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Date Oct. 28, 1981 Report No. MASAD-82-3 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Better Management Needed in Social Security Administration's Toll-Free Telephone Service to the Public

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540 UUMAU ROOURCU OIVIR- OCTOBER 28,1981 B-202969 The Honorable The Secretary of Richard S. Schweiker Health and Human Services I I II 116773 II, Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: ; I , , Better Management Needed in Social Security Adminirtration's Toll-Free Telephone Service to the Public (MASAD-82-3) The Social Security Administration (SSA) s...
Date Sept. 18, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-148 Title

Information Management: The Veterans Administration's Efforts To Consolidate Computer Programming Resources at a Single Location

. JELEASEII /&\ ,:_ ;“e> I; ‘: j:; yhzAf’,i’ ,;: c .. ,;,;: \ ‘+9&g RE§TRICTEB - hlQ* to be released outside the flWQUf¶tif. + 8t-- ,?I: @XCept 072 Pke baGiS Qf specific by the Office of Congressional Relations. General approval UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 -/ HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-204572 SEPTEMBER 18,198l The Honorable and Alan J, United States C...
Date Sept. 16, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-93 Title

Energy: Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Equipment Should Be Installed in New Government Housing

* 1 pywIG?37 , KPORT BY THE us. General Accounting Office Energy-Efficient And Cost-Effective Equipment Should Be Installed In New Government Housing Energy use in new Government residential housing can be substantially reduced if more efficient air conditioners, furnaces, and water heaters are installed. In turn, Government expenditures for utilities would be reduced and homeowners would benefit ...
Date Sept. 15, 1981 Report No. MASAD-81-44 Title

National Defense: Evaluation of the Army's Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WUWINOTDN OF D.C THE W UNITED 8TAThs SEPTEMBER l&1981 The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations HOUBe of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: llllllllY llllll 116378 Evaluation of the Army's Advanced Field T,actical Data System (MASAD-81-44) Artillery Your December 12, 1980, letter asked us to evaluate (1) the progress ...
Date Sept. 9, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-60 Title

National Defense: Less Costly Ways To Budget and Provision Spares for New Weapon Systems Should Be Used

d . . . BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Less Costly Ways To Budget And Provision Spares For New Weapon Systems Should Be Used Procedures the Army, Navy, and Air Force use for providing spares for new aircraft and helicopters are not achieving optimum support levels. Assuring the timely availability of required spare stocks at using organizations and at maintenanc...
Date Aug. 21, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-62 Title

Government Operations: Observations of GAO on the Proposed Revision to Executive Order 12072 on the Policy of Meeting Federal Space Needs in Urban Areas

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540 PROCUREMENT. AN0 READINESS LOQISTICS. DIVISION B-204377 AUGUST 21,lQSl The Honorable David A. Stockman Director, Office of Management and Budget Dear Mr. Stockman: IlllllllIlllI 116184 q- m 7GAO's&bservations,,on the Proposed Revision to Subject: Executive Order 12072 on the Polic of Meeting federal Space Needs in Urban Areas (PLRD-81-62) I D...
Date July 31, 1981 Report No. CED-81-117 Title

Agriculture and Food: Insights Gained in Workfare Demonstration Projects

Report To The Honorable Paul Findley House Of Representatives Insights Gained In Workfare Demonstration Projects The Food Stamp Act of 1977 authorized the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor to test, in 14 pilot projects, the feasibility of food stamp participants working in return for their benefits. Operation of the workfare demonstration during the first year provided valuable insight into the...
Date July 29, 1981 Report No. MASAD-81-37 Title

Transportation: FAA Communications Equipment Replacement Plans

UNITED STATLS G;‘EXRALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 JULY 29,198l MISSION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND ACXIUISITION DIVISlON B-200622 The Honorable The Secretary Subject: Dear Mr. Drew Lewis of Transportation -.-FAA's Communications (MASAD-81-37) L Equipment Replacement -7 Plans ::' j ".' Secretary: We have completed our review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) voice communicati...
Date July 27, 1981 Report No. 115923 Title

National Defense: DOD Procurement Plan for a New Semi-Automatic 9mm Pistol as the Standard Military Sidearm

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 a.m. MONDAYJULY 27, 1981 STATEMENTOF Werner Grosshans, Deputy Director PROCURFMENT,LOGISTICS, before Investigations Committee AND READINESS DIVISION the Subcommittee on Armed Services , House of Representatives on Department ,),",I ;:, ',,I/'//) Procurement of Defense Plan for 9mm Pistol A New Sem...
Date July 23, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-80 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Bank Secrecy Act Reporting Requirements Have Not Yet Met Expectations, Suggesting Need for Amendment

? ;, f IL/ ----w BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Bank Secrecy Act Reporting Requirements Have Not Yet Met Expectations, Suggesting Need For Amendment After 10 years, the reports required by the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act are not widely used by taw enforcement agencies. Further, it is uncertain how well financial institutions and individuals comply with the act’s repo...
Date July 14, 1981 Report No. CED-81-98 Title

Housing: More Can Be Done To Measure HUD's Success in Using Millions of Dollars for Rehabilitating Housing

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Date July 8, 1981 Report No. MASAD-81-27 Title

Government Operations: Military Contractor-Operated Stores' Contracts Are Unmanageable and Vulnerable to Abuse

4 ’ a I 13 ,I EWTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL’ Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Military Contractor-Operated Stores’ Contracts Are Unmanageable And Vulnerable To Abuse Con tractor-operated base stores were once envisioned as a practical and cost-effective means for buying vehicle repair parts and civil engineering supplies, but are now plagued by pricing irregularities, contract abuses, a...
Date June 29, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-119 Title

Information Management: HHS Ability To Effectively Implement Incentive Funding for State Information Systems in the Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program

I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ‘*’ /’ / I” 3647 l4UMAN RESOURCEJt DIVISION June 29,. 1981 B-203774 The Honorab,le Richard S. Schweiker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretary: llllllllllllllll 115697 Subject: Ability to Effectively Concerns about&IS" Implement Incentive Funding for State o Families Information Systems in the Aid with ...
Date June 24, 1981 Report No. 088057 Title

Transportation: Evaluation of the Activities of the Department of the Interior's Office of Aircraft Services

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY JUNE 24, 1981 STATEMENT DONALD J. DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS OF HORAN AND READINESS DIVISION SEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND SPECIAL AND INSULAR INVESTIGATIONS . AFFAIRS ON INTERIOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE GENEML EVALUATION ACCOUNTING OFFICE OF THE OF AIRCRAFT SERVICES OF THE ACTI...
Date June 24, 1981 Report No. 115590 Title

Employment: The Government's Use of Civil Servants and Contractors

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. Wednesday, June 24, 1981 STATEMENT OF CLIFFORD I. GOULD DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ADVOCACY AND FUTURE OF SMALL BUSINESS ON r THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND CONTRACTORS 3 Mr. Chairman We are report and Members of the Subc...
Date June 23, 1981 Report No. 115592 Title

Government Operations: Views on S. 1080, the Regulatory Reform Act

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LMI 15592 lllllHlllllll Ill llllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllll ACTING STATEMENT OF MILTON J. SOCOLAR COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE REGULATORY REFORM ACT (S. 1080) FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. June 23, 1981 Mr. Chairman and Members of t...
Date June 15, 1981 Report No. B-202304 Title

Government Operations: Comments on S. 808

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20543 B-202304 B- 202304 FPC-81-57 June 15, 1981 ThmDo not ke The Honorable Wqilliam V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: vailable to public reading This is in response to your request for ourLcomments on S. 808J. The bill, if enacted, would amend title 5 of the United States Code b...
Date June 15, 1981 Report No. CED-81-94 Title

Environmental Protection: Wyoming Wastewater Treatment Facility Proves Unsuccessful

I REPORT Tii BY General Accounting Office Facility Proves Unsuccessful In 1973 a wastewater treatment facility was designed principally to treat wastes from a cheese manufacturing plant in the small Wyoming town of Thayne. Today, the $1 .15 million failing facility partially treats only 106 sewage hookups in Thayne, while the cheese plant discharges its highly concentrated, untreated wastes direct...
Date May 13, 1981 Report No. 114968 Title

Special Publications: [Third Seminar on Government Control]

Good m o r n i n g / a f t e r n o o n . I a m delighted to again p a r t i c i p a t e i n a Mexican S e m i n a r on Government C o n t r o l . These a n n u a l s e m i n a r s a n d t h e many o t h e r p r o g r a m s a n d p r o j e c t s underway t o e x p a n d t h e scope of a u d i t i n g i n t h e C o n t a d u r i a Mayor d e H a c i e n d a a r e c e r t a i n l y i m p r e s s i v e...
Date April 27, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-89 Title

Income Security: HHS' Action To Implement GAO's Recommendations Concerning the National Recipient System Has Been Curtailed--A New System Is Being Proposed

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 APRIL HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 27.198-I B-203033 The Honorable Max Baucus Subcommittee on Health Committee on Finance United States Senate Dear Senator Baucus: "4 Sub j ect : ,I:,,,HHS Action to ' Concerning the Been Curtailed-(HRD-81-89) 115804 Implement GAO's Recommendations National Recipient System Has A New System Is Being ProposedI'i On March 25, 1981, your office aske...
Date April 27, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-72 Title

Health: VA Home Care Program Is a Cost-Beneficial Alternative to Institutional Care and Should Be Expanded

UNITED STATE~GEWERALKC~UNT~NC OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RLWWRC+B DlVlillON B-202945 APRIL27.198l The Honorable Rufus H. Wilson Acting Administrator of Veterans Affairs Dear Mr. Wilson: Subject: 115036 F A* Home Care Program Is # Cost-Beneficial Alternative to Institutional Care and Should Be Expande but Program Management Needs Improveme A!J (~~~-81-72) We completed a review of the Veter...
Date April 22, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-19 Title

Government Operations: Factors Influencing DOD Decisions To Convert Activities From In-House to Contractor Performance

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHiNGTON OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES. 20648 B-202157 The Honorable John Tower Chairman, Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Melvin Price Chairman, Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives This report is in response to concerns expressed by the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services in their conference reports on the Department of D...
Date April 2, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-15 Title

National Defense: Relocation of AIR-630 From California to Washington, D.C.

Uwm Sms GENERAL ACC~UNTWG D.C. 20348 OFFICE WASHINGTON. mocURIMCNT. LOQlSTlcs. mo RU0lNcss ol3lsloP4 B-202364 - The Bonorable Barry M. Goldwater, House of Representatives Dear Mr. Goldwater: Subject: c Relocation of AIR-630 from California to Washington, D.C. PLRD-81-15) Jr. P 9l.2564437 fJ"cLm c\55 have In response to your November"T- , 198Oy J-we inquired into the Naval Air Systems Command's (NA...
Date April 1, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-13 Title

Government Operations: Proposed Relocation of the NRC Region IV Office From Arlington, Texas, to Fort Worth, Texas

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054&i PRdCUREMENt. AND READINESS LOCIISTICS, DIGSION APRIL 1,198l B-202437 The Honorable Martin Frost House of Representatives Dear Mr. Frost: of the-Nu-e&esm 'Proposed. Relocation La,js ion Region IV Office from Arlington, to Fort Worth, Texas (PLRD-81-13) Texas, In response to your August 25, 1980, request, we reviewed the proposed relocat...
Date March 23, 1981 Report No. MASAD-81-23 Title

National Defense: Status of Army Efforts Concerning a Rotary Wing Escape System

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 MISSION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND ACQUISITION DtvlSIDN B-199334 MARCH 23,1981 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Henry M. Jackson Senate Jackson: 114682 tatus of Army Efforts Concerning A Rotary.Wing Escape System (MASAD-81-23) J In accordance with your letter of February 26, 1981, we have determined the actions the Army has ...
Date Feb. 20, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-20 Title

Information Management: Government-Wide Guidelines and Management Assistance Center Needed To Improve ADP Systems Development

?70 -, ?a m0I-T BY THE US. I : General Accounting Office Government-Wide Guidelines And Management Assistance Center Needed To improve ADP Systems Development In more than 57 reports in the past 10 years, GAO has identified management weaknesses in the design and development of large, complex Federal data processing systems. These weaknesses led to the waste of over $300 million and systems which ...
Date Dec. 31, 1980 Report No. FPCD-81-8 Title

Government Operations: Voluntary Early Retirements in the Civil Service Too Often Misused

BY THE COblPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Voluntary Early Retirements In The Civil Service Too Ofta h&used Under the civil service retirement system, employees with 30 years’ service can elect to retire at age 55. In certain circumstances, they can voluntarily retire earlier. The Office of Personnel Management is permitting too many employees to retire earlier than t...
Date Nov. 24, 1980 Report No. CED-81-17 Title

Natural Resources: Additional Federal Aid for Urban Water Distribution Systems Should Wait Until Needs Are Clearly Established

rr3m :BY’:THFiCOMPTROL.;ER GENERAL ,Report To The Congresg OF THE UNITEDSTATES Additional Federal Aid For Urban Water Distribution Systems Should Wait Until Needs Are Clearly Established A move is on to modify Federal policy to provide more aid to help large cities rehabilitate and improve their water supply and distribution systems. Such programs, if enacted, could add billions of dollars to th...
Date Nov. 19, 1980 Report No. PSAD-81-14 Title

Government Operations: Evaluation of GSA Efforts To Implement Life Cycle Costing for Procurement of Commercial Products

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 +734u I 19,198O CROCUR6AJKNT ACQUI6ITION AN0 SYSTLM6 OIVI8ION NOVEMBER B-178214 The Honorable Administrator R. G. Freeman III of General Services 113790 I Ill Dear Mr. Freeman: Subject: l5.J A. . galuatfon of l+e Efforts to Implement Life Cycle Costing for Procurement of Commercial Productd(PSAD-81-14) We have evaluated efforts by the ...
Date Nov. 19, 1980 Report No. CED-81-21 Title

Hazardous Waste Disposal Methods: Major Problems With Their Use

REPORT. THE BY Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Hazardous Waste Disposal Methods: Major Problems With Their Use Hazardous waste disposal on the land is the Nation’ predominant s disposal method, resulting in potentially costly future cleanup efforts and serious environmental problems. Other disposal methods (deep well injection and high temperature burning) and project development approac...
Date Oct. 27, 1980 Report No. LCD-81-4 Title

National Defense: Deficiencies in the St. Louis Defense Telephone Service Should Be Avoided in Future Consolidations

b’ ‘HE U.S.GENERALACCIXJNTING OFFl~f. deport To The Director. 6X The Office 193 09 Of Management And Budget And The Secretary Of Defense , Dbficiencies In The St. Louis Defens_e T&ephone Service Should Be Avoided IniFuture Consolidations Then Department of Defense has established a long-range program to’ develop consolidated local area telephone systems for its activities. As uture systems a...
Date Oct. 24, 1980 Report No. PSAD-81-13 Title

National Defense: DOD Should Determine Cost and Operational Effectiveness of the Gator Mine System

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 CCIOCWRIk4RN-r eaJlsITloN AND SvsTcMS DIVI8lO(l OCTOBER 24,198O B-200836 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: ~ Dear Mr. Harold Brown of Defense Assistant for Audit Reports IllI 113616 Secretary: The Department of Defense the Cost Effectiveness of tem (PSAD-81-13) Should Determine the Gator Mine Sys- Subject: I The Air Force currentl...
Date Oct. 24, 1980 Report No. AFMD-81-15 Title

Information Management: Review of GSA's Acquisition of ADP Resources

COM~ROLLER GENKRAL WASHINQTON. ‘. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20540 STATES . B-200948 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: L eview of GSA's Acquisition (AFMD-81-15) of ADP Resources a da 24 tw Your July 14, 1980, letter requested that we review the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to acquire automatic data p...
Date Oct. 23, 1980 Report No. CED-81-15 Title

Information Management: Forest Service's Region 5 Should Consider Less Costly Ways To Meet Word and Data Processing Needs

Report To The Honorable Fortney H. Stark, Jr. House Of Representatives OF THE UNITED STATES Forest Service’ Region 5 Should Consider s Less Costly Ways To Meet Word And Data Processing Needs The Forest Service’ region 5 leased advanced s word processing equipment with communications and data processing capabilities. Although the region is benefiting from the equipment, GAO found the procuremen...
Date Oct. 10, 1980 Report No. PSAD-81-6 Title

Government Operations: Army's Decision Not To Contract for Penetrator Production at the Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio, Was Justified

UNITED STATES GENERAL ~COUNTING OFFICE PRocuRCMmlT AcouIslTloN AND-S 0IVI#IoN I lllllll I 113654 10.1980 c B-199906 (’ I. ‘. :t .’ \ . ?f OCTOBER , The Honorable Thomas A. Luken Houee of Representatives Dear Mr. Lukent Subject: At Army's pany of duction ment of Fernald, Army’s Decision Not to Contract for G enetrator Production at the Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, 0 WWas Justi...
Date Sept. 2, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-82 Title

Information Management: Need for Improved Management and Increased Sharing of Computer Resources at the San Antonio Data Services Center

1. .c COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20516 !STATEB RELEASED B-199901 SEPTEMBER 2,198O c/;rhe Honorable Jack Brooks Committee on pp Chairman, Government Operations House of Representatives (3=:: 4"'+c$Q?;2;;.',1,. ;:;y;,*#.,, : /p '" ::* , * ;,,I',& 'Y+., ," i 91 -qQ$ Q@,IFh'1"q "/ e3"ep "% a#$#& @J Dear Mr. Chairman: *%J Need for Improved Management and Increased Subject: c Sha...
Date Aug. 27, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-71 Title

National Defense: Evaluation of EF-111A Extended Development and Full-Scale Production Decision

RESTRICTED Amunting Office except On the basis of specific by the office of Congressional Relationsm COMPTRO~R - Not to be rsleased gUtsIde the General approvai G&NE-L op THE “N,TED sT*TEs W~HINO’ID,,, D-C. - B-196765 RELEASED AUGUST 27,198O .&he Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: valuation Full-Scale Operations of EF-11...
Date Aug. 21, 1980 Report No. 091948 Title

Economic Development: Cost Effectiveness of Section 8 Partially Assisted Housing Projects

UNJTED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20948 COMMUNITY DCVCLDCMCNT AND CCCNOMIC DIVISICN The Honorable Lawrence B. Simons Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner Department of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Simons: MIM II 091948 In our current review ~~~~~~~~~~f~~~~i~~~~~~e~fa section 8 partially assiste This is problem that we believe warrants your at...
Date Aug. 19, 1980 Report No. CED-80-98 Title

Transportation: Better Justifications Needed for Automated People Mover Demonstration Projects

j q$J -7 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Better Justifications Needed For Automated People Mover Demonstration Projects The Urban Mass Transportation Administration has established a program to demonstrate whether automated people mover systems are workable solutions to downtown transit problems. These systems are driverless vehicles operating on fixed guideway...
Date Aug. 14, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-74 Title

Transportation: Transfer of Mail Processing Functions From Toms River, New Jersey, to Trenton

Comptroller General (IF- V--lEUNITEDSTATES Transfer Of Mail Processing Functions From Toms River,New Jersey, ToTrenton GAO took a second look at the Postal Service’s decision to transfer mail processing functions performed at the Toms River processing center tn a new facility in Trenton. The consolidation did not prcxluce personnel savings during the first 2 years of operation. However, it shoul...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-62 Title

Government Operations: Problems Overwhelm GSA's Systems Furniture Test Program

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Federal Spending Practices And Open Government, Committee On Governmental Affairs, United States Senate OF TFE UNITED STATES Problems Overwhelm GSA’s Systems Furniture Test Program The General Services Administration (GSA) launched its Systems Furniture Test program in 1978 to demonstrate that modular-type furniture saved space and was cost effective. Howe...
Date July 22, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-88 Title

Energy: Concerns Over the Department of Energy's Program and Organization for Developing and Promoting the Use of Alcohol Fuels

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-198431 July 22, 1980 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Charles W. Duncan, of Energy Jr. p% Secretary: the Department of Energy’s @oncerns,Over ~(DQfYs)’ -Program and Organization for Developing and Promoting the Use of Alcohol Fuels (EMD-80-88) _I The General Accounting Office has recently completed a review of alcohol’s pot...
Date July 17, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-68 Title

Financial Management: Oregon's Offset Program for Collecting Delinquent Debts Has Been Highly Effective

4 RESTRlCTER RELEASED I?ccount~r~g by the CO&W-I-ROLLER -Hot Cfflce GENERAL WASHINQTON. uxxn~f OC to be released outside the Oenerd on tha bss!s of specific ilpg, tr .,I Relations. STATES Ofhe! of CunprcrEs‘anail THE UNITED 20540 D.C. ww B-199382 JULY 17,198O / The Honorable Jim Sasser Chairman, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chai...
Date July 17, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-63 Title

Information Management: The Senate Should Explore Other Word Processing Alternatives To Improve Cost Effectiveness and Productivity

. I . a BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee On Appropriations United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES Processing Alternatives To Improve Cost Effectiveness And Productivity Word processing systems are essential to the offices of U.S. Senators who respond annually to over 11 million letters from their constituents. The annual cost for equipment and personnel to develop an...
Date July 14, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-65 Title

National Defense: DOD Should Determine Cost and Operational Effectiveness of Helicopter In-Flight Escape Systems

UNITED STATES GENEFMLACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASWJNGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT ACQUISlT1ON AN0 SYSTEMS DIVISION B-199334 JULY14,f980 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Harold Brown of Defense Assistant for Audit Room 3A336 ASD (Comptroller) IUI*l.l I Reports Dear Mr. Secretary: 1. Subject: DOD Should Determine Cost and Operational Effectiveness of Helicopter In-Flight Escape Syste (PSAD-80-65) We ha...
Date July 10, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-93 Title

Energy: Continuation of Funding for Montana's Libby Dam Project--Is It Warranted?

UNITED STAR GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE D.C. 20548 WASHINGTON, ENEROY AND MINElM&S OlVli?tION JULY lo,1980 B- 199278 The Honorable Secretary of Dear Mr. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. the Army #. Continuation of f Is It Warranted Secretary: Funding for (EMS80-93) Montana’s Libby Dam Project- Subject: In our recent report “Montana’s Libby Dam Project: More Study Needed Before Adding Generators And A...
Date July 8, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-45 Title

Government Measures of Private-Sector Productivity: Users Recommend Changes

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Gongruss OF THEUNITED STATES = Government Measures Of Private-Sector Productivity: UsersRecommend Changes Measures of private sector productivity compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics can be improved. This is according to users surveyed by GAO from unions, private businesses, and Federal Government agencies. Those users consistently supported three impro...
Date July 1, 1980 Report No. 112925 Title

Special Publications: The Post-Implementation Review

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Date June 23, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-80 Title

National Defense: Transfer of Fort Wadsworth to the Gateway National Recreation Area

‘\~&&.,y~ “‘,+.&p. RELEASED AND COMMUNlCATlONS DlVlSION WASHINGTQN, D.C. 20548 LOGISTICS JUNE 23,198O B-199127 The Honorable John M. Murphy House of Representatives Dear Mr. Murphy: Subject: 116021 ,,,,,,,,_ “,,,,wm of Fort Wadsworth to the Gateway (LCD-80-80) Recreation Are LTransfer National This report is in response to your April 30, 1980, letter requesting us to review certain aspects...
Date May 22, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-51 Title

Government Operations: Analysis and Comparison of Costs and Benefits Associated With Dividing Operations at Arnold Engineering Development Center

RESTRICTED b#wAI.“I:~~ -Il - Not to b; relksed arrtside the 0eneral ye Office except on the baoDs of specific approval v dce of Congressional Relations. May 22, 1980 B-197436 The Honorable United States Dear Jim Sasser Senate Sasser: and Comparison of Costs I-Analysis ‘Benefits Associated with Dividing Operations at Arnold Engineering Development Centeg(PSAD-80-51) - Senator Subject: and />q 0...