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Date Oct. 22, 1985 Report No. 128303 Title

Government Operations: Oversight of the General Accounting Office

LUNITED STATES GENE‘ ACCODNTINGOFFICE hL WASEXNGTON, D.C. 20548 . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 9:30 A.M. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1985 STATEMENTOF CEARLESA. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETEE SUBCOXMITTEEON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY COMUTTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON .._ ,:OVERSTGHT @J!HE OF GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE ‘ L I . -5 . * 'Hr. ...
Date Oct. 8, 1985 Report No. 128096 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Agricultural Export Enhancement Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. OCTOBER 8, 1985 ' STATEMENT OF BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON THE AGRICULTURAL EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM 128096 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: today to discuss with you our Program is being of S...
Date Sept. 30, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-134 Title

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: An Overview of Its Development and Use in the Event of an Oil Supply Disruption

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: An Overview Of Its Development And Use In The Event Of An Oil Supply Disruption The Congress authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 1975 to store up to 1 billion barrels of oil that could be withdrawn from storage and distributed to replace lost imports if U.S. oil supplies were disrupted. ...
Date Sept. 18, 1985 Report No. 127934 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Computer Security Research and Training Act of 1985 - H.R. 2889

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON; D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO AM, EST SEPTEMBER 18, 1985 STATEMENT OF MILTON J, SPECIAL ASSISTANT SOCOLAR TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMPUTER SECURITY RESEARCH AND TRAINING H.R. 2889 ACT OF 1985 127934 Mr...
Date Sept. 18, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-61 Title

20 Years of Federal Mass Transit Assistance: How Has Mass Transit Changed?

20 Years Of Federal Mass Transit Assistance: How Has Mass Transit Changed? The Department of Transportation has spent over $30 billion to help improve mass transit. This report examines changes in transit service and ridership since federal assistance began and the extent to which they have resulted in the social, economic, and environmental benefits generally associated with mass transit improvem...
Date Sept. 18, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-132 Title

Agriculture and Food: Overview of the Dairy Surplus Issue--Policy Options for Congressional Consideration

, BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES 1 L rt7Y3-l Report ToThe Congress Overview Of The Dairy Surplus Issue--Policy Options For Congressional Consideration The main objective of federal dairy policies and programs is to assurean adequate supply of milk. A principal program--the pricesupport program--requires the government to purchase, at designated prices, any quantity of butter, chees...
Date Aug. 23, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-56 Title

Health: CHAMPUS Has Improved Its Methods for Procuring and Monitoring Fiscal Intermediary Services To Process Medical Claims

SK . 4.: * I. )‘, 3 *A,.* .., . A;..; I r . :v. ; .;. 1 -: ‘. EL; i: ,._ (5 .“‘. ‘.. ;,;‘::‘[ .- : ‘.” -_ : ..:ir; ;g.Ipf-vTryI& RELEASED 127% Bi’ THE;,i, GENERALAC&UNTlNG Report To The Honorable United States Senate - OFFICE - ‘- Albert Gore, Jr. CHAMPUS Has Improved Its Methods For Procuring And Monitoring Fiscal Intermediary Services To Process Medical Claims In October 19...
Date July 24, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-113 Title

National Defense: Leased Military Housing Costs in Europe Can Be Reduced by Improving Acquisition Practices and Using Purchase Contracts

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense Leased Military Housing Costs In Europe Can Be Reduced By Improving Acquisition Practices And Using Purchase Contracts The Congress has expressed a strong and continuing interest in reducin the high costs of leased housing overseas for U. 8 . military families. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the military services have not b...
Date July 18, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-74 Title

Health: Use of Unaudited Hospital Cost Data Resulted in Overstatement of Medicare's Prospective Payment System Rates

q-3 3Y THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress - OF THEUNITEDSTATES Use Of Unaudited Hospital Cost Data Resulted In Overstatement Of Medicare’s Prospective Payment System Rates When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) computed Medicare’s prospective payment rates for inpatient hospital services, it used unaudited cost reports. Because unaudited cost reports frequently include...
Date July 16, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-85 Title

Environmental Protection: Greater Use of Value Engineering Has the Potential To Save Millions on Wastewater Treatment Projects

. BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Greater Use Of Value Engineering Has The Potential To Save Millions On Wastewater Treatment Projects Value engineering is a method of analyzing a product or service so that its function can be provided at the lowest possible overall cost without sacrificing quality. When applied to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) c...
Date July 9, 1985 Report No. 127353 Title

Natural Resources: Office of Surface Mining Should More Fully Recover or Eliminate Its Costs of Regulating Coal Mining

UNTTED STATES GENE&L ACCOUNTJNG OFFICE WASHJNGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY TUESDAYJULY 9, 1985 EXPECTEDAT 9:30 A.M. 137353 STATEMENTOF MTCHAELGRYSZKOWTEC, ASSOCJATEDJRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNJTY,AND ECONOMJC DEVELOPMENT DTVJSJON U.S. GENERALACCOUNTJNG OFFTCE BEFORETHE SUBCOMMJTTEE NATURAL RESOURCES ON DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTJON COMMJTTEE ENERGYAND NATURAL RESOURCES ON UNJTED STATES SENATE...
Date July 8, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-112 Title

National Defense: DOD Guidance on the Combined Procurement Procedure Needs Provisions for Audit Verification

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense DOD Guidance On The Combined Procurement Procedure Needs Provisions For Audit Verification The objective of the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) combined procurement procedure is to reduce acquisition costs by consolidating orders for spare parts with orders for production components. GAO concluded that the DOD guidance on the...
Date July 5, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-107 Title

National Defense: Information From Previous Reports on Various Aspects of Contracting Out Under OMB Circular A-76

. ’ 3:;rct BY THEU.S.GE[UEI?AL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Civil Service, Post Office & General Services Committee On Governmental Affairs United States Senate Information From Previous Reports On Various Aspects Of Contracting Out Under OMB Circular A-76 This report contains information from previously issued GAO and other reports concerning contracting out under O...
Date July 2, 1985 Report No. PEMD-85-4 Title

An Evaluation of the 1981 AFDC Changes: Final Report

f$5 >$5 may not significant add to at 100 because the .Ol level. of 87 However, among those in each site who were neither care. employed full-time nor seeking employment at the time of the interview, 19 to 43 percent indicated that they had not sought work for some reason that was related to child care. JOINT COPING ACTIONS we investigate the ways in which cases In this section, terminated from AF...
Date June 25, 1985 Report No. 128337 Title

[Reducing the Federal Deficit: A Critical Challenge]

L REDUCING THE FEDERAL DEFICIT: BY A CUTICAL CHALLENGE ._ CHARLES .A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES PREPARED FOR DELIVERY AT L S ANGZLP S , Q CALIFGRNIA JLTNE 2 5 , 1985 -. L t ' s a l w a y s a p l e a s u r e t o v i s i t Los A n g e l e s , and t h e Town H a l l is c e r t a i n l y o n e of t h e most p r e s t i g i o u s f o r u m s i n t h e e n t i r e country. Y o u r...
Date June 24, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-60 Title

National Defense: Operating Chartered Flights From Commercial Airports Has Not Reduced Transportation Costs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL 8LCURlW AFFAIRS AND DlVllllON JUNE 24.1996 B-210119 General Thomas M. Ryan Commander, Military Airlift Command Dear General Subject: Ryan: II lllllllllll Ill 127299 Service reported that year by closing some terminals and by reducthat the MAC terminals operations and that MAC (DOD) needs by operating concept was ...
Date June 21, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-95 Title

Natural Resources: NOAA Is Improving Its A-76 Program To Correct Early Problems

REPORTBY THEUS. General Accounting Office NOAA Is Improving Its A-76 Program To Correct Early Problems Since December 1982 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been reviewing selected activities as provided by Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, Performance of Commercial Activities, to determine whether its activities could be more economically performed by pri...
Date May 28, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-33 Title

Natural Resources: The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Should More Fully Recover or Eliminate Its Costs of Regulating Coal Mining

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL REWWI Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Environment, Energy, And Natural Resources Committee On Government Operations House Of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Department Of The Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Should More Fully Recover Or Eliminate Its Costs Of Regulating Coal Mining The Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamati...
Date May 22, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-106 Title

Information Management: Survey of Small Businesses' Reactions to Changes in the Costs of Telephone Service

REPORTBY THEUS. RELEASED General Accounting Office Survey Of Small Businesses’ Reactions To Changes In The Costs O’f Telephone Service t the request of the House Committee on Small Business, GAO ent a questionnaire to a representative sample of small businesses asking them how they have been affected by changes in the costs of telephone service. The survey results project to over 2 millron usi...
Date May 21, 1985 Report No. 127067 Title

Budget and Spending: Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 1986

. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1985 STATEMENT OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES SENATE ON BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986 . Mr. Chairman and Members of to discuss of request the Subcommittee: GAO's budget Estimates ...
Date May 9, 1985 Report No. 126892 Title

Budget and Spending: The Recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Thursday May 9, 1985 Statement Charles Comptroller General Before Committee of A. Bowsher of the United The Affairs States on Governmental States on the United Senate The Recommendations of the President's on Cost Control Private Sector Survey 126892 Mr. Chairmen and Members of to be here the Committee: today to...
Date May 8, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-37 Title

National Defense: GAO Assessment of DOD's Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) Technology Program

-b,,* ~ . 124 w- B’Y’THE GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE U.S. Report To The Secretary Of Defense GAO Assessment of DOD’s Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) Technology Program GAO reviewed DOD’s Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) program--an effort to develop and demonstrate advanced data and signal processing technology for defense systems. Although progress has been made, the d...
Date May 3, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-63 Title

Health: Information on Veterans' Ability To Defray the Cost of Their Inpatient Care

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, 20548 DE. HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION May 3, 1985 B-218494 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs 126920 Dear Mr. Walters: Subject: .,-_Information on Veterans' Ability to Defray the Cost of Their Inpatient Care (GAO/HRD-85-63) The administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposes a comprehensive reform of eligibility for V...
Date May 1, 1985 Report No. 126825 Title

National Defense: Full-Time Manning in the Army's Reserve Components

rJ.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Ill II lllllllllll 126825 STATEMENT OF Mr. Senior Henry W. Connor Director Associate Expected Wednesday, at 9:30 May 1, a.m. 1985 (Army) NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SURCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE ON FULL-TIME MANNING IN THE ARMY'S RESERVE COMPONENTS Mr. Chairman a...
Date April 26, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-38 Title

National Defense: Expansion of the Military Traffic Management Command's Intrastate Rate Acquisition Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND DIVISION B-152283 The Honorable Barry Goldwater Committee on Armed Chairman, United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Expansion of the Military Command's Intrastate Rate (GAO/NSIAD-85-38) APRIL 25,1985 Services Subject: Traffic Management Acquisition Program This report responds to the request...
Date April 24, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-118 Title

Agriculture and Food: Analysis of Certain Aspects of the Proposed Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act of 1985

REPORTBY THEUS. General Accounting Office Analysis Of Certain Aspects Of The Proposed Agricultural Efficiency And Equity Act Of 1985 The proposed Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act of 1985 would change the manner in which the Department of Agriculture determines the amount of acreage and yields assigned to producers of wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice under various farm programs. This repo...
Date April 17, 1985 Report No. 126718 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office's Overview of the Food Stamp Program

. United 1 Office States General Accounting Washington, DC 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 17, 1985 II Illll 126718 Resources, State of Brian P. Crowley, Associate Director, Senior Level Community and Economic Development Division before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the House Committee on Agriculture on the Acc...
Date April 15, 1985 Report No. 126709 Title

Housing: Opportunities To Reduce Costs and Improve Targeting in the Farmers Home Administration Section 502 Housing Loan Program

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR DELIVERY AT 3:00 P.M. EST MONDAY,APRIL 15, 126709 1985 STATEMENT OF JOHN H. LUKE, ASSOCIATEDIRECTOR HOUSINGAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS RESOURCES, COMMUNITY,AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE HOUSINGAND URBANAFFAIRS ON OF THE COMMITTEE BANKING, HOUSINGAND URBANAFFAIRS ON UNITED STATES SENATE ON OPPORTUNIT...
Date April 5, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-44 Title

Government Operations: Information on the Use of Value Engineering in Federal Design and Construction

1 BY THE U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Nancy Landon Kassebaum United States Senate Information an The Use (% Value Engineering .‘ln Federal Design ,&‘nd Construction Senator Kassebaum requested an assessment, based on prior GAO work, on the potential benefits of the increased use of value engineering--a systematic process for reducing life-cycle costs--in federal constru...
Date March 22, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-41 Title

Income Security: Annual Report Required by District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act, as Amended

COMPELLER ~;ENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-208412 MARCH 22,298s The Honorable Thamas P. GeNeill, Jr. Speaker of the House of Representatives The Honorable Strom Thurmond President pro tempore United States Senate The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental United States Senate The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums Chairman, Committee on the District of Col...
Date March 4, 1985 Report No. 126387 Title

Budget and Spending: Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 1986

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1985 STATEMENT OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986 126387 /I ' Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: to discuss G...
Date Feb. 19, 1985 Report No. OCG-85-1 Title

Government Operations: Compendium of GAO's Views on the Cost Saving Proposals of the Grace Commission

53 ) g BYT E COMPTROLLER GENERA L Report To The Chairman, Senate Committee O n Governmental Affair s OF T E UNITED STATE S Compendium Of GAO's Views On The Cos t Saving Proposals Of The Grace Commissio n Vol . I - Summary of Finding s S ' RICTED — Not to be released oe@fside fbe Owe-M IAcountig Office except on the basis of specific ap v e Office of Congressional Relations. kW \ ,S ED S7 .,.\ ~~...
Date Feb. 13, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-31 Title

Government Operations: Analysis of Grace Commission Proposals To Change the Civil Service Retirement System

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Committee On Post Office And Civil Service House Of Representatives RELEASED Analysis Of Grace Commission To Change The Civil Service Retirement System The Commission recommended many changes to the civil service retirement system which it said would reduce costs and make the federal system comparable to private sector retirement programs. ...
Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-35 Title

Managing the Cost of Government: Building an Effective Financial Management Structure

Managing The Cost Of Government &,,,!&YJ / Comptroller Building An Effective Financial Management Structure General of the United States Volume II Conceptual Framework February 1985 GAO/AFMD-85-35-A United States General Accounting Ofice TABLEOFCONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7’he conceptual framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TirebenZFts...
Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-35A Title

Managing the Cost of Government: Building an Effective Financial Management Structure

Managing The Cost Of Government &,,,!&YJ / Comptroller Building An Effective Financial Management Structure General of the United States Volume II Conceptual Framework February 1985 GAO/AFMD-85-35-A United States General Accounting Ofice TABLEOFCONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7’he conceptual framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TirebenZFts...
Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-9A Title

Financial Institutions: An Examination of Concerns Expressed About the Federal Reserve's Pricing of Check Clearing Activities

PACS accumulates check clearing costs under four specific activities: processing, adjustments, return items (checks returned unpaid), and fine sort (checks sorted to a specific paying institution). While PACS reported gross expenses for the overall commercial check activity, only intraoffice or local processing expense figures were needed for pricing purposes. Therefore, to obtain the expense data...
Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-9 Title

Financial Institutions: An Examination of Concerns Expressed About the Federal Reserve's Pricing of Check Clearing Activities

Report To The Chairman Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs United States Senate BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES An Examination of Concerns Expressed About The Federal Reserve’s Pricing Of Check Clearing Activities The Federal Reserve System and some of the Nation’s larger commercial banks play major roles in clearing the billions of checks written each year in the U...
Date Jan. 4, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-12 Title

Environmental Protection: The Environmental Protection Agency Should Better Manage Its Use of Contractors

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives On OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Environmental Protection Agency Should Better Manage Its Use Of Contractors The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relies on contractor support to augment its staff. In fiscal year 1983, for instance, EPA spent an estim...
Date Jan. 2, 1985 Report No. PEMD-85-5 Title

Education: Use of the Public Law 94-142 Set-Aside Shows Both the Flexibility Intended by the Law and the Need for Improved Reporting

BY i-it U.S. Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On The Handicapped, Committee On Labor And Human Resources United States Senate Use Of The Public Law 94-l 42 Set-Aside Shows Both The Flexibility Intended By The Law And The Need For Improved Reporting Under the Education for Ail Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-1423, each state may set aside for the payment of administrative and direct and...
Date Dec. 28, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-85-14 Title

International Affairs: U.S. Participation in U.N. Program Budgets

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Committee On Foreign Relations United States Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES U.S. Participation E’n U.N. Program Budgets The program budgets of the United Nations and its specialized agencies have grown significantly over time, resulting in proportionate increases in the amount of U.S. assessed contributions to the organizations. The extent to which t...
Date Dec. 27, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-21 Title

Natural Resources: Program To Transfer Land Between the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service Has Stalled

BV THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretaries Of Agriculture And The Interior Program To Transfer Land Between The Bureau Of Land Management And The Forest Service Has Stalled The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Servrce manage land in many of the same or nearby areas of the West. Transferring agency jurisdiction to consolidate the land into larger blocks can reduce manageme...
Date Nov. 6, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-16 Title

Natural Resources: Forest Service's Program To Identify Unneeded Land for Potential Sale Is Stalled

REPORTBY THEU.S. General Accounting Office Forest Service’s Program To Identify Unneeded Land For Potential Sale Is Stalled In March 1983 the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service identified about 6 million acres of its 191 million acresfor furtherstudytodetermine if theland was needed or could be made available for sale. The Service was responding to the President’s February 1982 Execu...
Date Nov. 2, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-14 Title

Transportation: Greater Use of Value Engineering Has the Potential To Save the Department of Transportation Millions in Construction Costs

Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Greater Use Of Value Engineering Has The Potential To Save The Department Of Transportation Millions In Construction Costs Value englneoring is a scientific method of analyzing a product or service so that its function can be provrtled at the lowest possible overall cost. When r~ppl~t?cl to Departrnent of Transportation federal-aid corlstruction programs, ...
Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-90 Title

Health: Excessive Respiratory Therapy Cost and Utilization Data Used in Setting Medicare's Prospective Payment Rates

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFJCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 NUMAN RUOURCU DIVISION September 28, 1984 B-216611 The Honorable The Secretary Margaret M. Heckler of Health and Human Services llllllllllll I 125312 Dear Madam Secretary: Subject: Excessive Respiratory Therapy Cost and Utilization Data Used in Setting Medicare's Prospective Payment Rates (GAO/HRD-84-90) Until October 1, 1983, Medicare...
Date Sept. 21, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-200 Title

Energy: Overview of Selected Civilian Agencies' Progress in Achieving Energy Conservation

September RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 21, 1984 B-213139 The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Overview of in Achieving Selected Energy lllllllllllll 125389 Civilian Agencies' Progress Conservation (GAO/RCED-84-208) Subject: In response to your...
Date Sept. 19, 1984 Report No. 125264 Title

Government Operations: Improving the Management of the Federal Government

U.S GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED 10:00 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1984 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM DIRECTOR, J. ANDERSON GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE, POST OFFICE AND GENERAL SERVICES SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ON IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Mr. Chairman and Members ver...
Date Aug. 21, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-85 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Closing the Department of Labor's Brooklyn Wage and Hour Area Office

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 WUMhN RUOURCU DIVWON August 21, 1984 B-215918 The Honorable Stephen J. Solarz House of Representatives Dear I4r. Solarz: Subject: Closing the Department of Labor's Brooklyn Wage and Hour Area Office (GAO/HRD-84-85) This is in response to your January 24, 1984, letter requesting us to determine what effect closing the Department of Labo...
Date Aug. 20, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-79 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA's Innovative Technology Program for Waste Water Treatment Needs Better Controls

REPORTBY THEU.S. General Accounting Office EPA’s Innovative Technology Program For Waste Water Treatment Needs Better Controls The Envrronmental Protectron Agency (EPA), whrch makes grants to munrcrpalmes to build sewage treatment plants, gives frnancral and other rncentrves to munrcrpalrtres which use more efficient, innovative sewage treatment technologies in their plant projects GAO reviewed ...
Date Aug. 17, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-88 Title

Health: Proposal To Improve Identification and Collection of Medicare Part B Duplicate Payments

Warn STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. u)o46 HUMAN RUOURCOI DIVISION .- August 17, 1984 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D. Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Proposal to Improve Identification and Collection Subject: of Medicare Part B Duplicate Payments (GAO/HRD-84-88) Duplicate payments are one of the principal causes o...
Date Aug. 10, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-86 Title

Health: New York Requires Employed Medicaid Recipients To Enroll in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054 UUMAN NC8OUm DIVWDN August 10, 1984 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D. Health Care Financing Administrator, Administration of Health and Human Services Department Dear Dr. Subject: Davis: New York Requires Employed Enroll in Employer-Sponsored (GAO/HRD-84-86) ' Medicaid Health Recipients Insurance to N As a part of our r.eview of the use of recip...