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Report No. |
Title |
| Date May 19, 1978 |
Report No. 105914 |
Title
DOC OBIET RESURS
05914 - (B1446487] General Accounting Office Reviews of Departse.t of Agriculture Activities. lay 19, 1978. 18 pp. * enclosure (2 pp.). Testimony before the Senate Committee on Approfriations: AgLiculture and Related Agencies Subcommittee; by EBler B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Office of the Comptroller General. Organization Concerned: Department of Agriculture. Congres... |
| Date April 7, 1978 |
Report No. PSAD-78-52 |
Title
DocUN.IT assess
05608 - c81005948j Crop forecasting by Satellite, Progress and Problems. PSAD-U7-52; B-193134.
Pi.). Aprid 7, 1978. 21 pp. + 2 appendices (7 Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller Genaral. Issue Area: Science and Technology: Sauragement Programs (2004); Food* Federal Invaelement and Oversight of in Agricuitura. Commercial Riport Sales 11714). U.S. Contact: Procurem... |
| Date Nov. 17, 1977 |
Report No. CED-78-13 |
Title
. - sourn- -QFTwLUNITeoSTATCS - .--WR0.e. Low -- i&&ED
the D-114824 REST!?!?~b - Not to b0 rrlsnad Wtd& C---F*
app,~..,. Accotmt:ng OfTice except on the‘ basis of spec& by the Bfiice of CongressiW Rehtiomb _. The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, and Forestry Nutrition, United States Senate Dear Hr. Chairman: NOV 17 lgtl Pursuant to the Committee staff's request, m... |
| Date Sept. 2, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-117 |
Title
United States General tiashington, Accounting C.C. 20543 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected on Wednesday, January 3, 1979 Statement of IIIllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM104252 JEROME H. STOLAROW, DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION before Subcommittee on Priorities Joint Economic on The Navy's Program, Mr . Chairman to appear here FFG-7 Class and Other of Frigate Ship the S... |
| Date Aug. 23, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-121 |
Title
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES far-r l-c.-.llkLC& Management Of Agricultural Research: Need And Opportunities For Improvement
Department of Agriculture The extremely complex and highly diversified agricultural research system in the United States has made notable contributions to the Nation’s well-being. However, there is an increasing realization that a... |
| Date Aug. 17, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-109 |
Title
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Farmers Home Administration Use Of Grant Funds For Water And Waste Disposal Systems
GAO was asked why the Farmers Home Administration has not always provided the maximum funds allowed by law or its own regulations in providing grants for water and waste disposal systems in rural areas. Of the 650 projects receiving grants in fiscal year 1976 (... |
| Date Aug. 1, 1977 |
Report No. 103366 |
Title
UNITE~,STATE~ GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
D.C. 20548 WASHINGTBN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION IIullllllllllIIIIIIIIllllIllIIIl
Mr, Lewis B. Straus Administrator, Food and Nutrition Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Straus:
LMlO3366 Service - Residents of Crookston {Polk County), Minnesota, have informed representatives of our St. Paul office of a situation where certain migrant farm ... |
| Date April 25, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-57 |
Title
T CONGRrESS New Approach Needed To Con reduction Of ajor Crops If Surpluses Again Occur
Department of Agriculture During the 1971-73 crop years, the Commodity Credit Corporation paid farmers $7.6 billion to set aside, or not farm, cropland. This was to prevent excessive supplies of wheat, feed grains, and cotton from accumulating. This was only partly effective in reducing production primarily bec... |
| Date March 3, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-39 |
Title
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LM100009 Summary- Of GAO Reports ~~ Issued Since 1973 Pertaining To Farm Bill Legislation
GAO Farm tain tion such has issued over 50 reports since the Bill was last renewed in 1973 which perto programs authorized by that legislaand related issues. These reports address subjects as: --Farm and commodity... |
| Date Feb. 14, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-30 |
Title
CONGRESS
d@ ” -1,) I ((II \’ -. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
LM100007 IllllllllIIIIIllIllllllllllll To Protect Tomorrow’s Food Supply, Soil Conservation Needs Priority Attention
Department of Agriculture The money and technical help the Department of Agriculture gives farmers to help control soil erosion could be used more wisely. Loss of topsoil reduces the productivity o... |
| Date Dec. 8, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-44 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME 00304 - A059063 4 ]
5 Dairy U.S. Import Restrictions: Alternatives to Present 54 pp. + 8, 1976 Programs. ID-76-44; B-114824. December appendices. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. .staats, Comptroller General. Programs: U.S. Issue Area: International Economic and Military Balance of Trade (602). Contact: International Div. Affairs (150). Budget Function: Agriculture (350); Intern... |
| Date May 5, 1976 |
Report No. OPA-76-42 |
Title
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LM098268 The President’s Budget For Fiscal Year 1977 And Its‘lmplications For Rural Development BY OFFICE OF PROGRAM ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE -’. QPA-76-42 . PREFACE This paper resulted from the discussions and koncerns expressed at the Farmers Home Administration (FmEIA) oversight conducted joint... |
| Date April 23, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-26 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES’
LM098281 ~~l~llll~l~lllselR~
arketin vsgram -- Departments of Agriculture and State vr ._..- 33- GAO has assessed the costs and effects Federal marketing orders authorized of The orders benefit some producers and handlers by improving farm-level prices and also assist industries to organize, exchange ideas, and evaluate marketing conditions. On th... |
| Date April 9, 1976 |
Report No. ACG-76-22 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASI~INGTON, OF THE UNITED D.C. 20548 STATES 76
April B-115398 9, 1976 :,! I. /\G”i.” Speaker of the House President of the Senate:. We were furnished copies of deferrals which the President submitted to the Congress on March 18, 1976, in his 12th special message for fiscal year 1976 purThe suant to the ImEndment Control Act of lo-.. 1974. special message tr’ smits %‘ s... |
| Date March 3, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-39 |
Title
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LM099941 , 3e 3re sending copies 5ffice of Management and Aaricult~~e- - I the Chairmar,, Execct - iw - DireCtok , Council PO1 icy. of Budzet; tk;s :he rspoirSecretzry to the @ire:tor, Ecor.or.ie F:olicv Or, izternztlciaf of &sar-d: and Econoroic the Contents PalIe DIGEST i CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 'r;ieat Export Sc.bsidy Program Pczlrpise of GAO review Agricuiture's propsed ... |
| Date Feb. 6, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-53 |
Title
,.4 L /y : I i COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE
D.C. UNITED STATES 2OS48 B-177486 The Honorable James C. Cleveland House of Representatives Dear Mr. Cleveland: f%% 6 1976 You expressed an interest in the results of our review, undertaken at the request of former Congressman Louis C. Wyman,.on how the Department of Labor certified foreign workers for New Hampshire’s 1974 apple harvest. We e... |
| Date Jan. 22, 1976 |
Report No. FOD-76-8 |
Title
y $JSTEb~ BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE UNITED STATES L Audit Of Fed Insurance Corporation FiscaI Year
Department of Agriculture FOD-76-8 JAfd.22, I976 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON, OF THE
D.C. UNITED
20848 STATES i; L-t J To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report is on our audit of the Federal Insurance Corporation, Department of Agriculture, fiscal ... |
| Date Jan. 21, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-40 |
Title
L1 The i:onorable Clarence Hotise of Repr,senkltivcs Dear Mr. Long: D. Long 11111111111
LM098123 -. .L.' . . Your letter of June :o, 1975, reqmsted us to invest_igate whether congressional in'cent MS contravened by a February 1975becision by the I~~Departrr,ent of Acricuiture ~lo'i to grant the United Uations tGoi*id Fohd Program permissfm to iise m'Hm--Ym,3nc.. as theiT63 freight f~r;rar~~, +-t-J... |
| Date Dec. 9, 1975 |
Report No. OPA-76-10 |
Title
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LM096897 BY Office of Program of the AnaDysis U.S. General Accounting Office i OPA-76 10 crx. 911975 , TABLE OF CONTENTS --------!z!ze Highlights Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Charter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Appendix . . . . . . . . . ..*.............*................... 1. Public Opinion Survey of Farmers Home Administration . . . . . ... |
| Date Nov. 26, 1975 |
Report No. ID-76-2 |
Title
Gowerrh;lental pokias and il,s:itutianal fattars providing Me incentive-or acting as disincentives--have hindered devcbping countries in growing 55 much food 0s ~~~sib!e. These disincentives exist aithough more food is urgently fleatied and other couneriS and institutions have providd swis;ance io hc!p increase production. Also food a&zansc ’ from others has permit Cad countries to postponeremav... |
| Date Sept. 12, 1975 |
Report No. RED-76-24 |
Title
P-114873 RELEASED 12 I!#5 [? 4’ The Honorable 3ill Alexander House of Representatives Dear Mr. Alexander: in accordance with your March 26, 1975, request and subsequent discussions with your office, we reviewed several matters relating to the emergency loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Home Adninistration. The program is authorized by suDtitle C of the Consol... |
| Date Sept. 10, 1975 |
Report No. RED-76-16 |
Title
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF T UNITED STATES Personnel Management Improvements Initiated Or Needed To Help Farmers Home Administration Meet Its Expanded Missions
Department of Agriculture The Farmers Home Administration’s rural development mission has been greatly increased over the last several years. A system is being developed to determine how many people are needed to effectively imp... |
| Date June 18, 1975 |
Report No. FGMSD-75-37 |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS LlBRARY SYSTEM Limited Progress Made I n Developing Loan Accounting System
Farmers Home Administration of Agriculture Department BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL
OF THE UNITED
FGMSD-75-37 STATES
JUl4E18,197$!- COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED
D.C. 20548 STATES B-114573 6
i To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report points o... |
| Date June 10, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-378 |
Title
ci \:The Honorable Roy A, Taylor House of Representatives
Dear hr m Taylor: This report relates to your January 29, 1975, request and later discussions with your office that we take another look at the Department of Agriculture’s plans to consolidate the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service P aerial photography operations on an interim basis in Salt -/Lake City, Utah, pending a mo... |
| Date May 23, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-372 |
Title
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LM097023 More Effective Procedures Are Needed For Establishing Payment Terms And Development Periods For Irrigation Projects
Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior Department UNITED STATES
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE RED-75-372 AYigL 19 75 UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION B-125045
. The Bonorable \... |
| Date Jan. 8, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-288 |
Title
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LM097119 Repartmerttof Agrictriture
and
ether Federal agencies RED-75288 EST Comptroller I . rf+
GeneraP of ?.tlc !Jnlred States .. 66 73 74 74 75 ?S 3 ChFXTAL SEm=h=TS--mRE ARE f33ME WATER AXE SEkiER N-S Residents cited capital bvctCmerzts as goals ‘=ut rrot pr0hl.f ms Sontc water and sewer need3 exist Recreation areas ar.d facilities apcpear adeqzzate 87 87... |
| Date Dec. 24, 1974 |
Report No. RED-75-314 |
Title
. RELEASED The korable United States WiJliem Senate Promir-2 Dear Senator Prmx8S M:
Your letter of August 23, ?974, requested that we (l)[revieti the Farmers Ebn~ Administration's (MA) practfces concerning credit reyorts fur mortgage (housing) loans and agricuitura? (farm operatlrg 5 1asnsJ (2) determfne whether there were dffferences in the rates of default bets;ee;i these types of loans, and (3)... |
| Date Jan. 31, 1974 |
Report No. B-177486 |
Title
WA8HINOTON. l3.C. WWJ RELEASED
B-177486 JAN9 1 1974 5 c-: i.. The Honorable William D. Ford, Chairman Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor ;, * Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of May 3, 1973, requested that we investigate and J report on-sllegations’made by the Florida Rural Legal Services, 1, Incorporated, and the American Friends Service C... |
| Date Sept. 28, 1973 |
Report No. B-176994 |
Title
REPORT Tb THE CONGRESS Preliminary Report On The Special Supplemental Food Program
B.176994 Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrltlon Service BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPT 28J373 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED
20548 STATES D C B-176994 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This 1s our preliminary report on the Special... |
| Date Sept. 26, 1973 |
Report No. 089514 |
Title
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 March 31, 1973 |
Report No. 093830 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, DC 20548 lNTERNATlONAL DIVISION May 31, 1973 Dear Mr, Ioanes On November 29, I.972 you-forwarded comments of the Foreqn Agrlculture Service on our draft report to the Congress on "Alternatives to Present Market Development Actlvltles.B1 On March 30, 1973, the Assistant Administrator foV Market Development reported on developments concerning recom... |
| Date July 13, 1972 |
Report No. B-163484 |
Title
RESOWRCES APID ECONOMIC DEVELOPWDENT DIVlSlOM B-163484 Dear Mr. Secretary: We have examined into the fee assessment policies and practices of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation / Service (ASCS) 9 Department of Agriculture, concerning its r& processing of price-support loans and storageY!alcility and Y-?% equipment loans authorized under programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation. We... |
| Date May 8, 1972 |
Report No. 088924 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOM IC
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MAY 8 1972 Dear Mr. Kossack: We have inquired into certain features of the Marketing Order program. During our inquiries, we tion on certain matters related to the prices paid under the marketing orders which we believe may be Federal Milk developed informato milk producers of interest to yo... |
| Date April 12, 1972 |
Report No. B-142011 |
Title
.I
1 I
5 _ . . b v REPORT TO THE Payment Limitation Cotton, Wheat, And Feed Grain Programs Had Limited On Reducing Expenditures 8.742011
Agricultural Commodity Department Stabilization and Conservati,,on Credit Corporation of Agriculture Service tBY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE UNITED STA GENERAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
DC. THE UNITED STATES 2O!i48 B-142011 f ,_ To the President of the Senate... |
| Date March 16, 1972 |
Report No. 089407 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll :
LM089407 CIVIL DWlSION |
| Date May 18, 1971 |
Report No. 092969 |
Title
CIVIL UlVlSiON MAY ! 8 1979 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllllllll
LM092969 Dear Dr. Irving: We have recently completed our review of selected activities of the Plant Protection Division (PPD) of the Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture. Our review--made pursuant to the Budget and Act Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 531, and the Accounting and Auditing of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 67)--w... |
| Date Feb. 12, 1971 |
Report No. B-163536 |
Title
,. _ . -. 74Q5f -g REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ’ Balance-Of-Payments Benefits khieved’ky The Department Of Agriculture Through An Increased Agricultural Barter Program B- 163536 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON, OF
D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-163536 To the President of the Senate and the c Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report on... |
| Date Jan. 30, 1970 |
Report No. 092113 |
Title
WASHINGTON,
CIVIL DIVISION D.C. 20548 JAN 30 rgm Dear Mr. Smith: The General Accounting Office has reviewed the manner in which the Farmers Home Administration (FHA) measured the progress made by borrowers i.n raising and maintaining their income and living standards as a result of receiving financial assistance under the EcoOur review involved primarily nomic Opportunity CEO) Loan Program. an exa... |
| Date June 18, 1969 |
Report No. 092697 |
Title
UWED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL. DlVlSlON JUN 1 8 1969
Dear Mr. Smith: The General Accounting Office has reviewed the manner in which the Farmers Home Adminrstratlon (FHA) is carrying out its policies and procedures in Hawaii for providrng credit only to applicants who are unable Our to obtain funds from other sources at reasonable rates and terms. review involved... |
