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Date Jan. 25, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-25 Title

Financial Management: Assessment of Certain Planning Activities of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments

BY THEU,S GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Thomas A. Luken House Of Representatives . Assessment Of Certain Planning Activities Of The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council Of Governments The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional.Council of Governments is one of 671 multijurisdictional, multifunctional organizations whose purpose is to achieve local government COOPeration. GAO reviewed f...
Date Jan. 18, 1982 Report No. CED-82-30 Title

Natural Resources: Information On California Delta Water Quality Standards

REPORT THEiJ.s.pmpp BY - General Accounfing Office Information On California Delta Water Quality Standards The Bureau of Reclamation’s decision to voluntarily meet 1978 California water quality standards will require annually about 800,000 acre feet of water. Who will pay for this use of water is still unclear. State and Federal water officials must resolve their differences and reach new operat...
Date Jan. 1, 1981 Report No. 116145 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Vol. 16, Issue 3, Summer 1981

Charles A. Bowsher Sixth Comptroller General of the United States President Ronald Reagan nominated Charles A. Bowsher, a partner in Arthur Andersen & Company, as Comptroller General of the United States. Since 1971, Mr. Bowsher supervised Arthur Andersen’s work for such Federal entities a s the Departments of Interior and Treasury, the Agency for International Development, the Federal Energy O...
Date Dec. 31, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-41 Title

Financial Management: Assessment of Whether the Federal Grant Process Is Being Politicized During Election Years

’ 7 UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D-C. 20548 OLNCRAL aovERuMm4T 0IV18loN B-201644 DECEMBER 3f, 1980 The Honorable The Honorable United States Subject: Henry L. Bellman Pete V. Domenici Senate grant L--ssessment of whether the Federal during process is be' g politicized election yea 27 (GGD-81-41) s you reque'sted that September 15, 1980, letter, possible politicization of the...
Date Dec. 16, 1980 Report No. PAD-81-10 Title

The Interaction of Federal and State Aid in New York State: Trends and Patterns, 1969-75

I Las= ii THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The Interaction Of Federal And State Aid In New York State: Trends And Patterns, 1969-75 While some Federal aid goes directly to local governments, large amounts pass through or are administered by thestates. A better understanding of the States’ role in aid distribution will help the Congress to assess the effectiveness of...
Date Dec. 10, 1980 Report No. PAD-81-09 Title

Natural Resources: Long-Term Economic Planning Needed in Oil- and Gas-Producing States

1 BY THECOMPTROLLER :GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES +@p 1f 3%7 ‘.” * Report To The Congress Long-Term Economic Planning Needed In Oil- And Gas-Producing The State budgets and economies of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana rely heavily on the oil and gas industry. With rising energy prices, the region’s potential overdependence on thus industry is masked by current economic prosperity. Heavy relian...
Date Dec. 8, 1980 Report No. CED-81-3 Title

Housing: Most Borrowers of Economic Opportunity Loans Have Not Succeeded in Business

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Most Borrowers of Economic Opportunity ~Loans Have Not Succeeded In Business TheSmall Business Administration’s Economic Opportunity Loans have not been an effective way to help disadvantaged people start or improve their own businesses. More borrowers have defaulted on the loans than have repaid them. Many who paid off their ...
Date Dec. 2, 1980 Report No. CED-81-7 Title

Housing: More Can Be Done To Ensure That Industrial Parks Create New Jobs

II ’ -jf3?d9 BY THECOMPTRCiLER GENERAL mrt ToThe Congress OFTHEUNITEDSTATES IViore Can Be Done To Ensure That lr@ustrial Parks Create New Jobs lllllII11 113909 --improve its use of feasibility attract studies, busi- --help park applicants nesses, and --place tighter prohibitions on business relocations which merely shift employment and do not create new jobs. DECEMBER CEO-81-7 2,198O I * . Reque...
Date Nov. 28, 1980 Report No. CED-81-14 Title

Financing Rural Electric Generating Facilities: A Large and Growing Activity

1 * \ I1 777 &v-7? ,’ f3YTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL ~ReportTo The Congress ~OF UNITED THE STATES IFinancing Rural Electric Generating Facilities: ~ALarge And Growing Activity TheRural Electrification Administration is providing billions of dollars of loans and loan guarantees to finance the construction of electric generating plants and related facilities in rural areas. In fiscal year 1979 such fina...
Date June 26, 1980 Report No. CED-80-110 Title

Housing: Status of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Urban Development Action Grant for the Parkway Center Shopping Mall in Pittsburgh, PA

COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION B-199280 JUNE 26, 1980 /Ihe Honorable Doug Walgren House of Representatives Dear Mr. Walgren: Subject: Status of the Department of Housing and t;T rban Development's Urban Development Action Grant for the Parkway C Shopping Mall in Pittsburgh, P (CED-80-110) 120258 3 1&"' 'p&y; i.6 Based on your of March 6, 1980, we reviewed the Department of Housing and...
Date June 16, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-39 Title

Federal Disaster Assistance: What Should the Policy Be?

BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman And Ranking Minority Member Senate Committee On The Budget United States Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Disaster Assistance: What Should The Policy Be? creases the Government’ s disaster budget scrutiny. risk while escaping two In formulating Federal disaster policy, economic principles should be considered: --equity--consistency of assistance...
Date March 28, 1980 Report No. CED-80-74 Title

Housing: Better Cash Management Needed in HUD's Section 312 Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program

RELEASED 1' / Report To The Honorable Bob Traxler House Of Representatives Better Cash Management Needed In HUD’sSection 3 12 Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 312 Rehabilitation Program offers homeowners loans at only 3 percent interest. Department procedures require local housing agencies to deposit Federal loan funds in escrow acco...
Date Feb. 12, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-18 Title

Environmental Protection: Delays in Developing and Implementing the District of Columbia Government's Elements of a Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital

.- UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOuNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FEBRUARY 12.1980 B-197703 The Elonorable Marion S. Earry, Jr. Mayor of the District of Columbia Washington, C.C. 20004 Dear Mayor Barry: c7p J .:6 .s CT?-"I zelays in Developing and Implementing the District of Columbia Government's Elements of a C prehensive Plan for the National Capital4 (GGC-80-18) The District of Columbia govern...
Date June 4, 1979 Report No. CED-79-89 Title

Natural Resources: Land and Water Conservation Fund Assistance for the Pioneer Courthouse Square Project

B-176823 The Honorable Sidney R. Yates Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: JUNE 4, 1979 Your February 2, 1979, letter requested that we review the propriety of Land and Water Conservation Fund assistance for the Pioneer Courthouse Square Project, Portland, Oregon. You later sent us a copy of Congressman Dun...
Date April 27, 1979 Report No. CED-79-50 Title

Housing: Should the Appalachian Regional Commission Be Used as a Model for the Nation?

OF THEUNITEDSTATES Should The Appalachian Regional Commission Be Used As A Model For The Nation? \ The Appalachian Regional Commission program is an experiment to see whether effective policy and plans can be made for the economic, social, and environmental growth and development of Appalachia. The Commission considers its program a model for the Nation and recommends the concept be expanded to a ...
Date April 10, 1978 Report No. FPCD-78-33 Title

Department of Housing and Urban Development Reorganization Plan: Some Accomplishments but More Needed

DCCUMENT 05732 - [ .91086047 j ESUlE Department of Housing and Urban Development Reorganizaticn Plan: Some Acorplishmeats but More Needed. PCD-78-33; B-1148(0. 7 appendices (19 pF.). April 10, 1978. 32 pp. haiuan, Senate Committee on Report to Sen. William Proxmir, Arpropriations; HUD-Indepn-e-.t Aqkncies Sutcosmittee; Sen. Henry Bellmon; by Elmer B. Staats, CcmFtkoller Gezeral. Issue Area: Federa...
Date Jan. 6, 1978 Report No. CED-78-20 Title

Housing: Grant Activities of the New England Regional Commission

UNnED STATESGmii~ WASHINGTON, DC 20548 -. ACCOUFITING oma B-153449 JAN 6 biti The Honorable The Secretary of Commerce Dear rfadam Secretary: We have reviewed expenditures charged by the Governor’s of the State of Connecticut to grants made by the New England Regional Commission (NERCOM) from funds provided by We initiated the review as a the Secretary of Commerce. resuit of questions raised by t...
Date May 12, 1976 Report No. ID-76-59 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements of the Inter-American Foundation, Fiscal Years 1975 and 1974

CONGRESS 38 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM099350 Examination Of Financial Statements Inter-American Foundation Fiscal Years 1975 And 1974 ID-76-59 t4AY IX1976 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 205d6 B-135075 . To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives cI We have examined the accompanying statements of financial con...
Date Oct. 28, 1975 Report No. ID-76-16 Title

Economic Development: U.S. Policy for the East Asia Regional Economic Development Program-- What Should It Be?

. EPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES glll~l~lllllll~~~l~l~~~ LMO96942 U.S. Policy For The East Asia Regional Economic Development Program--What Should It Be? Department of State Agency for International Development The East Asia Regional Economic Development Program is one of many programs capable of responding to Asian initiatives and regional development requir...
Date March 26, 1974 Report No. B-177392 Title

Government Operations: Review of Selected Activities of Regional Commissions

: Appalachian Regional Commission c Four Corners Regional Comrnission 0. ‘: />New England Regional Commission ;0zarks Regional Commission ;; ,:? d’ i . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED 2.0548 STATES D.C. B-177392 The Honorable Jennings Randolph Chairman, Committee on Public Works United States Senate 5 38i:" ',? "'Dear Mr. Chairman: P As you requested on January 22, 1973, we have ...