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Date June 14, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-54 Title

Health: Legislation Needed To Encourage Better Use of Federal Medical Resources and Remove Obstacles to Interagency Sharing

BY,' THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Legislation Needed To Encourage Better Use Of Federal Medical Resources And Remove Obstacles To Interagency Sharing The Federal Government can make much better use of its health care delivery resources through interagency sharing. However, legislative and administrative obstacles ' prevent the effective use of these resources...
Date June 14, 1978 Report No. 106236 Title

Environmental Protection: Three Senate Bills Introduced To Reform the Regulatory Framework for Nuclear Waste Management (S. 3146, S. 2761, and S. 2804)

DOCUMENT RESUDE 06236 - [ 1706723] Three Senate Bills Introduced To Reforea the Regulatory framework for Nuclear Raste Sanagement (S. 3146, S. 2761, and S. 2604). June 14, 1978. 13 pp. * enclosure (1 oF.). Testimony before the! Sonata Committee cn Environment and Public Vorks: Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee; ty Ronte Canfield, 4r., Director, Energy and Hinerals Div. Contact: Energy and minerals D...
Date June 6, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-213 Title

Employment: Minority Motor Carriers Can Be Given More Opportunity To Participate in Defense Transportation

Although policy for in its progress the Sepxtmer-t of of promoting 3ncrf3sed minortty m:\tclr carriers trP?spOrtCJiiO!l has ixerl made. services, Dzfcnsc has a cpportuni!ics to only participate hrnited Deknsc pragrzifr ways proyam, poriatia:l to dox not deiining hzve ti,e an objeclrl aiiirmative cs, gsds, USC. iii The action and lncrxse as ~v:etl CZ:;IC:S’ rei’iSloils Such trans a as rf~!jifia...
Date April 27, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-29 Title

Nuclear Powerplant Licensing: Need for Additional Improvements

DCCUMENT RESUME 05656 - [B1246204] Nuclear Powerplant Licensing: Need for Additional Improvements. EnD-78-29; B-127945. April 27, 197d. 43 pp. + 3 appendices (33 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Sukstantial Energy Source (1608). Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and E...
Date March 29, 1978 Report No. PAD-78-68 Title

Government Operations: Federal Regulatory Policies

DOCOUBEI 07148 - [E26877581 RESUME [Federal Regulatory Policies]. PD-78-68; B-163628. 1978. 5 pp + appendix (43 pp.). arch 29, Report to Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, Chairman, Senate Commitee on Governmental Affairs; Sen. Charles H. Percy, Banking inoity MSeber; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Program Analysis Div. Organization Concerned: Food and Drug Administration; Department of Ene...
Date Feb. 24, 1978 Report No. CED-78-32 Title

Transportation: New Interstate Truckers Should Be Granted Temporary Operating Authority More Readily

-. \,. ,\ !** \ lullllllllllllll ” ’.’ lllll Ill llllilllll llullillllll~ LMl05330 REPO.RT TO THE CONGEESS “‘1). _ “1. --c Lpi ; ‘.:.J .p .,&-’ BY THE COMPTROLLER GE?lERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Nevv I ntersta e Truckers Be Granted Temporary ore Readily ng Authority The Interstate Commerce Commission controls entry tc interstate trucking to assure adequate service ap.d protect regula...
Date Feb. 16, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-37 Title

Energy: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Licensing of Tennessee Valley Authority Reactors

/05073 DO)MENT BRESURS 05073 - [B0545465] (Restricted) (The Nuclear Regulatory CoMsissioans Licensing of Tennessee Valley Authority Reactors]. BD-78-37; B-127945. Petruary 16, 1978. 7 pp. Report to Rep. Tom Bevill, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations: Public lorks Subcommittee; by Bl er B. staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy (1600). Contact: Energy and minerals Div. Budget Func...
Date Jan. 9, 1978 Report No. CED-78-9 Title

Environmental Protection: Special Pesticide Registration by the Environmental Protection Agency Should Be Improved

Date Dec. 23, 1977 Report No. CED-78-17 Title

Natural Resources: Improvements Needed in the Corps of Engineers' Regulatory Program for Protecting the Nation's Waters

Date Oct. 17, 1977 Report No. 103750 Title

Government Operations: Selected Reports by the Commission on Federal Paperwork and Related Issues

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Date Aug. 1, 1977 Report No. CED-77-104 Title

Transportation: Improvements Needed in Regulating Household Goods Carriers

DOCUMENT RBSUME 03062 - [A2153254] Improvements Needed in Regulatinc' Household Goods Carriers, CED-77-104; B-187797. August 1, 1,77. 0 pp. Report to A. Daniel ONeal, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission; by Baltas E. -ir.kle (for Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div.). Issue Area: Transportation Systems and Policies: Commercial Trucking Industry Regulation (2410). ...
Date July 26, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-224 Title

Transportation: Survey of Costs of Repairing Government Vehicles Damaged in Accidents

DOCUMENT RESUME 03061 A2093198] LSurvey of Costs of Repairing Government Vehicles Damaged in Accidents]. LCD-77-22!4; B-158712. Jujy 26, 1977. 2 pp. Report to Sen. Sam Nunn; by Fred J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Communications Div. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700). Contact: Logistics and Communicaticns Div. Budget Function: Commerce and Transportation: Ground transportatio...
Date July 19, 1977 Report No. 102966 Title

Government Operations: To Provide Policies, Methods, Criteria for the Acquisition of Property and Services by Executive Agencies

DOCUMENT PESUME 02966 - [A2013077] To Provide Policies, Methods, Criteria for the Acquisition of Property and Services by Executive Agencies. Juji 19, 1977. 11 pp. * 2 enclosures (14 pp.). Testimony before the Senate Committoe on Government Operations: Federal Spending Practices, Efficiency and Ope'- Government Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Federal Procurement ...
Date July 11, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-435 Title

National Defense: Transfer of Toolmaking, Toolcutting, and Grinding Functions at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

DOCUMENT 02958 - [A1953029] ESUME [Trarsfer of Toolmaking, Toolcutting, and Grinding Functions at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard). LCD-77-435; B-168700. Jujy 11, 1977. 3 Dp. Report to Sen. John A. Durkin; by Robert G Rothwell (for Fred J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Communications Div.). Issue Area: Facilities and Material anagement: Operation and Maintenance of Facilities (708). Contact: Logis...
Date July 8, 1977 Report No. 088999 Title

Government Operations: Report on Examination of Disbursing Transactions

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL hi PATRICK V McNAMARA 477 MICHIGAN FLOOR FEDERAL AVENUE ElUILDlNG OFFICE DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226 Commanding U.S. Naval Sigonella, Dear Sir: Officer Air Faclllty Sicily As part of our continuing review of the Navy's financial management system, we have examined travel and leave transactions in the accounts of the Naval Air Faclllty to test the qualit...
Date June 15, 1977 Report No. PAD-77-66 Title

Government Operations: Views on H.R. 351

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054 B-170612 JUN 5 1977 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your request for ourtviews on H.R. 3 95th Congress, a bill to establish national policies to promote the adoption of Government programs which can be expected to provide the great...
Date June 3, 1977 Report No. PAD-77-34 Title

Government Regulatory Activity: Justifications, Processes, Impacts, and Alternatives

DOCUMENT RESUME 02428 - (A1672677] Government Regulatory Activity: Justifications, Processes, Impacts, and Alternatives. PAD-77-34; B-163628. June 3, 1977. 65 pp. + 2 appendices (21 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection (900); Environmental Protection Programs (2200);Federal Regulatory Activities (8000). Contat: Program An...
Date April 27, 1977 Report No. 089016 Title

Employment: Improper Relocation Allowances Paid

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTDN, D C 20548 IN REPLY REFER TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DlVlSlON @I? 27 1977 Mr. Bruce Flohr Deputy Admmlstrator Federal Ra&madMmuustration De~tofwan~rtation Dear Mr. Flohr Asyouknowwe arecurrentlyrevlewmgthemanagmt of the Alaska Railroad Site w-ox-k m Anchorage, Alaska,has been ccnnpleted and a proposed report to Congress 1s bemg prepared...
Date April 1, 1977 Report No. CED-77-53 Title

Income Security: Testing Various Alternative Identification Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES APRf 1977 A-51604 lllll~lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM101744 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry g3dQm-o United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As discussed with your office, we are presenting information on demonstration project-authority for testing alternative food stamp...
Date April 1, 1977 Report No. CED-77-54 Title

Income Security: Testing Various Alternative Identification Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES APRf 1977 A-51604 lllll~lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM101744 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry g3dQm-o United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As discussed with your office, we are presenting information on demonstration project-authority for testing alternative food stamp...
Date July 16, 1976 Report No. CED-76-124 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Cable Television and a Regulatory Policy

Both the issues and solutrons facing cable vision regularion are pot clear cut; they complex with no simple strategy for ducing a wide variety of programs for American television audience. releare prorhe If cable television is to become an increasingly innovative mode of conimunication, a welldefined policy aimed at promoting program diversity on cable and preserving an effective system of over-th...
Date April 26, 1976 Report No. 094661 Title

Government Operations: Comments on S. 2872

? , United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office @t/66/ FOR RELEASE ON’ DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Monday, April 26, 1976 Statement of Elmer B. Staats Comptroller General of the United States before the Senate Committee on Government Operations on S. 2872 ’ A Bill to ExGend the Federal Energy Administration Act of i c j’“f .i ! >; ’ It ~? 1. i 1.; fi q-i .; :/ ...
Date March 26, 1976 Report No. RED-76-96 Title

Energy: Commenting on Proposed Modifications to the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Contract

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM099404 I ‘, estajl !.:&a i nq UIILIW- the re strictions changes how the under to the project !Qhich existing would the onergy agency 6id Ge slanne2 co Ilot cleazly riegotiate delineate contract be managed. Fare con:>-rned over the anbip~ous language regarding project responsibilities and managemei:tAt that time, ene:gy agency officials said that the proposed...
Date Dec. 8, 1975 Report No. MWD-76-42 Title

Health: Federal Support for Restaurant Sanitation Found Largely Ineffective

REPORT TO BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LM094870 llllllMlll\llllllllll~lllllllll Federal Support For Restaurant Sanitation Found Largely Ineffective Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, and Welfare Education, . This report concludes that many restaurants are insanitary. Although the Food and Drug Administration has regulatory responsibility, it relies on State and l...
Date Dec. 5, 1975 Report No. 094632 Title

Government Operations: President's Executive Interchange Program

FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M.,EST FRIDAY, DECEMBER5, 1975 STATEMENTOF ROBERT F. KELLER, DEPUTY COMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: the opportunity Interchange interest in such a program. of conflict of interest increasing sector ...
Date Sept. 13, 1974 Report No. GGD-74-106 Title

Government Operations: Need for Improving the Regulation of the Natural Gas Industry and Management of Internal Operations

erations 0e.l80228 Federal Power Commission COMPTROLLER GEh’ERAt WASHING-I-CN. OF THE D.C. UNFtTX’ STATES tOWa The 6norable John ‘E. Y --$ L Housp of Representatives L-. 1 i .: Moss \‘ Ddar bb? . gloss: I YL d s- ‘i 1‘. This is our report on the. / leed for improving the regulation of the gas industry and management of internal operations, Federal -_ !“-Tkver Commissio n--.&.&review ...
Date July 30, 1974 Report No. RED-75-252 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information Concerning Reports of a Possible Wheat Shortage

Department of Agricufture L . RELEASED / In aLcord3ncf with ycur I+=-ch 8, 1974, request and subsequent agrec:!ents blith your office we hdvc reviewed certain Cocmdity Credit Co!*pol'ation (CCC) gra5n sales--sales of ccrn stored in CCC *':s'Q bins in Iowa and Nebraska and b:heat stored in coirnercial warchouses-made during the ?5-nmth period ended April 1974. We also conlparcd rccent.CCC grain sal...
Date July 23, 1974 Report No. OESP-75-15 Title

Energy: Problems in the Federal Energy Office's Implementation of Emergency Petroleum Allocation Programs at Regional and State Levels

REFQRT TO THE SUBCO~4,1~11TTEE ON REOfGANIZATION, RESEARCH, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGA-NIZATIONS COIWMITTEE ON GO VX3NMEILJT QPERAT{QNS UNITED STATES SENATE . -: .\ -.’ !?rsblems ln The Federal Energy Office’s Impiementa’iion d Of Emergency Petroleum Altocaticn Programs At Regional And Stat:~ hevels &.1782$5 Fedsal Energy Administration . ” I L a -. a. -.. t’ rc- d . ‘. E02990-001 Problems...
Date Sept. 26, 1973 Report No. 089514 Title

Health: Review of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Incentive Awards Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC 20548 RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION SEP 2 6 873 Mt. Sylvester Pranger Director, Office of Personnel Department of Agriculture Dear Hr. Pranger. Be have completed our review of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Semite's @HIS) Incentxve c wards Program as part of our Government-wide review. A draft of our overall report J he C...
Date June 26, 1973 Report No. B-160672 Title

National Defense: Management Weaknesses of the Selective Service System

FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION The Honorable Byron V, Pepftone Director of Selective Service System Dear Mr, Pepitone: ’ (32 72 27 #* s We hawe reviewed certain aspects of the Sde&2eme-System t SSS1 CS~~~~n~~~~.~~,k~e.sses-.~~p~~~a~le._---Ln -XT Mc~07~~&h.-.cc to .ri--r-ei.~b=s2a~ ..._. a_ We obtained imformat~on from the ‘@ationaP ax&.ive~o~dhy~-sys.t-eme Headquarters ; service c...
Date June 11, 1973 Report No. B-155352 Title

Environmental Protection: Opportunities for Improving AEC's Administration of Agreements With States Regulating Users of Radioactive Materials

REPORT TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 2, Opportunities For Improving AEC’s Administration Of Agreements With States Regulating Users Of Radioactive Materials 6-755352 :i _- BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED D.C. 20548 STATES B-155352 r, The Honorable Melvin Price, Chairman Joint Committee on Atomic...
Date June 1, 1973 Report No. B-166866 Title

Veterans Affairs: Information on Professional Fees and Other Compensation Paid for the Services of Selected Physicians Employed at the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Miami, Florida

CQMF’TROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. QF D.C. THE UNITED 2OS4B STA-fES Y B-166866 The Honorable Wm. Jennings Bryan Committee on Veterans’ House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Dorn Affairs uo Id f4 Your letter of September 7, 1972, requested us to as certain the arn~~~~,s,,,~n”d~~n.~“~~~,~..,..g,~y~~~nlc.~ .t o 7 Q Ve f er ans 1 ~~~.i.n.i,s,,t,r~ation... .@A) ~~~~,,.ic,lang,““~.y~ Fl...
Date May 1, 1973 Report No. B-133373 Title

Financial Management: Appropriations Committees Not Advised on Reprogramming of Funds by the Internal Revenue Service

Ah’ROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES UNITED STATES SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I Appropriations Committees Not Advised On Reprograming Of Funds By The Internal Revenue Service 8-73337 Department of the Treasury _I BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED STATES D C 20568 B-l 33373 Chairman, Chairman, Senate House Commlttee Committee on Approprlatlons ...
Date Nov. 3, 1972 Report No. B-159895 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Fundamental Changes Needed To Achieve Effective Enforcement of Radio Communication Regulations

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM096256 Fundamental Changes Needed To Achieve Effective Enforcement Of Radio Communication Regulations B-159895 Federal Communications Commission BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 01310 HOV. 3J972 COMPTROLJER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-159895 CA / To the Speaker President of the Senate an...
Date May 17, 1972 Report No. 093335 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Letter to General Manager, Westclox

= -. T.7 - .- -J-b% ,J $g r *a, #-cl 4y.2 8-F -pc-, ..,)l - I^ Y-2 L T..P+Z”- r.” P = 1 * , -1 ;;-‘ ‘I~,‘-?,&. P f” i - P?Y \~~~,7~~-‘~ = 7. .L - r- -- . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE v&9 ROOM WO2 U S CUSTOMHOUSE 610 SOUTH CANAL STREET CHICAGO,~LLINOIS 60607 UNITEDSTATES GENERALACGOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL ROOM 403 U S CUSTOMHOUSE OFFICE 610 SOUTH CANAL STREFI...
Date May 17, 1972 Report No. 093336 Title

Government Operations: Review of Negotiated Contracts Awarded to Westclox, Division of General Time Corporation

i / , I UNITE~STATES GENEFNLACC~UNTING OFFICE REGIONAL ROOM 403 U S CUSTOMHOUSE OFFICE 610 SOUTH CANAL STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607 General Peter 6. Olenchuh Deputy Commanding General u. s* Army Munitions CorMQand Joliet, Illinois 60436 Dear General Oleuchuk: The General Accguuting Office has reviewed the pricing of two negotiated fixed--price contracts for the M423 fute awarded by the U. S. Arm...
Date July 29, 1971 Report No. 092596 Title

Financial Management: Diversion of Funds for Unauthorized Purposes

E UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION JJL 2 3 19n I ,’ . ,,,, : *i.,, . ,_ : ,:’
Date April 16, 1971 Report No. B-171308 Title

Housing: Propriety of Rental Increases Authorized by HUD

In accordance with your request of November 9, 1970, and subsequent discussions with your office, we have examined into the propriety of rental increases authorized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at the Xashington Towers Apartments in Union City, New Jersey, and the Park Hudson Apartments in North Bergen, New Jersey* HUD regulations provide in general that the rental inco...
Date Feb. 25, 1971 Report No. B-164497(1) Title

National Defense: Improved Surveillance Needed Over Production of Critical Parts for Civil Aircraft

Improved Surveillance Needed Over Production Of Critical Parts For Civil Aircraft B 76449717) Federal Awatlon Admtnlstratlon Department of Transportation - BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ” * L COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D C B- 164497( 1) To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives Avlato lmfor Bud= AC- This 1s our...