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| Date Oct. 20, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-10-133T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives JUVENILE JUSTICE Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help Girls' Delinquency Programs
Statement of Eileen R. Larence... |
| Date July 24, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-721R |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 July 24, 2009 The Honorable Robert C. Scott Chairman Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Juvenile Justice: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help to Improve Girls’ Delinquency Programs Dear Mr. Chairman: Girls’ delinque... |
| Date March 31, 2003 |
Report No. GAO-03-455 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 2003 Staff Study FEDERAL PROGRAMS Ethnographic Studies Can Inform Agencies’ Actions GAO-03-455 a Contents Preface Appendix I How Ethnographic Studies Can Inform Agencies’ Actions
Introduction Results in Brief Background Scope and Methodology Federal Agencies Employ Ethnography in a Variety of Ways Cases Illustrate Ethnography’s Incorporation ... |
| Date March 16, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-91R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division /do/F2 B-278177 March 16, 1998 The Honorable Williaxn L. Clay The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson House of Representatives SubjecC Federal Research: Two Political Science Grants Awarded bv the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent fed... |
| Date Feb. 2, 1998 |
Report No. HEHS-98-44 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1998 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate and the Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives WELFARE REFORM HHS’ Progress in Implementing Its Responsibilities GAO/HEHS-98-44 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human ... |
| Date March 8, 1996 |
Report No. GGD-96-71R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office. Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-271074 March 8,1996 The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Chairman, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your May 4,1995, request that we review the methodology of any final draft or published rep... |
| Date Jan. 15, 1993 |
Report No. HRD-93-11R |
Title
f Wu~n,D.C.20242 UnlwJd StatAM oanenl Accollnting omce B-251377 January 15, 1993 The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Ill I lllllll
148390 On October 20, 1992, you requested that we examine the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) portfolio of research grants dealing with violence prevention to determin... |
| Date April 8, 1992 |
Report No. T-RCED-92-24 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office lwxol = ( Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives :oc Releaseon Delivery: 3xpectedat k30 a.m., EDT
Nednesday ipril8.1992 NSF REVIEW I I Ill _
146407 Review Process for the National ScienceFoundation’ s Scienceand Engineering Pipeline Study
Statement of Jim Well... |
| Date Jan. 15, 1991 |
Report No. PEMD-91-3 |
Title
GAO
______, . -I _ .^.“..” I............._ .__ --__*_-__- Ikport, to the Chairman, Select, (.k)rnmit,tec on Narcotics Abuse and TEENAGE DRUG USE Uncertain Linkages With Either Pregnancy or School Dropout lllllIIII II
143336 RESTRICTED --Not to be released outside the General Accounting OfIke unless specifically approved by the Office of Congressional Belations, RELEASED :I ~------. (;A( ),‘ ... |
| Date Sept. 11, 1990 |
Report No. T-HRD-90-53 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office / ‘ +a / 2 7 Testimony llllllllllllllll
142177 For Release On Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday September 11, 1990 OLDER AHERICANS ACT: DISSlU4INATION OF RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION FINDIWGS COULD BE II'4PROVED Statement of Joseph F. Delfico, Director Income Security Issues Human Resources Division of Before the Subcommittee on Human Services Selec... |
| Date May 3, 1990 |
Report No. T-GGD-90-37 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EST Thursday
May 3, 1990 DEATE Research of PENALTY SENTENCING: Indicates Disparities Pattern Racial Statement Lowell Director, of Dodge Administration of Justice Issues Before
Subcommittee the Constitutional Rights on Civil and Committee on the Judiciary HOUSe of Representatives u. s. wwka4
GAO/P-(... |
| Date June 8, 1989 |
Report No. NSIAD-89-145 |
Title
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F .I ” d 3. CD != ‘n’ n* c ‘GAO Gleneral Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and Intemational Affairs Division united states B-234031 June 8,1989 The Honorable David Pryor Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal Services,Post Office, and Civil Service Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested, we reviewed ag... |
| Date Aug. 3, 1988 |
Report No. PEMD-88-24 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
August 1988 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate HOMELESS MENTALLY ILL Problems and Options in Estimating Numbers and Trends REsmrCmD--N6t to be pleased outside the Gene& Accountiq C)ff‘ - emor on the bwks of the spccliic appmvd Kby the Office et ~oagress~~ Relatlona GAO/PEMD-88-24 - Program Evaluation and Methodo... |
| Date May 22, 1987 |
Report No. HRD-87-69 |
Title
&itei States General Accounting Office GAO
May 1987 Report to thk Chairman, Subcommittee or. Human Resources and Intefgovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives 1398\ ,’ HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Documentation of F’ unding Decisionsfor Child Abuse and Neglect Grants Inadequate
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133281 United States General Accounting Office Wa&inghn, D.C. 20548 Hu... |
| Date April 10, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-87FS |
Title
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United States &neral Accounting Of&e Lw’sy-1 \ Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources, House Committee on Government Operations
April 1986 CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE Selected HHS Discretionary Grant Funding in Fiscal Year 1985 81 ll lllllllllll
129859 I ’ RESTRIC!J!ISD-- to be releasedoutside the &mm& Not Aucounting Offioe exoept on the ba... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-89 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFJCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20508 HUMAN RWURCC8 DIVISION SEPTEMBER 27,1984 B-213605 The Honorable Margaret M. Heckler The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Madam Secretary: Subject: The Office of Human Development Services' Coordinated Discretionary Program (GAO/HRD-84-89) We have completed a limited survey of the Office of Human Development Services’ (OHDS... |
| Date Sept. 26, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-79 |
Title
u* 81, -*I .II * mmY4 ‘UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFK~RELEASED
WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 - WUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-215943 The Honorable United States The Honorable United States The Honorable United States Subject: Orrin G. Hatch Senate ’
l Robert Senate' T. Stafford Jr. Howard H. Baker, Senate GAO Evaluation of Report by Technassociates, on the Evaluation of Written Products Inc., Deliv... |
| Date June 1, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-168 |
Title
Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills 1 Pind Their Correlation With Racial,&d Economic Status@ Surrounding Communities
This report provides information on the racial and economic characteristics ofcOfW munities surrounding four hmrdor#~ landfills in three southes@tefn States. It% describes Federal criteria for siting la and provides dutb on p&k putici * . and how the Environment8l Protection Agency... |
| Date Sept. 24, 1982 |
Report No. IPE-82-9 |
Title
BY IHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman Of The Subcommittee Immigration And Refugee Policy Of The Committee On The Judiciary United States Senate on Problems And Options In Estimating Of The Illegal Alien Population
Illegal aliens are of concern to the Congress not only because of their i‘llegal status but also because they may aggravate employment and community resource brob... |
| Date Sept. 13, 1982 |
Report No. FPCD-82-50 |
Title
BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To.The Secretary Of The Army Army Needs Better Data To Develop Policies For Sole And Inservice Parents
Service members with dependents and no spouse (sole parents) and those with dependents and married to other service members (inservice parents) are emerging in the active Army. Some commanders believe that, in the event of war, the parental responsibilitie... |
| Date July 6, 1982 |
Report No. IPE-82-5 |
Title
3-207737 JULY 61,19le# The Honorable Bruce Chapmn Director, Bureau of the Census Dear Mr. Chapman: ,, Subject: /'Data &MI the Retirement """"'~'~~~~PE-sa-5 ) History Survey ', ,m, ,,,m, ,,,,,,, An analysis we initiated last year on retirement patterns among the elderly has bIeren terminated because of problems we found in the data. These are data currently being disseminated by the Bureau of the C... |
| Date April 20, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-64 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman Stibcommittee On Select Education House Committee On Education And Labor Sexual Exploitation Of ChildrenA Problem Of Unknown Magnitude Although the number of teenage prostitutes in the United States could not be determined, State, city, and police officials generally believe the problem has increased over the past 5 years. Likewise, the num... |
| Date Nov. 10, 1981 |
Report No. 116840 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C.
20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.ml. Tuesday, November 10, 1981 STATEMENTOF ELEANOR CHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION
I I BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ON EXPANDEDHOME HEALTH CARE We are pleased to be here today to testify on the iswe of / borne health care and S. 23... |
| Date Nov. 5, 1981 |
Report No. 116962 |
Title
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I 16962 IKFROVING SURVEY DESIGN: FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWING, RANDOMIZED RESPONSE L a u r i e Ekstrand I n s t i t u t e f o r Program E v a l u a t i o n General Accounting O f f i c e Washington, D.C, Paper p r e p a r e d f o r t h e annual m e e t i n g o f t h e Southern P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n , November 5-7,1951, Memphi... |
| Date Sept. 18, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-153 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTlNk
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OfFicE HUMAN RCSOURCCS DIVISION B-197055 SEPTEMBER 18,198l The Honorable Austin J. Murphy, Chairman Subcommittee on Select Education Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Followup Review to Determine the Extent to Which the Department of Health and Human Services Has Implemented the Recommendati... |
| Date April 17, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-46 |
Title
United States Senate RELEASED OF THE UNITEDSTATES Income Maintenance Experiments: Need To Summarize Results And Communicate The Lessons Learned
The Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health and Human Services initiated income maintenance experiments, the first ever in the United States, to measure the extent to which a guaranteed income would reduce recipients’ work efforts, GA... |
| Date Aug. 6, 1980 |
Report No. OGC-80-18 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
IN REFLY RERiR To: OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-196797 August 6, 1980 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives The purpose of this letter is to report on the status of budget authority that was proposed for rescission, but for which Congress failed to pass a rescission bill as defined in section 101... |
| Date Aug. 4, 1980 |
Report No. B-199689 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0548 B-199689 August 4, 1980 The Honorable Claiborne Pell Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: We have'reviewed Senate Resolution 474 relating to public access to Senate records at the National Ztchives. We believe the resolution will make Senate records available for scholarly research in... |
| Date July 2, 1980 |
Report No. ID-80-48 |
Title
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OF THEUNITEDSTATES ^---, S derally-Financed Research And unication On Soviet Affairs: Miles And Needs
Four foreign affairs agencies forsee increasing difficulties through the 1980 s in recn~iting the desired calibre of Soviet language and research talent. Two also report narrow but notable shortages of research capability in certain exotic languages. All 13 Government agencies GAO queried, howev... |
| Date May 8, 1980 |
Report No. 112262 |
Title
. I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 10543 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.s. EDT Thursday, May 8, 1980 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. WART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DXVISION SEFCRE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND EiIEANS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OF AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION'S ,DEMONSTRATION,... |
| Date Feb. 7, 1980 |
Report No. PAD-80-46 |
Title
BY THL COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Science, Research, And Technology, House Committee On Science And Technology
C.3 ‘1 UN iTED STATES t-It: Better Communication Could Help Clear Up Confusion Over “Silly” Research Grants
National Science Foundation grants to support social science research are often termed “silly” because the reason for the research is not ... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1979 |
Report No. 094337 |
Title
.1 - - m - ..+ . - REMARKS O F D A N I E L C . H A R R I S , GROUP D I R E C T O R , GENERAL GOVERNMENT D I V I S I O N U N I T E D S T A T E S GENERAL ACCOUNTING O F F I C E BEFORE T H E L E H I G H VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE PLANNf THURSD ~.yid ''
f PLANNING A U D I T S OF GOVERNMENT-WIDE ACTIVITIES
GOOD EVENING F R I E N D S OF THE L E H I G H VALLEY: GI,' I T I S I N D E E D A P L E A S U R E T O A... |
| Date June 9, 1979 |
Report No. 111767 |
Title
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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS C o m p t r o l l e r G e n e r a l of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
c, / T o The Annual Meeting O f T h e For A p p l i e d Social R e s e a r c h , I n c .
i I / Y W H Y I S N ' T POLICY RESEARCH DECIS IONNAKERS? E D MORE BY ( O R , WHY DO RESEARCHERS JUST TALK TO EACH OTBER?) I am happy to be here today to d... |
| Date April 5, 1979 |
Report No. 094379 |
Title
United States General Account'ins O f f icr -Washington,D. C. 20548- l 1 1 1 1 1 lr 1 1 1 1 1 l Il 1i
094379
~ FOR RkLEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m., EST Thursday, April 5, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY j ' ON THELFEDERAL R&D BUDGET] \' 1 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
O f all the co... |
| Date March 1, 1979 |
Report No. PAD-79-33 |
Title
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, Xl /-, , / _ EXPOSURE DRAFT
/ / . r = I A FRAMEWORK FOR BAtiNClNG PRIVACY AND ACCOUNTABMTY IN EVALUATlONS NEEDS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
, \ ./ c ;f;W$t3STA TES GhVERA L ACCOUNTIIL’G OFFICE
March . t 1979 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED STATES 0 C PO548 3-161740 Both the Congress and the Executive are comrlltted to revlewlng and reconsidering Federal policleb, programs, and act... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108440 |
Title
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Data Analvsis Note No. 2 Systems Analysis Group 640 Federal Personnel And Compensation Division U.S. General Accountina Office NOTATIONS
1. Braces indicate that a choice i s to be made from the enclosed items. 2. Brackets [ 1 indicate the enclosed items are optional. 3. Unde... |
| Date Oct. 1, 1978 |
Report No. PAD-79-1 |
Title
DOCURENT 1RSUMB 07675 - [C3104]198) Audits $ Social Experiments: A Report prepared for the B.S. 75 General Accounting Office. PAD-79-1; B-193022. October 1978. pp. + 5 appendices (38 pp.). Report by Robert F. Baruch, et al., Cosmmittee cn Evaluation Research. Issue Area: Program Evaluation Systems (2600). Contact: Prograa Analysis Div. 2uqet Function: General Government (800). Organization Concern... |
| Date May 15, 1978 |
Report No. 106195 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUdE
06195 - [B13E6411] Social Raesearch and Experimentation. ay 15, 197e. 8 pp. Testimony before the Hcuse Ccomittee on Science and Technologry: Domestic and Internaticnal Sientific Planning, Analysis and Cooperation Subcommittee; by Henry Eschlege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Organization Concarned: Departnt of Hou... |
| Date Nov. 25, 1977 |
Report No. PAD-78-14 |
Title
DOCUMENT WISUME
04266 - [B3324556] Model (TRIM) to An Evaluation of the Use of the Transfer Income November 25, PAD-78-14; B-115369. Analyze Welfare Programs. 1977. 95 pp. + 3 appendices (12 pp.). General. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller Issue Area; Automatic Data Processing (100); Income Security Programs (1300);Program Evaluation Systems: New Techniques and Stanlards (260... |
| Date July 13, 1977 |
Report No. EMD-77-23 |
Title
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LM102784 Rocky in Energy This report should aid in making nctional energy decrsrons and decisions on the need for additional Feder:jt assistance for Rocky Mountain communrties that will be affecter! by energy resource ozvelopment. Such development would result ,n new towns and would cause some existing communitres to double, triple, and quadrup... |
| Date April 4, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-34 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUOM 00141 - (A1051913] Social Research and Development of Limited Ua tc ational Policymakers. B-176'165; HRD-77-34. April 4, 1977. 59 pp. + appendices (12 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, ComptrollEr General. Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services (1303); Income Security Prcgrams: Program Monitoring and Admi.istration (1900). Contact: Human Resources Div... |
| Date March 3, 1977 |
Report No. 100315 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUSE
03315 - [A1051741] Issues in Managing Applied Social Research. March 3, 1977. 8 pp. Staff study Conference of the Council for Applied Social Research, Washington, DC; by Keith I. Marvin, Associate Director, Program Analysis Div. Insue Area: Accounting and Financial Reporting (2800); Internal Auditing Systems: Sufficiency of Federal Auditors and Coverage (201). Contact: Program Anal... |
| Date April 9, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-23 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCDUNTlNG OFFICE BY THE COMPTROLLER t!fi!!!mghL OF THE UNITED STA TESLIBRARY SYSTEM
LM099380 l~~llllllll~l~lllllllllllllllil More Can e Learned And Done About The Well-Being Of h i Id ren
Social and Rehabilitation Department of Health, Service Education, and Welfare This is an assessment of the well-being of some children accepted for federally supported protective services,... |
| Date Dec. 23, 1974 |
Report No. RED-75-317 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASH1NGTON OF THE
UC UNITi STATES
T 20548 B-171500 The Honorable Charles House of Represent&Ives Dear Mr Whalen W Whalen, Jr , \ On May 21 and September 13, 1974, you asked us to review certain The specific actlvltles of the Model Crtles Program In Dayton, Ohio areas of your concern involved --payments of Model Cities funds to the consulting firm, Jon-Mor and Associates, for a ... |
| Date Jan. 17, 1973 |
Report No. 094563 |
Title
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| Date Feb. 29, 1972 |
Report No. 092422 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
D.C. 20548 WASHINGTON, CIVIL DIVISION Dear Mr. Jackson: , During our survey of Community Planning and Management programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) we noted certain matters relating to the administration of the Urban Studies Fellowship Program, established under Title VIII of the HUD Act of z 1964, as amended, which we beLiPve ... |
| Date May 30, 1971 |
Report No. 094425 |
Title
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