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Date March 4, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-34 Title

Financial Management: Impact of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on U.S. Business

BY THECOtVlPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Impact Of Foreign Corrupt Piactices Act On U.S.Business A GAO questionnaire survey of 250 companies randomly selected from the Fortune 1000 list of the largest U.S. industrial firms shows that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has brought about efforts to strengthen corporate codes of conduct and systems of internal accounting co...
Date Jan. 22, 1981 Report No. B-192267 Title

Government Operations: Avenues of Appeal Regarding Adverse GAO Decision

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 -. ,r3 op Office of General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-192267 January 22, 1981 Mr. Podis Pedrus Director, Bureau of Personnel High Commissioner Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 Dear Mr. Pedrus: We refer to your letter of November 18, 1980, to Mr. Jay Gerst, Department of the Interior, concerning t...
Date Dec. 30, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-7 Title

Income Security: Guyana Tragedy Points to a Need for Better Care and Protection of Guardianship Children

BY’THE CdMPTROLLER GENEWL OF THE UNITEDSTATES //um ’ Report To The Congress Guyana Tragedy Points To A Need For Better Care And Protection Of Guardianship Children About one-third of the 913 individuals who died in the 1978 Peoples Temple tragedy in Guyana were children, few of whom were wards of adult members of the Peoples Temple. The tragedy raised many questions about the adequacy of prote...
Date Dec. 22, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-33 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: State Exclusionary Rule Procedures

UMTEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFI~E WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 B-171019 DECEMBER 22,199O The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairmant m,* 1 State Exclusionary Subject: "( GGD-81-33) 114008 Rule Procedures 3 You requested us to develop empirical data on the impact of the exclusionary rule on State criminal prosecutions similar to a previous...
Date Dec. 4, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-12 Title

Unauthorized Commitments: An Abuse of Contracting Authority in the Department of Energy

REPORT THE BY 1 Comptroller General 111 RE Unauthorized Commitments: An Abuse Of Contracting Authority In The Department Of Energy The Department of Energy relies heavily on contractors to help carry ou,t, its missions, reporting expenditures for contracted goods and services during fiscal year 1979 of about $9.2 billion. GAG’s review disclosed that contractors perform work for DOE without a con...
Date Dec. 3, 1980 Report No. B-198694(MRV) Title

Government Operations: [Dollar Amount for Debts on Which Collection Efforts Will Be Terminated]

_ ' s COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES % or ~~~~~~~~~~~VDI \ (.~') g. WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 5t7 0 B-198694 (MRV) IN REPLY 4 Aft/ DecemberD 3a1980 4 J + -//Al Mr. James B. Lancaster Assistant Director for Administration and Finance ACTION Washington, D.C. 20015 Dear Mr. Lancaster: w1 ' i Your letter of May 1, 1980, requests our approval of your proposal to raise the dollar amount from $35 ...
Date Nov. 18, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-1 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Congress Should Clarify the Speedy Trial Act To Resolve Differing Interpretations

e I f 4 py?w 43787 REPOI-J- THE BY (Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES F ’ ongress Should Clarity The peedyTrial Act To Resolve iffering Interpretations mpliance with the Speedy Trial Act has inased steadily over the past 4 years. Ninetypercent of the criminal cases handled by Federal district courts during the last 6 onths of 1979 were processed within the act’s loo-day time limit. III I...
Date Sept. 23, 1980 Report No. ID-80-42 Title

U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy: Impact on Exports and Nuclear Industry Could Not Be Determined

4 %,I * r lVU/ (1333( BY Ti-iECOMPTROLLERGENERAi - Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES U.S.Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy: Impact On Exports And Nuclear Industry Could Not Be Determined The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 established new measures to prevent the diversion to weapons use of peaceful nuclear exports. It also created a policy to confirm US. reliability as a nuclear suppli...
Date Aug. 26, 1980 Report No. B-180021 Title

Government Operations: Procedures for Decisions on Appropriated Fund Expenditures

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 I August 26, 1980 Office of General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B-180021 TO: HEADS OF AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, HEADS OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING AND DISBURSING OFFICERS SUBJECT: Lrocedures for Decisions on Appropriated Fund Expenditures-Thich Are of Mutual Concern to Agencies and Labor Organizations Attached is ...
Date Aug. 13, 1980 Report No. 113155 Title

Agriculture and Food: Problems in Collecting and Setting Aside Adequate Knutson-Vandenburg Funds To Do Planned Work

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20548 Mr. . Ctr ief , I*'0r c s t Ser v i c:c Ikpartrsent of Agriculture l"!car Mr. Peterson: FI . Max I'UtC'rSOn lllllllllll ll 113155 Problems in Collecting and Setting Aside LAdequate Knutson-Vandcnburg Funds To Do Planned Work J We have made a limited review at 16 district and 6 national forest offices in Region 6 of the collection and s...
Date July 18, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-60 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Special Agents Should Be Phased Out as FBI Crime Laboratory Examiners

,, BY THECOblP-T-ROLLER GENERAL ngress OFTHEUNITEDSTATES Special Agents Should Be Phased Out As FBICrime Laboratory Examiners The FBI is the only Federal crime laboratory which employs special agents as lab examiners. This is a costly practice, because special agents are higher graded than civilian personnel and receive special retirement benefits. The benefits the FBI claims from using special ag...
Date July 16, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-70 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Fiscal 1979 Presidential and Vice Presidential Certified Expenditures

ort To The OF THEUNITEDSTATES ngress *’ Examination Of Fiscal 1979 Presidential And Vice Presidential Certified Expenditures This is our first report, as required by Public Law 95-570, on certified presidential and vicepresidential expenses. The expenses are accounted for solely on the certificate of the President and Vice President. However, the Comptroller General is authorized to audit the ac...
Date March 28, 1980 Report No. B-198039 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on S. 2327]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-198039 FPC-96-2-34 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Governmental Affairs Committee United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter is in response to your request for our comments on S. 2327 a bill to provide that certain employees of the Drug Enforcement Administration be entitled to pay and benefits similar to pay and b...
Date April 30, 1979 Report No. 109233 Title

Social Services: Implementation of the Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974

United States General Washington, Accounting D.C. Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Monday, April 30, 1979 109233 STATEMENTOF H. L. KRIEGER, DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNELAND COMPENSATION DIVISION BEFORE THE OF THE +,t6 SUBCOMMITTEE THE HANDICAPPED ON SENATE COMMITTEEON HUMANRESOURCES ON -7 L IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD ACT AMENDMENTS 1974 OF J Mr. Chairman and Membe...
Date Feb. 12, 1979 Report No. B-118654-O.M. Title

International Affairs: Smith-Mundt Act

Date Feb. 2, 1978 Report No. CED-78-21 Title

Employment: Stronger Federal Enforcements Needed To Uphold Fair Housing Laws

DOCUMEVNT PESUMPr 04838 - Fr03452191 Stronger Federal Enfoicements Needed To Uphold Fair Housinc Law-. CED-78-21; B-164855. February 2, 1978. 41 pp. + 6 appendices (22 pp.). feport to the Congress;, by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Non-Discriltation and Equal Opportunity Programs: Discrimination iin lusiug (1006); Domestic Housing and Community Development (2190). Contact: Comm...
Date Sept. 26, 1977 Report No. 103855 Title

Government Operations: Proposed Minority Enterprise Act of 1977

LCCUMENT FESUME 03855 - [B27339711 [Proposed Minority Enterprise Act of 1977]. September 26, 1977. 6 pp. Testimony before the House Committee on Small Eusiness: Minority Enterprise and General Oversight Subcommittee; by Richard W. Gutmann, Director, Procu:ement and Systems kcgrisitions Div. Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services (1900). Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisition D...
Date June 7, 1977 Report No. 089005 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Review of Administration and Enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCWNTING OFFICE REGIONAL 903 FOX PLAZA 1390 0 A T4 +?..I OFFICE MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA (415) IN REPLY REFl R TO 94102 556-6200 20144 Mr Peter Clute, Acting Reglonal Admlnlstrator Department of Houslng and Urban Development 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 8460 San Francisco, Callfornla 94102 Dear Mr Clute JJr-4 7 19v As dlscussed ln our April 26, 1977, letter, th...
Date Nov. 1, 1975 Report No. 095083 Title

Systematic Approach to Searching United States Laws: A Case Study

r . c . Contents Page CHAPTER 1 2 3 INTRODUCTION AN ILLUSTRATIVE GAO REQUEST THE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH Classification af laws by groups (step 1) Searching the laws (step 2) Limitations an utilization (step ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMSAND USES 1 2 4 7" 10 12 3) 4 APPENDIX I Summary of research techniques and agricultural reporting laws cited ABBREVIATIONS 14 JURIS LITE Justice Legal Retrieval Information and...
Date July 11, 1974 Report No. 093158 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Subcontract Estimate For E-2c Passive Detection Systems in Prime Contract With Grumman Aerospace Corporation

+ c I \ UNITEDSTATES GENERAL WCCOWTWG OFFICE WASHINGTON FIFTH 803 W&ST FALLS CHURCH, REGIQNAL FLOOR BROAD STREET VIRGINIA QFFICE 22046 Vice Adnllral K L Lee Commander, Naval Air Systems Command I , Department of the Navy m 1csJ Washington, D C Attention Dear Admiral NAIR-602 Lee9 043 m of contract prices under Law 87-653, we have examined into the reasonablefor E-2C passive detectlon systems inclu...
Date June 29, 1973 Report No. 088991 Title

National Defense: Review of Civilian Pay and Allowances--Defense Activities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGlONAL 502 u 9 CUSTOMHOUSE, SEcoNv OFFICE AND CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19106 June 29, 1973 Commanding Officer Navy Ships Parts Control Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dear Srr. Center 17055 We have completed our review of the Uniform Automated Data Processing System (UADPS), Applacation JIK1t Series, for processing payroll and leave allowanc...
Date April 21, 1971 Report No. 093017 Title

Financial Management: Settlement of Bureau of Reclamation Accountable Officer's Accounts

CIVIL DIV!SION APR 2 1 1971 t l~llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM093017 Dear Mr. Armstrong: a review for the settlement special emphasis was placed procedures and internal of accountable officers' on the Bureau-wide syscontrols0 We have made accounts in which tem of administrative Our review was conducted primarily at the Bureau of Reclamation, Region 7, Denver, Colorado, and included an exami...
Date Feb. 17, 1971 Report No. B-164031(4) Title

Budget and Spending: Applying a Uniform Policy With Respect to Rental Charges for Credit Unions

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS Applying A Uniform Policy With Respect To Rental Charges For Credit Unions B-T64037~4~ “3 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED 20548 STATES B- 16403 i(4) To the Speaker President of the Senate and the of the House of Representatives This IS our report on applymg a urnform policy with reOur review was spect to renta...
Date Jan. 9, 1970 Report No. B-167637 Title

Housing: HUD Projects Proposed for Construction Under the National Housing Act

COMPTROLLER ‘GENERAL WASHP4GTON OF TriE. 3,~iTED STATES 2 0 C 20548 'RELEASED Dear Mr. Long: Reference IS made to your telegram of July 30, 1969, and the letter Pfrommer of your offlce requestof September 19, 1969, from Mr, Christopher applications before the Federal ing us to review the mortgage Insurance Houslng Admlnistratlon (FHA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for two m...
Date July 29, 1969 Report No. 092671 Title

Financial Management: Administration of Recreation Fees Under the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFIX WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 CIVIL IXVISION Mr. Edward P. Cliff Chief, Forest Service Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Cliff: This 1s in reference to our draft report to the Congress on the review of the admlnlstratlon of recreation fees under the provlslons of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, and the comments thereon from Mr. E. W, Schultz, Acti...