, /&!@-- Harris: The,$oclal Security Admlnlstratlon Needs To Continue Comprehensrve Long-Range Planning (HRD-79-118) J /-5&zoDDzd; In January 1979, former Secretary CalzfafYdla... |
| Date Sept. 17, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-62 |
Title
COMFTROLLER GENERAL W~~HINGTW. OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. toBIB B-159613 RELEASED
The Honorable Cecil D. Andrus The Secretary of the Interior Dear Mr. Secretary: I' It is my pleasure to approve the Laccounting system design for the ,& #fMrti + '? / /!&,'or-/ Office of the Secretary, including a revised accounting principles and standards statement, as requested in a letter of SeptemSer 4, 1979, fro... |
| Date Sept. 12, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-103 |
Title
UNITED STATES G%E&
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTINGOFFICE
D C. 20548 Y PROCUREMENT AND ACDUlSlTIONDlViSlON SYSTEMS B-133394
SEPTEMBER P 12, 1979 The Honorable Robert A. Frosch Admlnlstrator, National Aeronautics and Space AdmLnlstration Dear Dr. Frosch: Sublect: II I
110333 Awarded h evlew of Selected Contracts by NASA's Goddard Space Flight (PSAD-79-103) In our survey of contract admlnlstratlon at Space Fl... |
| Date Sept. 6, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-102 |
Title
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Improvements Needed In The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Use Of Its Managem sources Automatic rocessin
TVA makes extensive use of automatic data processing resources (e.g., equipment, software, and personnel). The value of its ADP capital equipment was about $10 million in fiscal year 1978. TVA plans to invest an a... |
| Date Sept. 4, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-114 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNT~NG OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-164031(4) A
The Honorable Abraham Rlblcoff Committee on Chairman, Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. ChaIrman: on Computer c Followup Social Security (HRD-79-114) Security at the A&-zd SubJect* Your March 9, 1978, letter relating to our report to the Social Security Admlnlstratlon on computer sec... |
| Date Aug. 24, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-40 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Status, Progress, And Problems In Federal Agency Accounting During Fiscal Year 1978
The Comptroller General approved the designs of seven executive agencies’ accounting systems during fiscal year 1978 Stxty percent of the Government’s accountmg systems have now been approved Seventy-two percent of the 131 unapproved systems are ... |
| Date Aug. 9, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-104 |
Title
REPORT THEU.S. BY counting Office
ontrols Over The Supplemental income Computerized System illions In Erroneous Payments
The Social Security Administration uses a highly complex computerized system to compute benefit payments for more than 4 million needy aged, blind, and disabled persons currently on the Supplemental Security Income program. Over $25 million has been paid out erroneously because ... |
| Date Aug. 8, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-94 |
Title
BY REPORT THE OF THEUNITED STATES The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) purchased a second prototype, Aviation Weather and Notice to Airmen System, to demonstrate the feasibility of consolidating several stations and collocating them with the air route traffic control center at Leesburg, Virginia. FAA purchased this new system before it had completely developed and evaluated the system’s per... |
| Date Aug. 6, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-62 |
Title
Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Better Information Management Policies Needed: A Study Of Scientific And Technical Bibliographic Services
A Although
IIons Inate pays how the Federal Government spends bllof dollars to create, collect, and dissemsclentiflc and technlcal InformatIon, It little attention to information policies or InformatIon actlvltles are managed GAO’s study of Government... |
| Date Aug. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 092129 |
Title
. t . : . ,; .. -. . ... .. . , - % , .. COMPUTER ASSISTED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS: DATA FILES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
GAO LIBRARY SYSTEM U.S. G e n e r a l Accounting Office Office of Librarian
A i i g u s t 1979 .~ .. TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Introduction
S u b j ec t Index
F i l e Descriptions i-V vi-ix
1-46 I . . - . Th a u t mated r e f e r e n c e s e r v i c e s a v i l a b l e t h r o u... |
| Date July 23, 1979 |
Report No. 109955 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO AM EDT Monday, July 23, 1979 Statement of Walter L. Anderson Senior Associate Director Financial and General Management Studies Prepared for the Division SUBCOMMITTEE GOVERNMENT ON INFORMATION & INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ff/c+ HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES on the r(IMMIG... |
| Date July 6, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-79-116 |
Title
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LMlO9i98 2OS48 B-115369 UIIUII 109798 I II &Jl.Y6. 1979 The Honorable James Sasser pi* Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislative Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Branch -SOY The Honorable Adam Benjamin, Jr. ~st-ooad~ Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Committee on Appropriations ... |
| Date June 29, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-35 |
Title
OF THEUNITEDSTATES nagement Systems- Computers and related resources are used throughout the Government for highly complex applications--from payroll to energy, from space to weather systems. Data base management systems have been developed to improve the management and control of data maintained in computer-based systems. GAO studied Federal agencies’ use of these systems to determine what prob... |
| Date June 29, 1979 |
Report No. 117527 |
Title
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WASlyiINGTON; DC. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DlVISlON June 29, 1979 >r,: ,< 7.,. ‘i: :/ ” Y: ,-._ 117527 Mr. Leonard Shaeffer Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health, Education and Welfare Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Schaeffer: We recently completed a study of the Medicare and frledicaid billing systems c... |
| Date June 26, 1979 |
Report No. 109830 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE tJAS;HING'I'ON, D.C. 2lI5418 III II
109830 J. At for this the outset, I would to testify policy for the like to For Release on Delivery Expected at 1~30 p.m. 'ruesday, June 26, 1979 STATEMENT OF DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE (j 3 A9 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TEChNOLOGY w SUBCUMMITTEES ON NATURAL RESOURCES -... ..-. ., A... |
| Date June 18, 1979 |
Report No. GGD-79-48 |
Title
REPORTBY THE Uo Sa General Accounting Office
IRSCan Better Plan For And Control Its ADP Resources
I RS has made significant progress in managing its computer operations. Recent measures planned or already implemented will improve the effectiveness of the agency’ ADP res sources considerably. GAO recommends additional actions to the Commissioner of IRS which would enhance these improvements even ... |
| Date May 29, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-88 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION MAY 29, 7979 B-164031(4) The Honorable The Secretary and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr. of Health, Education, /A [yC L:, iy. UJ Dear Mr. Secretary: Your Department has proposed implementing a computerized National Recipient System (NRS). This system would be designed to help States and territories reduce fraud... |
| Date May 21, 1979 |
Report No. 109286 |
Title
United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office Washington, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EST May 8, 1979 Statement of Gregory J. Ahart, Director Human Resources Division Before the Special Committe,e~.nn king _.--. on n Proposed GAO Report Entitled "Conditions of Older People: National Information System Needed" *,-.r)r'l i i.' hi -..l_“- tat.s..Ssnat.e ted S .-I ”___. .--... |
| Date April 26, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-71 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, DC. 20348 HUMAN RCSOURW DIVISION B-133182 APRIL 26, 1979 The Honorable Secretary of Dear Ray Marshall Labor Mr. Secretary: On December 28, 1978, we issued a report to the Congress entitled “The Labor Department Should Reconsider Its Approach To Employment Security Automation” (HRD-78-169). The report discussed roblems with the planning, manag... |
| Date April 19, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-30 |
Title
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BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES lOW$ Id I” Report To The Congress
Learning To Look Ahead: The Need For A National Materials Policy And Planning Process
The United States needs an institutionalized planning and polic process to help assure the future availabi Y ity of materrals needed by American industry. Such a process can help the Nation prevent shocks or offset their severit t... |
| Date April 17, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-39 |
Title
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REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES 7 rLq103 *
4 1 Comptroller General
National Bureau Of Standards Needs Better Management Of Its Computer Resources To Improve Program Effectiveness
Good planning, management, and use of the National Bureau of Standards computer resources--hardware,*software, information, and personnel--are crrtrcal to agency mission and program objectives. However, the Bureau is e... |
| Date April 10, 1979 |
Report No. 109068 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTCN, G.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE Oh DELIVERY Expected at 1G:OU a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 1975 STATEMENT OF PHILIF A. BERNSTEIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE Oh' MANPOWERAND HOUSING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON 1 .'() t$.$ ,i;. 9 o- THE EFFORTS OF THE LFPARTMENT OF $fBOR TO DE... |
| Date March 21, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-79-109 |
Title
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LMI 10907 "The Honorable The Secretary Dear Harold Erown of Defense Iztr. Secretary: ' We have completed our examinationxiTiam$ of utomated systems security programs in the Department of Defense:(DOD) and 2 other major Federal agencies. Our efforts resulted in a report, "Automated.Systems Security--Federal Agencies Should Strengthen Safeguards Over Personal a... |
| Date March 20, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-78-232 |
Title
B-15939U The Honorable John M. Murphy Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries /H House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: certain Your January 31, 1978, claims made by the ti QJ 700 the rates offered under CFW are compensatory. In our July 7, 1978, response we advised you of our reliminary findings with respect to the DOD claims. we also told you that we had been denied % that time... |
| Date March 16, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-21 |
Title
GAO identified $1 .l billjon of inconsistencies and errors in accountmg for fiscal 1977 arms sales, Had the correct sales figure been known, the President’s fiscal 1978 arms sales ceiling, based on fiscal ,1977 sales, might have been set $420 mrlhon lower. GAO also identified $540 million in differences in sales information on the two systems Defense uses to account for the value of. forsales. F... |
| Date March 15, 1979 |
Report No. B-178205.42 |
Title
, . .. .-. ;G - . The Eonorable J c h n D . C i n q e l l ,Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy -~ ~and Power tr’SE&i303 Ccnimittee 6 n - I n t e r s t a t e and DQ not make available F _- Commerce, oreiqn Hqu se of Repr e s e n t a t i ve s
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~~ ~ .F__ Dear pllr. Chairman: was a.pFroved Cctober 1 0 , 1 9 7 8 , by t h e O f f i c e o f NanaqeEent and B m (CKE!) w i t h s e v e r a l c o n ... |
| Date Feb. 13, 1979 |
Report No. 095385 |
Title
PRIVACY PROTECTION AND TECHNOLOGY Robert G. McKenzie Audit Manager Logistics and Communications Division U.S. General Accounting Office Information, while intangible, represents one of our Nation's most important and valuable assets. For without information, National. goals cannot be established or programs created or administered. The Federal Government
-- indeed governments al: all levels functi... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108441 |
Title
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108441 SPSS PROC
/ FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION SYSTEM S AN ALY SI S G RO U P DATA ANAL' 003330 FOREWORD
A s p a r t o f i t s c o n s u l t i n g f u n c t i o n i n FPCD, t h e Systems A n a l y s i s Group i s p u b l i s h i n g a s e r i e s o f b o o k l e t s d e s i g n e d t o e n h a n c e t h e a u d i t o r ' s a b i l i t y t o make m... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108440 |
Title
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e G & * PROGRAMMING GUIDE To Version 6.0 O f Statistical Packag? For The Social- Sciences (SPSS) -- -_-..
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Data Analvsis Note No. 2 Systems Analysis Group 640 Federal Personnel And Compensation Division U.S. General Accountina Office NOTATIONS
1. Braces indicate that a choice i s to be made from the enclosed items. 2. Brackets [ 1 indicate the enclosed items are optional. 3. Unde... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 090841 |
Title
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-79-25 |
Title
G&&al Accounting Office The Veterans Administration Can Reduce The Time Required To Process Veterans’ And Survivors’ Initial Claims For Benefits
Veterans and their survivors making their initial claims for compensation and pension generally wait months while VA processes their claims. Most of the waiting time occurs while VA obtains additional evidence necessary to properly adjudicate the clai... |
| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. B-153509 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES a ) WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 EC 221978 -2a B-153509 Dr. James T. Bonnen Executive Director Federal Statistical System Project Presidential Reorganization Task Force 1815 Lynn Street Rosslyn, VA 22209 Dear Jim: I want to thank you for the opportunity tosommentSon the issues and gptions paper of the President's Reorganization Project for the Federal tatistical ... |
| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. 107962 |
Title
DOCMEINT REBSUE
07962 - (C35386351 lmproving Government Collection of Amounts Owed by the fui-lic. December 18, 1978. 19 pp. + enclosure (3 pp.). Testimony before the Senate Comittee on Finance: Taxaticn and Debt Management Generally Subcommittee; hy Bluer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Office of the Comptroller Genera., Orqanization Concerned: Department of the Treasury; Veterans Adsini... |
| Date Dec. 13, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-5 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUIX 07924 - [C3528614] (Restricted) [Additional Large-Scale Computer System Not Needed by the Bureau of the Census]. FGMSD-79-5; B-115369. December 13, 1978. 11 pp. + enclosure (5 pp.). Report to Rep. Jack Brooks, Chairman, House Committee on Government Operations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Automatic Data Processing: Guidelines for ADP management and Control ... |
| Date Nov. 7, 1978 |
Report No. CED-79-5 |
Title
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| Date Oct. 24, 1978 |
Report No. GGD-79-8 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME 076'41
- rC3ob'--) rObservations on Customs' Automated Merchandise Processing Systeml. GGD-79-8; B-114898. October 24, 1978. 4 pp.
Report to Vernon V. Hann, Assistant Ccommissioner, United States Customs Service: Office of Operations; by Thomas R. Colan, Assistant Director, General Government Div. Contact: General Government Div. 'he Automated Merchandise Processing System is the C... |
| Date Oct. 13, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-128-I |
Title
DOCUMENT RSUw.
07360 - [C29780691 [Record Storage for the Veterans ldministration Records Processing Center, S-c. Louis, issouri]. LCD-78-128-I; B-146743. October 13, 1978. pp. Report to Joel W, Solomon, Administrator, General Services Administration; t_! Richard . Gutmann, Director, Logistics and Cosmunications Div. Issue Area: Federal nformation: Management Attention to Records Practices (1403).... |
| Date Oct. 10, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-437 |
Title
DOC9MENT RESUME
07371 C28679761 Potential Savings through Consolidated Development of Computer Flight Plan System]. LCD-78-437; B-163074. October 10, 1978. 9 PP. Report to Secretary, Department of Defense; by Richard W. Gutmann, Director, Logistics and Communications Div. Issue Area: Military Preparedness Plans (800). Contact: Logistics and Communicatious Div. Budget Function: National Defense: Da... |
| Date Oct. 9, 1978 |
Report No. 094698 |
Title
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| Date Sept. 26, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-151 |
Title
!s THE OF COMPTROLLER THE UNIT&B
D. OEIUEWAL STATES
C. 20548 WASHINGTON. FILE: MATTER B-184212
OF: DATE: November Company 6, 1975 M. M. Sundt Construction DIGEST: 1. Information requested by Standard Form 19-B, Representations is needed to determine responsibility of and Certifications, bidder and is not needed for bid evaluation purposes, i.e., Therefore, failure of bidder to submit bid responsiv... |
| Date Sept. 21, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-117 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME
07053 - [2647730] * Improvement Program: Will It Enhance Mission Capability? LCD-78-117; B-163074. September 21, 1978. 43 pp. + 2 appendices (4 pp.). Report to the Coriress; by BEler B. Staats, Ccmptroller General. Issue Area: Military Pre:,aredness Plans: Military Communications and Information Proceassing Needs (803); Effective Contro', of Strategic Communications and World wide ... |
| Date Sept. 18, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-122 |
Title
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LM107057 OF THE UNITEDSTATES The House Government Operations Committee requested that GAO conduct a comprehensive review of the Navy’s Advanced Information System to see if it had been properly planned and studied, and whether mistakes made in similar projects in the past have been avoided. GAO reviewed procedures for planning, approving, and managing the p... |
| Date Sept. 8, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-165 |
Title
. ,I The ilonorable The Seer tary of Health., d cd 22 IE a z 1 Czar Xr. Secrcrary: ?.ddcaticn, The Conycroller General is required bv the Higher Educ-t-f-n - 0-L Act of 1965, as amhded, to examine aiinually t:-,e financial statcc.ents of the Student Loan Insurance Fund. The Fu?k;d is used to finance Federal insurance and reinsurante of loans made under the Guaranteed Student Loan ?roTram Specifica... |
| Date July 31, 1978 |
Report No. EMD-78-95 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME
06795 - [B21471841 Improvements Needed in the Department of Energy's Efforts To Develop a Financial Reporting System. EMD-78-95; B-178205. July 31, 1978. 3 pp. + enclosure (4 pp.). Report to Secretary, Department of Energy; by J. Dexter Peach {for Monte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Division.). Issue Area: Energy (1600); Accounting and Financial Repccting (2800). Con... |
| Date July 19, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-121 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESURE 06;75 - f B20270451 r[Development of Department of DefensQ's Iri-Service Medical Information Systems]. LCD-78-121; B-182666. July 19, 1978. 5 pp. + 2 enclosures (29 pp.). Report to Sen. Jchn C. Stennis, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; ty Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. -sue Area: Automatic Data Processing 4100); Health programs: Federal Gov... |
