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Date Oct. 31, 1977 Report No. PSAD-77-161 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Private, Profitmaking Firms' Reports on Research and Development Contracts with the Environmental Protection Agency Can Be Evaluated Better

DOCIUMENI R SUME I 4235- E3054296 tTrte 't1 > / Private, Prozituakinq Firms' Reports on Rese;arch and Development Contracts with thn Environmental Prctection Agency Can Ee Evaluated Better. PSAD-i7-161; -164S12. O.tokEr 31, 1977. 2 pp. + 2 appendices 15 pp.). Report to Sen. Charles H. Percy; y erLome . Stolarcw Richard W. Gutmann, Director, Proclresent and Systems Acquisl.tion Div.) (or Issue Area...
Date Oct. 20, 1977 Report No. ID-77-41 Title

International Affairs: Statements that Analyze Effects of Proposed Programs on Arms Control Need Improvement

DCCUMENT RESUME 03763 B2974227] Statements that Analyze Effects of Proposed Prcgrams on Arms Control Need Improvement. ID-77-41; B-156900. October 20, 1977. 29 pp. + appendices (12 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Cmptroller General. Issue Area: International Economic and Military Programs: International Secuirity Through Controls Oer eapons and Destructive Elements (607). Contact...
Date July 11, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-53 Title

Energy: Survey of Accounting Practices Used by the Petroleum Industry

DOCUMENT 02783 [ A1993062] RESUME [Survey of Accounting Practices Used by the Petroleum Industry]. EMD-77-53; B-178726. Jujy 11, 1977. 6 pp. + 2 enclosures (33 PP.) Report to Rep. Farlay . Staggers, Chairman, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Rep. John E. Moss, Chairman, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee; by Llmer B, Sta...
Date May 2, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-46 Title

Education: Curriculum Case Studies Are of Questionable Quality but Helped Precollege Curriculum Activities

DOCUMENT RESUME 02161 - [A13323243 (] {' f~ ) 7l Curriculum Case Studies Are of Questionable Quality but Helped Precollege Curriculum Activities. HRD-77-46; B-133183. May 2, 1977. 72 pp. Report to Rep. Ray Thornton, Ckairman, House Committee on Science and Technology: Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee; Rep. Harold C. Hollenbeck, Ranking Minority Member ; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller...
Date April 7, 1977 Report No. GGD-76-104 Title

Government Operations: Better Evaluations Needed to Weed Out Useless Federal Advisory Committees

DOCUMENT RESUME 00437 - (A1051972] Better Evaluations Needed to eed Out Useless Federal Advisory Committees. GGD-76-104; B-127685. April 7, 1977. 38 pp. + appendices (37 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: General Government: Other General Government (8606). Orga.nization Concerned: Office of Management and Budget...
Date April 1, 1977 Report No. 101936 Title

Government Operations: Report Preparation and Processing

D¢CUMENT 01936 - [A1192179] ESURE Report Preparation and Processing. April 1977. 46 pp. Report by Donald J. Boran, Director, Office of Policy. Issue Area Federal Becords anagement (1400t. Contact: Office of Pclicy. Budget unction: General Government: Other General Government (806). organization Concerned: General Accounting Office. A guide to GAO's reporting policies has been designed to suppleme...
Date March 4, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-64 Title

Veterans Affairs: Review of VA Site Selection for a Portland-Vancouver Replacement Hospital

‘* @$$?& .. Q.@& t “c LhlTEO ,,* COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNiTED 20548 S7-ATESi 4’ /* D-133044 yThe Honorable Robert B. Duncan House of Representatives . fi.w Dear Mr. Duncan: A letter dated November 19, 1976, signed by you and five other Members of Congress requested that we try to determine I& the Veterans Administration was taking adeguate steps I whether to co-mply wit...
Date March 1, 1977 Report No. CED-77-33 Title

Environmental Protection: Manner in Which the National Commission on Water Quality's Final Report Was Developed

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTO D.C. 20548 the General RIEST raLI pecific approval ¥S. B-15 6219 AccouJ(c by the Office o Co ineX - otr MAR 1 1977 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power C1 Committee on Interstate and Foreign 1! , Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with your request of March 12, 1976, we reviewed ...
Date Feb. 23, 1977 Report No. PAD-77-29 Title

Natural Resources: How to Improve U.S. Forest Service Reports on Forest Resources

DOCUMENT RESUME 00173 - (A0751398] How to Improve U.S. Forest Service Reports on Forest Resources. PAD-77-29; B-125053. February 23, 1977. Released March 7, 1977. 65pp. + appendix (2 pp.). Report to Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; by Elmer B. Staats, Ccuptroller General. Issue Area: Land Use Planning and Control (2300); Land Use Planning and Control...
Date Jan. 13, 1977 Report No. B-184112 Title

Government Operations: Allegations Made by Contractors Concerning Activities of Employees of Defense Contract Administration Services

DOCUBENT RESUME 01156 - [A0590962] (Restricted) (Allegations Made by Contractors Concerning Activities of Employees of Defense Contract Administration Services]. B-184112. January 13, 1977. 5 pp. Report to Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo, Chairmaii, House Committee on Small Business: SBA Oversi'ht and Minority Ente, Frise Subcommittee; Rep. James r. Ccrman, Chairman, House Committee on Small Business: Gove...
Date Dec. 31, 1976 Report No. 095112 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications, Volume 10, No. 2

.- . .. __ -__--.- .-__r_ i t .> r 1 i I . General Ac c:ou nt ina OfficE Publications ! December 31,1976 r: .: c Vol. 10, No. 2 er Comptroller General Reports to the Congress and Federal Agencies How lo Obtain Reports I n d e ~ e d Suhlect by Indexed by Agency Congressional Testimony by the Comptroller General and other GAO Officials Speeches by the Comptroller General and other GAO Officials -Oth...
Date Oct. 20, 1976 Report No. PAD-77-3 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Timeliness of the Statistics of Income

C;OMPTROUER GENERAL wAsncNGroN. OF 0s. THE mMa UNItED SATES cv B-137762 Cm -:.;- 7” -- - -:-’ . A,rc,-;:1 . ,,>th’ .Lz-.-: :: ::.- .a7 The Eonorable Charles A. Vanik Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight Committee on Ways and Means Eouse of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of October 2, 1975,.recruested that we study the timeliness of Statistics of Income (SOI) data. We have stud...
Date Aug. 30, 1976 Report No. PAD-76-64 Title

Budget and Spending: Progress in Improving Fiscal, Budgetary, and Program-Related Information for the Congress

. REPORT TO THE CO36 BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN@B~~&s~ER, OF THE UNITED STATES Qb@ LM099312 lMllllllllllllIlIIlllilllllllI~ Progress In I m proving Fiscal, Budgetary, And Progvam-Related Information For The Congress In this third annual report on improving fiscal, budgetary, and program-related information for the Congress, GAO reports considerable progress during the past year. This report shows, how...
Date Aug. 12, 1976 Report No. CED-76-136 Title

Financial Management: Review of the Audit Activities of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Audit

... s j, COMMlNITY AND 9COHOMIC DVEL'OPMENT DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.r,. z2054 B-173582 AUG !2 1976 The Honorable Russell E. Train Administrator, Environmental ProtecLion Ag ency A., Dear Mr. Train: We have como;eted our review oF tha audit activities of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA:s) Office of Audit. While the Offlce of Audit i generally operat...
Date July 6, 1976 Report No. FPCD-76-35A Title

National Defense: Highlights of a Report on Staffing and Organization of Top-Management Headquarters in the Department of Defense

REPORT TO THE CON Qv& GE4&$ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENE#%&;‘o;;/c~ OF THE UNITED STATES 9 * ’ : Pentagon StaffsIs There Potential For Further Consolidations/Cutbacks? Highlights Of A Report On Staffing And Organization Of Top-Management Headquarters- In The Department Of Defense FPCD-76-35A -7 JELY 6t1.976 COMPTROLLER GENERAL’S REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BI~RLIGBTS OF A REPORT ON STAE’FING AND ORG...
Date June 30, 1976 Report No. 095113 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications, Volume 10, No. 1

.. . , uenerai Accounting Office Publications P n I i . . % , .. JUNE 30. 1976 FOREWORD This pamphlet. lirting a m e n t publications of the United States General Accounting Office. is issued wety six months. I t identifies all publications available, either at a norntlal choge or p e e upon request. . . . Comptroller General Repom to the Congress n d Heads of Federal Agencies These are worts of G...
Date June 1, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-89 Title

Government Operations: Study of the Pricing of Bureau of the Census Foreign Trade Data Tapes

r . * . 1 B-lSiJGi.8 %\ ._ The IIc,lnorable P~nzc 5. Fasc~ll,. Reuse of Rcprescntat i.ves >+7 Dear Mr. Fascoll: * lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM099989 . i ’ \A’-2 are respondir‘g TV to your December 12, 1575, letter supporting ProfcC;sor Ian S, Luytjcs’ rcqutist th;sr. the General .Iccount ing i)f fi::c -tudv the pricing of Rurcalr of the Census fQrcign tra, ..:a ‘t:ancs. YOIl s tc...
Date Jan. 1, 1976 Report No. 090918 Title

Government Operations: Removing the Gobbledygook From Government Prose

Date Dec. 31, 1975 Report No. 095114 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications, Volume 9, No. 2

Date Nov. 11, 1975 Report No. 089395 Title

Government Operations: Published Reports on Reserve and Resource Estimates Can Be Improved

?&WED STATES @3WlAL kXOUNTII”dG WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OIVIS~ON November 11, 1975 The Honorable Jack W. Carlson Assistant Secretary, Energy and Minerals Department of the Interior Dear Mr. Carlson': In your April 22, 1975, letter to the Comptroller General you outlined major steps which the Department of the Interior has taken with regard to the collec...
Date Nov. 4, 1975 Report No. OPA-76-4 Title

Government Operations: Information Resources and Services Available From the General Accounting Office

This report includes an annotated listing of information resources and services available from the General Accounting Office. It provides information about legislation establishing GAO, the type of work it performs, and its organizational structure. QPA-76-4 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNlTED 201111) STATES D.C. B-159835 The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Task Force on Information Resour...
Date July 24, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-85 Title

Government Operations: Case Study of Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget Activities Under the Federal Reports Act

t I rt COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20348 B-158552 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff c\j Chairman, Committee on Government \J- Operations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This report summarizes the problems we found in the Office of Management and Budget’s and the Department of Labor’s fulfillment of their responsibilities under the Federal Reports Act of 1942 ...
Date June 30, 1975 Report No. 095115 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications, Volume 9, No. 1

. .. .~. I tr , -. . -- General Ac counting Office Pubiications m m 4 I r J U N E 30, 1975 VOL. 9, NO. 1 Comptrolli and Heads These are Government 1974 to Jun The reports departments concerning ( An index b\i _. . a Comptroller General Reports to the Congress and Heads of Federal Agencies These are reports of GAO audits and surveys of U.S. Government activities issued during fiscal year 1975-July ...
Date June 18, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-96 Title

Social Services: Implementation of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973

Chairman, Subcommittee on the Aging Committee on Labor and Public Welfare United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: 1 ol In accordance with the September 30, 1974, request made by you and the Chairmen, Senate Special Committee on Aging; 3 Sit and the Select Subcommittee on Education, House Committee on Education and Labor, and agreements with your office, we have h it studied the implementation of t...
Date March 27, 1975 Report No. PSAD-75-63 Title

Government Operations: How To Improve the Selected Acquisition Reporting System

3 REPORT TO THE CONGR llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM097069 How To Improve The Selected Acquisition Reporting System Department of Defense BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHE UNITED STATES I MAD-7543 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF DC. THE UNITED STATES 20543 B-163058 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Rouse of Representatives This reporting is our report on how to improve th...
Date March 24, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-28 Title

Education: Data-Reporting Requirements for State and Local Educational Agencies

I REPORT TO THE CONGRESS Data-Reporting Requirements For State And Local Educational Agencies Education Department Division of Health, Education, and Welfare BYTHE COMI’TROLLER OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL MWD-75-28 tz d COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTDN. OF THE UNITED D.C. 20&U STATES B-164031(1) To the President of the Senate and the Cl Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report o...
Date Jan. 2, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-42 Title

Government Operations: Summaries of GAO Conclusions and Recommendations on Appropriation Matters for Civil Departments and Agencies

llllllisllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM095077 Summaries Of GAO Conclusions And Recommendations On Appropriation Matters For Civil Departments And Agencies BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C THE 20540 UNITED SATES B-106190 Chairman, Chairman, Senate Appropriations House Appropriations Committee Committee annual report of summaries of GAO This is o...
Date April 1, 1974 Report No. 094589 Title

Special Publications: Why a Higher Priority Is Needed for Improved Government Reporting

Date March 22, 1974 Report No. B-178753 Title

Agriculture and Food: Impact of Soybean Exports on Domestic Supplies and Prices

Impact Of Soybean Exports 3n Domestic Supplies And Prices Department of Agriculture B-178753 BY THE COlMpTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-178753 The Honorable Robert H. Steele House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steele: ,‘-r /< In response to your request, we examined the impact of U.S. export policy on the supply and price of U...
Date Jan. 1, 1974 Report No. 091009 Title

Special Publications: The Case for Footnotes in GAO Reports

Date July 31, 1973 Report No. 092629 Title

Special Publications: Reports Submitted to the Congress or to Its Committees or Members, Manpower and Welfare Division, July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1973

CLASSIFIED BY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS, SUBFUNCTIONS, AND PROGRAMS B-Numb er COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Community Planning, Management, and Development: Office of Economic Opportunity: Community action and other: Review of financial management and administration of Cameron and Willacy Counties Community Projects, Inc., Brownsville, Tex. (request of Congressman Eligio de la Garza) Financial and related a...
Date June 27, 1972 Report No. B-175150 Title

Information Management: Review of Data Gathered and Reported for the Federal Outlays Report by the Food and Nutrition Service

: ‘ .A- : .i/ i , .,Yi’ , P d , , / - COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 205413 STATES B-175150 Dear Mr. O’Konski: report on our review of data gathered and Federal - Outlays report by the- FgQ,d., and NuDepartmen~-~~~“Ag’iriculture. M,.-‘.-_*,ill” Our rev’iew was your request of January 21, 1972, and subwith our representatives. (13 q > * This is our reported for t...
Date May 11, 1972 Report No. 093339 Title

International Affairs: Improvements Needed in World Trade Directory Report Processing

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, I3 C 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION MAY 1 1 1972 Dear Mr. Krause: The General Accounting Offlce has completed a survey uf certain aspects of World Trade Directory Reports (WTDR), one of the many services offered by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to assist businessmen interested In selling abroad. The WTDR section of the Bureau of InternatIon...
Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091005 Title

The GAO: Government Watchdog, Analyst, Critic

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090898 Title

National Defense: Reporting on Major Weapon Systems

Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091139 Title

Special Publications: At Your Service, Mr. Congressman

Date Feb. 25, 1969 Report No. 089450 Title

Government Operations: Coast Guard Management of Construction Projects

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 ffm CIVIL DIVISION 2 5 ?4t3w Dear Admiral Smith. The General Accounting Office has made a review of selected proJects for the construction of shore unit and avlatlon facLlLtles rncluded In the Coast Guardts AcqulsltLon, Construction, and Improvement (AC&I) Program for fiscal years 1965 through 1968. Our review was directed prlmar1l.y t...
Date Feb. 2, 1968 Report No. B-118653 Title

Government Operations: Need for Improved Controls Over Appraisal Reports Supporting Prices Paid To Acquire Land for Highways in the States of South Carolina and Tennessee

B-118653 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives Accounting Administration’s highway has reviewed certain aspects right-of-way acquisition activities program in the States of South Carolina Office of the unand The General Federal Highway der the Federal-aid Tennessee, We have issued numerous reports to the Congress in past years on deficiencies in appraisa...