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Date Nov. 17, 1999 Report No. HEHS-00-3 Title

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Additional Steps Needed to Assess Fire Hazards of Upholstered Furniture

United States General Accounting Office GAO November 1999 Report to Congressional Committees CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Additional Steps Needed to Assess Fire Hazards of Upholstered Furniture GAO/HEHS-00-3 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-282713 November 17, 1999 The Honorable Christopher Bond Chairman The H...
Date June 9, 1999 Report No. HEHS-99-123 Title

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Consumer Education Efforts for Revised Children's Sleepwear Safety Standard

United States General Accounting Office GAO June 1999 Report to Congressional Committees CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Consumer Education Efforts for Revised Children’s Sleepwear Safety Standard GAO/HEHS-99-123 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-282019 June 9, 1999 The Honorable Christopher Bond Chairman The Ho...
Date April 1, 1999 Report No. HEHS-99-64 Title

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Injury Data Insufficient to Assess the Effect of the Changes to the Children's Sleepwear Safety Standard

United States General Accounting Office GAO April 1999 Report to Congressional Committees and the Consumer Product Safety Commission CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Injury Data Insufficient to Assess the Effect of the Changes to the Children’s Sleepwear Safety Standard GAO/HEHS-99-64 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Divis...
Date April 10, 1996 Report No. RCED-96-119R Title

Environmental Protection: Tank Safety Compliance

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-271613 April 10, 1996 The Honorable Ron Wyden United States Senate Dear Senator Wyden: You requested that we review actions taken by the Department of Energy (DOE) to comply with the Wyden amendment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (section 3137...
Date Jan. 6, 1993 Report No. RCED-93-37 Title

Aviation Safety: Slow Progress in Making Aircraft Cabin Interiors Fireproof

--....._.. ._-... _..... ..-. .-.. -----___.I;llllr;lr-y I !)!I3 .-____I_..-__.___-__-_ -I.~ AVIATION SAFETY Slow Progress in Making Aircraft Cabin Interiors Fireproof 148484 ‘ --RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside thk General Accounting Office unless specificallp approved by the Offke of Congressional R&latiQns. Ssdr90 ..-... RELEASED' ” Resources, Community, and Economic Development Divis...
Date Oct. 14, 1992 Report No. NSIAD-93-17 Title

Defense Logistics: DOD Addressing Concerns About Its Fuel Depot in Norwalk, California

.. IJnitcd States General Accounting Office GAO October 1992 Report to the Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives DEFENSE LOGISTICS DOD Addressing Concerns About Its Fuel Depot in Norwalk7 California 147746 . - GAO/NSIAD-93-17 --- ._..--. ------___ - GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DE. 20648 -...
Date May 23, 1991 Report No. NSIAD-91-89 Title

Air Force Depot Maintenance: More Efforts Are Needed to Improve Safety and Training

.-_. - .l_....^__..._ ._. _._ -.,.. -_ ._..._ ._-._.. “~ ^...~..-. _ -.-._._. --- ------- ~ AIR F O R C E DEPO T MAINTENANCE More Efforts Are Needed to Improve Safety and Training RELEASED ..- -..-.. -..--.---- GAO/ NSTAD-91 - W GAO Gmwml Accounting Ofl’ ice Washington, D.C. 20548 National Securky and International Affairs Division united Stab B-240366 May 23,1991 The Honorable Earl Hutto Chai...
Date Sept. 28, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-230 Title

Motor Vehicle Safety: Information on Accidental Fires in Manufacturing Air Bag Propellant

.._ ._.._._ __“.-__. .~__-.-._l_--.l--.-.“sI~*,tmi,~‘I* l!)!)O -“.....-a.. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY Information on Accidental Fires in Manufacturing Air Bag Propellant 142599 RJBTRICTED --Not to be relea&d outaide the General Accounting Office unless specificauy approved by the Office of Congressional Relations. RF/,FbFFD , GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Res...
Date Dec. 17, 1987 Report No. T-NSIAD-88-10 Title

National Defense: Army's Modifications To Improve the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's Survivability, Reliability, and Performance

For Release on DnlJvery Expected at lOi a.m. EST Thursday Detiember 17, 1987 ! Arm&, w Modifications Vehicj?;s 1 ." ‘ 70 Improve the Bradley Fighting Survivabflity, Reljability, and Performance Statement of Mark E. Gebicke, National Security Associate Director and International Affairs Division Nuclear / Systems Before the Subcommittee on Procurement Committee on Armed Services House of Represen...
Date Nov. 2, 1987 Report No. GGD-88-10FS Title

Fire Safety: Correction of Deficiencies in Walnut Towers Building, Vicksburg, MS

. United States General Accounting Office 1. . c GAO Nawe;mbsr1887 Fact Sheet for the Honorable Thad Cochran, U.S. Senate FIRE SAFETY Correction of Deficiencies in Walnut Towers Building, Vicksburg, MS 134320 GAl 1OFS - . I GAO B-229185 November 2, 1987 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Thad Cochran Senate Cochran: and subsequent meetings with In your June 29, 1987, letter your representati...
Date March 9, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-52 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: The Bureau of Prisons' Actions Since the Danbury Fire

I ,. UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING U.C. 20548 * OFFICE GE,WDtAL GOVITRNMENT DIVISION ‘. t B-133223 *f , Mr. Norman A. Carlson Director, bureau of Prisons Department of Justice *., . l Ikar Mr. Carlson: Subject: Actions The Wlreau of kisons’ J&nbury Mre (GGD-81-52) !Ihe Since In August 1978, a General Accounting Office (GAO) report on the I&bury Federal Correctional Institution...
Date Oct. 28, 1980 Report No. CED-81-1 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA Is Slow To Carry Out Its Responsibility To Control Harmful Chemicals

/, / ,-;-3c. is, BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES EPA Is Slow To Carry Out its Responsibility To Control Harmful Chemicals For almost 4 years EPA has had broad authority to protect the public and the environment from the harmful effects of chemicals. Although actions have been taken to control three chemicals, no chemicals have been tested and basic data is lac...
Date April 25, 1979 Report No. 109229 Title

Energy: Safety of Liquefied Energy Gases Facilities

UNITED STATES GEIJERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY AT 9:30. A.M., WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 1979 109229 TESTIMONY OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ,ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION ON LIQUEFIED ENERGY GASES SAFETY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION & Mr. Chairman: We are pleased to be here today as you consider Gas Pipeline on its S.411, the Administratio...
Date March 21, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-1 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Grain Dust Explosions--An Unsolved Problem

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Grain Dust ExplosionsAn Unsolved Problem Deaths and injuries from grain dust explosions have increased since 1975, and several Congressmen, accordingly, asked GAO to examine a number of factors regarding such explosions. Specific causes of most of the explosions are not known. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and ...
Date Aug. 4, 1978 Report No. GGD-78-82 Title

The Danbury Prison Fire: What Happened? What Has Been Done To Prevent Recurrence?

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES ' The Danbury Prison FireWhat Happened? What Has Been Done To Prevent Recurrence? GAO reconstructs the events of the morning of July 7, 1977, when a fire at the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut took the lives of five inmates and injured many others. The report discusses the fire's origin, the activities of correctional s...
Date April 10, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-88 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Improvements Needed in Administering the Flammable Fabrics Act

Date May 19, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-341 Title

Government Operations: Fire Protection and Security at the Denver Federal Center

DOCUMENT RESUME 02338 A1452454 tesjceA4'-1 ' ' Fire Protection and Security at the Denver Federal Center. LCD-77-341; B-125617. May 19, 1977. 14 pp. Report to Rep. Timothy E. Wirth; by Robert P. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue rea: Facilities and Material Management: Operation and Maintenance of Facilities (708). Contact: Logistics and Communications Div. Budget Function: General Governm...
Date June 3, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-136 Title

Housing: Federal Fire Safety Requirements Do Not Insure Life Safety in Nursing Home Fires

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Federal Fire Safety Requireme Do Not Insure Life Safety In Nursing Home Fires Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Two Chicago nursing home fires killed 31 people during early 1976. GAO was asked to investigate reasons for the severity of the fires and to suggest possible actions to avoid similar situations. GAO reporte...
Date March 5, 1976 Report No. 089574 Title

Government Operations: Survey of the Records Center Operation at Kansas City District

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFJCE FEGlONAL ROOM 717. GATEWAY 4’n.i AND OFFICE II BUtlDlNG STATE KANSAS Qrr, KANSAS 66101 “parch;s, 1976 Colonel Richard L. Curl i DLsW.ct ! Engineer \ ‘1 Kansas City District B&ted States Army Corps of Engineers r’ederal Building 601 East 12th 64~1% Kansas City, tttissouri Dear Colonel Curl: . - Durkg our survey of General Services Administration (GSA)...