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| Date Jan. 25, 1983 |
Report No. ID-83-9 |
Title
. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Director, U.S. Arms Control And Disarmament Agency OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Recover: A Potentially Useful Technology For Nuclear Safeguards, But Greater International Commitment Is Needed
Since 1976 the U S Arms Control and Dlsarmdmcnt Agency has been devcl opmg the REmote COntrnudl VERrflcatlon (RECOVER) system for use by the lnternatrondl Atomrc Energy Agenc... |
| Date Jan. 7, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-72 |
Title
. . . e- - lr3315 . BYTHE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Commerce Of Need To Improve Fishery Management Plan Process
Under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, regional fishery management councils prepare, monitor, and revise fishery management plans and the epartment of Commerce reviews, approves, ,” nd implements them. GAO found that, although much progr... |
| Date Jan. 6, 1983 |
Report No. GGD-83-9 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 3, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-53 |
Title
REPORT BY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
National Flood Insurance Program --Major Changes Needed If It Is To Operate Without A Federal Subsidy
This report examines (1) how the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Federal insurance Administration establishes rates for the National Flood Insurance Program, (2) whether it is possible to eliminate the Federal subsidy and make the progr... |
| Date Jan. 3, 1983 |
Report No. ID-83-25 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 lNTOtNaTloNaL DtVI8ION B-210219 The Honorable Administrator, Development M. Peter McPherson Agency for International JANUARY 3,1983 Dear Mr. McPherson:
Subject: Potential For Improving AID's Deobligation Project Analysis Processes (GAO/ID-83-25) and We have examined aspects of the Agency for International Development's (AID's) deobligat... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1983 |
Report No. 122341 |
Title
Standards For Internal Controls InThe Federal Government GAO
UnitedStates General Accountng Office ! 1983 I 1 t CON T E NTS Fo rewo rd
Introduction Internal Control Standards Explanation of General Standards Explanation of Specific Standards Explanation of the Audit Resolution Standard 7
2 4 8 12 FOREWORD
In 1950, the Accounting and Auditing Act was passed requiring, among other things, that agenc... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1983 |
Report No. 121705 |
Title
. r *.
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, i.i The REVIEW
Contents
1
From Our Briefcase
Accounting Update
GAO To Inventory Statutory Audit Requirements New Types of Reports on Financial Statements Recent Guidance Issued on Personal Financial Statements Governmental Accounting Standards Board Update Volume 18 Issue 2 GAO’s Work on Tax Administration Activities During 1981 Review Article on Silver Recovery Gets Recycled Jo... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1982 |
Report No. ID-83-2 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
International Assistance To Refugees In Africa Can Be Improved
Political instability, economic difficulties, and social unrest in Africa have created one of the most severe refugee and displaced persons problems in the world. Although African asylum countries, the governments of other countries, and international organizations co... |
| Date Dec. 28, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-83-6 |
Title
PREFACE On July 4, 1982, the President of the United States announced a national space policy that is to set the direction of space It sets forth the Space Shuttle as efforts for the next decade. a major factor in the evolution of future U.S. programs and commits the United States to maintaining world leadership in space transportation with a Space Transportation System capacity to The Congress a... |
| Date Dec. 23, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-80 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING
0-C. 20548 OFFICE ,a0277
RELEASED WASHINGTON, December 23, 1982
RESOUICES COklMl~hrfTY a+,~ EC~)~~C-NIIC DEvELJPMENT DIVISION =EsTf?f CTED Not fs Ire aQ!e a-209566.2 by the 4=-Jsrtirr,~ The Honorable Donald We Riegle Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs United States Senate The Honorable U... |
| Date Dec. 23, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-83-23 |
Title
HUMAN RCSOUDIVISION RELEASED
~-202116 RELEASED DECEMBER 23.1982 The Honorable Joseph G . M inish House of Representatives Dear Mr. M inish: Information about Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc., New Jersey (GAO/HRD-83-23) Subject: By letter dated March 5, 1982, you requested that we survey the Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc. (ENLSP), a Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantee, in c... |
| Date Dec. 22, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-82 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL’
WASHINGTON, ACCdlJNTlNG D.C. 20548 OFFICE PLlrOl,RCES. CGMUUNITY. LND ECOrtDM!C OEVELOf’MENT 0lVlSl0N B-210196 The Honorable Arthur E. Teele, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration Department of Transportation Dear Mr. Teele: Subject: Need to Periodically Construction Projects Jr. DEC22 E38[2 nllllllll llll ll
121876 Reassess Mass Transit (GAO/RCED-83-82... |
| Date Dec. 21, 1982 |
Report No. AFMD-83-17 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
pata Processing Costs can Be Reduced At Army And Air Force Exchange Service
bn two recent computer buys, the Army itnd Air Force Exchange Service spent up to 164.5 million more than necessary because it did not buy the computers competitively and did not adequately define its computer needs. Further, its projects for developing sof... |
| Date Nov. 24, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-60 |
Title
Greater Emphasis On Information Resource ~Management Is Needed At The Federal ~Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration does not have an overall planning processor central management direction over itsinformation resources used for administrativefunctions. As a result, it has acquired excess computer hardware and has experienced problems in developing major software systems proj... |
| Date Nov. 17, 1982 |
Report No. 088965 |
Title
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| Date Nov. 5, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-83-1 |
Title
BYTHEU.S.GENE’RAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Defense An Analysis Of The Counterair Mission Is Required To Help Ensure That The Air Force IS Buying The Capabilities It Needs
The mission analysis concept basically consists of aasessing mission capabilities to identify deficiencies and needs and then suggesting alternative ways to aqhieve the desired capability. The need for and b... |
| Date Nov. 4, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-22 |
Title
BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Director Office Of Management And Budget Fbderal Credit Policy On Guaranteed Should Be Clarified And Enforced .
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-70 was issued to help provide effective and economical Federal credit assistance programs by prescribing, for example, that certain fees be charged, thatiprivate lenders-share financial ... |
| Date Nov. 2, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-54 |
Title
. BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Honorable Berkley Bedell House Of Representatives
RESTRICTED Accounting =Office Not to be released
excdpt on the basis of specific approval Relations _“__.. -, by thh, O;ffice of Gongressional l&DA Needs Objective Criteria F/x Awarding Special Disaster Payments
The Department of Agriculture recently a&arded special disaster payments to 83 co~unt... |
| Date Oct. 15, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-83-3 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Defense Improving The Air Force Modification Process Will Benefit Managem’ent Of Spare Parts In The Air Force And Defense Logistics Agency
Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency managers are spending millions of dollars buying and repairing unneeded items and are failing to control critical items in the in entory because of poor coord... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-123 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACC~IUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 ~ROCUALMCNt, AN0 ACAOIN(IS LOQISTICS, OIVISION September B-207696 30, 1982 The Honorable United States
Dear Senator
Subject: Jim Sasser Senate
119634 Sasser: Cost Overrun Systems Test on the Aeropropulsion Facility (GAO/PLRD-82-123) you stated that construction August 13, 1981, letter, of the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility (ASTF)... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-117 |
Title
Report To The Chairman Committee On Education House Of Representatives And Labor Information On State Versus Local Administration Of CETA Prime Sponsors In Michigan
Because the House Committee on Education and Labor wanted to gain an insight on the potential impact of increased State control of CETA, GAO compared the administration of CETA balance of State prime sponsors with local (regular) prime... |
| Date Sept. 24, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-128 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL, ACCOUNTING WASHINQTON, OX. 20648 OF FlCE MJMAN RtMUACU DIVISION Septembar 24, 1982 B-209116 The Honorable
Eious8 of Geraldfno A. Ferraro
119571 Representatives Doar Mrs. I Forraroz
Allegations Concerning Waste and Mismanagement in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' New York Regional Office (GAO/m-82-128) Subject: 1982, letter and later discussions with your ~ staff, we were ask... |
| Date Sept. 23, 1982 |
Report No. 119509 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C.
20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY SEPTEMBER23, 1982 STATEMENTOF DONALD J. HORAN DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT,LOGISTICS AND READINESS DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON FEDERAL CIVILIAN AGENCIES' MANAGEMENT THEIR AIRCRAFT OF AND RELATED SERVICES Mr. Chairman We... |
| Date Sept. 22, 1982 |
Report No. FPCD-82-59 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 momAL MRWNNU mu0 COMPENSATION DIVISION B-208816 SEPTEMBER 22,lOSZ The Honorable The Secretary Attention: John O..Marsh, of the Army The Inspector Jr. General DAIG-AI
119652 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Problems in Implementing the Army's CAPSTONE Program to Provide All Reserve Components With a Wartime Mission (GAO/FPCD-82-59) The Army'... |
| Date Sept. 17, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-113 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ;;-2ui3825 T'l-ie Honorable ',":~t! Secretary :Jttention:
3ear Xr. SEPTEMBER IT,1982 Caspar W. Weinberqer of Defense Director, GAO Affairs Secretary: Opportunities for Improved Exist (GAO/PLRD-82-113) Oil Recycling Still Suuject: de have performed a followup review of how Department of Dezt3nse (DOD) activities collect and dispose of us... |
| Date Sept. 15, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-123 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 El$ROY AND MINERALS DIVI8ION September 15, 1982 I B-209046 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject2 Patrick Senate Leahyt J. Leahy i/Questions Regarding Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project Funding and Costs; ". (GAO/EMD-82-123) answers for two specific Breeder Reactor (CRBR) and our answers are On August 27, 1982, you request... |
| Date Sept. 15, 1982 |
Report No. 119449 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 10:00 a.m. September 15, 1982 STATEMENTOF ROSSLYN S. KLEEMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNELAND COMPENSATIONDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON INVESTIGATIONS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL
ON I
/ 1 SERVICE THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE SECTOR SURVEY ON COST CONTROL Mr. Chairman and Members o... |
| Date Sept. 14, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-117 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITED STATES
Status Of The Great Plains Coal Gasification Project--August 1982 lllllIIlllllll ll
119496 OAO/EMD-82.117 SEPTEMBER 14,1882 J I Request sent to: for copies of GAO reports should be U.S. General Accounting Off ice Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone (202) 2756241 The ... |
| Date Sept. 13, 1982 |
Report No. 119448 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 'WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1:OO P.M. EST Monday, September 13, 1982 STATEMENT OF ROBERT A. PETERSON SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCESDIVISION U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
ON RESETTLEMENTAND MEDICAL PROBLEMSOF INDOCHINESE REFU... |
| Date Sept. 9, 1982 |
Report No. GGD-82-98 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 2.0548 GIENlEFtAl. GOVERNMENT DlVlSiON '7Ilxxras Y. Downs, Director Ue-mt of Trans~rtation District of Coltiia CirvernKxant Na.shirx$on, D. C. 20004
Il&.r Mr. lY2cwns: .- 119463 IIII Subject: Departxaentof Transportation Efforts to Improve Traffic Fine Collection, Capital Project ?Qnagement, and lcblror Vehicle Maintenance (GpD/GcD-82-98) The... |
| Date Sept. 9, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-102 |
Title
BYTHE US, GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Strengthening Development Transportation Policy And Implementation When starting their terms, incoming Secretaries of the Department of Transportation have not found a system for formulating and implementing Department-wide, longterm policy. Such a system and supporting unit could provide significant benefits on a Departm... |
| Date Sept. 3, 1982 |
Report No. ID-82-38 |
Title
BYTHEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of The Interior Federal Encouragement Of Mining Investment In Developing Countries. For Strategic And Critical Minerals Has Been Only Marginally,Effective
During the last 5 years, the United States has supported several multilateral and bilateral initiatives to encourage mining investment in developing countries as a means of both increasing... |
| Date Sept. 2, 1982 |
Report No. GGD-82-89 |
Title
c !/9%4 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Chairman, Post Office And Civil Service House Of Representatives Committee OF Tt-iEUNITEDSTATES
Replacing Post Offices With Alternative Services: A Debated But Unresolved Issue
The Postal Service could save between ~$125 and $150 million annually by 1990 if it replaced about 7,000 limited mail service post offices with publicly acceptable alternativ... |
| Date Sept. 2, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-115 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT, AND READINaS Lools‘rlcs. DIVISION D-208230 SEPTEMBER 2,1982 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. John F. Lehman of the Navy 119370 Management of Materials Secretary: The Navy Should Improve Its Defective Government-Furnished (GAO/PLRD-82-115) Subject: The Navy provides billions of dollars of Government-furnished material... |
| Date Sept. 1, 1982 |
Report No. PAD-82-47 |
Title
, I tm?rY B’j’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL @port To The Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Progress In Improving Program 4nd Budget Information For aongressional Use
Comptroller General is required, by evelop standard terms and class for Federal fiscal, budgetary, and related information; to identify sional needs for such information; monitor recurring reporting requireof the Congress and recommend es. ... |
| Date Aug. 26, 1982 |
Report No. GGD-82-85 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service IRS Needs To Curb Excessive Deductions |
| Date Aug. 24, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-99 |
Title
t BYTHE“ni GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation ChangesToThe MotorVehicle Recall Program Could Reduce Potential Safety Hazards Nearly related safety tential 128 million vehicles, tires, and other items have been recalled because of defects, thereby reducing their poto cause accidents. In many cases the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration’s defect investi... |
| Date Aug. 24, 1982 |
Report No. GGD-82-79 |
Title
BV THE COMPTROLLd? GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Early Observations On Block Grant Implementation
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 consolidated numerous Federal categorical programs into nine blockgrantsand shifted primary administrative responsibility to States.The 13 States GAO visited were making reasonable progress in the early stages of the transition. States... |
| Date Aug. 23, 1982 |
Report No. FPCD-82-70 |
Title
(j 3tJ)o/ STUDY BY THE STAFF OF THE U.S. General Accounting Office
Perspectives On The Effectiveness Of Service Enlisted Bonus Programs
The services use cash bonuses to attract and retain enlisted personnel in occupations with critical shortages. Unless the Congress approves the proposed 5-year extension of the bonuses, they will expire in September 1982. The key question, as well as the focus of ... |
| Date Aug. 20, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-82-46 |
Title
‘I” ‘I” ‘I”II,, ” UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFKE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MISSION ANALYSlS AND SYSTEMS ACQUlSlTlON OIVISION B-208595
The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: John 0. Marsh, of the Army The Inspector DAIG-AI Jr. General AUGUST 20,1982 ~lulllllll Ill
119260 Deficiencies Identified With an Urban Warfare Modeling Program at the TRADOC Syste... |
| Date Aug. 20, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-127 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON OF
D.C. THE CJNITED STATES 20548 B-208247 The Honorable Joseph Deputy Director Office of Management Dear Mr..Wright: Subject: R. Wright, and Budget
JX. August 20, 1982 'Response to OMB Comments on GAO's August 2, 1982, report entitled "Analysis of Energy Reorganization Savings Estimates and Plans" ,,I (GAO/EMD-82-127) In response to requests from several congressiona... |
| Date Aug. 18, 1982 |
Report No. 119306 |
Title
August 18, 1982 Plr . R. Max Peterson Chief, Forest Service Cepartment of Ayriculture Dear Mr. Peterson: Problems Graduated With the Forest Service's Rate Fee System Ill III
119306 Subject: We have completed a limited review of the Forest Service's graduated rate fee system (GRFS) used to compute fees charged permittees for using Service-owned land. The Service estimates that these fees totaled ab... |
| Date Aug. 16, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-117 |
Title
COMMUNIW AN0 DeVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OlVEilON It 6 AUG 1982 B-208620 The Honorable William Proxmire * Ranking Minority Member Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Senator Subject: Proxmire: Negotiated Projects Sales of HUD-Owned Multifamily (GAO/CEDr82-117) Housing In line with your May 17, 1982, request, we analyzed the Department of.Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) negotiate... |
| Date Aug. 16, 1982 |
Report No. AFMD-82-109 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED SiTAlES The Honorable James G. Watt The Secretary of the Interior Dear Mr. Secretary:
Subject: Withdrawal of Approval of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Accounting System (GAO/AF%D-82-109) As a result of our recent review, we are withdrawing our approval of the Bureau of Indian Affairs accounting system. The reason for this withdrawal is that the system in cperation ... |
| Date Aug. 10, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-86 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations House Committee On Energy And Commerce OF THEUNITED STATES
Need For Guidance And Controls On Royalty Rate Reductions For Federal Coal Leases
The Secretary of the Interior has used his authority to reduce royalty rates on eight Federal coal leases--amounting to $12 million in reduced Federal revenues. Re... |
| Date Aug. 10, 1982 |
Report No. 119782 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
REGIONAL ACCOUNTING
OFFICE Building 98174 OFFICE Room 1992, Federal Seattle, Washington .. Mr. William H. Mayer Regional Director Federal Emergency Management Agency Region X Bothell, Washington 98011 Dear
Mr. Mayer: We recently reviewed-Washington State’s administration of the medical relocation program, part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency‘s (FEMA’s) Indivi... |
| Date Aug. 5, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-111 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON.D.C. 20548
f-(LjMAN HLSOUHCES DIVISION AUG 5 1982
B-l 25037 Miss I)orothy L. Starbuck Chief Benefits Director Department of Veterans Benefits Veterans Adninistratim Dear Miss Starbuck: Subject: The Veterans Administration's Programs For 'On-The-Jcb Training Ard Apprenticeship (GAO/HRD-82-111) We reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA's) appren... |
| Date Aug. 2, 1982 |
Report No. FPCD-82-43 |
Title
BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report ToThe Director Off ice Of Personnel Management Delegated Personnel Management Authorities: Better Monitoring And Oversight Needed
Encouraged by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, the Office of Personnel Management delegated many personnel authorities to Federal agencies. The act requires that the Office maintain an oversight program to protect merit syst... |
| Date July 29, 1982 |
Report No. ID-82-37 |
Title
’ BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Director, US. International Communication Agency The Voice Of America Should Address Existing Problems To Ensure High Performance
The management of the Voice of America should aggressively pursue solutions to long-standing problems in order to continue broadcasting successfully. Although some problems--personnel management and physical space--... |
| Date July 23, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-98 |
Title
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