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| Date Jan. 1, 1986 |
Report No. 130464 |
Title
Information Management :md Technology Division US General Accounting OFtice Washington DC US
A theorem recently published by Lindsay ‘ furnishes the conditions for soliVing maximum likelihood formulations which seek to find a maximising distribution1 of some parameter without placing imy restriction on the distribution other t11:1n that it be a legitimate probability distrihation. Reliance on th... |
| Date Aug. 30, 1985 |
Report No. HRD-85-99 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION AUG 3 0 1985 B-220134 The Honorable John J. Niehenke Acting Assistant Secretary (Domestic Finance) Department of the Treasury Washington, DC 20220 Dear Mr. Niehenke: Subject: Data on the Largest Federal Grant Programs Used to Distribute Funds to State and Local Governments by Formula in Fiscal Year 1984 (GAO/HRD... |
| Date July 19, 1985 |
Report No. GGD-85-58 |
Title
General Accounting Office
Statistics On Sentences And Parole For Federal Offenders Who Commit Crimes Involving Firearms
GAO reviewed sentencing and parole decisions for federal offenders who committed federal crimes involving firearms. For those individuals convicted of firearms violations the median sentence imposed was 180 months as compared to 60 months for nonfirearms violators. Federal offend... |
| Date June 19, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-85-11 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On
Energy Conservation And Power Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives Probabilistic Risk Assessment: An Emerging Aid To Nuclear Power Plant Safety Regulation
Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is a method of quantifying the probabilities of potential accidents and their consequences at nuclear power plant... |
| Date Oct. 1, 1984 |
Report No. AFMD-85-1 |
Title
I REPORTBY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Accuracy, Cost, And Users Of The Consolidated Federal Funds Report
On March 28, 1984, the Census Bureau, acting as executive agent for the Office of Management and Budget, issued the 1983 Consolidated Federal Funds Report. The report provides statistical data on the geographic distribution of federal funds to states, counties, municipalities, ... |
| Date Sept. 26, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-79 |
Title
u* 81, -*I .II * mmY4 ‘UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFK~RELEASED
WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 - WUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-215943 The Honorable United States The Honorable United States The Honorable United States Subject: Orrin G. Hatch Senate ’
l Robert Senate' T. Stafford Jr. Howard H. Baker, Senate GAO Evaluation of Report by Technassociates, on the Evaluation of Written Products Inc., Deliv... |
| Date July 18, 1984 |
Report No. IMTEC-84-17 |
Title
STUDYBY l-HE STAFF -r’ It- US, OF I Ht ’ ’ n General Accounting Office
Status Of The Statistical Community After Sustaining Budget Reductions GAO/IMTEC-84-17 JULY 18, 1984 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and lnformatron Servrces Facrlity P.O. Box 6015 Garthersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone (202) 275-6241 The first five copies o... |
| Date June 27, 1984 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-30 |
Title
t \ . . BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Defense, Committee Of Appropriations, United States Senate Confusion Over Validity And Effects Of Purported Petty Officer Shortage
In recent years, congressional concern has focused on (1) the valrdrty of the Navy’s claim of a shortage of petty officers, (2) the Navy’s abrlrty to increase the numbers of petty off... |
| Date Oct. 14, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-84-49 |
Title
UNITED ST.&TES..GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTJNG
D.C. 20548 OFFICE PE8OUACCI. COMMUNIW. AN0 l!CDNDMlC DLVILDPMllNT OWllION October 14, 1983 B-206023 The Honorable G lenn English Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear M r. Chairman: Subject: New or Renovated W a rehouse Space Provided Under Extended S... |
| Date June 28, 1983 |
Report No. 121776 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO A.M. EDT TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1983 STATEMENT OF JOHNNYC. FINCH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE OVERSIGHT ON HOUSECOMMITTEEON WAYS AND MEANS CONCERNING THE OPERATIONSAND ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS I’ II ll
121776 CONTENTS ----w--w. Page STATEMENTCONCERNING... |
| Date May 24, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-158 |
Title
4 1 ‘18, Y REPORT BYTHEUs. Response To Specif iic Questions On Thie Indian Point Probabilistic Safety Study
This report &scribes and summarizes how probabilistic risk assessment(PRA) is applied to nuclear powerplants, the methodSology and results of a PRA on the Indian Point plants near New York City, and peer review comments on that study. PRAs attempt to examine complex systems, such as nuclea... |
| Date March 29, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-50 |
Title
JZD / I/ ’ ii? THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES
Changes Are Needed To Assure Accurate ,And Valid Wheat Deficiency Payments
The Department of Agriculture has paid wheat farmers millions of dollars to supplement their income because of low market prices. GAO found’ that some information and procedures used by the Department could cause overpayments or underpayments to farmers. GAO reco... |
| Date June 1, 1982 |
Report No. 118984 |
Title
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| Date Feb. 1, 1982 |
Report No. 118517 |
Title
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** - 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. 9, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-82-15 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE;
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 /- B-205381 116838 NOVEMBBR 9,1981 The Honorable Marion S. Barry, Jr. Mayor of the District of Columbia Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Mayor Barryt Subjects More Vigorous Action Needs to be Taken tb Reduce 'Erroneous Payments to Recipients of the I;Aid to Familina With Dependent Children, Program (OGD-82-15) The Incom6# Maintenance Admin... |
| Date Nov. 6, 1981 |
Report No. AFMD-82-3 |
Title
f3y THEC~MPT~LL~~~ GENERAL QFTHEUNITEDSTATES Fraud In 6overnment Programs: + Mow Extensive Is It? ~~HowCan It Be Controlled?
Volume III
this is the third volume of a three-volume rebort on the results of a statistical analysis of fraud and other illegal activities against the Government at 21 Federal agencies. In volume I (AFMD-81-571, GAO discussed overall findings, conclusions, end recommendatio... |
| Date Oct. 27, 1981 |
Report No. 116828 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MtaszL"iT, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. TUESDAYl OCTOBER 27, 1981 STATEMENT OF LOWELL DODGE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY LOAN PROGRAM MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE ... |
| Date Oct. 7, 1981 |
Report No. 116600 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D. C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 8:30 AM Wednesday, October 7, 1981 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCESDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS ON THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE COMPUTERPROGRAMMING RESOURCESAT A SINGLE L... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1981 |
Report No. AFMD-81-73 |
Title
‘ieport To Tile Congress
OF THEUNITED STATES Fraud In Government Programs: --How Extensive Is It? --How Can It Be Controlled?
Volume II
During the past few years, Members of Congress, Federal administrators, and the publrc have become increasingly concerned about fraud against the Federal Government. Although it is recognized that more .must be done to prevent fraud, effective actions have often... |
| Date Aug. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 116294 |
Title
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I 16294 Measuring Observer Agreement w i t h Log L i n e a r Models Olga Tmstopiat, Ph.D.
Institute for Program Evaluation
U S General Accounting O f f i c e .. Washington, ,D.C. 20548 Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, U s Angeles, California, August, 1981. Abstract
This paper presents a technology for hand calculating the degree of o... |
| Date May 7, 1981 |
Report No. AFMD-81-57 |
Title
I . I 1 I Is135 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Fraud In Governmer)rt Programs: AHow Extensive 1sIt? c)./i... SHOWCan It Be Controlled?.*’ :“Volume 1) I
Fraud against Government programs is widespread. It undermines the integrity of Federal programs and makes people lose confidence in public institutions. Good systems of internal controls would prevent much o... |
| Date April 1, 1981 |
Report No. PAD-81-57 |
Title
Papersi h Tee4lk~aI lonies: The Revenue Sharing Formulas: An Assessment And Framework For Further Research
by Jerry C. Fastrup General Accounting Office
Program Analysis Division . - l~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~/ K.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Technical Papers In Economics
The Revenue Sharing Formulas: An Assessment And Framework For Further Resea... |
| Date May 6, 1980 |
Report No. PAD-80-17 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGEmRAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES Jr2291 ’ Report To The Congress
Health Maintenance Organizations Can Help Control Health Care Costs
GAO’s analysis of the economic performance of federally qualified group practice and staff model health maintenance organizations (HMOs) indicated that: --They were taking into consideration the relative costs of providing services when deciding whether... |
| Date April 30, 1980 |
Report No. 112212 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Wednesday, April 30, 1980 ". STATEMENT OF Associate Werner Grosshans, Logistics and Communications Before the / 3 Y Director Division Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate on rMr. Pricing of Commercially of the Procured Committee: the Printing Chairman and Members I am pleased issues printing. ... |
| Date Sept. 25, 1979 |
Report No. PAD-79-35 |
Title
REPORTBY THE - = IIOSW Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES * % Science Indicators: Improvements Needed In Design, Construction, And Interpretation
The National Science Board’s Sc,lence lndlca ts reports are collections of measures which attempt to portray slgnlflcant trends In the condition and direction of U S Development of science and technology these Indicators IS a very complex and dlff... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108441 |
Title
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108441 SPSS PROC
/ FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION SYSTEM S AN ALY SI S G RO U P DATA ANAL' 003330 FOREWORD
A s p a r t o f i t s c o n s u l t i n g f u n c t i o n i n FPCD, t h e Systems A n a l y s i s Group i s p u b l i s h i n g a s e r i e s o f b o o k l e t s d e s i g n e d t o e n h a n c e t h e a u d i t o r ' s a b i l i t y t o make m... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108440 |
Title
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e G & * PROGRAMMING GUIDE To Version 6.0 O f Statistical Packag? For The Social- Sciences (SPSS) -- -_-..
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Data Analvsis Note No. 2 Systems Analysis Group 640 Federal Personnel And Compensation Division U.S. General Accountina Office NOTATIONS
1. Braces indicate that a choice i s to be made from the enclosed items. 2. Brackets [ 1 indicate the enclosed items are optional. 3. Unde... |
| Date Oct. 24, 1978 |
Report No. GGD-79-8 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME 076'41
- rC3ob'--) rObservations on Customs' Automated Merchandise Processing Systeml. GGD-79-8; B-114898. October 24, 1978. 4 pp.
Report to Vernon V. Hann, Assistant Ccommissioner, United States Customs Service: Office of Operations; by Thomas R. Colan, Assistant Director, General Government Div. Contact: General Government Div. 'he Automated Merchandise Processing System is the C... |
| Date July 6, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-323 |
Title
DCCUMENT 06b43 - I B1986984 1 RESUIE and Advertised and Negotiated Contracts for Construction r ise of B-95136. July 6, Major Repair and Alterations]. LCD-76-323; 1978. 2 pp. + 2 enclosures (13 pp.). Member, Senate Report to Sen. Charles H. Percy, Ranking Minority Permanent Subcommittee on Committee on Governmental Affairs: red J. Shafer, othwell Ifor Investigations; by Robert G. Div.). Director, ... |
| Date July 7, 1977 |
Report No. 089001 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT OWlSiON JUL ? 1977 Mr Leone1 J Cast1110 Commlssloner, Immlgratlon Naturalization Service Department of JustIce and Dear Mr Castillo Recently,
information unemployed several Congressmen requested that we furnish them with showing the relatIonshIp between the number of U S cltlzens and the number of illegal allens employed... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1975 |
Report No. 091071 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1974 |
Report No. 091050 |
Title
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| Date May 29, 1969 |
Report No. B-114859 |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS Legislation Needed To Avoid Servicemen’s Bearing War-Time Mortality Costs Under The Servicemen’s Gr Insurance Progr
Veterans Administration BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES B-114859 To the Spemker Pnrident of the of the Senate and the Howe of Reprerentativer Thie ir our report on legirlation needed to l void servicemedr bearing war-time mortality costs und... |
| Date April 29, 1969 |
Report No. 092706 |
Title
. . tl~lr~~a STATES GE~RAL ACCOUNTMG OFFICE
WASMINGTON,
.
CIVIL DfVlSlON D.C. 20548 Dear Kr. Preston: We have reviewed selected administrative operations and related financial transactions of the iiational Office, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury Department, through fiscal year 1367. Our examination was directed toward an evaluation of administrative procedures and internal controls relati... |
| Date Sept. 1, 1968 |
Report No. 088872 |
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