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Date Dec. 31, 1978 Report No. 108919 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications

IIII1111 1111llI11 I lI1 1 1 l 1 1 108919 General Accounting Office Publications December 31, 1978 CONTENTS Comptroller General Reports to the Congress and Federal Agencies How to Obtain Reports Indexed by Subject Indexed by Agency Congressional Testimony -by GAO Off icials Speecher by the Comptrdler General 4 5 75 79 a5 Other Publications General Accounting and Auditing Procedures Automatic Data ...
Date Dec. 19, 1978 Report No. B-161740 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on Draft "Improving Public Policy and the Market System"]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES *aw WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 K B-161740 ggo~ng5,on December 19, 1978 &41c 7' gc Ae0 Ate~y /% 40/7' A fof 7e5'~t Mr. Robert C. Holland, President Committee for Economic Development 1700 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Bob: We have now had a chance to review CED's October 26 draft "Improving Public Policy and the Market System" in some detail. The bo...
Date June 30, 1978 Report No. 095109 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications

. I : -~. - , . Accounting Office Publications -. f, 5 t -'. s 1 i CONTENTS Comptroller General Reports to the Congress and Federal Agencies How to Obtain Reports Indexed by Subject Indexed by Agency Congressional Testimony by GAO Officials Speeches by the Comptroller General Other Publications General Accounting and Auditing Procedures Automatic Data Processing Office of General Counsel Intergove...
Date June 7, 1978 Report No. 095419 Title

Special Publications: Development of Auditing Standards in the United States

! REMARKS BY ~~ELMER B. STAATS 5 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE NORDIC COUNCIL OF AUDITORS GENERAL June 7, 1978 DEVELOPMENT OF AUDITING STANDARDS IN THE UNITED STATES I view the work of the General Accounting Office in establishing standards for government audits of government operations and programs in the United States as one of our most progressive accomplishments in the ye...
Date May 16, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-113 Title

Income Security: Complaints concerning Investigation for Compliance with Fair Labor Standards Act

DOCUMYNT ESUME 6013 - (B1386424 ] 9g ii c 0) /)- 3 /7 with Fair 1S78. Ah,rt Director, [Comolaints concerning Investigation for ComFliance Labor Standards Act]. HRD-78-113; B-133182. ay 16, Released ay 23, 1978. 7 pp. Report Human to Sen. Russell B. Long; esources Div. by Gregory J. Issue Area: Contac'c: PrograNs: Regulatory Legislation and Wages (1315). Huban Resources Div. Federally Sponsored or ...
Date Feb. 23, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-412 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: The General Services Administration's Consumer Information Center

. ‘r ‘9 9-- \3 REPORT THE BY lllUlUil!llllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMI 05048 Comptroki Generul s OF THEUNITED STATES c ~~~~-,~-j? 2 pm - , The General Services’ Administration ‘s Consumer information Center This report discusses the role of the Consumer Information Center in disseminating to the public information useful to consumers. The Center is effective in providing consumer informati...
Date Dec. 31, 1977 Report No. 095110 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications

. General Accounting' Office Pubiications December 31.1977 -. . I CONTENTS Cornptrolier General Reports to the Congress and Federal Agencies HGW Obtain Reports to Indexed by Subject Indexed by Agency Congressional Testimony by the Comptroller General and other GAO Officials Speeches by the Comptroller General I - 4 5 81 86 93 I Other Publications General Accounting and Auditing Procedures Automati...
Date July 1, 1977 Report No. PAD-77-9 Title

Special Publications: Terms Used in the Budgetary Process

?F=mns Used InThe Budgetary Process JULY 1977 PAD-77-9 -- FOREWORD The Legislatrve Reorgankatron Act of 1970, as amended by trtle VIII of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, provides m sectron 202(a)(l). that “The Comptroller General of the Uruted Stdtes. m cooperatron with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Congressional...
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 24, 1977 Report No. PAD-77-38 Title

Budget and Spending: Billion Dollar Congress

DOCUMENT RESUME 00434 - [A1051794] [Billion Dollar Congress]. PAD-77-38; B-39772. March 24, 1977. 4 pp. + 4 enclosures (15 pp.). Report to Sen. Walter D. Huddleston, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Legislative Subccamittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700). Contact: Program Analysis Div. Budge' Function: General Govr&nment:...
Date Feb. 22, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-408 Title

Government Operations: Government Printing Operation Improvements Since 1974

DOCUMENT RESUME 001432 - (A0751349] Government Printing Operation Improvements Since 1974 LCD-77-408; B-114829. February 22, 1977. 24 pp. Report to the Congress; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management: Cperation and Maintenance of Facilities (708). Coitact: Logistics and Communications Div. Sudget Function: General Government: Other General ...
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 Dec. 10, 1976 Report No. 100447 Title

Government Operations: Relations Between the General Accounting Office and the Congress

DOCUMENT RESUME 00447 - (A0590676] Relations between the General Accounting Office and the Congress. December 10, 1976. 8 pp. Staff study Official Inauguration of Court of Justice Building, Sao Paulo, Brazil; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Delivered by Frederic L. Chapin, U.S. Counsul General. Issue Area: accounting and Financial Reporting (2800). Budget Function: General Government (800...
Date Dec. 3, 1976 Report No. PAD-77-18 Title

Government Operations: Long-Range Analysis Activities in Seven Federal Agencies

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL : ~A aOF THE U.N.ITED STATES ma4 0_ Long-Range Analysis Activities In Seven Federal Agencies GAO studied the long-range analysis systems in seven agencies. Effective long-range analysis can be an imprortant aid to the executive branch and to the Congress in solving longterm problems facirng the Nation. The most important factor in obtaining good lo...
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 Oct. 18, 1976 Report No. 100425 Title

Government Operations: Federal Forms Management

WITED STIES GENERAL Acccumr~~ 0-C. 2G548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, 3 LOGISZ ‘CS AhC COHM”N(UTIONS OIYl5ION - __ ._.__.._ c---_ - . _ . _ - _ _ .- -m-e Sincstely ,-jpy-.gc+J~- yours, .- .’ -- -* - -‘. L .-. _- . 0 -3. -_
Date Sept. 30, 1976 Report No. EMD-76-12 Title

Energy: Evaluation of the Publication and Distribution of "Shedding Light on Facts About Nuclear Energy"

EPORT T BY THE COMP OF THE UNITED S luation Of T istni bution Facts Abo Energy Research and Deweloprnent Administration Shedding Light is an Energy Research and Development Administration pamphlet intended for use in an internal performance improvement program. It was circulated in California 2 to 4 months before a ballot on nuclear energy in that State. GAO believes this pamphlet did not make an ...
Date Sept. 10, 1976 Report No. B-130961.140-O.M. Title

Government Operations: Distribution of Nuclear Energy Pamphlet by Energy Research and Development Administration

276 a, ,TAT GOVEi R.ENT GENERAL .- ICOUNTING OFFICE Sj orandum W' SU- og1976 ~Rector, EMD * US General Counsel Paul G. ITembling .s 4 - mstribution of nuclear energy pamphlet by Energy Research and >Development Administration - B-130961-0o.M. *Q^s m~emorandum is in reference to two congressional requests concerning L ~prietY ofithe publication and distribution of a.pamphlet entitled g Light on Fac...
Date Sept. 1, 1976 Report No. 095116 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office

L the general accounting off ice I : 3 answers to frequently asked questions SEPTEMBER 1976 CONTENTS * Question Page OBJECTIVES OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE . . . . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ...... 1 ........ 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 1 2Y3 4 5 6 7Y8 9 10y11y12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Purposes and responsibilities . . . . . . . . . GAO’s basic purposes and responsibilities . . . . . . ...
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 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 July 18, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-106 Title

Government Operations: Unsolicited Mailing of Certain Material by the Treasury Department to Members of the American Economic Association

, i CO.MPTROLLER GENERAL WA!SHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES equ*;4v&--7;- 20548 B-159835 The Honorable William Proxmire, Chairman Subcommittee on Priori ties and Economy in Government Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States Dear Mr. Chairman: Your May 19, 1975, letter requested us to investigate ., ,,y’,+ , an unsolicited mailing of certain material-by the Treasury Department ...
Date July 11, 1975 Report No. FOD-75-15 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements--Government Printing Office, Fiscal Year 1974

. Examination Of Financial Statements Government Printing Office Fiscal Year 1974 Illl~~illll~lllllllllllllll1 LM096976 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES FOD-75-15 JULY IL1975 COMPTROLIZR GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D.C. B-114829 f> /. To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report on the examination of the financi...
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 Nov. 10, 1972 Report No. B-114821 Title

Government Operations: Substantial Losses Incurred Under the Standard Reference Material Program

llllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIII LM096252 Substantial Losses Incurred Under The Standard Reference Material Program 8.114821 National Bureau of Standards Department of Commerce UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE NOV.10, 1972 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACC~UMTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B -114821 Dear Mr., Secretary: The accompanying report presen...
Date Feb. 17, 1972 Report No. 092427 Title

Government Operations: Operations of the Office of Plant and Operations

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Date Jan. 6, 1972 Report No. B-135397 Title

Government Operations: Publication of the EASTROPAC Atlas by the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

> I B-lSSJ97 Bear Sen&,g,s3I-fart: lillilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllll~l~~l LM090691 ’ -, 2 Sfneerely yours 0
Date Nov. 18, 1971 Report No. B-160146 Title

Information Management: Review of the Management of Department of Defense Periodicals

DEFENSE DIVISION The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: In our letter of January 29, 1971, we informed you that the General Accounting Office had scheduled a review of the As a part of this----‘ of Department of Defense (IX)D) periodicals. review, we obtaihed~info~Y3natioE dn thepolicies, procedures, and practices of DOD and the military services in approving, monitoring, We also obtained ...
Date Nov. 18, 1971 Report No. B-174161 Title

Government Operations: Value-Engineering Proposal

. REBSTrECTD. _t. Aceountirg QffI4t Wet hs . .. esxsept onl the ba . ravl "y tbO Offt" Of Cong"/ 16/ IN f - v B-174161 uv 1 8 1371 Dear Mrs. Heckler: This is in response to your request of September 16, 1971, that we consider a value-engineering proposal submitted by Mr. Louis S. Alongi, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Value -engineering is an extremely worthwhile program designed to achieve savings in ...
Date Sept. 28, 1971 Report No. 089426 Title

International Affairs: More Effective Dissemination of New Product Information to Foreign Service Posts Abroad

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTSRNATIDNAL DIVISIQN SEP 8 19n 2 Dear Mr. Scott: In our continuing review of the Department of Commerce*s export expansion efforts, the General AccountLng Office examined the posslbillty of lncreasung export sales through the dissemination of mnformatlon on The following new products avaxlable from United States manufacturers. situati...
Date Aug. 10, 1971 Report No. B-161939 Title

Information Management: Influence Of Public Affairs Organizations On Information And Advertising Programs

0 .? I . z S L 4 T! 0 I . r S p r : 0 t n 0 .- n ‘ I m N .c m . w L 0 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED =AT& WASHINGTON. D.C. 20848 B- 161939 Dear Mr. Bingham: This is our report on the influence of public affairs organizations on information and advertising programs in the Department of Defense. Our review was made pursuant to your requests of June 4 and June 19, 1970. W have not followed our u...
Date July 23, 1971 Report No. B-156248 Title

Financial Management: Waste of Government Funds in Public Information Operations

WASHINGTOM Dear Mr. Griffin: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM092538 With your letter of June 8, 1971, you enclosed a copy of an article which appeared recently in The Northside Sun, a Jackson, Mississippi, weekly. The article cites the large volume of mail that the paper receives from Federal and State agencies, most of which is of no value to the paper, and concludes that, if ...
Date Feb. 26, 1971 Report No. B-114829 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements--U.S. Government Printing Office, Fiscal Year 1970

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS l\\\ill\Illllllllllllllllllllll lllll Ill llllllll ‘\ LM095707 Examination Of Financial Statements U.S. Government Printing Office Fiscal Year 1970 8.174829 ‘4 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B- 114829 c/l J To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This s...
Date Sept. 29, 1967 Report No. 091622 Title

Government Operations: Administrative Controls Over the Receipt, Distribution, and Sale of Publications

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFMCE WASHINGTON, D.C. CIVIL DIVISION 10548 SEP 29 1967 Dear Mr. Boehmr: We have made a review of the administrative controls over the receipt, distribution, and sale of publications by the field offices of the Office of Field Services, Department of Commerce. Our review was made pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53), and the Accounting and...