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Date March 14, 1980 Report No. 111885 Title

Health: New York Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and Audit Exceptions

WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION Mr. Richard B, Lowe, III /! Acting Inspector General Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Mr. Lowe: 2 New York Medicaid Fraud Control Unit - Audit Exceptions G _7 For the past several months we have been evaluating the effectiveness of selected State Medicaid Fraud Control Units authorized by section 17 of the Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud...
Date March 11, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-34 Title

Education: Better Reevaluations of Handicapped Persons in Sheltered Workshops Could Increase Their Opportunities for Competitive Employment

BYTHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of . Health, Education, And Welfare Better Reevaluatibns Of Handicapped Persons In Sheltered Workshops Could Increase Their Opportunities For Competitive Employment In enacting the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Congress was concerned that handicapped persons placed in sheltered workshops remained there too long and did not receive enoug...
Date Feb. 25, 1980 Report No. B-197171 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 2626

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINAGTON. D.C. 20548 The i~. wiiirlFebruary 25, 1980 i a B-197171 i ~The Honorable Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States SenateK- -I Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of December 3, 1979, requested our [comments on H.R. 2626) a bill to establish a National Commission on Hospital Cos±s, to encourage volunta...
Date Oct. 2, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-96 Title

Health: Simplifying the Medicare/Medicaid Buy-In Program Would Reduce Improper State Claims of Federal Funds

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress f OF THEUNITEDSTATES Simplifying The Medicare/Medicaid Buy-in Program Would Reduce Improper State Claims Of Federal Funds This report highlights problems in the Medicar#/Medicaid buy-in program which result in improper State claims for Federal sharing. Because the program is complicated, some St&S --overclaim Federal sharing for Medicare insurance pr...
Date Sept. 28, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-88 Title

Financial Management: Proposition 13--How California Governments Coped With a $6 Billion Revenue Loss

BY THECOMl’TROL;Ei GENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES 4 / I rw%- $1 I Proposition 13--How California Governments Coped With A $6 Billion Revenue Loss Although ProposItIon 13 cut back property tax rev enues by an estimated $6 bIllIon, It has had only a minimal Impact on local Callfornla government operations Federal grant outlays have not been slgnlfrcantly affected Surplus State and local government fun...
Date July 11, 1979 Report No. B-128043 Title

Special Publications: The Role of State Legislatures in the Federal Grant Process

Date June 22, 1979 Report No. GGD-78-78 Title

Federal Seed Money: More Careful Selection and Application Needed

OF THEUNIT Federal seed money programs have created some self-sustaining projects and have generated significant use of non-Federal funds in priority areas. However, some projects are reduced or discontinued when Federal funds end, while many other projects receive continued or permanent Federal funding for fear they would otherwise be reduced or discontinued. This report assesses the consequences...
Date May 8, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-11 Title

Federally Assisted Employment and Training: A Myriad of Programs Should Be Simplified

LM109284 9 OF THEUNITEDSTATES Employment And f Programs This report “takes a picture” of federally assisted employment and training programs in the Tidewater, Virginia, area during fiscal year 1977. GAO found 44 programs with similar goals attempting to assist virtually the same people. These were authorized through 16 separate legislative authorities, creating a maze of funding and administra...
Date Nov. 17, 1978 Report No. 098110 Title

Energy: Energy Emergency Contingency Planning

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 17, 1978 STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINEAR4LS DIVISION : BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Chairman and Members your the of the Subcommittee: to a...
Date June 16, 1978 Report No. CED-78-120 Title

Waste Disposal Practices: A Threat to Health and the Nation's Water Supply

DOCUMENT 06240 - [ B1706750 ] IfBSt waste Disposal Practices: A Threat tc Health and the Nationes water Supply. CgD-78-120: B-166506. June 16, 1978. 31 pp. + 2 appendices (3 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Robert P. seller, Acting Cosptzcller General. Issue Area: Environmental Protectica Pregrams: Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery (2206); Environmental Protection Programs: Bnvironmental ...
Date May 16, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-109 Title

Income Security: Need for the Social Security Administration To Obtain Accurate Data on State Workmen's Compensation Payments for Computing Black Lung Benefits

DOCURENT RESUME 06198 - 1366384J1 R 4SD4 [Need for the Social Security dministration To Obtain Accurate Data o State orkmen's Compensation Payents for Computing Black Lung Benefits]. HRD-78-109; B-164031(4). ay 16, 1978. Released ay 19, 1978. 6 pp. Report to Rep. John N. Erlenborn; by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resources Div. Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Incons Security Progr...
Date May 15, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-145 Title

Income Security: States Should Be Fully Reimbursed for Interim Assistance to Supplemental Security Income Recipients

DOCUMENT RESUME 06197 B1386414] States Should Be Fully Reimbursed for Interim Assistance to Supplerental Security Income Recipients. HRD-78-145; B-164031(4). ay 15, 1978. 30 pp. + 2 appendices (7 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elder B8 Staats, Comptrollec General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Monitoring and Administration (1303); Income Security Programs: Consolidating, Streamli...
Date April 11, 1978 Report No. 107042 Title

Agriculture and Food: Sanitary Conditions in Selected Food Industries

DOCUHEIT aBSOME 0704. - tB2687744] (Restricted) [Sanitary Conditions in Selecte4 Food industries]. April 11, 1978. 7 pp. Report to Donald Kennedy, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; by Albert B. Jojokian, Assistant Director, Resources Div. Contact: Human Resources Div. Authority: Coastal Zone Management Act of 1976. A Zollovup survey performed at the Food and Drug Administration's (F.A's)...
Date March 16, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-6 Title

Education: Federal Direction Needed for Educating Handicapped Children in State Schools

DOCUIEiT RESUME 05353 80656961 Federal Direction eeded for Educating Handicapped Children in State Schools. HRD-78-6; B-164031(1). larch 16, 1978. 52 pp. + 5 appendices (12 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Eluer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Education Programs: Fostering Educational Opportunities (33023. Contact: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: E...
Date March 10, 1978 Report No. GGD-78-22 Title

Retail Diversion of Legal Drugs: A Major Problem With No Easy Solution

DOCOffIT RB.,DEB 05116 - [ B0735658 Retail Diversioa cf Lesa] Drugs: A Ilscr Problem etb i o Easy SotUe.ton. CG-D-i8-22. B-175425. sarcfh 10, l978. 36 pp. + 3 appe4uicfs (7 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Blmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Lawu Eforcement and Crise Prevention (500); iaiv Enforcement and Crime Prevention: Impact of Federal Efforts to Strengthen State and Local capab...
Date Jan. 23, 1978 Report No. HRD-77-106 Title

Health: Medicaid Insurance Contracts--Problems in Procuring, Administering, and Monitoring

VwDOC UOEN T 04829 - [ 0O245110 ] RESUME 30 (i icted) in Procuring, Medicaid Insurance Coinicts--Problema (3). January Administerinq, and Mk.fri.ng. HRD-77-106; B-164C3{ 23, 1978. 92 pp. + 5 ... pndices (15 pp.). Report to Sen. Herman .rTaloadge, Chairman, Senate Co.aittee on Finance: health Subcomittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General ....... Issue Area: Hcalth P'o~ri' : Compliance ¥ith ...
Date Dec. 1, 1977 Report No. 088875 Title

Financial Management: Using Broad Scope Auditing To Serve Management

AUDIT STANDARDS SUPPLEMENT SERIES NO. 10 CASE STUDY BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNlTED STATES -t * ScopeBroad Using Auditing B -, . To Serve Management How the Governor o Missisbpi f introduced broad scope auditing as a management tool The pamphlet "Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities & Functions" is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents; stock numbe...
Date May 17, 1977 Report No. CED-77-72 Title

Environmental Protection: Adequacy of Controls for the Reclamation of Lands Mined for Noncoal Minerals

COMPTROLL.ER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED sTs.l’iZ D.C. 20548 B-118678 llllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM102164 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Morris K. Udall Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives As you know, surface mining control and reclamation legi...
Date March 29, 1977 Report No. 102160 Title

Veterans Affairs: Survey of the Administration of the Veterans Administration's Educational Assistance Programs

DOCUlENT RESUME 02163 -[A1452441] (Restricted) [Survey of the Administration of the Veterans Administration's Educational Assistance. Programs]. Earch 29, 1977. 5 pp. Report to Williamn . Connors, Director, veterans Administration: Regional Office, Boston, HA; by Fred D. Layton, Regional Manager, Field Operations Div.: Regional Office (Boston). Issue Area: Education, Training, and Enmployment Prog...
Date March 1, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-56 Title

Health: Status of Implementation of Medicaid Utilization Control Requirements

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAID INSTITUTIONAL UTILIZATION CONTROL REQuIR~ENTS~,fr~,i.'/::,' . i ; I,,* ': :,.-y," .; ; , [ : ,i ,i ,‘. I RESTRICTED___ _, .i;l:--&.-.~ Pursuant to a request from Chairman, F . M-1433 ‘- 3mz7. / HRD-77-56 j _ ...-_-....-.-_ LM100516 ” J IIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll on Oversight : I1 Subcommittee and Investigation.s, House Committee on Interstate a...
Date Jan. 24, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-29 Title

Health: State Audits To Identify Medicaid Overpayments to Nursing Homes

DOCUUENT RESOME 00503 - [A07510421 z EM e 5 State Audits to Identify Medicaid Overpaymente to Nursing Homes B-164031(3); HRD-77-29. January 24, 1977. Released March 4, 1977. 33 pp. + appendices (3 pp.). Report to Sen. Frank Church, Chairman, on Aging' Long-term Care Subcommittee; Senate Special committee by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Health Programs: Compliance Regulations (...
Date Dec. 29, 1976 Report No. HRD-77-30 Title

Income Security: The Investment Decisionmaking Process in Two Colorado Public Employee Retirement Plans

DOCUMENT RUME 01749 A05908451 - / 4j 6aa The Investment Decisionmaking Process i Two Colcrado Public Employee Retirement Plans. HRD-77-30; B-164292. December 29, 1976. 44 pp. Report to Sen. Harrison A. Hilliams, Jr., Chai.man, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Sen. Jacob K. Javits; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Monitoring and Adm...
Date Dec. 29, 1976 Report No. HRD-77-31 Title

Income Security: The Investment Decisionmaking Process in Two Michigan Public Employee Retirement Plans

DOCUMENT RESUME 00306 A0590855] (Restricted) Michigan Public The Investment Decisionmaking Process in Two ecember 29, Employee Retirement Plans. HD-77-31; B-164292. 1976. 43 pp. Senate Report to Sen. Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Chairman, and Public Welfare; Sen. Jacot K. Javits, Committee on Labor Ranking Minority Member; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs...
Date Dec. 29, 1976 Report No. HRD-77-28 Title

Income Security: The Investment Decisionmaking Process in Two Tennessee Public Employee Retirement Plans

DOCUMENT 01748 - [A0590854 ( _ R E The Investment Decisionmaking Process in Twc Tennessee Public Employee Retirement Plans. HRD-77-28; B-164292. December 29, 1976. 51 pp. Report to Sen. Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Sen. Jacobs K. Javits; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Monitoring and Admini...
Date Nov. 30, 1976 Report No. HRD-77-21 Title

Income Security: The Investment Decisionmaking Process In Two Georgia Public Employee Retirement Plans

0 ri SENATE CUMMlTTEE LAB-OR AND PUBLIC UN WELFARE BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE VNITED STATES The Investment . Dedisionpa ki ng Process ’ In Two Georgia -Public Employee.~.Reaire.rne?tPlans Thi)reportisthesecondinase&sof~kn F studies requested tiy the commit. - ‘ -~ It conteim case studies on the Employees’ -- Retimnent System of Georgia and the ;_ .:.. Atlanta General Employees’ Pens...
Date Feb. 27, 1976 Report No. RED-76-74 Title

Processing Applications for Food Stamps: How Long Does It Take?

1 1 ti GAO rewiewed 3,241 applications for food stamps in 16 projects in 7 states--California, llhmis, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. About a third of the appkations were processed withilT 7 days; ower half were processed within 14 days; and more than three-fourths were processed within 30 days. Applicant delay in providing required documentation was the most important cause of incr...
Date June 5, 1974 Report No. 093170 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Development of State Comprehensive Law Enforcement Plans

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCNJNTING OFFICE WASHINGTQF, D C 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION JUM 5 1974 Mr. Donald E. Santarellr v Administrator Law Enforcement Assrstance Administration Department of JustIce Dear Mr. Santarellr* We have reviewed the way that selected States--Loulslana, Mlchrgan, Pennsylvanla, Texas, and Wrsconsln--have developed their comprehensive law enforcement plans and the exte...
Date May 14, 1974 Report No. B-165430 Title

Health: State Plans for Nutrition Programs for the Elderly

COkPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STAT 20548 B-165430 The Honorable John Brademas Chairman, Select Subcommittee on Education Committee on Education and Labor Bouse of Representatives . rL. lllllli~lllllllllll~~llll~ LM095878 Dear Mr. Chairman: 20, 1974, gathered you requested that we data concerning State In your letter of February prepare a report from previously plans between Ap...
Date April 8, 1974 Report No. B-176544 Title

Government Operations: Increased Intergovernmental Cooperation Needed for More Effective, Less Costly Auditing of Government Programs

- -r--- Increased Intergovernmental Cooperation Needed For More Effective, Less Costly Auditing Of Government Programs B-176544 General Services Administration UNITED STATES * GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE APRIL $11974 UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DIVISION GENERAL OF FINANCIAL AND STUDIES MANAGEMENT B-176544 The Honorable Administrator Arthur F. Sampson of General Serv...
Date Sept. 14, 1972 Report No. B-167656 Title

Veterans Affairs: Review of the Veterans Administration Program for Providing Nursing Home Care to War Veterans in State-Operated Nursing Homes

*. I ‘, WASHINGTON, A-. .*. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE D.C. 20548 __ .-- ..-. &ii5 MANPOWER AND DIVISION WELFARE B-167656 Dear Mr. Johnson: The General Accounting Office has reviewed the Veterans Administration (VA> program for .--.‘ p~=o,~.~.d.~ng.,..n~rsingho,me+,\care .“_. em-. _,,i..d._.~==~-to ..,. .._ ,. in State-.ope.ra-t,e.d-~-~,~~~~s~~~g~~~h~mes. review Our --- war veter...
Date Nov. 22, 1971 Report No. B-165355 Title

Transportation: Transportation's Failure To Withhold Federal Funds From Any State Not Implementing an Approved Highway Safety Program

k * L * u c. ,*. k I Tee, ii . B-165355 ;. COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHING1 1 OF THE U Dear Mr. Rooney: By letter dated July 19, 1971, you requested our Office to review J the Secretary of Transportation's failure to withhold Federal funds J' from any State not implementing an approved highway safety program. .*ll.l**ll,., ___. /‘, ?' The Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended (23 U.S.C. 4021, direc...