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Date March 22, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-12 Title

Income Security: Need To Strengthen Social Security's Beneficiary Reporting Requirements and Enforcement Authority

t 1Bv THEC~IVIPTR~LLG? GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Need To Strengthen Social Security’s Beneficiary Reporting Requirements A’nd Enforcement Authority As of September 1984, retired and disabled beneficiaries and their dependents or survivors owed the Social SecurityAdministration (SSA) about $2 billion because they had been paid more than they were entitled. This represen...
Date March 15, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-31 Title

Transportation: Information on the Federal Highway Administration's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

REPORT THEU. BY Ss General Accounting Office Information On The Federal Highway Administration’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 requires that, unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of Transportation, at least 10 percent of the federal-aid highway program funds expended by the states be awarded to small business concerns owned an...
Date March 11, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-77 Title

The Urban Development Action Grant Application Selection System: Basis, Criticisms, and Alternatives

REPORTBY THEUS. General Accounting Office The Urban Development Action Grant Application Selection System: Basis, Criticisms, And Alternatives From April 1978 through fiscal year 1983, the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provided $2.7 billion to eligible distressed metropolitan communities to assist them in alleviating physical...
Date March 8, 1985 Report No. 126396 Title

National Defense: Peacekeeper (MX) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY March 8, 1985 STATEMENT OF HARRY R. FINLEY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION AIR FORCE SUBDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON DEFENSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ON PEACEKEEPER (MX) INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM ill lllllll llllllll 126396 .__...
Date March 7, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-43 Title

Navy Manpower Management: Continuing Problems Impair the Credibility of Shore Establishment Requirements

B’Y’ U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE TH’E Report To The Secretary Of The Navy Navy Manpower Management: Continuing Problems Impair Phe Credibility Of Shore Establishment Requirements Congress has long encouraged the Navy to develop a more rigorous and credible system to determine manpower requirements for its shore establishment. In response, the Navy implemented .its SHORSTAMPS (Shore Requirem...
Date March 1, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-51 Title

National Defense: Navy Actions To Improve Overhaul Work at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECUIWTY AFFAIRS AND OlVlSlON RELEASED MARCH 1.1986 B-217768 The Honorable Charles E. Bennett House of Representatives Dear Mr. Bennett: Subject: ~llll~l llllllll 126479 Navy Actions to Improve Overhaul Work -at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1 ._ (GAO/NSIAD-85-51) On January 24, 1984, you asked us to look into allegations of deficiencies in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard'...
Date March 1, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-57 Title

Helsinki Commission: The First 8 Years

RESTRlCTEb I Not to be released outside the wenerak a#WWfW~~ Accounting Ottice pxcept on4 t&e bta~waf by the Office of Con&esaEonsl Relatkna S$Be*d RELt$SED BY THE U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE fReport To The Chairman Of The Commission On Security And Cooperation In Europe Helsinki Commission: The First 8 Years The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe was established by law in 1976 to m...
Date Feb. 21, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-47 Title

National Defense: DOD Making Progress in Identifying and Marketing Obsolete Repair Parts

BY THEUS, GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense DOD Making Progress In Identifying And Marketing Obsolete Repair Parts Obsolete defense items are generally defined as systems and associated repair parts no longer used by U.S. Forces. However, the systems may still be used by friendly foreign governments which may have a continuing need for the repair parts. The services shoul...
Date Feb. 14, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-31 Title

National Defense: Installation of an Air Force F-15 Aircraft Radar in a Navy P-3A Aircraft for Use by the Customs Service

UN~TEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND DIVISION B-217247 The Honorable Glenn English Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives The Honorable Dennis DeConcini Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal and General Government Comm...
Date Feb. 12, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-10 Title

Health: Improved Efforts Needed To Relieve Medicaid From Paying for Services Covered by Private Insurers

I. . fl. ~26216 BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Improved Efforts Needed To Relieve Medicaid From Paying For Services Covered $v Private Insurers Medicaid, a federally aided, state-administered medical assistance program for lowincome people, should be relieved of healt’h care costs if some other party is legally responsible to pay. Nevertheless, states receive ...
Date Feb. 6, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-71 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Delinquent Borrowers in Farmers Home Administration Major Farmer Loan Programs

1 c 3-@?~ ’ * I l&J52 REPORT B'YTHE US. General Accounting Office *’ information $$h Delinquent Borrowers h Farmers Hohe Administration Major Farmer Loan Programs Farmers Home Administration is the federal government’s lead agency for helping rural Americans improve their farming enterprises. --As of June 30, 1984, there were 267,252 active FmHA borrowers with one or more of the major farmer...
Date Jan. 30, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-16 Title

Government Operations: The Navy Needs To Strengthen Facilities Construction and Maintenance Contracting Practices and Management Controls

’ . I, BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense The Navy Needs To Strengthen Facilities Construction ,.And Maintenance Contracting Practices Knd Management Controls The Naval Facilities Engineering Command is responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of Navy shore facilities worldwide. In reviewing 33 construction and 28 maintenance contracts awarde...
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 Dec. 26, 1984 Report No. GGD-85-27 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Information on Aliens Admitted Into the United States as Nonimmigrant Workers

Report To The Chairman, Committee Judiciary, House Of Representatives On The Information a’n Aliens Admitted Into The United States As Nonimmigrant Workers Nonimmigrant workers with H or L visas are aliens who enter the United States temporarily at the request of employers and organizations who need these workers’ skills or services. Through fiscal year 1978, the Immigration and Naturalization...
Date Dec. 13, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-37 Title

Natural Resources: What Is the Extent of Foreign Participation in Mineral Leases and Mining Claims on Federal Land? GAO Analyzes Three States

What Is The Extent Of Foreign Participation In Mineral Leases And Mining Claims On Federal Land? GAO Analyzes Three States Foreign citizens and foreign corporations are prohibited from directly acquiring mineral leases or trolding mining claims on federal lands. However, federal laws allow foreign participation in leases and claims through stock interest in U.S. corporations. While several federal...
Date Dec. 10, 1984 Report No. GGD-85-18 Title

Government Operations: Appointments to Professional and Administrative Career Positions

1 *‘l d# I 4 BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE“’ Report To The Chairwoman, Subcommittee On Civil Service Committee On Post Office And Civil Service House Of Representatives Appointments Administrative To Professional And Career Positions This report provides information about appointments made to entry level professional and administrative career (PAC) positions before and after the abolishm...
Date Dec. 7, 1984 Report No. HRD-85-15 Title

Health: VA Needs a Systematic Approach To Assess the Management of Its Outpatient Clinics

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NUMAN RCSOURCU DIVI8ION .- DECEMBER 7, 1984 B-217110 The Honorable Administrator Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs Dear Mr. Walters: Subject: VA Needs a Systematic the Management of Its (GAO/HRD-85-15) Approach Outpatient to Assess Clinics The Veterans Administration's (VA's) July 1984 report on caring for older veterans stated that...
Date Nov. 19, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-85-23 Title

National Defense: Navy Materiel in Suspended, Not Ready for Issue, Condition Needs More Management Attention

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND DlVlllON NOVEMBER 1984 19, B-216913 The Honorable The Secretary John F. Lehman of the Navy Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Navy Material In Suspended, Not Ready for Needs More Management Issue, Condition Attention (GAO/NSIAD-85-23) Our review of the Navy's management of material in suspended, no...
Date Nov. 5, 1984 Report No. GGD-85-17 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Regional Information Sharing Systems

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Commerce, Justice, State, And The Judiciary Committee On Appropriations United States Senate Regional Information T/jr! Ht!gional Information Sharing Systems arc: rncrltisti.ite organizatrons funded by the Dlt:p;9rtrrlt:nt of Justice tu encourage the r:j)ordrr\;3tron of criminal investigations ac(‘oss polrtic;rt jurrsdictions. Seven projects ~)/ovrtlt! ix ...
Date Oct. 30, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-10 Title

Natural Resources: Interior's Report on OCS Shut-In and Flaring Wells Is Unnecessary

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE 20548 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON,D.C. B-202428 October 30, 1984 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Subject: Interior's Report on OCS Shut-In Is Unnecessary (GAO/RCED-85-10) and Flaring Wells This is our sixth annual report to the Congress evaluating the methodology the Secretary of the Interior used in allowing offshore oil and g...
Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-163 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Air Pollution Control Grant Expenditures

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Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. AFMD-84-62 Title

Financial Management: Strong Internal Controls at Service Delivery Level Will Help Prevent CETA-Type Fraud and Abuse in Job Training Partnership Act Programs

..... . RELEASEDbi:.igaia ‘I‘,:: .I -:/“e ~“~~‘; :. . fi~:~wz~~~ 7,. :,‘! r’**.:. gL~b;y,;;-:~: ,~ ,;+ _I i ‘.i r ’ B” THE u,i, ~~~~~~~~..nf~~~~~~~~~~c REmr:yj,., ,, I” $Qec;W -, yjFFI(:t ? # Report To Senator Sam Nunn, Ranking Minority Member, Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations, Senate Committee On Governmental Affairs Strong Internal Controls At Service Delivery Level...
Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-60 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: The Department of Labor's Handling of the Investigation and Litigation of Alleged Abuses of the Southern Nevada Culinary Workers and Bartenders Pension Trust Fund

Report To The Chairman, Committee On Labor And Human Resources United States Senate The Department Of Labor’s Handling Of The investigation And Litigation Of Alleged Abuses Of The Southern Nevada Culinary Workers And Bartenders Pension Trust Fund “Ttlr: Department of Labor’s investigation and Irtigation of alleged abuses of the Southrt:rn N~vadi~ Culinary Workers and Bar~r~nclers Pension Tru...
Date Sept. 20, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-98 Title

Energy: Procedures Need Strengthening in the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation's Conflict of Interest Program

[I$‘bN{ &, !.;I”, [‘?/“\I... ;/“:-ii ‘-. T\,]‘i.; A(-J(--(:ljiJi\J-[IN(2/ C-JFFICE Report To Oversight Committee House Of The Chairman, Subcommittee And investigations On Energy And Commerce Representatives On Procedures Need Strengthening In The U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation’s Conflict Of Interest Program GAO rc,~~t,twrxl the appropriateness of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels’ Cor~m...
Date Sept. 20, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-65 Title

Financial Institutions: Supervisory Examinations of International Banking Facilities Need To Be Improved

REPORT THEUS. BY General Accounting Office Siupervisory Examinations Of hernational Banking Facilities Need To Be Improved The Federal Reserve authorized U.S.-based banks to establish International Banking Facilities (IBFs) to attract international banking business. IBFs were granted exemptions from certain requirements levied on banks; however, the Federal Reserve imposed ottier restrictions to p...
Date Aug. 21, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-55 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Greater Oversight and Guidance of Bankruptcy Process Needed

’ BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Attorney Director, Administrative af The U.S. Courts General And The Office Greater Oversight And Guidance Of Bbnkruptcy Process Needed Thb Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 IS Intiended, In part, to more equitably balance th Interests of debtors and creditors GAO re & lewed the activities of bankruptcy trusteds In eight judlclal districts to dete...
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 Aug. 2, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-97 Title

Government Operations: Army's Contracting of Activities at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base and the Tank-Automotive Command in Michigan

T-162 F!6Jnorable ‘ii:7lted States T:le iionorable ‘Jnlted States Carl M. Levln 1, Senate Dsjnald Senate W. Riegle I s I The Honorable David E. Bonior House of Representatives 'The Honorable Dennis M. Hertel House of Representatives Sublect: Army's Contracting Air National Guard Command in Michigan 124907 of Activities at the SelfrIdge Base and the Tank-Automotive (GAO/NSIAD-84-97) about Guard...
Date July 9, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-85 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Better Monitoring and Recordkeeping Systems Needed To Accurately Account for Juvenile Justice Practices

” \ L 13 cILI/ 3%3+ . BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING O&E Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Human Resources, Committee On Education And Labor House Of Representatives Better Monitoring And Recordkeeping Needed To Accurately Account For Juvenile Justice Practices The Juvenrle Justice and Delrnquency Preventron Act of 1974, as amended, authorrzes the Office of Juvenrle Justice and Delrnquency ...
Date July 9, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-108 Title

International Affairs: Direct Contracting by the Agency for International Development Can Be Better Managed

l a I Q%+’ /gGQg , ‘ii? THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee African Affairs Committee On Foreign Relations United States Senate On Direct Contracting By The Agency For :lnternational Development Can Be ‘Better Managed ~The Agency for lnternatronal Development )contracts wrth indrvrduals, educatronal instrtutrons, non-profit organrzatrons, and private firms to ...
Date June 15, 1984 Report No. 124427 Title

Health: The Health Care Financing Administration's Monitoring of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:45 A.M. Friday, June 15, 1984 STATEMENTOF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCESDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGYAND COMMERCE ON THE HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION'S MONITORING OF THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINM...
Date June 8, 1984 Report No. 124434 Title

Energy: Feasibility of Transferring Certain FERC Regional Office Activities to the Corps of Engineers

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, G. McDonald Mr. William Executive Director Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. McDonald: Subject: I II IIll IlllllllIl 124434 ’ Feasibility of Transferring Certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Regional Office Activities to the Corps of Engineers The regional offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory ...
Date May 21, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-63 Title

Income Security: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Needs To Improve Procedures To Help Reduce Payment Errors and Identify Dual Payments

UNITED STATES GENEFML ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RLtouRcEI -DIVIaION B-215152 MAY 21, 1984 The Honorable Deputy Under Employment Department of Susan R. Meisinger Secretary for Standards Labor Dear Ms. Meisinger: Subject: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Needs To Improve Procedures To Be-fp Reduce Payment Errors and Identify Dual Payments (GAO/HRD-84-63) We have complete...
Date April 30, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-78 Title

Energy: Improvements Needed in the Department of the Interior's Measurement of Offshore Oil for Royalty Purposes

p-gyr; 1’ id”’ ’ ,p f AM: : COM’TROLLER py ti,cr I:, ‘1 GENERAL WASHINGTON u OF THE D C 20548 UNITED STATES ~-207556 APRIL 30, 7984 The Honorable Mike Synar Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Improvements Needed in the Department of the Interior's Measurement of Off...
Date April 20, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-60 Title

Government Operations: Investigation of the Gramax Building Lease Firesafety Provisions

UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-214590 APRIL 20, 1994 The Honorable Robert T. Stafford Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works united States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Investigation of the Gramax Building Lease Firesafety Provisions (GAO/GGD-84-60) During an August 11, 1983, meeting, your office discussed with us the J...
Date April 16, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-33 Title

Health: VA Central Office Needs To Exercise Better Oversight of Cardiac Pacemaker Recalls

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OmcE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 HUMAN RUOURCZS OlVISIoN APCtlL 10, 19m B-214802 The Honorable Administrator Dear Mr. Harry N. Walters of Veterans Affairs 123920 Walters: VA Central Office Needs to Exercise Better Oversight of Cardiac Pacemaker Recalls (GAO/HRD-84-33) Subject: This report summarizes the results of our review of Veterans Administration (VA) actions taken ...
Date April 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-55 Title

Income Security: Absenteeism at the Social Security Administration's Office of Central Operations

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING~FRCEWASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 . HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION . w? 1 F. Simermeyer Mr. Arthur Associate Commissioner for Central ,Operatiol Social Security Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Simermeyer: Absenteeism at the Social Security Administration's Office of Central (GAO/HRD-84-55) 124149 Subject: Operations The General Accounting Office h...
Date April 13, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-102 Title

International Affairs: Trade Offsets in Foreign Military Sales

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Economic Stabilization,Committee On Banking, Finance, And Urban Affairs House Of Representatives On OF THEUNITEDSTATES Trade Offsets In Foreign Military Trade offsets Involve shared manufacturing by a foreign government or other arrangements armed at “offsettlng” part of the cost of a weapon system purchased from the Unlted States ...
Date April 4, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-48 Title

Government Operations: GSA's Operation of a Firing Range in the Cincinnati Post Office and Courthouse Building

BVTHEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To Congressman Ed Bethune House Of Representatives G~SA’S Operation #,,,,,, Firing Range ,Jn The Of A’ Cincinn~ati Post Office And Courthouse Building Thrs review concerns InformatIon provided to Congressman Ed Bethune by a cornstltuent claiming that the firing range ln#ahe U.S Post Office and Courthouse Euildlng In Cinclnnatb, Ohso, was alllowed to rem...
Date March 26, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-29 Title

Income Security: Labor Needs To Adjust Compensation Benefits It Pays Injured Federal Employees to Levels Appropriate to Their Disabilities

c . *I c BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Labor Labor Needs To Adjust Compensation Benefits It Pays Injured Federal Employees To Levels Appropriate To Their Disabilities The Department of Labor could have reduced federal workers’ compensation costs by establishing “wage earning capacities” for partially disabled federal employees. From reviewing a sample of injur...
Date March 21, 1984 Report No. 123696 Title

National Defense: Profits on Defense Contracts

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT lo:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MARCH21, 1984 STATEMENT OF CHARLESA. BOWSHER,COMPTROLLER GENERAL BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE GENERALOVERSIGHTAND RENEGOTIATION ON OF THE COMMITTEEON BANKING, FINANCE, AND URBANAFFAIRS UNITED STATES HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON PROFITS ON DEFENSECONTRACTS 123696 Mr. Chairman and Members of ...
Date March 8, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-97 Title

Electronic Marketing of Agricultural Commodities: An Evolutionary Trend

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Committee On Small Business House Of Representatives ACIF$I-::, by wi3 t.es.*“d el . OXEI: I, > C~~g~sL&5r,;;:i ‘ L*~“l.rxFc+“.s .,,,.u.!J;thi: ~~~~,~~,~~ RELEASED Electronic Marketing Of Agricultural Commodities: An Evolutionary Trend Electronic marketing in agriculture refers to selling livestock and other commodities via telepho...
Date March 7, 1984 Report No. 123579 Title

Budget and Spending: Cost Accounting Standards

UNITED STATES,GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1984 STATEMENT OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER, COMPTROLLERGENERAL BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC STABILIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE, AND URBAN AFFAIRS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 / COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ; ,./. ON Illlllll llllll 123579 Mr. C...
Date March 7, 1984 Report No. 123581 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA and State Progress in Administering the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

UNITE0 STATE'SGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE t I ; WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY ' EXPECTEDAT'lO:OO A.M. EkT., MARCH7, 19ti4 STATEMENTOF HUGHJ. WESSINGER, SENIOR A$SOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT ON OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEEON PUBLIC WORKSAND TRANSPORTATION ON / / .'EPA AND STATE PROGRESS ADMINISTERING ...
Date March 5, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-64 Title

National Defense: Intermediate-Level Maintenance for Navy Tactical Missiles Can Be Better Managed

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFicE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SLCUIIITY AFFAIRS AND DIVISION Q-214349 The The MARCH 5, 1984 Honorable Fecretarv John F. Lehman of the Yaw near Mr. Secretary: Tubject: Intermediate-Level Maintenance for Missiles Can Fe Retter Vanased ((-?AO/VSIFJl-84-64 ) Mavv Tactical Our review of the Navv's manaaement of intermediate-level maintenance for t...
Date Feb. 29, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-47 Title

International Affairs: AID Needs To Strengthen Management of Commodity Import Programs

BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Administrator Agency For International Development AID Needs To Strengthen Management Commodity Import Programs AID spends half a billion dollars a year to provide developing countries with the dollars needed to import essential commodities. Local currencies generated from the sale of these commodities also are made available to the recipient gove...
Date Feb. 24, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-22 Title

Health: Improvements Needed in Quality Assurance for Open Heart Surgery

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION Dr. Donald L. Custis Chief Medical Director Veterans Administration Dear Dr. Custis: Improvements Needed in Quality Assurance for Open Heart Surgery (GAO/HRD-84-22) Subject: We have reviewed the policies, procedures, and practices of the Department of Medicine and Surgery (DM&S) for assessing and assuring the q...
Date Feb. 7, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-106 Title

Energy: The U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation's Contracting With Individual Consultants

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Oversight And Investigations, Committee On Energy And Commerce, House Of Representatives The U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation’s Contracting With Individual Consultants On The U S Synthetic Fuels Corporation has an overall policy and lmplementlng guIdelInes for awarding contracts Regarding Indlvldual consultants, the policy states that contracts should be awar...
Date Dec. 19, 1983 Report No. GGD-84-9 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Justice Can Further Improve Its Monitoring of Changes in State/Local Voting Laws

BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Chairman, Subcommittee On Civil And Constitutional Rights, Committee On The Judiciary House Of Representatives OF THEUNITEDSTATES Justice Can Further Improve Its Monitoring Of Changes In State/Local Voting Laws The 1965 Voting Rights Act, as amended, was designed to prevent discriminatory practices that deny U.S. citizens .belonging to racial or language mino...
Date Dec. 2, 1983 Report No. GGD-84-30 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Security and Supervision of Inmates in the Bureau of Prisons Community Treatment Centers

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WA8HINGTON, D.C. 20548 amm*L aovmrwLNf DlVI8lON B-197221 The Honorable Vie Fazio House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fazio: DECEMBER 2, 1983 Subject: Security And Supervision Of Inmates In The Bureau Of Prisons Community Treatment Centers (GAO/GGD-84-30) Office is conducting As you know, the General Accounting a review of the effectiveness of the Bureau of Priso...