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Date Jan. 16, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-22 Title

Environmental Protection: Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Program Is Behind Schedule

;;“,:I ,, _B___.,,C-. .- ., . .- mvvwd w . I RESTRICTED - ~CcoUlltin~ tl by the Office i L;iprova# 30rs-5 ’ I . BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ReDort To The Chairman, 1Subcommittee Ov’ersig ht And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives - On OF THE UNITED STATES Vehicle Emissions Inspection And Maintenance Program IS Behind Schedule Air Act, 30 StateS and the Dis...
Date Aug. 8, 1984 Report No. AFMD-84-57 Title

Audits of Federal Programs: Reasons for Disparities Between Costs Questioned by Auditors and Amounts Agencies Disallow

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Legislation And National Security Subcommittee, Committee On Government Operations House Of Representatives Ot Tt It- UNITEDSTATES Audits Of Federal Programs: Reasons For The Disparity Between Costs Questioned By Auditors And Amounts Agencies Disallow A large dlsparlty exists between the hundreds of mllllons of dollars In federal contract and gran...
Date Aug. 3, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-27 Title

Energy: Status of Bonneville Power Administration's Efforts To Improve Its Oversight of Three Nuclear Power Projects

Comptroller General Status Of Bonneville Power Administration’s Efforts To Improve Its Oversight Of Three Nuclear Power Projects In the early 1970 5, the Department of Energy’s Bonneville Power Admlnlstratlon acquired all or part of the powergener,iting capC~biIity of three nuclear projects being constructed In the Paclflc Northwest by the WashIngton Public Power Supply System Under Its contra...
Date May 23, 1984 Report No. AFMD-84-59 Title

Financial Management: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's Financial Operations Were Properly Accounted for and Reported

REPORT THE BY Comptroller General The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Financial Operations Were Properly Accounted For And Reported GAO performed a comprehensive audit of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s financial operations from lnceptron in April 1979 through March 31, 1984 at the request of nine Members of the Congress. GAO found that the Fund’s financial operations had been conducte...
Date April 18, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-51 Title

Energy: Improvements Needed in the DOE Petroleum Pricing and Allocation Compliance Program

BYTHECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives OF THEUNITEDSTATES Improvements NeededA .fhe u -BffnergvLs Petroleum Pricing&d Allocation Compliance Program Between August 1973 and January 1981 (the date the PrHdent lifted price controls on refmed petroleum* products) the Department of Energy’...
Date March 30, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-26 Title

Income Security: An Assessment of Random Audit--A New Department of Labor Program To Improve the Accuracy of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payments

BYTHEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Labor An Assessment Of Random Audit-A New Depart’me’nt Of Labor Program To Improve The Accuracy Of Unemployment insurance Benefit Payments The Labor Department estimated that in fiscal year 1983 more than 15 million persons received over $29 billion in jobless benefits from the Unemployment Insurance system. To help assure that the st...
Date March 20, 1984 Report No. 123681 Title

Financial Management: H.R. 4821, the Single Audit Act of 1984

U.S, GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTED lo:00 A.M. AT TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1984 CHARLES A. STATEMENT OF BOWSHER,COMPTROLLER GENERAL BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY ON HOUSECOMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON HOUSEBILL i3.R. 4821 THE SINGLE AUDIT ACT OF 1984 ' Mr. Chairman, we welcome this opportunity to appear before Audit you to ...
Date March 16, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-3 Title

Health: Assuring Reasonableness of Rising Indirect Costs on NIH Research Grants--A Difficult Problem

i REPORT THE BY Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Assuring Reasonableness Of Rising Indirect Costs O’n NIH Research Grants--A Difficult Problem National institutes of Health reimbursements to its grantees for indirect costs increased from $166 million in 1972 to $690 million in 1982. Moreover, indirect costs consumed an increasing proportion of the federal research dollar--rising from abo...
Date Jan. 1, 1984 Report No. 125824 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Vol. 19, Issue 4, Fall 1984

......... ! ! I r Joseph Campbell 1 0 - 9 9 01 w Joseph Campbell. former U S. Comptroller General. died J u n e 21. 1984, at his home i n Sarasota, F l a He was 84 years old Mr Campbell, appointed as Comptroller General by President Eisenhower, was head of G A O from December 14 1954 until July 31 1965 He retired before his 15 year t e r m endedfor health reasons ! Under M r Campbell's leadership...
Date Oct. 11, 1983 Report No. 122683 Title

Special Publications: [Auditing Using Microtechnology]

' *' -* t a 11llIII11111ll1 lIl l 1 I 11 l ll1 1 122683 TO SA0 Document Servi L Z S Seitior-..'Cffi _'. of Information Sysien:' and ServLces - Share:: 3 m o n THRU : Gecrge E. Grant, .;cting Regional Manager- - LARQ /< Vie E l l , Assistant Regional Kanager - L A M FROM : Frec Gallegos, Supervisor - P:SS/LARC~,2_i : I 4 ~, 7 fly /- kfi(94&2* FIEFERENCE: SUBJECT: GAO Order 1350.1 and memorandum dat...
Date May 12, 1983 Report No. 121343 Title

International Affairs: The Trade Reorganization Act of 1983, S. 121

s UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 10:00 a.m. May 12, 1983 STATEMENTOF ALLAN I. MENDELOWITZ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION BEFORETHE SENATE COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ON THE TRADE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1983 (S.121) ..-_ I 1 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are pleased Reorganization functions Trade. to be...
Date April 1, 1983 Report No. 088890 Title

Government Operations: The Evaluation Synthesis

. .- . -t . THE EVALUATION SYNTHESIS \ FOREWORD This document outlines the methodology for an evaluative approach, currently being applied by the General Accounting Office (GAO), which we call the Evaluation Synthesis. The evaluation synthesis represents a cluster of techniques by which questions about a Federal program are developed collaboratively with congressional committee staff, existing stu...
Date July 27, 1982 Report No. 119134 Title

Financial Management: Statement of Facts Resulting From Audit of Internal Controls Over DOE Research Laboratories

. STATEMENT OF FACTS RESULTING FROM GAO'S AUDIT OF INTERNAL CONTROG, OVER SELECTED FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S RESEARCH LABORATORm PERFORMED AT THE REQUEST OF PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE OM INVESTIGATIONS, COMMITTEE 0s GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, UNITED STATES SENATE c o n t e n t s Page - GOVE'RNMENT-OWNED, CONTRACTOR-OPERATED RESEARCH FACILITIES 1 Inappropriate procurement p r a c t i c e s 1 Weak ...
Date May 11, 1982 Report No. 118385 Title

Financial Management: Block Grant Implementation

. . ,, UN 4 ’ f U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 4 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 1982 STATEMENT OF COMPTROLLER CHARLES A. BOWSHER GENERAZ; OF THE UNITED BEF9RE THE STATES SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON BLOCK GRANT IMPLEMENTATION 118385 IllI I welcome the opportunity our observat...
Date March 16, 1982 Report No. 117878 Title

Budget and Spending: President's New Federalism Proposals

U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING (>FFICE Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected Tuesday, at 1O:OO a.m. March 16, 1982 STATEMENT OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTZE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE PRESIDENT'S ON THE NEW FEDERALISM PROPOSALS llNlll IIII 117878 I welcome our views the opportunity aspects we address question of of to appea...
Date March 15, 1982 Report No. 117799 Title

Health: Data Used by HCFA in Preparing Its Proposal for the End Stage Renal Disease Program

*.. .a, “‘“i,, *, Izi?w United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office 1 Washington, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:00 a.m. EST Monday, March 15, 1982 Statement Associate Director, of Michael Zimmerman Division Human Resources Before the on Health on Finance Subcommittee Senate Committee On the Data Used by the Health in Preparing Reimbursement Its Proposal Care Financing to Estab...
Date March 15, 1982 Report No. 118458 Title

Health: The Proposed Regulations Governing Reimbursement Under the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Program

. . United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office Washington, Statement Subcommittee House Committee Hearing Governing Medicare for the Record on Oversight on Ways and Means Regulations Under the Progrpm on the Proposed Reimbursement End Stage Renal Disease This Financing to establish statement focuses on the data used by the Health its recent Care Administration a prospective dialysis (HCFA)...
Date Feb. 24, 1982 Report No. 117707 Title

Financial Management: Federal Departments and Agencies Failure To Collect Audit-Related Debts

I P UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1982 STATEMENT OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER, COMPTROLLER GENERAL UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNING,FEDERAL FAILURE DEPARTMENTS AND A...
Date Feb. 22, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-42 Title

Health: Information on Selected Medicare Independent Dialysis Facility Audits

, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 117c;?7 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION FEBRUARY 22,1982 B-206428 The Honorable L. H. Fountain Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Information on Selected Dialysis Facility Audits RELEASED Subject: Medicare Independent '(HRD-...
Date Dec. 16, 1981 Report No. CED-82-19 Title

Environmental Protection: Use of Federal Grant Funds for a Sewage Treatment Project

DECEMBER 16,1981 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject t John Glenn Senate Glenn t 11’ 7128 Use of Federal Grant Funds for a’ Sewage Treatment Project in Portage County, Ohio (CED-82-19) the usa of Padsral grant funds for a sewage treatment project in Portage County, Ohio. The results of our inquiries and the audits that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Fedeical Bureau...
Date Dec. 9, 1981 Report No. 117016 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Ways To Improve HHS Inspector General's Operations and Relationship With FBI

United States General Accounting Washington., D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m., EST Wednesday, December 9, 1981 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING, ON WAYS TO IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP W...
Date Dec. 8, 1981 Report No. 117014 Title

Financial Management: Improving the Collection of Debts Owed the Government

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED BY 9:30 A.M. EST December 8, 1981 Tuesday, STATEMENT OF WILBUR D. CAMPBELL ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF DEBTS OWED THE GOVERNMENT . Mr. Chairman We are ing Mr. the and ...
Date Nov. 23, 1981 Report No. 116913 Title

Transportation: Procurement of Support Services at the Transportation Systems Center

m I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION MN 2 3 1981 Mr. Howard Dugoff Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration Department of Transportation Dear Mr. Dugoff: Procurement of Support Services At the Transportation Systems Center Sublect: We recently began a review of the role, functions, and management of the Tra...
Date Oct. 6, 1981 Report No. 116597 Title

Natural Resources: Problems Confronting the Geological Survey in Collecting Oil and Gas Royalties

. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 AM EST OCTOBER 6, 1981 STATEMENT OF JOHN F. SIMONETTE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTDIVISION lllllllllllll Ill 116597 BEFORE THE CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR...
Date Sept. 30, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-81 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: IRS Could Better Protect U.S. Tax Interests in Determining the Income of Multinational Corporations

i’ -2’ i _ ! t:-/. q-d hf : ,/ - / ’ BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman, House Committee On Ways And Means OF THEUNITEDSTATES IRS Could Better Protect U.S.Tax Interests In Determining The Income Of Multinational Corporations When multinational corporations price transactions with their subsidiaries, they often have the opportunity to take advantage of disparate corporate tax rat...
Date Aug. 14, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-53 Title

Financial Management: The Air Force Has Incurred Numerous Overobligations in Its Industrial Fund

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The Air Force Has Incurred Numerous Overobligations In Its Industrial Fund The Air Force has incurred numerous overobligations in its industrial fund in recent years, ranging up to $210 million, and has not re‘ported the deficiencies to the President and ‘the Congress as required by law. Further, the ;Air Force illegally adjus...
Date July 2, 1981 Report No. B-200951 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: [Proposed Amendment to National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act]

,: h . ; t 1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 204 B-200951 July 2, 1981 The Honorable Pete V. Domenici Chairman, Committee on the Budget United States Senate Dear Mr. Domenici: The proposed amendment to Section 108 of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act, as stated in S.1377, to allow the National Consumer Cooperative Bank (Bank) to spend funds equivalent to the cost ...
Date July 1, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-66 Title

Employment: Labor Needs To Better Manage Migrant Grants in Virginia and Improve the Process for Selecting Grantees

I -- Report To The Honorable William C. Wampler, House Of Representatives OFTHEUNITEDSTATES BY THE Labor Needs To Better Manage Migrant Grants In Virginia And Improve The Process For Selecting Grantees The Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Association in Virginia operates programs that provide employment and training services to farmworkers. GAO could not adequately evaluate the Association’s per...
Date June 10, 1981 Report No. ID-81-40 Title

International Affairs: Managing Assistance for Foreign Disaster Reconstruction

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION B-203453 JUNE lo,1981 The Honorable Administrator, Development M. Peter McPherson Agency f.or International l Dear Mr. McPherson: Subject: Managing Disaster Assistance for Reconstruction Foreign (ID-81-40) lllll11 llllll ll 115449 We have examined foreign disaster reconstruction activities in several countries ...
Date May 14, 1981 Report No. 115235 Title

Health: Legislation and Regulations To Address Abuses in the Home Health Care Industry

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EDT Thursday, May 14, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE PERMANENTSUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTALAFFAIRS ON THE ADEQUACY OF r LEGISLATT"N AND REGULATIONS $@ADDRESS'i@USES IN THE HOME HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY 3 Mr. Chairman a...
Date May 13, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-18 Title

Government Operations: Federal Home Loan Bank Board's Management of Its Procurement Activities Should Be Improved

6’1 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Ranking Minority Member, Committee On Appropriations United States Senate RELEASED Federal Ho Management Of Its Procurement Activities Should Be improved GAO reviewed certain areas of concern relating to the Board’s acquisition and management of its new headquarters building and its controls over personnel awards, travel, and vehicles. The Board: --Has...
Date May 13, 1981 Report No. 114968 Title

Special Publications: [Third Seminar on Government Control]

Good m o r n i n g / a f t e r n o o n . I a m delighted to again p a r t i c i p a t e i n a Mexican S e m i n a r on Government C o n t r o l . These a n n u a l s e m i n a r s a n d t h e many o t h e r p r o g r a m s a n d p r o j e c t s underway t o e x p a n d t h e scope of a u d i t i n g i n t h e C o n t a d u r i a Mayor d e H a c i e n d a a r e c e r t a i n l y i m p r e s s i v e...
Date April 24, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-84 Title

Health: Response to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' Queries on Abuses in the Home Health Care Industry

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASMIWGTON OF O.C. THE UNITED 2OSM STATES The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Permanent Subcommittee on Chairman, Investigations Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Response to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Queries on Abuses in the Home I;- nvestigations' Health Care Industry (HRD-81-84) Subject: I“) 3 'This report is in response to...
Date April 22, 1981 Report No. 115069 Title

Government Operations: Views on Senate Bills 45 and 807

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, 1981 STATEMENTOF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON INTERGOVERNMENTALRELATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON SENATE BILL 45 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REFORM ACT OF 1981 AND SENATE BILL 807 FEDERAL ASSI...
Date April 13, 1981 Report No. B-200685 Title

Government Operations: [GAO Responsibilities Under Impoundment Control Act of 1974]

L4 z As WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 ~~~/7 -7, - COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES '1k' 0)* April 13, 1981 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This responds to your letter, dated March 26, 1981, and the letter you attached from Congressman James R. Jones, Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, concerning GAO's e...
Date April 2, 1981 Report No. 114865 Title

Energy: Review of DOE Efforts To Enforce Crude Oil Pricing Regulations of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO A.M. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1981, . .?V /6J STATEMENT OF /" [, -7l 3. DEXTER PEACE, DIRECTOR ... ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION \ : Ic, 3 BEFORETEE -c; SUBCOMMITEE OVERSIGHTAND INVESTIGATIONS ON HOUSECOMMITTEE ENERGY ON AND COMMERCE Mr. Chairman -and Members of the Subcommittee: I appreciate the opportu...
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. CED-81-47 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA Actions Against the Hopewell, Virginia, Wastewater Treatment Facility

REPORTB’Y’ THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES EPAActions Against The Hopewell, Virginia, Wastewater Treatment Facility GAO reviewed questions raised by the city of Hopewell, Virginia, concerning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (1) enforcement actions against the Hopewell Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, (2) lack of technical assistance to the city, and (3) withholding o...
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. 114495 Title

Government Operations: President's Program for Economic Recovery

4, L, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING Washington, D.C. 20548 OFF;CE . FOR REWSASEON DELIVERY Exp8ct8d on March 3, 1981 Statmmat . . (. *, . of : States Elmer B. Staats Comptroller General of the United * . U.S. Hou81s of Representatives on the Program for Economic Recoveiy Mr. Chairman and Members of tha Conenitteer before you today to diicuss The President proposals for the I am pleased I to app...
Date Feb. 17, 1981 Report No. 114469 Title

Special Publications: The Role of the General Accounting Office in Public Works Audits

a a HE ROLE OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING O F F I C E IN PUBLIC WORKS AUDIT^ PRESENTED BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES FEBRUARY 1 7 , 1 9 8 1 BEFORE SENIOR-OFFICIALS OF THE G F F I C E OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF VENEZUELA AND PUBLIC -WORKS AGENCIES CAEIACAS, VENEZUELA Good morning. I a m v e r y p l e a s e d t o have been asked t o a d d r e s s such a d i s t i n ...
Date Feb. 11, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-8 Title

Energy: Residential Energy Conservation Outreach Activities--A New Federal Approach Needed

* 111 II’ r* BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL I T I. ;ly3’J9 port To The Con OF THEUNITED STATES Residential Energy Conservation Out reach Activities--A New Federal Approach Needed The Department of Energy’s outreach act& ities are intended to encourage residential consuiners to voluntarily implement. energy conservation measures. These activities can contribute to greater energy conservation if the...
Date Feb. 2, 1981 Report No. CED-81-25 Title

Housing: SBA's Pilot Programs To Improve Guaranty Loan Procedures Need Further Development

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES :t Report ToThe Congress ilot Programs To Improve Guaranty Loan Procedures Need Further Development The Small Business Administration is testing two pilot programs to expedite application for, review, and approval of 7(a) guaranty loans. Although these programs are directed to the problems which are most troublesome to small businesses and lenders, GAO b...
Date Jan. 7, 1981 Report No. CED-81-35 Title

Transportation: Further Improvements Are Needed in Amtrak's Passenger Service Contracts, But They Won't Come Easily

li~bf 6’3, & BY THECOMPTiOiLER GEtiERli’L ’ Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Further Improvements Are Needed In Amtrak’s Passenger Service Contracts, But They Won’t Come Easily Amtrak has made significant improvements in its contracts with other railroads for services that are essential for operating Amtrak trains. Further revisions in contract provisions are needed to provide be...
Date Jan. 1, 1981 Report No. 116145 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Vol. 16, Issue 3, Summer 1981

Charles A. Bowsher Sixth Comptroller General of the United States President Ronald Reagan nominated Charles A. Bowsher, a partner in Arthur Andersen & Company, as Comptroller General of the United States. Since 1971, Mr. Bowsher supervised Arthur Andersen’s work for such Federal entities a s the Departments of Interior and Treasury, the Agency for International Development, the Federal Energy O...
Date Nov. 19, 1980 Report No. 113937 Title

Underground Economy--What Can and Should Be Done: The Federal Role

PRESENTATION O F DANIEL C . HARRIS, GROUP DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT D I V I S I O N UNITED S T A T E S GENERAL ACCOUNTING O F F I C E BEFORE THE SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON TAXATION SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATIONTAX I N S T I T U T E O F AMERICA NEW ORLEANS, LA. NOVEMBER 1 9 , 1 9 8 0 I welcome t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h i s con- f e r e n c e...
Date Nov. 13, 1980 Report No. ID-81-13 Title

International Affairs: Suggested Improvements in Management of International Narcotics Control Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION 111111 Ill 113848 13,198O The Honorable Mathea Falco Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters Department of State Dear Ms. Falco: NOVEMBER Suggested Improvements in Management of cU+e International Narcotics Control Program (ID-81-13) 3 examination In May and June 1980, we made a limited of the Inte...
Date Nov. 6, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-81-1 Title

Financial Management: More--And Better--Audits Needed of CETA Grant Recipients

. I BY:Tt--jE COMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES - - R@port The Congress To Mbre-And Better--Audits Needed Of CETAGrant Rgcipients Bet een July 1974 and October 1978, over $26 illion in Federal Comprehensive Employmen and Training Act (CETA) funds was spen by about 460 grantees and thousands of s bgrantees. Department of Labor regulation require these grantees to be audited at 1 least! once eve...
Date Oct. 2, 1980 Report No. 113476 Title

Budget and Spending: GSA's Multiple Award Schedule and Self-Service Store Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO a.m. , 1980 2 OCT 1980 llllllII I 113476 Statement Walton H. Sheley, Jr., of Acting Director DIVISION PROCUREMENT AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION before Senate Subcommittee the on Federal Spending Practices Committee -. L SA's Multiple and Open Government on Governmental on Award Store Schedule Progra...
Date Sept. 19, 1980 Report No. FPCD-80-88 Title

Government Operations: Follow-Up Review of Federal Overtime Practices

UNITEDSTATES WASH GENERAL I NGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION . , B-200461 SEP I B x330 The Honorable Gla:iys :L: :;,;tellman Chair, SubcQmmittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits Committee OR Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Madam Subject: Chair: ,_,,,“,,I 1 ! I I 114113 ,/Follow-Up Review Practice,sj(~~~D-80-88) of Fe...
Date Sept. 10, 1980 Report No. B-199132 Title

Financial Management: Government Employee Associations' Vending Machine Income

Date Aug. 22, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-108 Title

Education: Investigation Into Allegations of Wrongdoing by Cascade County Housing for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc.

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-199955 AUGUST 22,198O The Honorable Ron Marlene@ House of Representatives Dear Mr. Marlenee: Evestigation into Allegations of Wrongdoing by Cascade County Housing Inc. for the Developmentally Disabled, J (HRD-80-108) Subject: and later discussions In your January 22, 1980, letter with your staff, you asked ...