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| Date Oct. 14, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-16 |
Title
&ct;>r!~ QAO bytd&) .,.C. _,I., : .' " . .. .4 RELEIa
Human Resources Division United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 ~-200213
October 14, 1980 The Honorable Paul Findley House of Representatives Dear Mr. Findley: Alleged Intervention of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) into Certain Food Stamp Program Activities (HRD-81-16)
113656 Subjects you and 19 other Members I... |
| Date July 25, 1980 |
Report No. 112926 |
Title
112926 Dear Mr.
The Greenstein:
purpose of this letter is to suggest ways to explnrrX reduced cost and increased competition for printing food staii:[:, Il. c0up011s We understand that the Npartment of Agriculture's solici jl ation for 1981 requirements is expected to be released In this connection, we offer the following matters for soon. your consideration. Historically, the Federal Government h... |
| Date May 6, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-33 |
Title
r/G2 -* b - BY THECOlvll’TROLLER-&i’flERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES I l3W.4 Report ToThe Congress
EffortsTo Control Fraud, Abuse, And Mismanagement In Domestic Food Assistance Programs: Progress Made-More Needed
GAO has made numerous recommendations for dealing with fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in domestic food assistance programs budgeted by the Department of Agriculture at over $13 billion for ... |
| Date April 21, 1980 |
Report No. 112127 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 8:30 A.M. PST MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1980 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM E. GAHR, SENIOR GROUP DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION #I llllllllllIllll
112127 BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING, CONSUMER RELATIONS, AND NUTRITION COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES... |
| Date March 1, 1980 |
Report No. 090890 |
Title
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| Date Oct. 30, 1979 |
Report No. 110731 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 % FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
110731 ~~~~110731 ~TUESDAY, EXPECTED AT 9:30 AM. EST OCTOBER 30, 1979 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING, CONSUMER RELATIONS, AND NUTRITION HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON IN EIDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD STA... |
| Date Oct. 17, 1979 |
Report No. 110604 |
Title
Y * UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHI~NGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO AM. EDT WEDNESDAY, OCTQBER 17, 1979 STATEMENT OF EiENRY ESCHWEGE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING, CONSUMERRELATIONSI HOUSE CO~~MA~R~~~~~~~ICULT"RE
i ~@)~~z4318) PROPOSED AMENDMENTSTO THE F0ti.i STAMP ACT OF 1977 (H.R. 3 MR.... |
| Date Oct. 3, 1979 |
Report No. 094330 |
Title
/ United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
/ I / BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS - ; I UNITED STATES SENATE
ON . , S.878, THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REFORM ACT AND 5.904, THE FEDERAL... |
| Date Aug. 15, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-79 |
Title
- r. ‘, w wfi BY THE COM PTROI I FR GENERAL ll~~~~~l~~~~ll~~~ rt ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Effect Of The Department Of Labor‘s Resource Allocation Formula On Efforts e Food Stamp Recipients In Jobs ment To Comptroller General’s CED-78-60 April 24, 1978)
Congressman Paul Findley asked that GAO prepare this supplement to its 1978 report on food stamp work requirements. Labor has used ... |
| Date April 25, 1979 |
Report No. 109192 |
Title
United States General Accounting 20548 Washington, D.C. Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 25, 1979 Statement of Elmer B. Staats Comptroller General of the United States before the Rural Development, Subcommittee on Agriculture, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations Senate on Office reviews. . ofGeneral Accounting . c Department of Agriculture acti... |
| Date March 13, 1979 |
Report No. 108790 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D. C, 20548 OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EST TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1979 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION -------_I_.--_ SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ON CHILD NUTRITION t MR. CHAIRMAN AND VOCATIONAL AND LABOR EDUCATION AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMIT... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1979 |
Report No. 108658 |
Title
,I. . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 OFFICE 108658 4 II FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 A.M. EST TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1979 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION &\f)q BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE: THE PROPOSED CU... |
| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-183 |
Title
3 ” ) )ii lm47 REPORT BY THE li * - - Comptroller General
OF THE UNITED STATES Regulation Of Retailers Authorized To Accept Food Stamps Should Be Strengthened
The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has unnecessarily authorized some retailers to accept food stamps even though they sold only token amounts of staple foods. This weakens the primary control for channeling food s... |
| Date June 13, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-113 |
Title
1 a-1 .II..s* .,-“/1+3.a ...lm7.,.-~-ll-~~~~..~ ,,..-, _ “.-__( ,.__“_” -._- ~=tXIXII.L* -ivan----....-.,.wsm- lllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllll
LM106439 i . L -.-. . . R ii The executive
zdeqllate Cjl-amS. data
COFiSeqUeilt%y~ branch does Qr-6 al 1 sttnajor the not yeriodicalby food assistance
exact extent and gather
p53amount of ovesall food benefit gaps and oiaerf~ps typ... |
| Date April 27, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-84 |
Title
DCCU&HINT HrASUNl
05895 - (B1226180 ] PT Jlees Persist in the Puerto Rico Food Stamp Prcgram, the N. .onts Largest. CED-78-84; B-51604. April 27, 1978. 55 pp. al tndices (18 pp.). RuiJrt to Sen. James B. Allen; by Blmer P. Staatv. General. + 3 Compteroler Issue Area: Income Security Programs:r2rogrm Maonitoring and Administration (1303) ; Food: Domestic Feeling .rograms for School Children and the... |
| Date April 24, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-60 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUmE
05892 [81166099] Food Stamp ork Requirements: Ineffective Paperwork cr Effective Tool? CRD-78-&0; A-51604. April 24, 1978. 8 PFp. 3 appendices (6 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programu: rogram onitoring and Administration (1303). Contact: Community nd conomic Develcoent Div. Budget Function: Income Security: Publi... |
| Date March 31, 1978 |
Report No. 105629 |
Title
DOCUMENT
05629 - L 81046012 ] RESUME r Probles
1978. with the Emergency Food Stamp Prcgram]. March 31, .5 pp. Report to Lewis B. Straus, Administrator, Food and Nutriticn Service; by Brian P. Crovlty, Assistant Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Authority: Food and Agriculture Act cf 1977. Food Stamp Act of 1964. Disaster Relief Act o... |
| Date Dec. 1, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-78-20 |
Title
DOCUMENT
04526 - (B3394627] // ESO[E
it Impact of Illegal Aliens on Public Assistance Programs: Too Little Is Known. GGD-78-20; B-125051. December 1, 1977. 3 pp. + 6 appendices (32 pp.). Report to Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, Chai.man, Senate Committee on Budget; Sen. Henry Bellmon, Ranking inority Member; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs (1300). Contact: Gen... |
| Date Sept. 16, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-118 |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
6 u L 3
0 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
LM103377 Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - Food Waste: An Opportunity To Improve Resource Use
Department of Agriculture
for huin the About one-fifth of ail food produced man consumption is lost annually United States. In the world context of rising population, uncertain weather, and concern with the availabili... |
| Date Aug. 31, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-112A |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM103662 Supplement To Comptroller General’s Report To The Congress, “The Food Stamp Program--Overissued Benefits Not Recovered And Fraud Not Punished,” (CED-77412 JULY 18, 1977)
This supplement to an earlier GAO report includes comments from the Department of Agriculture and GAO’s response to those comments. Agriculture did n... |
| Date Aug. 1, 1977 |
Report No. 103366 |
Title
UNITE~,STATE~ GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
D.C. 20548 WASHINGTBN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION IIullllllllllIIIIIIIIllllIllIIIl
Mr, Lewis B. Straus Administrator, Food and Nutrition Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Straus:
LMlO3366 Service - Residents of Crookston {Polk County), Minnesota, have informed representatives of our St. Paul office of a situation where certain migrant farm ... |
| Date July 18, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-112 |
Title
-y--h?- 77 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS The Food Stamp ProgramOverissued Benefits Not Recovered And Fraud Not Punished
Department of Agriculture
The Government is losing over half a billion dollars annually because of overissued food stamp benefits caused by errors, misrepresentations, and suspected fraud by recipients, and by errors by local food stamp offices. For every $100 of the more than $5 billio... |
| Date May 9, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-65 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C. THE UNITED STATES
-~ 2054B The Honorable Cardiss Collins House of Representatives Dear Ms. Collins: REiEAsED In accordance with your August 10, 1976, request, we inquired into complaints you had received from some elderly They complained that they received food stamp recipients. food stamp authorization-to-purchase cards later in the month than Federal Suppl... |
| Date April 1, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-53 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C. THE UNITED
20548 STATES APRf 1977 A-51604 lllll~lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM101744 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry g3dQm-o United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As discussed with your office, we are presenting information on demonstration project-authority for testing alternative food stamp... |
| Date April 1, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-54 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C. THE UNITED
20548 STATES APRf 1977 A-51604 lllll~lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM101744 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry g3dQm-o United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As discussed with your office, we are presenting information on demonstration project-authority for testing alternative food stamp... |
| Date March 25, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-56 |
Title
. UMAN NEEDS -Y c QF THE ENERAL
LMlOOOlO I< CC,“ti\\‘- llllillillll11Il~llllllllI1lII - umption rowement Department of Agriculture The survey’s sample is too small to provide useful information in evaluating food assistance programs and in identifying nutritional problems of low-income families. Additional low-income families should be sampled to tprovide this information. The methodology ti... |
| Date June 17, 1976 |
Report No. 089545 |
Title
c RESOURC13S DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION Mr. Richard L. Feltner AssIstant Secretary for and Consumer Servxes Department of Agrxulture Dear. Mr. Feltner Marbetxng v- we have been lookxng Into In response to a congressronal lnqulry, varxous proposals to strcngthen the food stamp program's ldentLfrcatlon These proposals include (1) rtsxng photo requirements for reclplents Identlfxatlon cards fo... |
| Date April 29, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-105 |
Title
Student Participation In The Food Stamp Program At Six Seiected U niversiiies
Food and Nutrition Service Deparpnent of Agricu!turc : . GAO obtained data on the number of coliege srddents receiving food stamps as heads cf hcusehoids at six se!ected universities--Tanoa, Wisconsin, North Texas State, Penroy!vaAis, San Francisco State, and Portland. I’The percent of full-rime students from the selec... |
| Date April 7, 1976 |
Report No. FGMSD-76-36 |
Title
. 4’ Umm bms GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
D.C. 20548 WASHINGTON, RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DlVlSION APR ?
The Honorable Richard L. Feltner Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Consumer Services Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Feltner: 1976 In a review of certifying officer activities in the Food we noted some problem areas regarding and Nutrition Service, controls over cash collected f... |
| 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 Jan. 28, 1976 |
Report No. OSP-76-12 |
Title
u.
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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 Aug. 13, 1975 |
Report No. 089122 |
Title
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION AUG 1.3 1915 Nr, Edward J. Iiekman Administrator, Food and it'utrition U.S. Depastment of Agriculture 500 12th Street, SW., Room 726 Washington, D.C. 20250 Dear Mr. Eekmn : Service Jl’e are completing a Government-wide review of selected prosecuted systems have cases in which weaknesses in computer- based data processing facilitated criminal acts invol... |
| Date June 17, 1975 |
Report No. 089059 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON 084 @I REGIONAL OFFICE
22046 i=IFl-H FLOOR 803 WEST BROAD STREET FALLS CHURCH,YIRGINIA Mr r David
I1 Legge, Acting Director Office of Municipal Audit and Inspection 499 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Room 403 Washington, D.C. 20001 Dear Mr. Legge: ’ > Enclosed for your information is a copy of our letter to Mr. J. P. Yeldell, Director, Department of Human... |
| Date June 2, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-75-87 |
Title
En response to your letter of March 20, %973, we gathered data on.189 Federal programs bemcfi%ing the poor, As agreed with youa: officer this dlata inclladed outlays, beneficiaries S@KVE?d and agency eva%uations fi of %he pacogarams. The infoKmation was derived from public documents0 discussions with agency officia%s, and data Puacnished by them. Also, as agreed with your office, we accumulated a ... |
| Date Feb. 28, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-342 |
Title
The Food Sta
Food and Nutrition Service Department df AgTTCXiui- RED-75-342 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
DC. THE
20548 UN ITED STATES 0
, c -r A 51604 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives This report presents our observations on the The program is administered by food stamp program. the Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture. We made o... |
| Date May 31, 1974 |
Report No. A-51604 |
Title
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 // / A-51604 RELEASED The Honorable George S. McGovern Chairman, Select Committee on ST\ .J8 L: :> Nutrition and Human Needs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with your letters of May 15 and July 17, 1973, and agreements with your office , we identified, in selected States and counties, the differences in administering and operating the which may have con... |
| Date Sept. 28, 1973 |
Report No. B-176994 |
Title
REPORT Tb THE CONGRESS Preliminary Report On The Special Supplemental Food Program
B.176994 Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrltlon Service BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPT 28J373 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED
20548 STATES D C B-176994 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This 1s our preliminary report on the Special... |
| Date May 16, 1972 |
Report No. 088956 |
Title
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMlC DIV[SION . Dear Mr. Hekman: We have made a. limited review of the effectiveness and administration of the food stamp program. Cur review was made at the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) headquarters office in Washington, D.C.; the FNS regional office in Atlanta, Georgia; the FNS area offices in Norfolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina; the State welfare ... |
