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| Date Jan. 16, 1985 |
Report No. GGD-85-13 |
Title
c BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Honorable Gerry Sikorski And The Honorable Robert Garcia House Of Representatives RELEASED U.S. Postal Service Procurement Long-Life Delivery Vehicles
The Postal Service is planning to buy 99,150 long-life light delivery vehicles equipped with gasoline engines. The Service chose not to use diesel engines in any of these vehicles because there are ... |
| Date Nov. 19, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-85-50 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON,D.C. 206d8 OFFICE ntsounces, CoMwmIJNrTv. MID I_cowMIc OlVELON4Wf OlVl4lON
B-217074 RELEASED November 19, 1984 125777 The Honorable Elliott A. T.&vitas, Chairman The Honorable Guy V. Molinari, Ranking Minor i ty Member Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Committee on Public Works and Transportation House of Representatives
Subject: New York City... |
| Date June 12, 1984 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-136 |
Title
. ’ c L *I’ w-w9 BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
1 ., Report To The Secretary Of Defense 4 Army’s Decision To Begin Production Of The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Was Premature
The Army’s decrsron to award a full-scale productron contract was premature In vrew of relrabrlrty problems drsclosed In the operatronal tests. Also, usmg a multryear contract presupposes that the sy... |
| Date April 9, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-81 |
Title
I J23%23c!j ” BYTHEUS GENERi ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Honorable Elizabeth H. Dole The Secretary Of Transportation Bus Rehabilitation Issues Need Attention The Department of Transportation’s Urban MassTransportatIon AdmInIstratIon (UMTA) provides funds both to purchase new buses and rehabilitate old buses Recently, UMTA recognized the need to study the costs and benefits of rehabllltatln... |
| Date Dec. 13, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-27 |
Title
UNITED STAT& GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTlIRNAlIONAL SIWXJIITV AFFAIRS AN0 DIVISION DECEMBER 13, 1983 B-21 1920 The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives
Dear M r. Chairman: Subject: Use of Government Vehicles for Home-to-Work T ransportation (GAO/NSIAD-84-27) In your February 15, 1983, le... |
| Date Oct. 27, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-84-36 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE’
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Fossil And Synthetic Fuels Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives Removing Barriers To The Market Penetration Of Methanol Fuels
Thisjstudy examines some of the impediments confronting the development of methanol as a commercially viable tran$portation fuel. The primary barriers confronting methanol!commer... |
| Date Oct. 25, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-10 |
Title
b,r lha OJi?cu ol CC?&ri;ociwa! tik;c:wls, B-211921 OCTOBER 26, 1983 RELEASED
Affairs The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Adequacy of the Department of Defense's Response to Its Inspector General's Report on the Use of Vehicles Assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense Executive Motor Pool (GAO/NSXAD-84-10... |
| Date Oct. 14, 1983 |
Report No. 122596 |
Title
U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:OO a.m. Friday, October 14, 1983 STATEMENT OF RONALD F. LAUVE, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CARE AND DISPOSAL OF FORFEITED CONVEYANCES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Mr.
122596 Chairman I we... |
| Date Sept. 28, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-83-3 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THE UNITED STATES : Use Of Government Vehicles For ~Home-To-Work Transportation
GAO studied various federal departments’ and agencies’ use of chauffeur-driven government vehicles for home-to-work transportation of federal employees in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The results are presented in this study. On June 3,1983, GAO issued... |
| Date Sept. 1, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-184 |
Title
c
, I BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Cost Effectiveness Of Life-Cycle Process In Buying Transit Vehicles Questionable
Transit vehicles tradItIonally have been purchased using the low bid process, but for fiscal year 1982 the Congress required that operating and maintenance costs as well as the purchase price (life-cycle costs) be evaluated before awar... |
| Date July 28, 1983 |
Report No. GGD-83-77 |
Title
BY ‘I‘HEUtS.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Superintendent Of The District Of Columbia Public Schools Improvements In- Certain District Of Columbia Public Schools’ Administrative Operations
The District of Columbia Public Schools has @ken action to ensure that supply items will be obtained at the most competitive prices. Also, other actions will help ensure effective dgployment of per... |
| Date July 15, 1983 |
Report No. PLRD-83-94 |
Title
. ;;gfYJlgz*~~~ -:’ 3” -’ ‘: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL d
Report To The Chairman, Committee On Government House Of Representatives Operations, 6’/a/83 OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Better Care And Disposal Of Seized Cars, Boats, And Planes Should Save Money And Benefit Law Enforcement
The Customs Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Drug Enforcement Administration seize cars, boats... |
| Date March 25, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-67 |
Title
BYTHE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation DOT Needs Better Assurance That Transit Systems Are Maintaining Buses
Atthough the Department of Transportation has provided substantial funds to support bus purchases by local transit systems, it has not systematically monitored how well buses are maintained. As a result, DOT has little assurance that its sizable investm... |
| Date March 17, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-17 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Spreading Commuter Work Hours Could Reduce Transit Costs
Meeting the demands of peak service commuting is expensive, requiring the purchase and maintenance of buses and railcars and employment of more transit workers than are needed outside of rush hours. Spreading workarrivatsand departures more evenly over a longer pe... |
| Date March 2, 1983 |
Report No. 120686 |
Title
c . l 27 DNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING GFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 I STATEMENT OF OLIVER W. KRUEGER,ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
COMMUWl!Y, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION RESOURCES,
BEFORE THE - HOUSESUBCOMMITTEE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ON CONSUMER PROTECTION,AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ENERGYAND COMMERCE ON
O N THE "HOTOR VEHICLE RECALL PROGRAM t 1.m.~
..~ 120686 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: ... |
| Date Aug. 26, 1982 |
Report No. 119308 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DWIS~ON August Mr. Russell E. Dickenson Director, National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Mr. Dickenson: Subject: Alaska Regional Office Property Management Needs To Improve 26, 1982 HI Wllllll
119308 Ml Personal In May 1982 we visited Alaska's Denali National Park ... |
| Date March 19, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-38 |
Title
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Electric Vehicles: Limited Range And High Costs Hamper Commercialization
Although electric vehicles have been improved over the past few years, their limited range and high costs continue to make them noncompetitive with conventional vehicles. Widespread electric vehicle commercialization depends on production by the major automakers and ultimately on the av... |
| Date Feb. 24, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-36 |
Title
, c BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING dFFlCE Report To The Administrator Of General Services GSA Nonstores Procurement Program Falls Far Short Of Its Objectives
The GSA nonstores program is a conglomeration of procurement activities designed to provide Federal agencies with a wide variety of items not generally available through other major GSA procurement programs. However, weaknesses in the program’... |
| Date June 5, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-105 |
Title
General Accounting Office
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration’s involvement In Bus Specifications And Testing
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), Department of Transportation, views its role in the bus procurement process primarily as a source of funding for State and local transit authorities. Although UMTA issued specifications for the advanced design bus; it never co... |
| Date Nov. 14, 1980 |
Report No. CED-81-13 |
Title
1 , -. M t '7 9 3-l 1931760 '7 ;3v -IHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Increasing Commuting By Transit And Ridesharing= Many Factors Should Be Considered
Following the 1979 gasoline shortages, the Department of Transportation proposed a program to expand mass transit capacity and to increase transit commuting by 50 percent. The Department also set a goal of doubling ... |
| Date Sept. 19, 1980 |
Report No. PAD-80-100 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-200337 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate --w---ederal Guidelines Subjectt of Administrative September 19, 1980 lllllllllIIll Ill
113550 for AC During the normal course of our wo... |
| Date Jan. 16, 1980 |
Report No. B-196662 |
Title
GAO
United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Office of General Counsel In Reply RefertO: B-196662 Mr. Urban C. Fuerst RR # 2 Box 269A Delphos, Ohio 45835 Dear Mr. Fuerst: 1980 This is in response to your letter asking if there are Eederal regulations prohibiting the use of federal and state vehicles for private us!)e Section 638a(c)(2) of title 31 of the United States Code, pro... |
| Date Oct. 9, 1979 |
Report No. 110530 |
Title
WITED STATES GElJERAL ACCOUdTIiJG 20548 dASiIIdOT3d, 0. C . OFFICE STATEdENT OF HARRY 5. iIAVEWS, DIRECTOR PROGRAi'd ArJALYSIS DIVISI3d is. GENERAL ACCOUtiT,XG OFFICE
l . . SUX3rlidITTEE BEFaRE THE 3N ANTITRUST, ?iOiqOPOLY, A!3D 3USINESS RIi;ij.TS C3MMITTEE 36 ,Tl% JUDICIARY UNITED STA'ZES SEdATE FOR RELEASE 2:w p.3.
Octob2r 3N DELIVSRY 9, 1379 i4r . Chairman: iJe are regulation merits. need for S... |
| Date Sept. 8, 1979 |
Report No. B-170559 |
Title
4f
V,~~~~U , COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGtON, D.C. 20548 *NIV ; -- : SEP 8 1979 B-170559 The CanuMmtte on G~fw.n~menal Affoirs xL United States Senate
Dear Mdr. Cha-r.I: oators-ble Abraham Rbicaff, C .airmwn By letter of Jl a IU]* le, IVY9., YW
10, 1.9t9, reiestod ourcownents q(. .- requested the Lmousine .so Tke apparent purpX.. qt the bill is to vreclude Gkvernment agencies, ... |
| Date June 7, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-87 |
Title
._ 1 %b j UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFKE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION B-180617 109667 JJN 7 1979 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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Qv t OPJC;SSEdfd&Y+* fe!@~C5!l _ &llA,pl*cdt The Honorable Gary R. Gayton Acting Administrator f++y[j Urban Mass Transportation Administration Department,of Transportation &YP viewiy_arranty gministratio... |
| Date May 8, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-78-245 |
Title
REPORTBY THE U.S llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM109281 I Accounting Office
Replacing Government Sedans Id Result Cost Savings
Commercial rental companies are ahead of the Government in recognizing and taking advantage of the economics of a l-year replacement cycle for rental sedans. To GAO’s knowledge, By adhering to General Services --incurs this replacement standard, unnecessary maintenanc... |
| Date April 10, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-52 |
Title
L REPORTB’i THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES ,. L Comptroller General
Issues Being Faced By The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority
The cost estimate for constructing the national capital area’s rapid-rail transit system-Metro--has increased from $2.5 billion in 1969 to $6.8 billion as of December 1978. Metro attributes almost one-half of the increased cost to schedule delays and cost escalatron.... |
| Date April 9, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-6 |
Title
‘” 1,. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES c Report To The CongressslI,
~ The Congress Needs To Redirect : The Federal Electric Vehicle Program
Electric vehicles represent a technology meriting continued development. Today’s vehicles, however, have limited commercial potential because they cost more and perform poorly compared with conventional vehicles. As a result of considerab... |
| Date Jan. 23, 1979 |
Report No. CED-78-180 |
Title
REPORTBY THE . I Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES SW Improve Air Qualify
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, about 80 percent of an estimated 100 million cars on the road are not meeting the Federal air quality emission standards. This is largely because of maladjustments, tampering, deterioration, and insufficient maintenance of car emission control systems by owners and car ... |
| Date Aug. 31, 1977 |
Report No. 103247 |
Title
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| Date April 26, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-60 |
Title
DCCUMENI
02123 [A1172172] FESUME (Problems in the Federal Funding of School Bus Driver Training Programs]. CED-77-6C; E-164497(3). April 26, 1977. 6 p. Report to Secretary, DeDartment of Iransportaticn; by Henry Eschwege, irectcr, Ccmsanity and Economic Development iv. Issue Area: Transportation Systems and Policies: Federal Programs tc Prcmcte Transportation Safety (2404). Contact: Community arl ... |
| Date March 25, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-37 |
Title
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LM101783 Department of Transportation Until late 1974: the Urban Mass Transportation Admrmstration was generally unresponsive to the transit needs of elderly and handicapped persons. During 1975 and 1976 improvements have been made. Many representatives of elderly and handicapped persons believe that the Urban Mass Transportation Act requires all urban transi... |
| Date Dec. 2, 1976 |
Report No. PSAD-77-16 |
Title
.. . -- -- --~___-- _- _ _ . . . . _-_- _... -- _._.__ - To the. Cha itman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Housirg , and Transportation and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs Chairman, Committee on the Bis’:rict of Columbi> House of Repres,cntatives t in your litter of December 2, 1975, you requested --a iegal’opinion >n the binding nature of the agreements between the Washington Metropolitan Area ... |
| Date Dec. 23, 1975 |
Report No. GGD-76-30 |
Title
REPORT TO THE HOUSE ON POST OFFICE AND CIViL SERVICE COMMITTEE BY- THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED ST/U723 lllllllll lllll lllll lllll Ill11Ill1 Ill Ill11 lllll Ill1
LM090765 --. , I t U.S. PrJstal Service The Chairman, House Cnmmittee on Post Office and Civil Service, asked GAO to determine whether the Postal Sskce has a policy of using commercial faciiiiies for the maintenance of its vehic... |
| Date July 2, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-391 |
Title
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l.ett~: the ;;ian*y cc tiie proSleFl eiiqizz ar935 we had to It with an alone in oi >our specification. UnfortunaCely, we are forced to do thrs t-eppatedly because specifications wi,ici, w... |
| Date Sept. 6, 1974 |
Report No. LCD-74-224 |
Title
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AT E 7'?I":EE UEi?'ED ST E S S ENrATA IE I Ti F'edertal' Govern mnent '' :A e Ue,:d And a n g ed , IP' 6, 197": i. PAST uBC!&M
Oyur2 hV O9 I(O C',.i'. ' T!',OLL FR (';; hL FAL. .')i ' Tii: LJNi2' ED STATES ";?-'C i ] I 1K~ 1 I i..\d .ila -/i.' icI t::!.ios!' I~1 VL'' 2.' .~C . 'iC ' i l?' C'' .( " !ii. . ' ': i, ( :'; : i),.... |
| Date Feb. 4, 1972 |
Report No. 092433 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
FAR EAST BRANCH 1833 KALAKAUA AVENUE HONOLULU, HAWAIi 96815 FEB 4
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
P / The General Accounting Office has recently completed a survey of vehicle operations and maintenance activities of several United States agencies in the Philippines. We found that overall these activities were generally well-managed. However, we d... |
| Date Sept. 19, 1968 |
Report No. B-164534 |
Title
"i REPORT TO THE CONGRESS FILE Need For Additional Criteria For Evaluating Motor Vehicle Use And Estimating Vehicle Needs .164,,,,,3
Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions) Department of the Army BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES SEPT. 19.1 -. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WAIHINGTON. OC 20!S1 B- 164534 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representa... |
