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Date Dec. 23, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-87-34 Title

Military Logistics: Improvements Needed in Managing Air Force Special Stock Levels

’ -. *GAO Deicember 1986 I3 /y&9 Report to the Secretary of the Air Force United States General Accounting Office MILITARY LOGISTICS Improvements Needed in Managing Air Force Special Stock Levels I IllIII1 I 131838 GA$O/NSIAD-87-84 . , 1 L GAO General Acconnting Off’lce Washington, D.C. 20648 National Security and International Affairs Division E2227tM united states December 23,1986 The Honora...
Date Dec. 23, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-87-57 Title

Weapon Performance: Operational Test and Evaluation Can Contribute More to Decisionmaking

. li I I/* , . . United Watea Gederal Accounting Offlce 1 138 GAO December 1986 Report to the Chai:~man,Senate Comnxittee on Governmental Affairs WEAPON PERFORMANCE Operational Test and Evaluation Can Contribute More to Decisionmaking Y GAO united statea GhmwalAcoonlltjngofnce Wuhington, D.C.80548 Natiomlsecarityand Intenutional Amilu Divbion B-222886 December23,19S6 The Honorable William V. Roth,...
Date Dec. 17, 1986 Report No. PEMD-87-4A Title

Water Quality: An Evaluation Method for the Construction Grants Program--Methodology

* : m 131WE .--.- United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to the Administrator Environmental Protection Agency WATER QUALITY An Evaluation Method for the Construction Grants ProgramMethodology llll I I 131802 . GAO/qEMD-87-4A Volume 1 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division H-22 1,558 December 17, 1986 The Honorable ...
Date Oct. 24, 1986 Report No. PEMD-87-7BR Title

Noncash Benefits: Initial Results Show Valuation Methods Differentially Affect the Poor

1 ’ . GAO October 1986 United mq Briefing Report to Congressional States Geneql Accounting OfBee 3 i” 1 3 Requesters NONCASH BENEFITS Initial Results show Valuatiork Methods v Differentially Affect the Poor .-:,7.., .“,. .~ GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division B-222373 October 24, 1986 The Honorable William D. Ford Com...
Date July 1, 1986 Report No. 130587 Title

Government Operations: Developing and Using Questionnaires

United States General Accounting Oflice a Program Evaluation and Methodology Division IIllIlllllllllllllllll llllllllll Ill1 Ill1 130587 1 July 1986 ; .; Transfer Paper 7 J o34#a/ /30587 PREFACE about one of every five reports on In the last two years, GAO evaluations and audits used mail questionnaires to collect Although questionnaires can be cost effective when they data. are appropriate to the...
Date June 17, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-86-141 Title

United Nations: More Can Be Done To Strengthen the U.N. Joint Inspection Unit

. United States General Accounting Office GAO June 1986 Report to the Secretary-of State w UNITED NATIONS More Can Be Done to Strengthen the U.N. Joint Inspection Unit ‘Ill1 I,,, ‘Ill’lli111 II II 130209 GAOJNSLAD-M-141 c ,35% - . I . GAO united states General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 National Security and International Af’faim Division B-222687 June 17,1986 The Honorable G...
Date May 5, 1986 Report No. GGD-86-74BR Title

Decennial Census: Issues Related to Questionnaire Development

*@ * United States General Accounting OfPike I2y-4~~ -7 0 Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters ” May 1$86 DECENNIAL CENSUS IssuesRelated to Questionnaire Development HI Ill lllllll II 129958 RESTRICTED-- Not to be releasedoutside the &x@& Accounting Office except on tho basis of specific : approval by the Office of Congresslond Relations. ) RELEASED *!ivi3ls 2 iA0, GAO United States Gener...
Date April 17, 1986 Report No. PEMD-86-8BR Title

Noncash Benefits: An Evaluation of the Census Bureau's Measurement Conference

-- United States General Accounting Off3ce -- w Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters ~---. .+.“I -. ..__.__....__._._.-__~ ----_ _ April l$Ni NONCASHBENEFITS An Evaluation of the Census Bureau’s Measurement Conference 129641 035 \40 . UNITED STATES GENERAL D.C. ACCOUNTING 20648 OFFICE WASHINGTON. fVA1 UATION nku MI I HO001 &;V OWlSION PHOGHAM April 17, 1986 h-222373 The Honorable Willia...
Date April 17, 1986 Report No. 129661 Title

Social Services: The Census Bureau's Conference on the Measurement of Noncash Benefits

UNITED.STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C; 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY ' EXPECTED,AT 10:00 a.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1986 STATEMENT OF ELEANOR CHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, PROGRAMEVALUATION AND METHODOLOGY DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CENSUS AND POPULATION COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON ,dN .THE CENSUS BUREAU'S CONFERENCE '" p . ,dHE MEASUREMENT NONCASH...
Date March 18, 1986 Report No. PEMD-86-7BR Title

Hunger Counties: Methodological Review of a Report by the Physician Task Force on Hunger

United States General Accounting Office 34a8 Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters March 1986 HUNGER COUNTIES Metioclowcal Review of a Report by the Physician Task Force on Hunger GAO,‘PEMD-86-7BR UNITED STATES GENERAL D.C ACCOUNTING 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON. PHDGRAM MklHODOLOGY EVALUATION AND DIV1SION March 18, 1986 B-222232 Honorable Bill Emerson TJonorable ?. Thomas Coleman Subcommittee ...
Date March 1, 1986 Report No. 129701 Title

Using Micro Computers in GAO Audits: Improving Quality and Productivity

, - - United strterr General Afcoantine omee - .. . *! w . March 1986 12 % ! / 40 Information Management and Technology Division 5 P. /E3 O2 Using Micro Computers in GAO Audits: Impmving Qualityand Productivity 2 - Technical Guideline 1 - s E This IB4TEC Technical Guideline was produced using the Xero: 8000 Network SJlstem which IMTEC is testing i is office n t automation pilot roject. Text and gr...
Date Feb. 21, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-86-48 Title

African Development Bank: A More Independent Evaluation System Is Needed

L, e-u United States General Acbounting Office 4/da GAO Febrl@ry 1986 Report to the Secretary of the Treasury I / I , AFRICAN DEVEIOPMENT BANK A More Independent Evaluation System Is Needed ill lllll 111111 ll 129128 GAO GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division a421618 February 2 1, 1986 The Honorable JamesA. Baker, III...
Date Feb. 1, 1986 Report No. 129366 Title

Designing Evaluations: A Workbook

United States General Accounting Office - (--$?zp( - GAO F’rogram Evaluation ar d Methodology Division Evaluations: A Workbook INTRODUCTION This document, which presents designs for three specific evaluations, is intended to be used as a companion-piece to t h e transfer paper, Designing Evaluations. That is, these three designs are real-world examples of the different blueprints for evaluation ...
Date Jan. 1, 1986 Report No. 129469 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Volume 21, Issue 1, Winter 1986

I I . . .. I Contents E\ 3 f E i1 ! I A Message From the Comptroller General Charles A. Bowsher 1 From the Editor Harry S. Havens 2 In Recognition: Two Men W o Helped Shape the h Review From Our Briefcase Ellsworth H. Morse, Jr., and Frank H. Weitzel 3 I The Computer Revolution A History of Financial Management Improvement Changes in the Workforce Major Intergovernmental Events 4 E On Location An...
Date Oct. 31, 1985 Report No. 128281 Title

Information Management: Evaluation of Poverty Indicators - Methodological Issues

I UNITED STATES GENEtiL,ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 2:00 p.m. THURSDAY,OCTOBER31, 1985 STATEMENT OF ELEANORCHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, PROGRAM EVALUATION AND METHODOLOGY DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE CENSUSAND POPULATION ON COMMITTEEON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE . HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON , 1 EVALUATIONOF POVERTYINDICATORS - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ill I...
Date Sept. 10, 1985 Report No. PEMD-85-9 Title

Education: Review of Two Studies on College Athlete Graduation Rates

UNITED STATES GENERAL D.C. ACCOUNTING 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, PROGRAM EVALUATION AND METHODOLOGY SEPTEMBER OIVISION lo,1985 B-220175 The Honorable James J. House of Representatives Dear Mr. iloward: qoward Subject: Review of Graduation Two Studies on College Rates (GAO/PEYD-85-3) Athlete This report responds to your June 26, 1985, request for a GAO review of two studies on college athlete graduat...
Date July 31, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-57 Title

Government Operations: Description of Selected Nonfederal Job Evaluation Systems

,REPORT THEUS. BY General Accounting Office Description Of Selected Nonfederal Job Evaluation Systems This report describes: (1) job evaluation systems in the states of Connecticut and Idaho, the Salt River project public utility in Arizona, and JByrons Department Stores in Florida; (2) how job evaluation played a role in the issue of comparable worth in the states of Washington and Minnesota, and...
Date July 1, 1985 Report No. 127571 Title

Using Structured Interviewing Techniques: Methodology Transfer Paper 5

D Using Structured InterViewiewing Techniques Methodology Transfer Paper 5 GAO UnitcdStatcsGcneralAccountingMi Program Evaluation and Methodology Division July 1985 Request for copies of GAO reports should be Sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20877 Telephone (202) 275-6241 The first five copies of individual ...
Date May 17, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-70 Title

Health: VA's Methodology for Setting Priorities for Nursing Home Care Construction Projects for FY 1986

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RCSOURCES DIVISION May 17, 1985 B-218854 The Honorable Frank H. Murkowski Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: VA's Methodology for Setting Priorities Nursing Home Care Construction Projects for Fiscal Year 1986 (GAO/HRD-85-70) I#llllI ull 127003 for On November 7, 1984, the Com...
Date April 18, 1985 Report No. 126756 Title

Government Operations: The Census Bureau's Activities Particularly on the 1990 Decennial Census

, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT lo:30 a.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985 STATEMENT OF W ILLIAM J. ANDERSON DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CENSUS AND POPULATION COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES * ON THE CENSUS BUREAU'S ACTIVITIES PARTICULARLY ON THE 1990 DECENNIAL CENSUS SERVI...
Date April 5, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-44 Title

Government Operations: Information on the Use of Value Engineering in Federal Design and Construction

1 BY THE U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Nancy Landon Kassebaum United States Senate Information an The Use (% Value Engineering .‘ln Federal Design ,&‘nd Construction Senator Kassebaum requested an assessment, based on prior GAO work, on the potential benefits of the increased use of value engineering--a systematic process for reducing life-cycle costs--in federal constru...
Date Feb. 28, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-41 Title

Financial Management: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee Resettlement Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNTM OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 HUMAH RKSOURCZS DIVISION FEBRUARY 28,1985 B-217473 The Honorable William H. Natcher Chairman, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Education, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee R...
Date Jan. 1, 1985 Report No. 127079 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Volume 20, Issue 2, Spring 1985

\ Contents Volume 20 Issue 2 i From Our Briefcase NAPA: Advancing Effective Government New Source of Criteria for Mental Health-Criminal Justice Issues Grace Commission Spin-offs Megatrends Reinvented Career Concepts: Effective Management Accounting Update Revised Accounting Principles and Standards Issued Integrated Financial Management Systems Group CARE Methodology Implementation of the Financ...
Date Jan. 1, 1985 Report No. 128767 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Volume 20, Issue 4, Fall 1985

.- .. -...I ". .... . ..... . 1 . 1 I...... ?...--.. ... ... ...",. ~.. ,,_,. .... . .. , I I .L*> .*. -I r * -.I,. IHullltIUlllc ,*,.,-I THE GAO REVIEW Contents 1- Fall 1985 Volume 20 Issue 4 ! Prom Our Briefcase Treasury Monthly Report Provides Financial Statement Information Checklist for L)ecisionrnakixig Work on Comparable Worth Fiscal Year ’86 U.S. Hudgct Includes Managcment Report ‘Man...
Date Nov. 20, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-85-25 Title

National Defense: Survey of Private-Sector Earnings of Navy Enlisted Personnel Who Left the Service in Mid-Career

*3 1 ,,* w “‘I: & $qj&& .‘b\ . ‘BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Assistant Secretary Of’Defense (Manpower, Installations And Logistics) Survey G#f Private-Sector Earnings of Navy Enlisted Personnel Who Left The Service ‘In Mid-Career How did the earnings of enlisted personnel who left the Navy for private-sector jobs compare with what they could have earned by reenlisti...
Date Oct. 19, 1984 Report No. 125399 Title

Special Publications: [The Congress and Evaluation]

The Congress and Evaluation Prepared for Delivery by Harry S . Havens * Assistant Comptroller General of the United States at the Sixth Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management New Orleans, Louisiana October 19, 1984 INTRODUCTION Congress is a collegial, deliberative, decisionmaking body. Evaluation is a function, one of whose principal values lies in...
Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. AFMD-84-75 Title

Financial Management: CARE-Based Audit Methodology To Review and Evaluate Agency Accounting and Financial Management Systems

gywl I c l CARE-Based Audit Methodology To Review And Evaluate Agency Accounting And Financial Management Systems I~~~~~~~~U GAO United States General Accounting Office September 1984 UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20!546 September ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION 28, 1984 TRANSMITTAL ----------- Here is an exposure draft of GAO's "Control and Risk Evaluation (CAR...
Date July 23, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-76 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Justice's Processing of Mississippi's Proposed Voting Changes

Report To The Honorable Gillespie V. Montgomery Justice’s Processing of Mississippi’s Proposed Voting Changes GAO compared the time Justrce took to process proposed votrng changes from MISSISSIPPI and all other ]urrsdrctrons covered by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended GAO determined whether Justice used form letters asking Identical questrons regardless of the type of vot...
Date May 18, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-34 Title

Income Security: GAO Views on the Methodology Used in an SSA Title II Study of Representative Payment

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINOTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 2OS4S OFFICE MAY 18, 1984 The Honorable Claude Pepper Chairman, Subcommittee on Health Long-Term Care Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: and Subject: GAO Views on the Methodology Used in an SSA Title II Study of Representative Payment (GAO/HRD-84-34) letter and later you with: discus- sions In response to your Jul...
Date May 1, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-99 Title

Financial Management: Defense Logistics Agency's First-Year Implementation of the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act

Report To The Directdr, Defense Logistics Agency Defense Logistics Ag ncy’s First-Year Implementation 0( /$he Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act GAO conducted a review of 22 federal agencies’ efforts to implement the Federal Managers’ Financiat Integrity Act of 1982. The act was intended to help reduce fraud, waste, and abuse across the spectrum of faderal government operations thro...
Date March 15, 1984 Report No. 123639 Title

Agriculture and Food: Evaluations of WIC's Effectiveness

UNITED STATES GENERAL .ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. t J I For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. March 15, 1984 ~ STATEMENT OF ELEANOR CHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, PROGRAMEVALUATION AND METHODOLOGY DIVISION ON EVALUATIONS Q'F WIC'S EFFECTIVENESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY UNITED STATES SENATE , ~ Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: t , , We are v...
Date Feb. 24, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-40 Title

National Defense: The Army Needs More Comprehensive Evaluations To Make Effective Use of Its Weapon System Testing

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of The Army The Army Needs More Comprehensive Evaluations To Make Effective Use Of Its Weapon System Testing Evaluations of development and operatlonal tests are used to assess the progress of new heapon systems as they proceed through development Because many Armyorgamzat,kons contrtbute to the preparation of these evaluations, the results...
Date Jan. 30, 1984 Report No. PEMD-84-4 Title

Agriculture and Food: WIC Evaluations Provide Some Favorable but No Conclusive Evidence on the Effects Expected for the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children

i . i . r BYTHEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Committee On Agriculture, -- Nutrition, And Forestry . ’ United States Senate -- _ ---___ - . -_ WIG Evaluations Provide -vorabk+@ No Conclusive Evidence On The Effects Expected For The Special Supplemental iProgram iFor Women, Infants, . And Children I -r----C---. *+C GAO analyzed theevaluations of the Special Supplemental Program for Wo...
Date Nov. 15, 1983 Report No. 125125 Title

Design, Methodology, and Technical Assistance Groups in GAO: A Concept Paper

DESIGN, METHODOLOGY,AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GROUPS IN GAO: A'CONCEPT PAPER t Office November of Quality r9) 1983 Assurance CONTENTS Page Background Functions Structure and Definition 1 to be Performed of the DMTAG and Its GAO Units Considerations Procedures Relationship 4 6 8 10 to Other Staffing Operating BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION General approved on February 18, 7983, the Comptroller various re...
Date Sept. 15, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-72 Title

Government Operations: New Performance Appraisals Beneficial but Refinements Needed

BY THE U.S.GENliRAL ACCOkjNTlNG OFFICE Report To The Director, Office Of Personnel Management New Performance Appraisals Beneficial But Refinements Needed Performance appraisal systems established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 provided for the development of objective criteria for formally rating the performance of Federal employees. Ninety-five percent of all General Schedule employees ...
Date June 23, 1983 Report No. 121714 Title

National Defense: Adequacy of DOD Operational Test and Evaluation and GAO Views on S. 1170

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 THURSDAY JUNE 23, A. M. 1983 STATEMENT OF FRANK C. CONAHAN, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON ADEQUACY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION AND ' GAO VIEWS ON 5.1170 .i’ .;. .’...
Date April 1, 1983 Report No. 088890 Title

Government Operations: The Evaluation Synthesis

. .- . -t . THE EVALUATION SYNTHESIS \ FOREWORD This document outlines the methodology for an evaluative approach, currently being applied by the General Accounting Office (GAO), which we call the Evaluation Synthesis. The evaluation synthesis represents a cluster of techniques by which questions about a Federal program are developed collaboratively with congressional committee staff, existing stu...
Date Feb. 18, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-7 Title

Natural Resources: Unresolved Issues Concerning the Disposal of Stockpile Silver

,- l . I. REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Unresolved Issues Concerning The Disposal Of Stockpile Silver The fiscal year 1982 Defense Appropriation Act suspended the weekly auctions of stockpile silver pending (1) a redetermination that the silver to be disposed of is excess to stockpile requirements and(2}congressional approval of any proposed disposal method. In the interim, ...
Date Jan. 1, 1983 Report No. 124336 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Vol. 18, Issue 3, Summer 1983

REVIEW ... . ._ c . . f I I Volume18 I Issue3 1 Pram Our Brsefcase Accounting Update GAO Issues Proposed Standards for Internal Controls OMB Issues Guidelines for Evaluating and Reporting on Internal Controls GAO Will Develop Strategy for Implementation of The Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 Ten New Directions Bits of Information on Bytes Can You Control Stress? 4 On Iiocation ...
Date Nov. 1, 1982 Report No. 088865 Title

Government Operations: Improving Generalists' Capabilities in Assessing Output Reliability and Internal Controls in Computer-Based Systems

11111111111111III11111111 11 I ~~ 088865 - IMPROVING GENERALISTS' CAPABILITIES I N ASSESSING OUTPUT RELIABILITY AND INTERNAL CONTROLS I N COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DENVER REGIONAL OFFICE 2420 WEST 2 6 t h AVENUE, SUITE 300-D DENVER, COLORADO 80211 NOVEMBER 1982 CONTACTS : Robert W. Hanlon, Regional Manager A r l e y R. Whitsell, A s s i s t a n t Regional Manager Norman...
Date Sept. 28, 1982 Report No. FPCD-82-78 Title

National Defense: Observations on the April 15, 1982, Joint Services Report, "Military Pay Adjustment Mechanism Study"

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-125037 SEPTEMBER a1982 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Dear Mr. Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Director, GAO Affairs Secretary: Observations on the April 15, 1982, Joint "Military Pay Adjustment Services Report, Mechanism Study" (GAO/FPCD-82-78) Sub jectr The appropriate mechanism for annually adjusting military pay levels has...
Date Sept. 2, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-124 Title

Health: Responses to Questions About Performance Evaluation Criteria for Professional Standards Review Organizations

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION RELEASED September 2, 1982 B-208850 The Honorable David Durenberger Subcommittee on Health Chairman, Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Max Baucus Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Health Committee on Finance United States Senate Subject: 119418 Responses to Questions About Performanc...
Date July 26, 1982 Report No. IPE-82-1 Title

Energy: DOE Funds New Energy Technologies Without Estimating Potential Net Energy Yields

BY THECQMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES DOE Funds New Energy Technologies Without Estimating Potential Net Energy Yields Public Laws 93-577 and 96-294 (title It) require the Department of Energy to analyze the potential net energy yields of new energy technologies proposed under the Acts before funding them. DOE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on projects withou...
Date June 1, 1982 Report No. 118984 Title

Special Publications: Methodology Transfer Paper 2

Date May 18, 1982 Report No. AFMD-82-78 Title

Financial Management: Validity and Comparability of Quantitative Data Presented by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency on Inspectors General Activities

. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-207395 i The Honorable John D. Dingell ' Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: RELEASED IllllllllIllll 118619 Subject: Validity and Comparability of Quantitative Data Presented by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency on Insp...
Date March 3, 1982 Report No. FPCD-82-11 Title

Government Operations: The Army Needs To Reevaluate Its Extended Basic Training Program

BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of The Army The Army Needs To Reevaluate Its Extended Basic Training Program In October 1981, the Army extended its basic training from 7 to 8 weeks. As a result, in fiscal year 1982 Army will spend nearly $40 million; about 4,400 additional new soldiers, trainers, and support staff will be assigned to training rather than to operational u...
Date Feb. 8, 1982 Report No. FPCD-82-25 Title

Government Operations: Computation of Cost-of-Living Allowances for Federal Employees in Nonforeign Areas Could Be More Accurate

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-205580 FEBRUARY 8,1982 The Honorable Donald J. Devine Office of Personnel Director, Management Dear Dr. Devine: Computation of Cost-of-Living Allowances for Federal Employees in Nonforeign Areas Could Be More Accurate (FPCD-82-25) Subject: We have completed our review of the methodology use...
Date Feb. 1, 1982 Report No. 118517 Title

Special Publications: Methodology Transfer Paper 1

-4 c_- - -- ---e ** - i Methodology Transfer Paper 1 - Causal Analysis: A Method To Identify And Test Cause And Effect Relationships In Program Evaluations ,GAO United States General Accounting Otfice Institute Fur P r o y m Ei,,ilu;ltiLl:l FtbruJry lt;5: T h i s i s o n e of a series of methodology transfer papers developed by the Institute for Program Evaluation. The purpose of a methodology tra...
Date Nov. 19, 1981 Report No. 116884 Title

Energy: Quality Assurance in the Construction of Nuclear Powerplants

UNITED STATES GENLRAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPLCTED AT 9 45 a in TIIURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1981 Statement of John W Harman, Acting Associate Director Energy and Ulnerals Division 3efore the Subcommit-Lee on Energy and Env-ironment House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Quality Assurance'yn the Construction of Nuclear Powerplants Mr Chairman and Mem...
Date Oct. 2, 1981 Report No. 116717 Title

Special Publications: [A Federal Perspective on Evaluating the Evaluators]

A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE ON EVALUATING THE EVALUATORS By Keith E. Marvin Associate Director U.S. General Accounting Office Institute for Program Evaluation October 2, 1981 At The Joint Annual Meeting of Evaluation Network and Evaluation Research Society INTRODUCTION I am pleased to appear with this panel to discuss the benefits and feasibility of evaluating the evaluators. Dick Johnson has combined t...