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| Date Aug. 2, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-155 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHlNtTON. OF THE UNiTED DC. 20548 STATES B-156518 The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth - , House of Representatives Dear Mr. Wirth:
. .r On January 14, 1976, you asked us to review the administration of family-planning programs funded under title X of the Public Health Service Act'(42 U.S.C. 300) in region VIII A/ of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Based on ... |
| Date July 28, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-91 |
Title
LM098225 c Administration Of Federal .Assistance Programs A Case Study Showing Need I For Additional i!mprovements
The office c+f Management Federal Departments and Budget and Other 5 3 I : Weak administrative controls and practices permitted a private, nonprofit foundation to circumvent the limitations on the use of Federal funds and to improperly obtain Federal 1 funds for family-planning and ot... |
| Date July 21, 1976 |
Report No. 089537 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL MCWNTING
WASHINGTON, DC 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVI5ION July 21, 1976 Dr Robert E Hughes Asslstant Dlrector for Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences Natlonal Science Foundation r Dear Dr Hughes The General Accounting Offlce has completed a survey of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic research program admlnlstered by the Dlvlsion of Polar Progr... |
| Date July 20, 1976 |
Report No. 094665 |
Title
United States General Accounting Washington, D. C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m., EDT Tuesday, July 20, 1976 STATEMENTOF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE DOMESTICAND INTERNATIONAL ON SCIENTIFIC PLANNING AND ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEEON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON c COORDINATIONOF GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND Mr. Chairman and Me... |
| Date July 12, 1976 |
Report No. 089536 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNT~NG . OFFICE
WASHING-IXXN. D C 20548 L HUMAN RESOURCES DWISION The Honorable Terre1 H. Bell Commlssloner of Education Offlce of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Bell: #l----." --4 ~Pty We have recently completed fieldwork on ourcrevlew of the Offlce of Education's Basic Educatlonal Opportunity Grant (Bzzc--program authorized by the Higher E... |
| Date June 30, 1976 |
Report No. 091305 |
Title
Mr, Wallace E. Busbee director t Internal Audit Veterans Administration
D’ear Tar, Busbee: Service We surveyed the Veterans’ Administration (VA) vocational rehabilitation program administered by VAQs Department of Veterans Benefits (DVB), Our survey was conducted at VA’s central office, Washington, D-C. 5 the Data Processing Center (DPC) at St, Paul, Minnesota; and the Waco, Houston, New Orl... |
| Date June 25, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-55 |
Title
Board for International Broadcasting The Board was established in 1973 to oversee Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The Government-financed Radios provide an alternate service to five East European countries and the Soviet Union. The Board, operating on an informal basis, has with strong congressional mandate promoted changes in the Radios. Future improvements, however, may be difficult unless the ... |
| Date June 24, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-95 |
Title
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES More Action Needed To Insure That Financial, Institutions Provide Equal Employment Opportunity
Departments Equal of the Treasury Opportun’ity and Labor Commission Employment Treasury has made limited progress in insuring that financial institutions follow equal employment opportunity practices. The program’s credibility has been seriously ... |
| Date June 18, 1976 |
Report No. LCD-75-451 |
Title
1 -, , + 1 ; T TO THE CONGRESS L\$RAR’l SWEM Flying-Fiour Programs Of The Military Services: Opportunities For Improved Management
Department of Defense Military flying cost about $2.7 billion in fiscal year 1975. Most of the flying was for developing and maintaining proficiency as an element of military readiness. Effective management of this flying requires a system that can relate planned and... |
| Date June 1, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-63 |
Title
XAt- O~0163 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
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s BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 'OF THE UNITED ST t GE Nt ' ' Evacuation And Temporary Care Afforded Indochinese Refugees-Operation New Life Over an 8-month span, more than 140,000 refugees were moved from war-torn Indochina to peaceful environments in America and third countries. Certain management problems, however, resulted in some excessive costs and pot... |
| Date June 1, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-51 |
Title
- -. ’ REPQRT TO THE CONGRESS ‘h (11, * \‘-- 111111111111111
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..I) Departme& of State and Defense \
e. Attempts to place into perspective the key issues related to areas of concern in the foreign military sales program iire dcsrribcd in this report. I it includes a summary of recent GA3 reviews ortunities for m;lnagq which iden:if.ied-o men-t---improvemen. of fo... |
| Date May 19, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-25 |
Title
Lp-$ $‘@i COMPTROLLER GENERAL 8 I+ TiE UNITED STATES
LM099345 llllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllll Bilingual Education: An Unmet
Office of Education
Because adequate plans were not made to carry out, evaluate, and monitor the Bilingual Education Program, the Office of Education has progressed little toward --identifying effective ways to provide bilingual education instruction, --adequately ... |
| Date May 13, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-66 |
Title
.--A * - REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
&\\‘. ‘) ‘lcl,./ \ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Improvements Needed In Rehabilitating Social Security Disability lnswarke Beneficiaries
Department of Health,. Education, and Welfare The Beneficiary Rehabilitation Program, established to save social security trust funds, has been marginally successful. HEW claims of program savings have been ... |
| Date May 10, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-67 |
Title
OLLER GENERAL BY OF THE UNITED STATES Needed Financi ions Of The A 1970 GAO report directed attention to opportunities to improve the administrative and financial operations of U.S. district courts. While some improvements have been made, more are possible in areas such as --juror utilization, --placement of registry account funds, --internal controls over cash and courtroom exhibits, and --courtr... |
| Date May 10, 1976 |
Report No. 089601 |
Title
i Mr. Louis F. Laun Deputy Administrator Small Business Administration Dear Mr. Laun: * -’
,- We have completed a survey of the,tSmall Business Administration’s ‘.(SBA,) Consumer Protection Loan program-a regulatory disaster loan program. The survey objectives were to (I) evaluate the adequacy-of SBA’s policies and procedures for processing and approving consumer protection loan applicatio... |
| Date May 10, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-125 |
Title
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WASHYNGION. _ OF
D.C. THE
20548 UNITED STATES 5--m-7
C’ G B-133044 My 10 1976 The Honorable Alan Cranston Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and Hospitals Committee on VeteransE Affairs United States Senate :' Dear Mr. Chairman: ', 'I / Your letter of February 2, 1976, asked that we analyze the Veterans Administration's Department of Medicine and Surgery Circul... |
| Date May 7, 1976 |
Report No. 089603 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCNNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND DiVlSlON WELFARE The Honorable Terre1 H. Bell Commissioner of Education Office of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare \ Dear Dr. Bell: . We recently completed a*.limited survey of the Office of Education’s State Student Incentive Grant program! authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended... |
| Date May 5, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-72 |
Title
BYTHE @ lMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Progra Decen
Department educe The of Commerce The Bureau of the Census estimates that 2.5 percent of the population, 5.3 million people, were not counted in the 1970 census. The undercourt rite, xcordirlg tn the Bureau, varies throughout the country and, therefore, the 2.5 percent rate is not applicable at State, city, and local levels. GAO recommend... |
| Date May 5, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-81 |
Title
Energy Research and Development
Processes which produce synthetic oil and gas from coal are commercially available but are not competitive with conventional oil and gas. Apparently no serious consideration is being given to building a commercial coal Iiquefaction plant in the United States. A number of companies have announced projects to build high British thermal unit gasification plants. The mo... |
| Date May 5, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-122 |
Title
8. .* D-76- iota.--y-.-J?y-76 CONGRiSS \’ -i\”‘1.4,
OLLER GENERAL BY THE CQ OF THE UNITED STATES ~043 3w Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Two Military Physicia rocurement Programs: The Scholarship Program And The University Program
Department of Defense
GAO’s analysis compares the cost effectiveness of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program and the Uniformed Services Univers... |
| Date May 4, 1976 |
Report No. LCD-76-435 |
Title
Improvements Needed In Managing The Army’s Field teve! ECplipme~t odifieatisn Program
Departmnts of Defense and the Army The Army has had reccrring problems in mana$ng its program&-for making, changes ic;le;dlfications] in its taccrcai and comoat vehtThere have been long delays in app!ying modifications, ineffective controls over material, and unreliable reporting on the program’s status. Thes... |
| Date April 27, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-64 |
Title
c UNITED STA National Institute of Education Department of Health, Education,
The Experimental Schools program will provide information to educators and researchers on the implementation of comprehensive educational changes. It will not be able, however, to provide complete data on (1) the ability of school districts to plan for and to implement comprehensive educational changes and (2) the impact... |
| Date April 23, 1976 |
Report No. OSP-76-20 |
Title
5011 be*efir! %A headquarters, offices has been esiabl7shed arid a17 oraanizationa? elmnefits have deve;;pd scme fan of enemy ccnservaticn programs, w fcr;nd little comd4mtion and mmunication, .md ineffective rise of manpower in dealing with other ermer9y FrobieGs a:d issues. En view of the edditional resmnsibi?ities given FEA ur;der the Enera Pclicy and Comervation Act and the cp.pertmity for ar!... |
| Date April 14, 1976 |
Report No. 099373 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at lo:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 14, 1976 STATEMENTOF PAUL G. DEMBLING, GENERALCOUNSEL BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEEON ATOMIC ENERGY -,I! ON THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE CLINCH RIVER BREEDERREACTORPROJECT Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are pleased certain Research _ aspects to respond to you... |
| Date April 7, 1976 |
Report No. 092138 |
Title
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| Date March 19, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-94 |
Title
Department of Health, Education, and Although the carrier processed 94 percent of claims within 60 days, thousands of Floridians encountered long delays in getting claims processed--237,000 claims took over 60 days to process and 104,000 of these took over 90 days. GAO believes that the fundamental reason for delays in processing has been a lack of attention by management to achieving satisfactory... |
| Date March 17, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-98 |
Title
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LM099412 ~l!jFiARY SYSI-WI Corn prehensive aflcer centers: Their Locations nd Role emonstration
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare The National Cancer Institute should clarify for the Congress how it plans to designate comprehensive cancer centers and how these centers are to work with the public, physicians, and researchers in their communities. MWD-76-98 17,... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-65 |
Title
Department of Wealth, and Welfare Education, Office of Economic Opportunity GAO examined Federal help alleviate hardships seasonal farmworkers River Valley and makes their improvement. programs designed to of migrant and other in the Connecticut recommendations for GAO points out that the Federal programs were designed for conditions associated with migrant workers nationally, some of which did no... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-74 |
Title
1 1 ti GAO rewiewed 3,241 applications for food stamps in 16 projects in 7 states--California, llhmis, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. About a third of the appkations were processed withilT 7 days; ower half were processed within 14 days; and more than three-fourths were processed within 30 days. Applicant delay in providing required documentation was the most important cause of incr... |
| Date Feb. 23, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-24 |
Title
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| Date Feb. 20, 1976 |
Report No. 094646 |
Title
United States General Accounting 20548 Washington, D.C. Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m. EST Friday, February 20, 1976 Statement Elmer Comptroller General of B. Staats of the the Agricultural United IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIll
LM094646 States o1o4 lo+ before Subcommittees on Agricultural on Foreign Policy and andsGg" 5pdP Production, Marketing, Stabilization of Committe... |
| Date Feb. 16, 1976 |
Report No. 098296 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Monday, February 16, 1976 fJ;: -4 STATEMENT OF PHILLIP S. HUGHES ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE HEARINGS CONDUCTED ,BY SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINERALS, MATERIALS AND FUELS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE We welcome discuss ' 51 resourc... |
| Date Feb. 12, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-71 |
Title
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LM098299 Assessment Of The National Grain Inspection System
Department of Agriculture Serious weaknesses in the national grain inspection system require fundamental changes that will restore the system’s credibility and attain its intended objectives. The Congress should establish an essential... |
| Date Feb. 10, 1976 |
Report No. 091278 |
Title
STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977 STATES ' 04 Ml islll~lllllllllllll~lllllll
LM091278 MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:
. We are In of this presenting I will has today our financial briefly requirements the more for detailed fiscal... |
| Date Jan. 28, 1976 |
Report No. OSP-76-12 |
Title
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099965 GAO Food Stamp Seminar k Trarrscript Of The Psocee CW-76-12 GAO FUOD STAMo SENINAR 3ZicZ5ings CONTENTS ---we--Page INTRODUCTEON
i 1 JODIE ALLEN
BENNETT 11 26
. MOE DfSCUSSf@l NORNIX 35 46 : -- - GAO FOOIi ----STAMP SEElINAR This document. is a companion to GAO a staff study, This "Identification of Food Starno Issues", OS+76-10. reoort consist... |
| Date Jan. 28, 1976 |
Report No. OSP-76-10 |
Title
U. S. GENERAL ACCOUNTI~VG OFFICE. STAFF PAFEll
LM099966 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Iaentification Of stamp Issues
0 c c This study attempts to place into prospective ?!!e key i-es related to major ateas of debate and concern in the food stamp program. . Areas discuwd include O ’; O. 0 -nutrition value of the program, of security and 0 : i 0~ ,. ~ : . the program to programs. _ c **,... |
| Date Jan. 20, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-45 |
Title
UIWTED STA TZLS GENERAL A CC0 IJNTING
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The Program To Develop Improved Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Department Assistance Administra!ion
1 . of Justice To achieve an effective and eflicient equipment syste.ns improvement program, the Administration should address the foilowing management probiems: --Foor managemenr decisions in starting the program and ... |
| Date Jan. 16, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-51 |
Title
Project REAC!-l rkxived Federal grants to provide a number of services to migrant farmworkers and community residents. REMX’s role as an advocate for farmworkers resulted in controversy with farmers in prior years, but problems appear to be lessening. Although some of REACH’s services overlap those available from other groups, REACH’s services are offered at more convenient times and appear ... |
| Date Jan. 12, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-56 |
Title
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Department of Labor =t The 1972 amendments to the program greatly increased Labor’s claims workload and backlog. Labor has not provided sufficient resources to meet the increased workload. This affected Labor’s ability to effectively oversee the claims to assure that injured employees received the compensation and other benefits under the act. -- r- COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON, OF
DC. TH... |
| Date Jan. 2, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-47 |
Title
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r‘ a= -J BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Southeastern Federal Power ProgramFinancial Management And Program Operations
Departments Federal of the Interior and the Army Power Commision The Southeastern Federal Power Program consists of (I) hydroelectric projects constructed, operated, and maintained by the Corps of Engineers (Civil Funct... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 090940 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 090953 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 090945 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 090956 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 090942 |
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| Date Dec. 29, 1975 |
Report No. ID-76-35 |
Title
Department Agency for of State International Development Since 1962 the U.S. has provided over $77 million to three AFL-CIO-affiliated institutes to encourage other countries to strengthen free trade unions. Responsible Government agencies have not specified what the institutes are expected to accomplish. Consequently, GAO believes the effectiveness of the institutes’ activities have not been a... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1975 |
Report No. LCD-75-437 |
Title
L +q. I ? ,cl,Ll2 L ’.‘.. 2 c-3 -” y/,(+*. ; \\ -,\\ ” ” I ,, BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAi? L’BRARp S&EM OF THE UNITED STATES Jm 5 . Substantial Improvements Needed In The Government Printing Office’s Services To Federal Departments And Agencies. GAO recommends ing Office: that the Government Print- --Shorten its printing procurement process by eliminating some operations, using altern... |
| Date Dec. 1, 1975 |
Report No. 088876 |
Title
AUDIT STANDARDS SUPPLEMENT SERIES NUMBER 7 U flnG RUDlTlnG T IITlPROVE O 3 BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERALOFTHE UNITEDSTATES 1975
(1978 REPRINT) The pamphlet “Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities & Functions” is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents; price$1.25; stock number 2000-00110. Pamphlets explaining and supplementing the standards have been issued as fo... |
| Date Nov. 21, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-76-48 |
Title
Department of Defense In 1970 and 1971, GAO issued five reports containing 31 recommendations to improve program management and pointing out opportunities to reduce costs. GAO’s followup review showed that 19 recommendations have been acted on to some extent, although slowly, and 20 recommendations still require action. MWD-76-48 k,I 0 \.,I. ? 1 1975 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C. THE U... |
| Date Nov. 14, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-76-55 |
Title
. ',,.T T. THE PERMANENT -T SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
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z-'.2'... m5I by the Office of Congressional RetatEo. . information On Psychiatric Benefits Under The Civilian Health And Medical Program Of The Uniformed Services
Department of D... |
