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Date April 4, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-53 Title

Government Operations: The 1978 Navy Shipbuilding Claims Settlement at Litton/Ingalls Shipbuilding--A Final Report

BY THECOI\J1PTISOLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress GF THEUNITEDSATES The 1978 Navy Shipbuilding Claims Settlement At Litton/lngalls Shipbuilding--A Final Report The 1979 Defense Approprlatlon Authorlzatlon Act authortzes the Comptroller General to review two contracts with Litton Systems, Inc , lngalls ShIpbuIldIng Dlvlslon, for bulldIng Navy landing helicopter assault and DD-963 destroyer shops...
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 Nov. 3, 1983 Report No. 122772 Title

Financial Management: Views on H.R. 3953

UNITED STATES GENERAL ZKXXXJNTING OPFICE Washing ton I 11I C . Thursday, November 3, 1983 U. S. GEHRRAL, ACCOUIJTING OF‘ ICE E’ COMMITTCE ON ME1~CH~ANT MARINE AND FISHERIES : \ “_.’ ‘“_ ,...“I : ,> ; . ,,. .,, : q$y;,q,: :‘ b” , ‘ . ;,A& 1, .’
Date July 29, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-78 Title

Employment: Observations Concerning States' Implementation of the Eligibility Review Program

” . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20341) - ( d. HUMAN RCSOURCX8 Fogal ---a’ e-e/5J __-_--------I------__-___-eIo-e--TM____ -__v---w _-we -e--e-- DlvI~loN The Honorable Albert Angrisani Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration Department of Labor Dear Mr. Angrisanit Subject: July 29, 1983 $dB.*t.la Mt. Demaran Mt. Fambaugb...
Date May 23, 1983 Report No. 121426 Title

Natural Resources: DOE Enforcement of Crude Oil Pricing Regulations

I I 121426 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m., EST Monday, May 23, 1983 James Duffus Resources, Community, Statement of III, Senior Group Director and Economic Development Division Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 1 on Department of Energy's Enforcement of Crude Oil...
Date March 23, 1983 Report No. 120891 Title

National Defense: Comments on H.R. 597

SUMMARY GAO TESTIMONY OF ON H.R. 597 BY DAVID E. BRYANT, JR. GROUPDIRECTOR (CLAIMS) ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION GAO supports the effect allowable this Bill for two reasons. accountability First, it will have for of shifting claims the fiscal to agencies between $25,000 and $100,000 and an additional in excess of $100,000. benefit The fiscal accountaactivities $75,000 of claims bil...
Date March 4, 1983 Report No. ID-83-34 Title

Financial Management: Payment of Claims Against the Panama Canal

’ - “Uim STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-210832 Mr. D. P. McAuliffe, Administrator Panama Canal Commission APO Miami 34011 MARCH 4,1983 Dear Mr. McAuliffe: Subject: Payment of Claims Against (GAO/ID-83-34) the Panama Canal During October 1, 1979 to March 31, 1982, the U.S. Attorney for the Canal Zone sent a number of final judgments against the Panama Canal Company by ...
Date Jan. 14, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-31 Title

Government Operations: Acquisition of Properties and Settling of Claims on White Sands Missile Range, NM

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT. AND READINESS LOQISTICS. DIVISION B-181236 JANUARY 14,1983 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Acquisition of Properties and Settling Claims on White Sands Missile Range, (GAO/PLRD-83-31) ulllluu 1111II 120323 Subject: of New Mexico In your ...
Date Oct. 26, 1982 Report No. PLRD-83-5 Title

The 1978 Navy Shipbuilding Claim Settlement at Electric Boat: Status as of December 26, 1981

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The 1978 Navy Shipbuilding Claim Settlement At Electric Boat--Status As Of December 26,198l The Defense Appropriation Authorization Act of 1979 requires the Comptroller General to audit two contracts with Electric Boat for constructing SSN-688 class nuclear attack submarines that were involved in a shipbuilding claim settlement. Th...
Date July 20, 1982 Report No. ID-82-49 Title

Financial Management: Review of Selected Aspects of Claims Division Operations and Certain Allegations Concerning Claim Payments and First-Class Air Travel

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman Of The Export-Import Bank Of The United States Review Of Selected Aspects Of Claims Division Operations And Certain Allegations Concerning Claim Payments And First-Class Air Travel The Export-Import Bank’s Claims Division plays an important role in minimizing the expenditure of Bank funds and recovering monies due to the Bank. However, it...
Date April 1, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-25 Title

Income Security: Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Needs Amending

Comptroller General RELEASED OF THE UNITEDSTATES Longshoremen’ And Harbor Workers’ s compensation Act Needs Amending Since the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen’ s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, injuries have more than tripled, and benefit payments have increased by an estimated 600 percent. Staff shortages and a reluctance to enforce certain provisions of the act have hampered ef...
Date Feb. 24, 1982 Report No. 117649 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Customer Protection Activities of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 11:00 a.m. February 24, 1982 Statement of Henry Eschwege, Director Community and Economic Development before the on Investigations Division Senate Permanent Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental on Affairs 117649 Customer Protection Commodity Futures Activities Trading of the Commission Mr. C...
Date Jan. 26, 1982 Report No. 117343 Title

Financial Management: Comments on H.R. 4709

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED BY 1O:OO A.M. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1982 STATEMENT OF SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL J. SOCOLAR MILTON BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION SECURITY AND 117343 NATIONAL OF THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON PROMPT PAYMENT ACT OF 1981 COMMITTEE Mr. Chairman and Members to to testify pay of...
Date Jan. 19, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-26 Title

Income Security: Legislation Authorized Benefits Without Adequate Evidence of Black Lung or Disability

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Legislation Authorized Benefits Without Adequate Evidence Of Black Lung Or Disability The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, as amended, authorized the Department of Labor to approve black lung claims based on conflicting or inconclusive medical evidence, affidavits from spouses and others, or presumptions based on years of c...
Date Dec. 16, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-30 Title

Health: Guidance and Information Needed on the Use of Machine Readable Claims Under Medicare and Medicaid

*li **4, % I Vlzl UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NIJMAN RESOURCES DIVISION December 16, 1981 Dr. Carolyne Davis, Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D. C. 20201 Dear Dr. Subject: Davis: /'Guidance and Information "-achine Readable Claims (HRD-82-30) NeedeC on the Under hedicare Use of ... and Medicaid ...
Date Dec. 3, 1981 Report No. 117013 Title

Health: The Use of Competitive Fixed-Price Contracting in Medicare

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, December 3, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE: USE OF COMPETITIVE FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTING IN MEDICARE NIlIll III1 117013 Mr. Chairman today and Members of to d...
Date Dec. 1, 1981 Report No. HRD-82-17 Title

Health: Experiments Have Not Demonstrated Success of Competitive Fixed-Price Contracting in Medicare

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Experiments Have Not Demonstrated Success Of Competitive Fixed-PriceContracting In Medicare The results of Medicare’ s three competitive fixed-price experiments have varied. Contractor performance ranged from satisfactory in Maine to unsatisfactory in Illinois. Contractor performance in upstate New York is now considered satisfactory after an initial 6-mon...
Date Nov. 20, 1981 Report No. FPCD-82-6 Title

Employment: Age Discrimination and Other Equal Employment Opportunity Issues in the Federal Work Force

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH _ ,... 1_ FEDERAL COMPENSATION PERSONNEL DIVISION AND p,;, :i I NGTON. D.C. 20548 .‘L,-+J siR% .- NOVEMBER 20.1981 D-205303 The Honorable Claude Pepper Chairman, Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Age Discrimination and Other Equal Employment Opportunity Issues in the Federal Work Force (FPCD-82-6) This repo...
Date Nov. 13, 1981 Report No. B-192320 Title

Government Operations: Jerry Houston Stone v. United States

/ -^ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 AuU M UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL November 13, 1981 B-192320 The Honorable J. Paul McGrath Assistant Attorney General Civil Division Department of Justice Attention: Dear Mr. McGrath: George M. Beasley III, Esq. Commercial Litigation Branch Subject: Jerry Houston Stone v. United States Ct. Cl. No. 580-81C Reference is made to your s...
Date Nov. 12, 1981 Report No. 116841 Title

Health: Injury Compensation Process Delays Prompt Payment of Benefits to Federal Workers

Il UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m.~ Thursday, November 121 1981 STATEMENT OF MORTON HEN%, SENIOR ASSOCIATEDIRECTOR E. HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE LABORSTANDARDS ON OF THE COMMITTEE EDUCATION ON AND LABOR HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON INJURY COMPENSATION PROCESS DELA...
Date Oct. 6, 1981 Report No. PLRD-82-8 Title

Government Operations: Two Navy Ship Contracts Modified Under Authority of Public Law 85-804--Status as of August 3, 1980

BY THECOMPTRCjLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES v I wu ’ Report To The Congress Two Navy Ship Contracts Modified Under Authority Of Public Law 85804~-Status As Of August 3,198O The 1979 Defense Appropriation Authorization Act requires the Comptroller General to review two contracts for the landing helicopter assault and the DD-963 destroyer ships. The review is to ensure that funds authorized for ...
Date Oct. 5, 1981 Report No. B-204428 Title

Government Operations: Performance Rating

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL In reply refer to B-204428 October 5, 1981 Colonel John C. Lynch, USAF Chief, Washington Area Contracting Center (MAC) Department of the Air Force Andrews Air Force Base, D.C. Dear Colonel Lynch: 20331 Your letter of August 13, 1981, requests our determination on whether the Headquarters Military Airlift Comma...
Date Oct. 1, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-68 Title

Financial Management: Millions Paid Out in Duplicate and Forged Government Checks

r i?~’ COMPTROLLER GENER THE 1I&~ Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Millions Paid Out In Duplicate And Forged Government Checks Over the last several years, the Treasury disbursed millions of dollars for duplicate and forqed Government checks which were not charged to appropriations and were not handled in accord with all applicable laws. The Treasury’ s handling of these payments rai...
Date Sept. 25, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-155 Title

Medicare Home Health Services: A Difficult Program To Control

., UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 HUMAN REsoURCEs DIVISION B-204802 The honorable United States Dear Senator Pete V. Domenici Senate Domenici: This report responds to your August 6, 1979, request regarding Medicare home health services. We made an assessment of the reasonableness and medical necessity of skilled nursing care and the need for the home health aide ser...
Date Sept. 16, 1981 Report No. 116371 Title

Income Security: The Civil Service Disability Retirement Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. September 16, Wednesday, 1981 STATEMENT OF ROSSLYN KLEEMAN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND HOUSING OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON THE CIVIL Madam Chairwoman I appreciate today disability issued and 1...
Date Sept. 15, 1981 Report No. B-204409(JAB) Title

Government Operations: [William C. Ragland v. United States]

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL In Reply Refer to: B-204409(JAB) September 15, 1981 The Honorable Stuart E. Schiffer Acting Assistant Attorney General Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 Attention: David Epstein, Director Commercial Litigation Branch Dear Mr. Schiffer: Subject:| William C. Ragland v. United State...
Date July 30, 1981 Report No. B-202732 Title

Government Operations: [Idaho v. United States]

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-202732 July N0, l9Ql The Honorable M. Karl Shurtliff United States Attorney Federal Building - Room 693 Box 037, 550 W. Fort Street Boise, Idaho 83724 Attention: Deborah Bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dear Mr. Shurtliff: Subject: Idaho v. United States Civ. 81-1046 (D. Idaho, February 3, 1981). J By letter of...
Date July 20, 1981 Report No. FPCD-81-40 Title

Government Operations: Action Needed To Eliminate Delays in Processing Civil Service Retirement Claims

REPQT?T THE BY' roller General OF -?-HE UNITEDSTATES -.~_. ~. .t 1 tion NIeeded To Eliminate. Delays In Processing Civil Service Retirement laims The Office of Personnel Management’s failure to timely process claims for retirement benefits has caused financial uncertainty and distress. While OPM has set its performance standards at 35 days for acceptable claims processing, it is currently proces...
Date July 1, 1981 Report No. B-199536 Title

Government Operations: [Pay Issues Regarding Coast Guard Enlistment Pay]

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL {UL I ise B-199536 Mr. Carl D. Phillips 702 Boundary S.E. Olympia, Washington 98501 Dear Mr. Phillips: Reference is made to the claim you submitted to our Office in January 1980 in which you suggested that you were underpaid by the Government incident to your service as a lieutenant in the United States Coast ...
Date May 18, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-51 Title

HHS Moves To Improve Accuracy of AFDC Administrative Cost Allocation: Increased Oversight Needed

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Subcommittee On Oversight House Committee On Ways And Means OF THE UNITED STATES HHSMoves To Improve Accuracy Of AFDC Administrative Cost Allocation: Increased Oversight Needed In a review of cost-allocation plans for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program in California, I Ilinois, Massachusetts, and New York, GAO found that the Federa...
Date May 8, 1981 Report No. B-203115 Title

Government Operations: [Support for Enactment of H.R. 1020]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES .; . WASHINGTON O.C. 2054 / B-203115 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: May 8, 1981 C. We understand that H.R. 1020, a bill to repeal 44 U.S.C. § 3702, has been referred to your committee. We write to express our support for enactment of. h-e-±e-g-isr mw h4?.. / The provision ...
Date May 7, 1981 Report No. B-202801 Title

Government Operations: Right To Recover Anticipated Profits

COM*TROLLER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 May 7, 1981 B-202801 The Honorable Bill Goodling Member, United States House of Representatives 2145 Market Street Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 Dear Mr. Goodling: We refer to your letter dated March 26, 1981, with enclosures, requesting our comments concerning, in effect, theIright o MNJI-) to recover anticipated profitzsf...
Date April 15, 1981 Report No. ID-81-45 Title

Financial Management: Financial Statements of Overseas Private Investment Corporation for FY 1980 and 1979

COhlPTROLLER GENERAL WWIWlNQKlN OF THE W UN ITED STATES D.C. B-173240 APRIL %,I981 TotheFresidentof theSenate and the Zi@skerof the Wxseof Representativles FJearesendingcopiesofthisreporttotheDFrector,Officeof I%nawtandBtiget; thesecretaryof theTreasury: theDuectcy, In!zernat~~l~tcasFJerationAgency; andt.heRctingPresldent, 'ChmxmsPriva~In~~t~atian. **A:& OftheunitedStates ATTACHMEDT COMPTROLLER G~...
Date March 31, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-45 Title

Energy: Department of Energy Needs To Resolve Billions in Alleged Oil Pricing Violations

REPORTBY THE Comptro~ller General OF THE UNiITED STATES Department Of En~ergyNeeds To Resolve BiMonlsIn Alleged Oil Pricing Violations As of Janua’ry 1923Sl,th’a Department of Energy (DDE) had a;llaged over $13 billion in oil pricing violations. However, only $4.2 billion of this total has been resolved primarily beceuse of oil industry legal challenges to DOE’s regulation8s. Even when DOE w...
Date Jan. 14, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-33 Title

Health: Processing of Claims Resulting From the Swine Flu Program

B-199297 injury. We found that no criteria exist to objectively assess the-timeliness of swine flu claims processing. However, we identified some claims processing procedures which took a long time. _.I We obtained limited information on the processing of This included lawsuits resulting from the swine flu program. determining Justice's role in swine flu litigation and gathering descriptive data ...
Date Dec. 12, 1980 Report No. B-201303 Title

Government Operations: [Hagan v. United States]

CA 0 Unitr-d Staies GCcnerui Accounting Office Vv3St.-ltton, DC 20513 Otfice of General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-201303 Decer;.er l.2, 1)?0 The Honorable Alice Daniel Assistant Attorney General Civil Division Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 _ Attention: David Epstein, Director Commercial Litigation Branch Dear Ms. Daniel: Subject: in v. United States Court of Claims No. l-80C (Your...
Date Nov. 14, 1980 Report No. ID-81-01 Title

International Affairs: Treasury Should Keep Better Track of Blocked Foreign Assets

F1 * m /!h’ T,HE&OMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress :OF THEUNITEDSTATES Treasury Should Keep Better Track Of Blocked Foreign Assets The Treasury Department, under emergency legislation, blocks the assets of designated countries hostile to the United States to prevent these countries from earning dollar foreign exchange and from using the assets until political differences are resolved and...
Date Nov. 10, 1980 Report No. PSAD-81-11 Title

Transportation: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Termination of Contract for Light Rail Vehicles

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ‘W PROCURLMCNT ACQUISITION AND SYSTIMS DIVISION NOVEMBER lo,1980 B-200786 1 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Neil E. Goldschmidt of Transportation Secretary: Bay Transportation Authority's ( Massachusetts Termination of Contract for Light Rail Vehicles tiPSAD-81-11) Subject: This is to inform you of certain events associated with...
Date Oct. 22, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-12 Title

Health: Reasonable Charge Reductions Under Part B of Medicare

GAO United States General Accounting Office Ufzhlngton. DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-200144 OCTOBER 22,198O The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris of Health and Human Services 113625 _. Harris: Charge A easonable %art B of Medicare Reductions Under (HRD-81-12) Subject: J Pursuant to a request from Senator Lawton Chiles, ChairSenate Special Committee on Aging, we exami...
Date Oct. 15, 1980 Report No. B-195416 Title

Government Operations: GSA Application of 3-Year Limitations on the Filing of Claims

Date Oct. 14, 1980 Report No. 113726 Title

Energy: Getty Oil Settlement

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m. EDT October 14, 1980 STATEMENT OF MILTON J. SOCOLAR, GENERAL COUNSEL BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE I. BETTY OIL~~ETTLE~NT--J 1 11 11 I 113726 Mr. Chairman: I understand my testimony Energy final that your .primary reason for re...
Date Oct. 9, 1980 Report No. ID-81-4 Title

International Affairs: Military Damage Claims in Germany--A Growing Burden

Report To The Chairman, Committee On Appropriations House Of Representatives OF THEUNiTEDSTATES Vlilitary Damage Claims In Serfnany-A Growing Burden Iver 200,dOO U.S. Army troops in West Gerlany trai and exercise extensively to mainain comb a readiness. The result is millionsof ollars of $amage to German property. Cost haring a reements provide for Germany to #ay a port I on of the claims costs; t...
Date Sept. 15, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-111 Title

Income Security: Followup on Department of Labor's Actions on GAO's July 1977 Report on Administration of the Black Lung Benefits Program

/ ’ %.& ,-r, I , RESTRlCTEb a$s - Accounting Office by the Office of Not tw bY zcileased outsIde the except on the basiri of specific Qscreral apPrOVal II734f Congressionarl Relations Human Resources Division United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-200153 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Richard Senate Schweiker: - r ‘SEPTEM6E.R 15,198O S. Schweiker 1133...
Date Aug. 4, 1980 Report No. B-189443 Title

Government Operations: [Compromise Settlements and Judgments in Three SBA Suits]

z i0 t : . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 A ft OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL i August 4, 1980 B-189443 The Honorable A. Vernon Weaver, Jr. Administrator, Small Business Administration Dear Mr. Weaver: Same 'tine ago the-i~rtiment of Justice asked us to certify the c-ompromise settlements and judgments fe-ayet in three .547'4 Sal, suits to which the Small Business Admini...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-81 Title

Income Security: Legislation Allows Black Lung Benefits To Be Awarded Without Adequate Evidence of Disability

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Legislation Allows Black Lung Benefits To Be Awarded Without Adequate Evidence Of Disability Social Security Administration approval of black lung claims is based on provisions of law which GAO believes do not adequately ensure that benefits are provided only to thoseentitled to them. Under the 1977 amendments to the Federal Coal Mi...
Date June 23, 1980 Report No. B-199085 Title

Government Operations: Pearl B. Bowman v. United States of America

. 2 Mh'-UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 *'Ž OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-199085 June 23, 1980 The Honorable Alice Daniel Assistant Attorney General Civil Division Department of Justice Attention: Dear Ms. Daniel: Subject: ,4arl B. Bowman v. United States of American Civil No. 80-363-Civ-J-WC David M. Cohen, Director Commercial Litigation Branch . By letter of June 2,...
Date May 19, 1980 Report No. CED-80-57 Title

Transportation: ICC's Enforcement Program Can Be More Effective in Halting Violations and Preventing Their Recurrence

. _. BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES /376+ \(27?\ Report To The Congress ICC’s Enforcement Program Can Be More Effective In Halting Violations And Preventing Their Recurrence Civil penalty settlements and court actions are the two most common methods used by the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce compliance with interstate transportation regulations. Yet their effectiveness i...
Date May 5, 1980 Report No. B-193856 Title

Government Operations: [Interest on Money Due]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-193856 /The Honorable Joel Pritchard House of Representatives Dear Mr. Pritchard: This refers to your letter dated April 11, 1980, forwarding a letter from Comm s H. Baker, U.S. Navy of Seattle, Washington, concerning interest on money due him from the United States Government. As we advised you in our letter B-193856, March 26, 198...
Date April 22, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-39 Title

Government Operations: Two Navy Ship Contracts Modified by Public Law 85-804--Status as of July 29, 1979

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES 1IMP- Report ToThe Congress Two Navy’Ship Contracts Modified By Public Law 85804~-Status As Of July 29,1979 The Defense Appropriation Authorization Act of 1979 requires the Comptroller General to audit and review two specific contracts for the landing helicopter assault and DD-963 destroyer ships. The audit is to ensure that funds authorized for paymen...
Date March 28, 1980 Report No. ID-80-35 Title

Financial Management: Claims Procedures of Export-Import Bank of the United States

B-197710 March 28, 1980 Procedures of Export-Import Bank of StatesJ(ID-80-35) ,'-UNU""U""lllU,HIO,,'P?n,,,~~,~;,;i;m , s in response to your letter ofiJune 26, 1979, that we look into certain allegations of poor In subsepractices at the Export-Import Bank. quent discussions with your office, it was!agreed that we would look into the allegation relating to claim payments as part of the Bank's finan...