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Date Aug. 23, 1971 Report No. B-133170 Title

National Defense: Review of Efforts by the Navy and Its Contractors To Control Ship Construction Costs at Major Private Shipyards

In oceo~dance with your letters of August 18 and December 10, \ 1970, we are reviewing efforts to con--.~ by the Navy and its contractors / trol ship construction costs at majo% private shipyards. e have n43w completed a substantia3b part of tlhis work. On some of the q.uestiona you saised, h ver, we are finding it necessary to expend 8 greater anount of aa effort than we originally thought would ...
Date Aug. 20, 1971 Report No. B-164250 Title

Information Management: Army's Evaluation of Alternative Designs for Providing Computer Capabilities Needed for SAFEGUARD Antiballistic Missile System

Y REPORT TO TiiERELZASED ON ATOMIC ENERGYCONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES I.-..”;-/- .(2 L,/;j @-’ . / :’ i w* RElElSED ‘~~~~I~~~~~~~~~~/~~ h Army’s Evaluation Of Alternative Designs For Providing Computer Capabilities Needed For SAFEGUARD Antiballistic Missile System 8-164250 / Department of the Army BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES r L COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C...
Date Aug. 13, 1971 Report No. B-114833 Title

Transportation: Improvements Needed in Motor Vehicle Management by the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service

Improvements Needed In Motor Vehicle Management By The Forest Service And The Soil Conservation Service 8-114833 Department of Agriculture UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 4 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2Q548 CIVIL DIVISION B-114833 Dear Mr. Secretary: 3d.:; 7 i This is our report on the improvements needed in motor vehicle management by the Forest Service and th...
Date Aug. 11, 1971 Report No. B-160781 Title

Government Operations: Economies Available if Federal Employees Rent Cars Under GSA Contracts

Economies Available if Federal Employees Rent Cars Under GSA Contracts R-160787 General Services Administration UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHlNGTON, D.C. 20548 B-l 60781 Dear Mr. Kunzig: is our report on economies available rent cars under GSA contracts. report are being and Budget. if Federal ,-,’ This employees Office Copies of this of Manag...
Date July 29, 1971 Report No. B-173440 Title

Transportation: Examination Into the Return of Materiel From the Pacific Area to the United States--Principally to the Anniston, Sharpe and Tooele Army Depots

‘. -._ i: --. Webelievesigniffeantpedactioas in sbippiag mdhmdk&( cask? can be made by Amp.ro~&~ identLfic&.fs ami'scre~ pmcedmws ovwseas in order to redmethe amount of retumedm&erlel.th&fs subject to disposal. We are bringthese mtters to pmr attention at this time because of the continuing and increasfng mte at which US, mil3my forcesarebeingtithdrawnfkcmtheBcific area. It is logicaJ.to expecti...
Date July 23, 1971 Report No. B-156248 Title

Financial Management: Waste of Government Funds in Public Information Operations

WASHINGTOM Dear Mr. Griffin: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM092538 With your letter of June 8, 1971, you enclosed a copy of an article which appeared recently in The Northside Sun, a Jackson, Mississippi, weekly. The article cites the large volume of mail that the paper receives from Federal and State agencies, most of which is of no value to the paper, and concludes that, if ...
Date July 9, 1971 Report No. 092602 Title

Financial Management: Opportunities for Reducing Costs

\ OFFICE UNITED ST14 &~W?AL~ACCOUNTING 1 REGIONAL ROOM 1800 FEDERAL 911 WALNUT OFFICE OFFiCE STREET BUILDING KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64106 , July 9, 1971 , Colonel Seymour Stearns Commander Defense Commercial Communications Office Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225 Dear Colonel Stearns: L r for reducing costs which This letter is a summary of the L?P ortunities o' our staff has discussed with you ...
Date May 21, 1971 Report No. B-164935 Title

Government Operations: Cost to the Federal Government for Supplying the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, With a New Car Every Year

Dear Mr. Dlngell Further reference 1s made to your letter dated March 31, 1971, requesting a report that would Include lnformatlon on the cost to the Government of supplylng a new armored vehicle, each year during the last 10 years or so, for the use of the Dlrector of the Federal Bureau of Investzgation. We have obtanned the following lnformatlon from dlscussrons with offlclals of the General Ser...
Date April 30, 1971 Report No. B-115369 Title

Information Management: Multiyear Leasing and Government-Wide Purchasing of Automatic Data Processing Equipment Should Result in Significant Savings

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES A/-wL30, b 97 1 COMFTROLLER CENERPh WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED 20548 STATES B- 115369 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatrves This IS our report entltled “Multiyear Leasing and Governmentwide Purchasing of Automatic Data Processm mg Equipment Should Result m Slgmflcant Savmgs tt Our review was made pursuant t...
Date March 2, 1971 Report No. 093029 Title

Information Management: Savings Available to Government on Certain IBM Automatic Data Processing Equipment

h ‘ UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING ‘*: ’ . WASHINGTON, B.C. 20548 OFFICE March 2, 1971 l Illlllill Ill11 Ill1 lllll llllllllll Ill lllll Ill11 IllI Dear Mr. Abersfeller: LM093029 in making its review of programs The General Accounting Office, established under the provisions of Public Law 89-306, noted that Business Machines Coreffective January 1, 1971, the International poration offered r...
Date Feb. 26, 1971 Report No. B-159896 Title

Financial Management: Application Of "Should Cost" Concepts In Reviews Of Contractors' Operations

.-. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS pplicatisn Of “Should Cost” Concepts In Reviews Of Contractors’ 0 perat ions B - 159696 Department of Defense BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED S A T E S WASHINGTON. D C 20548 .. B- 159896 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report on application of "should cost''...
Date Feb. 26, 1971 Report No. B-164018 Title

Financial Management: Opportunities for Savings by Increasing Competition in Procurement of Commercial Equipment

uipment B-764018 National Aeronautics and Space Admmstratlon , BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNiTED 20548 STATES B- 164018 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives by inequipment This 1s our report on opportunltles for savings creasing competition In procurement of commercial by the Natlonal Aeronaut...
Date Feb. 3, 1971 Report No. B-164031(3) Title

Health: Control Needed Over Excessive Use of Physician Services Provided Under the Medicaid Program in Kentucky

,,s’ REP6RT TO THE CONGRESS ’ Control Needed Over Excessive Use Of Physician Services Provided Under The Medicaid. Program In’ Kentucky B-764031 (3) Social and Rehabilitation Service Department of Health, Education, and Welfare llllllllllllll ll . 093385 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 7/ 3 ‘713 FEB. 3J971 l . COMPTROLLER GENERAL OC WASHINOTDN. THE UNITED D.C. a#u STATES B-...
Date Jan. 29, 1970 Report No. 092114 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Disposable Glassware for Laboratory Work

5 ,.., WASHINGTON, . D.C. 20548 I ;’ UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE . . ‘. . ,.’ . . .. .: .._ . ‘: ..
Date Jan. 23, 1970 Report No. B-114873 Title

Financial Management: Assessment of Fees for Processing Loan Application Would Help Recover Program Costs of the Farmers Home Administration

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATE5 B-114873 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives In this report we point out that the assessment of fees for processing loan applications by the Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture, would help recover Our review was made pursuant to the Budprogram costs. get and Accounting Act...
Date Jan. 16, 1970 Report No. B-133188 Title

Government Operations: Economies Obtainable by Increasing Days at Sea of Oceanographic Research and Survey Ships

13”” REPORT TO THE CONGRESS conomie ays At S eseareh Enwironrnental Science Services Admmstratlon Department of Commerce BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES CQMPTRDLLER GENiRi‘-DF WASHINGTON DC THE UNITED 20548 STATES B- 133188 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives This IS our report on the economies obtamable by mcreasing days at sea of o...
Date Jan. 5, 1970 Report No. 087545 Title

Special Publications: Comptroller General's Annual Report 1969

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES AK 1_A Annual Report of the COMPTROLLER GENERAL of the UNITED STATES For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1969 WASHINGTON: 1969 ; l£X-X r~~11 ^w~~~~~~~~~119. 386-42 E-9 CIVIL OPERATIONS reports was submitted to the Congress as a whole and two reports were submitted to individual Members of the Congress. Iii addition, we issued 12 reports to departmental offi...
Date Dec. 29, 1969 Report No. 092672 Title

Government Operations: Procurement of Paper by HUD for Use in Its Xerox Copiers

I . . IL +r UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CLVIL DlVISlON I11111111 ” ,, lllllIll11 Ill11 Ill Ill11 111111 lllll Ill11 LM092672 ; ! i’ i’ i qi ,!4.’ ‘.,,f ,,
Date Dec. 3, 1969 Report No. 092654 Title

Health: Reasonableness of the Allocation of Selected Administrative Costs to the Medicare Program by the Aetna Life Insurance Company

- ~JNITED STATES GE&AL ACUXJMTING OFFICE WASMINGTQN, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION December 3, 1969 Dear Mr. Ball We have completed a r view of the reasonableness of the allocation of aziected admlnlstratlve costs to parts A and B of the Medicare program by the Aetna Life InsuranceI Company (Aetna) for calendar year 1967 Under a cost-type contract with the Social Security Admlnlstratlon (F&A), Aetna ac...
Date Aug. 27, 1969 Report No. 089440 Title

Information Management: Need To Develop Specifications for Disk Packs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION AUG271969 Dear Mr. Sampson By letter dated June 4, 1968, the General Accounting Office suggested that the Federal Supply Service formally advertise for bids and satisfy, through competitive means, the Government's needs for disk packs, which are an important data storage medium having random recording and retrieval charac...
Date May 8, 1969 Report No. B-114851 Title

National Defense: Follow-Up Review On Use By The Coast Guard Of Military Personnel In Civilian-Type Positions

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS FoIIow-UP Review On Use By The Coast Guard O f Military Personnel In Civilian-Type Positions D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation 5-774857 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL O F THE U N I T E D STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-114851 T o t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e Senate and the S p e a k e r of the House of Representatives This is o u...
Date April 15, 1969 Report No. 094484 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 474

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D. C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 10 AMEST April 15, 1969 STATEMENT OF ELMER STARTS, B. COMPTROLLER GENERAL THEUNITEDSTATES OF BEFORE 'THE QyP SUBCOMMITTEEMILITARYOPERATIONS ON i@ COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT ON OPERATIONS, HDUSE REPRESENTATIVES OF H.R. 474 "TO ESTABLISH COMMISSION GOVERNMENT A ON F'ROCUREMQJT" Mr. Chairman and Membersof th...
Date March 24, 1969 Report No. 092716 Title

Financial Institutions: Use of Commercial Banking Facilities by the Veterans Canteen Service

/ r UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION MAR 2 4 1969 Mr. A. W. Stratton Deputy Administrator Veterans Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 Dear Mr. Stratton: The General Accounting Office has made a review of the use of commercial banking facilities by the Washington Field Office, Veterans Canteen Service (VCS). The purpose of our review was to examine the...
Date Jan. 22, 1969 Report No. 092732 Title

Information Management: Savings Available From Purchasing Shorter Rolls of Microfilm

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHiNGTON, ACCOUNTING D C 20548 OFFICE CIVIL DiVlSlON JAN 2 2 1969 Dear Mr. Preston: On November 20, 1968, we brought to your attention the posslblllty of reallzlng savings in procurement costs by purchasing mlcrofzlm -Ln quantltles sufficient to take advantage of the maxmum volume discounts offered by the suppliers. During our survey at the Mid-Atlantic Service Ccntcr (MAX)...
Date Jan. 10, 1969 Report No. B-163379 Title

Government Operations: Use of the Second-Phase Method of Contracting--A Method That Does Not Encourage Maximum Price Competition

REPORT TO THE ~~087814 ~~l~~~lll~l~llllll~lll~l~l~ ._____ -_. .-. i _, ~. Use Of -The Second-Phase Method Of Contracting--A Method That Does Not Encourage Maximum Price Corn petition B163379 &mm&-Ser-v-ic.es AdmhisjraJion ’ -.-“..N_ ,._. F ILE BYTHECOMPTROLLER OFTHEUNITEDSTATES GENERAL JAM. HI,1969 USE OF THE SECOND-PHASEMETHODOF CONTRACTING--A METHODTHAT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE MAXIMUM PRICE COMPE...
Date May 24, 1968 Report No. B-114807 Title

Financial Management: Opportunities for Reducing the Cost of Providing Federal Agencies With Certain Supplies

Date Aug. 30, 1967 Report No. B-139011 Title

Financial Management: Savings From More Economical Use of Communication Facilities Between Alaska and the United States Mainland

R E P O R T TO T H E CONGRESS O F T H E UNITED STATES SAVINGS FROM MORE ECONOMICAL USE O F COMMUNICATION FACILITIES BETWEEN ALASKA AND THE UNITED STATES MAINLAVD DEPARTMENTOFTHEAIRFORCE ALASKA COMMUNlCATlON SYSTEM BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL O F T H E U N I T E D STATES AUGUST1 1967 I COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D C 20548 .. B- 1 3 9 0 1 1 T o the President of the Senate an...
Date April 20, 1967 Report No. B-152306 Title

Government Operations: Government-Wide Review of the Administration of Certain Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Relating to Architect-Engineer Fees

I11ll1111111I111 11111l111ll 11 l1 l11 l1 ll1 R E P O R T TO 087499 T H E C O N G R E S S O F T H E U N I T E D STATES BY T H E COMPTROLLER G E N E R A L OF T H E U N I T E D STATES R E P O R T TO T H E CONGRESS O F THE U N I T E D STATES . BY THE COMPTROLLER G E N E R A L O F T H E U N I T E D STATES REPORT ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE RmIxW-. THE ADMINISTRATI:ON OF OF CERTAIN STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQU...
Date Jan. 1, 1967 Report No. 091185 Title

Special Publications: Hearings and Legislation

Date Dec. 15, 1959 Report No. B-133261 Title

Information Management: Review of Automatic Data-Processing Installation, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, October 1959

REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REVIEW OF AUTOMATIC DATA-PROCESSING INSTALLATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OCTOBER 1959 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 1959 GAO woub,, Pea COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON 2 B-133261 Honorable Tom Murray, Chairman Committee on Post Office and Civil Servi...