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Date Sept. 30, 1987 Report No. PEMD-87-23 Title

Noncash Benefits: Methodological Review of Experimental Valuation Methods Indicates Many Problems Remain

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1987 Report to Congressional Requesters NONCASH BENEFITS Methodological Review of Experimental Valuation Methods Indicates Many Problems Remain GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division B-222373 September 30, 1987 The Honorable William D. Ford Chairman, Committee on Post Offic...
Date Sept. 15, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-60 Title

Welfare and Taxes: Extending Benefits and Taxes to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1987 - Report to the Acting Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives WELFARE AND TAXES Extending Benefits and Taxes to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa 03s943 3AO/HFD-87430 I ? 908- General Accounting Off’ ice Human Resources Division ...
Date Aug. 5, 1987 Report No. T-HRD-87-19 Title

Social Services: Integration of Services for Low-Income Families

United States General Accounting OfRce 13 Te$imony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday August 5, 1987 Inteuration Lou-Income of Services Families for . Statement of Senior Joseph F. Delfico, Human Resources Division Before the Select Committee on Hunger House of Representatives Associate ' Director llllllllllllll ll 133883 GAO/T-HRD-87-19 . . . SUMMARY, Integration of S8rVi...
Date July 29, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-110FS Title

Welfare Simplification: States' Views on Coordinating Services for Low-Income Families

.GAO July 1987 United States General Accounting OfTice Fact Sheet for Congressional Requesters .. WELFARE SIMPLIFICATION States’ Views on Coordinating Services for Low-Income Families GAO/HRD437-1 lOI% m, . - GAO United States General Accounting OffIce Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-222701 July 29, 1987 The Honorable Mickey Leland, The Honorable Marge Roukema, Minority Member ...
Date June 23, 1987 Report No. T-PEMD-87-5 Title

Computer Matching: Assessing Its Costs and Benefits

United States General Accounting Office Testimony _- For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 1987 COMPUTER.MATCHING: COSTS AND BENEFITS ASSESSING ITS Statement of Eleanor Chelimsky, Director Program Evaluation and Methodology Division Before the Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives GAO/T...
Date May 26, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-79FS Title

Welfare Eligibility: Deficit Reduction Act Income Verification Issues

. / -- .’- I-. .._.. ....-__-. - United States General Accounting OfKce -e--P. GA!0 i -.._. --- 1.._-..- - ._ . -...May lb87 133177 .T Fact Sheet for the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Committee on Governmental Afkirs, United States Senate WELFARE ELIGIBILITY Deficit ReductionAct Income Verification Issues --- -_- I lWlluHu 133177 Rot to ba rolonod o...
Date April 2, 1987 Report No. RCED-87-80BR Title

Food Stamp Program: Trends in Program Applications, Participation, and Denials

United States General Accounting * Office t31qoo - GAO kprill987 . Briefing Report to the Honorable Leon E. Panetta House of Representatives FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Trends in Pmgram Applications, Participation, and Denials . GAO United Statee General Accounting Wlce Washington, D.C. 20548 Rew)ufves, Community, and Economic Development Division B-217883 April 2, 1987 The Honorable Leon E. Panetta Subcom...
Date March 17, 1987 Report No. AFMD-87-20 Title

Anti-Deficiency Act: Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service Violates the Anti-Deficiency Act

. United States General Accounting Of’flcfi 35 Report to CongressionalRequesters . Ma&h 1987 ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service Violates the An& Deficiency Act llllllllllllll I 132596 GAO/AFMD437-20 united states General Accounting Ofllce! Washington, D.C. 20548 Acconn~ and Financial Management Division BaelWIl March 17,1987 The Honorable John C. Stennis Chairman, Com...
Date Feb. 19, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-51BR Title

Welfare: Issues To Consider in Assessing Proposals for Reform

United States General Accounting Of&e . GAO February 1987 Briefing Report to the Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. United States Senate .- WELFARE Issues to Consider in Assessing Proposals for Reform ! United States General Accounting Offke Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-225966 February 19, 1987 William Senate Roth: V. Roth, Jr. The Honorable United States Dear Senator for informat...
Date Nov. 10, 1986 Report No. PEMD-87-2 Title

Computer Matching: Assessing Its Costs and Benefits

w 1 United States General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources, Cdmmittee on Government Operations House of Representatives November 1986 COMPUTER MATCHING Assessing Its Costs and Benefits 11111111 Ill 131839 GA()/PEMD-87-z RESTRICTED-- to be released Not outsidethe General basisof specific ssion&l Relations. 537 313 RELEASED i ...
Date Oct. 30, 1986 Report No. RCED-87-51 Title

Food Stamp Program: Restoration of Improperly Denied or Terminated Benefits

. +,. 0 I . United States General Accounting Office 3 ISin Food and ’ GAO October 1986 Report to the Administrator, Nutrition Service Department of Agriculture F’OODSTAMP PROGRAM Restoration of Improperly Denied or Terminated Benefits /IIll II 131527 03-cQ5 GAO/RCED-87-51 I \. . ..“. 1 I( GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Develo...
Date Oct. 30, 1986 Report No. RCED-87-4 Title

Food Stamp Program: Statistical Validity of Agriculture's Payment Error-Rate Estimates

. * . United S’tates ‘General Accounting Office 13147J Food and ‘ GAO October 1986 Report to the Administrator, Nutrition Service Department of Agriculture ‘;” FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Statistical Validity of Agriculture’s Payment Error-Rate Estimates 131473 III aGAO/RCED-87-4 :, 1 j31q7 -b ‘3 j: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Econo...
Date Oct. 30, 1986 Report No. HRD-87-6FS Title

Welfare Simplification: Thirty-Two States' Views on Coordinating Services for Low-Income Families

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Date Oct. 24, 1986 Report No. PEMD-87-7BR Title

Noncash Benefits: Initial Results Show Valuation Methods Differentially Affect the Poor

1 ’ . GAO October 1986 United mq Briefing Report to Congressional States Geneql Accounting OfBee 3 i” 1 3 Requesters NONCASH BENEFITS Initial Results show Valuatiork Methods v Differentially Affect the Poor .-:,7.., .“,. .~ GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Program Evaluation and Methodology Division B-222373 October 24, 1986 The Honorable William D. Ford Com...
Date Sept. 19, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-195 Title

Food Stamp Program: Refinements Needed To Improve Accuracy of Quality Control Error Rates

Governmental Affairs United States Senate September 1986 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Refinements Needed to Improve Accuracy of Quality Control Error Rates GAO/RCED-86-196 b t r_ . c I , I, i united states General Accounting 0f’fice Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Comnmnlty, and Economic Development Division B-217883 September 19,1986 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmenta...
Date Sept. 16, 1986 Report No. 130997 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: S. 2756, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1986

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expe,cted at 9:30 a.m., E.D.T. September 16, 1986 Tuesday, STATEMENT OF JOSEPH F. DELFPCO, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT OF-THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ON STATE INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY AND S.2756, THE COMPUTER MATC...
Date Aug. 29, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-117BR Title

Managing Welfare: Issues and Alternatives for Reforming Quality Control Systems

Issues ahd Alternatives for Reforming Quality Control Systems 131120 RES!TRETED--Not to be released outside the Qensral Accounting Office except on the basis Gf spccrfic approval by the Office of Congressional Relations, RELEASED GAO/HRD46-117’SR 5310335 --. t r‘l a= A0 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-219254 August 29, 1986 The Honorabl...
Date Aug. 29, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-124FS Title

Welfare Simplification: Projects To Coordinate Services for Low-Income Families

.~ . .=, L ‘ \ United S ta te s ’~ e n e k l A c c o u n tin g O ffice ;A 0 ;ii;t 1986 F a c t S h e e t fo r C o n g ressional R e q u e ste rs - llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM130977 W E LFARE S IM P L IFIC A TIO N P rojects to C o o r d i n a te S e rvice s fo r L o w In c o m e F a m ilie s R E S T R ICTED-- N o t to b e r e l e a s e d o u tslde th e G e n e r a l A c c o u n tin g O ...
Date July 9, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-107FS Title

Needs-Based Programs: Eligibility and Benefit Factors

United States General Accounting Office GAO July 1986 Fact Sheet for Congressional Requesters NEEDS-BASED PROGRAMS Eligibility and Benefit Factors RESTRJCTED--Not to be released out&de the Genti Accounting Office except on the basis of specifio , epproval by the Office of Congressional Rel8tio1KL GAO/HRD-86107FS UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RCSOURCE8 DIVISIO...
Date March 18, 1986 Report No. PEMD-86-7BR Title

Hunger Counties: Methodological Review of a Report by the Physician Task Force on Hunger

United States General Accounting Office 34a8 Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters March 1986 HUNGER COUNTIES Metioclowcal Review of a Report by the Physician Task Force on Hunger GAO,‘PEMD-86-7BR UNITED STATES GENERAL D.C ACCOUNTING 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON. PHDGRAM MklHODOLOGY EVALUATION AND DIV1SION March 18, 1986 B-222232 Honorable Bill Emerson TJonorable ?. Thomas Coleman Subcommittee ...
Date March 17, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-122BR Title

School Meal Program: Options for Improving the Verification of Student Eligibility

, United States General Accounting Office Briefing Report to the Honorable William F. Goodling House of Representatives rch 1986 ’ SCHOOLMEAL PROGRAMS Options for Improving the Verification of Student Eligibility Ill lllllllllllll 129552 EE;ESTRTCTED- Not ta be released outside the benm%l Acm.mting OffiCC CxCCpt on the bais of spedfic approvrd by thf3Office of Congrefslonal Rclatlon.3 RELEASED O...
Date March 14, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-17 Title

Benefit Overpayments: Recoveries Could Be Increased in the Food Stamp and AFDC Programs

BENEFIT OVERPMENTS I RecoveriesCould Be ,llr Increased in the Food Staxnpand AFDC F?rograms 129355 GAO/H 1 GAO . United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-205033 March 14, 1986 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report discusses the states’ efforts to recover overpaymen...
Date March 12, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-32 Title

Social Security: Pension Data Useful for Detecting Supplemental Security Payment Errors

United States Gknem~ Accounting Office QAO Mirth 1986 Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services /,,,,,, SOCIAL SECURITY:: PensionData Useful for Detecting Supplemental Seeurit-y Payment Errors’, II 111111 129302 Y - 0 t * , GAO united states General Accounting Offlce Washington, D.C. 20648 Human Resources Division B221797 March 12, 1986 The Honorable Otis R. Bowen, M.D. The Secretary ...
Date Dec. 13, 1985 Report No. HRD-86-46 Title

Aging: GAO Activities in Fiscal Year 1985

i c United States Genhal A’ccounting Office 1 c GAO December 1986 Report to the Chairman, Special Committee on Aging U. S. Senate AGING GAO Activities in Fiscal Year 1985 L GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-217196 December 13,1985 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee on Aging United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: On Oc...
Date Sept. 19, 1985 Report No. 127907 Title

Financial Management: Views in Support of H.R. 3168

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 a.m., Thursday September 19, 1985 Statement Milton Special Assistant to J. the of Socolar Comptroller the Security General before Legislation and National Subcommittee Operations Committee on Government House of Representatives Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are support Office repor...
Date July 9, 1985 Report No. 127351 Title

Income Security: Female-Headed Families in Poverty

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 9:30 AM JULY 9, 1985 STATEMENTOF JOSEPH F. DELFICO HUMANRESOURCES DIVISION RELATIONS BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ON AND HUMANRESOURCES COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON FEMALE-HEADFDFAMILIES IN POVERTY L ,, Mr. Chairman, we are pleased to appear today before the Subcommi...
Date July 2, 1985 Report No. PEMD-85-4 Title

An Evaluation of the 1981 AFDC Changes: Final Report

f$5 >$5 may not significant add to at 100 because the .Ol level. of 87 However, among those in each site who were neither care. employed full-time nor seeking employment at the time of the interview, 19 to 43 percent indicated that they had not sought work for some reason that was related to child care. JOINT COPING ACTIONS we investigate the ways in which cases In this section, terminated from AF...
Date April 17, 1985 Report No. 126718 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office's Overview of the Food Stamp Program

. United 1 Office States General Accounting Washington, DC 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 17, 1985 II Illll 126718 Resources, State of Brian P. Crowley, Associate Director, Senior Level Community and Economic Development Division before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the House Committee on Agriculture on the Acc...
Date April 17, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-109 Title

Agriculture and Food: Overview and Perspectives on the Food Stamp Program

11 SPORT BY THE U.S. General Accounting Office Overview And Perspectives Food Stamp Program The Department of Agriculture’s Food Stamp Program cost the federal government almost $12 billion in fiscal year 1984 and served an average of about 21 million persons a month. In recent years the Congress and Agrtculture have been searching for ways to Improve the program’s integrity, curb spending, an...
Date April 12, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-98 Title

Agriculture and Food: Quality Control Error Rates for the Food Stamp Program

BY THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, And Nutrition, Committee On Agriculture House Of Representatives Quality Control Error Rates For The Food Stamp Program The Department of Agriculture holds states financially liable (sanctions them) for errors in determining food stamp benefits. Each state reports its program error...
Date April 9, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-40 Title

Homelessness: A Complex Problem and the Federal Response

Homelessness: A Complex And The Federal Response Problem Homelessness has been receiving increasing attention in communities across the country. Studies from all regions report on the growing number of people who have sought shelter from private voluntary and public agencies. Surveys have also identified an increase in the numbers of women and children, young adults, and mentally ill persons who h...
Date May 30, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-94 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Management System for Identifying and Correcting Problems in the Food Stamp Program Can Work Better

BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Agriculture The Management System For Identifying Correcting Problems In The Food Stamp Program Can Work Better The Department of Agriculture’s corrective action process is:used to identify and secure states’ corrective actions on m~ajor Food Stamp Program problems, such as those re)lated to determining eligibility, issuing benefi...
Date April 25, 1984 Report No. 123992 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office Reviews of Domestic Food Assistance Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 25, 1984 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY ON GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS OF DOMESTIC FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Mr. Cha...
Date Feb. 2, 1984 Report No. AFMD-84-18 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal and State Initiatives Needed To Improve Productivity and Reduce Administrative Costs of the Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Food Stamp Programs

REPORTBY Tt-iEUS. General Accounting Office Federal And State Initiatives Needed To Improve Productivity And Reduce Administrative Costs Of The Aid To Families With Dependent Children And Food Stamp Programs Administrative costs in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Food Stamp programs have increased at a more rapid pace than benefit payments to recipients. In reviewing the operation ...
Date April 20, 1983 Report No. 121137 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office's Review of Efforts To Reduce Food Stamp Program Losses

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 2:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, April 20, 1983 Statement of Hrian P. Crowley, Associate Director, Senior Level Community and Economic Development before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the House Committee on Agriculture on the General Accounting Office's Review o...
Date April 19, 1983 Report No. FPCD-83-25 Title

National Defense: Small Percentage of Military Families Eligible for Food Stamps

REPORTBY THEU.S. General Accounting Office Small Percentage o’i Military Eligible ~for Food Stamps Families Only a small percentage of military families are eligible for and receiving food stamps. Most families are eligible because part of their pay--Government-furnished housing--is not counted as income. GAO believes that all components of military pay, including Government-furnished housing, s...
Date Feb. 4, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-40 Title

Agriculture and Food: Need for Greater Efforts To Recover Costs of Food Stamps Obtained Through Errors or Fraud

l . 120587 BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Need For Greater Efforts To Recover Costs Of Food Stamps Obtained Through Errors Or Fraud In fiscal years 1980 and 1981, about $2 billion in food stamp benefits was overissued and about $500 million was underissued because of State food stamp agency errors and recipient errors and fraud. The net drain on program resourc...
Date July 2, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-40 Title

Income Security: Social Security Benefit Increases for Inflation May Leave Many Retirees Worse Off Financially

* I m Bi’ TOEcdMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Honorable Daniel K. lnouye United States Senate OF THEUNITEDSTATES Social Security Benefit Increases For Inflation May Leave Many Retirees Worse Off Financially Social security recipients get annual benefit increases to protect against inflation. Many also participate in income-tested public assistance programs, such as medicaid, food stamps, and ho...
Date June 16, 1982 Report No. CED-82-103 Title

Agriculture and Food: States' Capability To Prevent or Detect Multiple Participation in the Food Stamp Program

UNITED STATES*&N&AL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELF' COMMUNITY AND OEVCLOCMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION June 16, 1982 The Honorable Jesse Helms Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: States' Capability to Prevent or Detect Multiple Participation in the Food Stamp Program (GAO/CED-82-103) IllI 118785 Subject: information about On M...
Date May 21, 1982 Report No. CED-82-87 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Stamp Program Application Processing Time

UNITEDSTATESGLUERA;ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 P!lf~’fy 8. 1 OFFICE May 21, 1982 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION The Honorable Jesse Helms Committee on Agriculture,Chairman, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: RELEASED Food Stamp Program Application Time (GAC/CED-82-87) Processing our March 1982 On April 8, 1982, you asked us to supplement r...
Date May 21, 1982 Report No. CED-82-89 Title

Agriculture and Food: Use of Scrip Versus Cash in Making Change for Food Stamp Purchases

I E* UNImSTA& GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFTICE WASHINGTON, P.C. 20348 May 21, 1982 The Honorable G. William House of Representatives Dear Mr. Whitehurst: Subject:. Whitehurst RELEASED ! Use of Scrip Versus Cash in Making Change for Food Stamp Purchases!(GAO/CED-82-89) Pursuant to your letter dated February 24, 1982, and subsewe are presenting information quent discussions with your office, on the use of ...
Date March 15, 1982 Report No. CED-82-59 Title

Agriculture and Food: Expedited Service in the Food Stamp Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL &X3X!NTiNGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 March 15, 1982 QJN HIJNI’ Y I’ AND CI~ELQCMENT ECONOMIC DIVI6IOW B-206711 , The Honorable Jesse Helms Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject t Expedited Service in the Program (CED-82-59) Food Stamp l ,,m,, On January 22, 1982, you asked us to examine the use of The...
Date Feb. 24, 1982 Report No. CED-82-50 Title

Agriculture and Food: Changes Are Needed in the Proposed Departmental Review and Evaluation of the Puerto Rico Block Grant

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DCVM?MCNT AND CcoNoMlC DIVISION B-205691 FEBRUARY 24,1982 The Honorable The Secretary John R. Block of Agriculture Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Changes Are Needed in the Proposed Departmental Review and Evaluation of the Puerto Rico Block Grant (CED-82-50) Mlllllll ll 117586 The Food and Nutrition Service has proposed a study...
Date Jan. 14, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-9 Title

Income Security: Legislative and Administrative Changes To Improve Verification of Welfare Recipients' Income Could Save Hundreds of Millions

, BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES “p$Jq)f Report ToThe Congress Legislative And Administrative Changes To Improve Verification Of Welfare Recipients’ Income And AssetsCould Save Hundreds Of Millions Underreporting of income and assets by recipients of benefits from needs-based programswhether deliberate or otherwise--results in hundreds of millions of dollars in improper payments e...
Date April 3, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-31 Title

Agriculture and Food: Improved Collections Can Reduce Federal and District Government Food Stamp Program Costs

P REPORT THEUS: BY z, a General Accounting Office Improved Collections Can Reduce Federal And District Government Food Stamp Program Costs Only $650,000 of the $2.7 million owed by food stamp vendors has been collected in the District of Columbia, and the District estimates that only $235,000 of the balance is collectible. Minimal amounts are collected from recipients who are overissued stamps, an...
Date March 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-85 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Strikers' Participation in the Food Stamp Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION fW.EASED MARCH 26,198l B-202505 The Honorable Jesse A. Helms, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry The Honorable United States Strom Thurmond Senate Chairman 11111 #III 114879 The Honorable E. Thomas Coleman The Honorable William L. Dickinson House of Representatives 1 ! Information on Strikers' Participation in...
Date Feb. 27, 1981 Report No. CED-81-72 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Dine-Out Feature of the Food Stamp Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION B-202269 The Honorable United States Mark Andrews, Senate The Honorable John T. Myers The Honorable J. Kenneth Robinson House of Representatives on Dine-Out Feature of the Program (CRC-81-72) ,3 As requested in your letter of June 18, 1980, we have reviewed the dine-out feature of the Departme...
Date Jan. 29, 1981 Report No. 114339 Title

Budget and Spending: Ways To Reduce Government Spending

__. UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT lo:00 A.M. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1981 STATEMENTOF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEEON APPROPRIATIONS ON WAYSTO REDUCEGOVERNMENT SPENDING L Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: the opportunity several years today'to discuss some llllllllllll...
Date Jan. 26, 1981 Report No. B-200555 Title

Agriculture and Food: Accounting Procedures Used by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service for the Child Nutrition Programs

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES * .4', .s / ' WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 January 26, 1981 B-200555 The Honorable Jesse Helms Chairman Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: On October 30, 1980, your staff verbally requested that we provide information to supplement our October 9, 1980, letter to you. That letter responded to your request for u...
Date Jan. 21, 1981 Report No. CED-81-43 Title

Agriculture and Food: Summary of GAO Reports Issued Since 1977 Pertaining to Farm Bill Legislation

P K, I REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Summary Of GAO Reports Issued Since 1977 Pertaining To Farm BillLegislation GAO has issued over 100 reports pertaining to programs authorized by the Farm Bill since it was renewed in 1977. The reports are organized according to the title and section of the 1977 act, An additional section discusses ongoing GAO work related to Farm Bill is...