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Date Nov. 28, 1973 Report No. 093580 Title

Information Management: Controls Over the Processing of Data on the Commodity Credit Corporation's Grain Inventory

RESOLl!?C&S DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVSSlON Mr. Kenneth E. Frock Executive Vice President Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Frock &ST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE In connection with our flnanclal audit of the Commod-Lty Credit Corporatzon, we surveyed controls over the processing of data on the Corporation's grain inventory through the Department of Agrrculture!s automated da...
Date July 10, 1973 Report No. 093962 Title

Financial Management: Review of Selected Functions of the Civilian Payroll System

Date June 29, 1973 Report No. 088991 Title

National Defense: Review of Civilian Pay and Allowances--Defense Activities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGlONAL 502 u 9 CUSTOMHOUSE, SEcoNv OFFICE AND CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19106 June 29, 1973 Commanding Officer Navy Ships Parts Control Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dear Srr. Center 17055 We have completed our review of the Uniform Automated Data Processing System (UADPS), Applacation JIK1t Series, for processing payroll and leave allowanc...
Date June 20, 1973 Report No. B-146778 Title

Federal Catalog Program: Progress and Problems in Attaining a Uniform Identification System for Supplies

I j = REiORTf TO THE CONGRESS The Federal Catalog Program: Progress And Problems In Attaining A Uniform ldentlflcatlon System For Su ppl ies B-146778 Department of Defense General Serwces Admtnlstratlon BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-146778 I ’ /t/ I7 To the President Speaker of the This progress tem for of the Senat...
Date June 13, 1973 Report No. 089524 Title

National Defense: Review of Civilian Pay and Allowances, Defense Depot, Memphis Tennessee

REGIONAL iOOM KANSAS 1800 FEDERAL 911 WALNUT OFFICE OFFICE STREET M~SSOLJR~ BUILDING CrrY, 64106 June 13, 1973 Commander Colonel Harry Z Moore, USAF' Defense Depot Memphis 9 Airways Boulevard Memphis, Tennessee 38115 ' Dear Colonel Cost Moore We have reviewed the payroll subsystem of the Automated Payroll, and Personnel System (APCAPS) at the Defense Depot Memph1.s (DDMT) The review included an ev...
Date April 6, 1973 Report No. 088968 Title

Financial Management: Audit Activities Carried Out by the Office of Contract and Grants Audit

The General Xccounting Qffice has made a survey of Department of Labor's audit activities carried out by the Office of Contract and Grant Audit. Cur work was performed during 1972 primarily at Region III - Philadelphia with limited work being performed at Departmental Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Because of other higher priority work we had to discontinue OUT- survey and do not plan further wo...
Date March 26, 1973 Report No. 093865 Title

National Defense: Review of Civilian Pay and Allowance Systems in the Department of Defense

~UWITED STATE GENERAL REGIONAL 7014 FEDERAL BUILDING ACCOUNTING OFFICE OFFICE I961 STOUT STREET DENVER, COLORADO 80202 MAR 2 6 1973 i MaJor General John P. Jolly AdJutant General New Mexico National Guard Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Dear General Jolly We have completed our review of the Army National Guard TechnlcLan Payroll system. The areas of primary interest were the adequacy of internal contro...
Date Feb. 1, 1973 Report No. 092650 Title

Government Operations: ARTS III

oPi&Q /UNCLASSIFIED ' U.S. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE STAFF STUDY ARTS III c 1 J)_EE&qFNT OF-TRANSPORTATION ' -- _-- February 1973 UNCLASSIFIED CONTENTS Page SUMMARY CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION History Scope of Automated Air Traffic Control 1 6 8 11 2 PROGRAM STATUS Program Cost Experience Program Schedule Experience Program Performance Experience Selected Acquisition Reporting TEST AND EVALUATION COST E...
Date Dec. 15, 1972 Report No. 089488 Title

Government Operations: Review for Settlement of Accountable Officer's Account

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL ai 12 n333x4L FlmH AND OFFICE MAlN OFFICE BUIL~~ING STREET6 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 Division Engineer Ohio River Division U. S. Army Corps of Engineers P. 0. Box 1159 550 Main Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 Dear Sir We have made a review for the settlement of accounts of the accountable officer at the Finance and Accounting Center, Ohio River Division...
Date Oct. 18, 1972 Report No. 093261 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Selected Aspects of the Financial Management System of the Federal Highway Administration

UNIT ED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHJNGTON REGIONAL OFFICE FIFTH FLOOR 803 WEST BROAD STREET FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 22046 e 00-r I 8 1972 Dear Mr. Bartelsmeyex: We have examined of the Federal Highway tion of administrative financial transactions, tion of automatic data selected aspects of the financial management system Administratxon. Our examination included an evaluaprocedures and int...
Date Oct. 13, 1972 Report No. 093267 Title

Financial Management: Cost Estimate for the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States

QENEFCSL GiO’lERNMEht DIVISION We are transmlttlng the functional cost estimate package which you requested during our meeting of May 51 1972, As discussed with you previously, the lnformatlon contazned thereln does not represent the posltlon of the General Accounting OffIce, but 1s a range of estimates provzded in accordance with your guldellnes for use as a tool In considering revlslons to the...
Date Sept. 6, 1972 Report No. 093288 Title

Information Management: Pilot Study of Auditing a Real-Time ADP System

UNITED STATES ‘GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE FIFTH 803 WEST CHURCH, FLOOR BROAD 5-l REET FALLS VIRGINIA 22046 S&P 6 Dear Mr. Gavazzi: , 1972 We have completed our work on the Automated Hospxtal Information System (AHIS) at the Veterans Admmistratzon Hospital, WashIngton, D.C. As you know, the prunary purpose of our work was to develop audit guldelines for automated real-tu...
Date Aug. 3, 1972 Report No. 088953 Title

Education: Administration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the Michigan and Ohio State Departments of Education

l UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC MANPOWER AND DIViSlON WELFARE 20548 AUG 3 1972 Dear Dr, Marland This letter 1s to advise you that we have completed a survey of the Federal assistance provided to Mlchlgan and Ohlo under title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, For fiscal years 1969 through 1972 both States received grants totaling about $4 mtlllon to ass...
Date May 23, 1972 Report No. 093326 Title

International Affairs: Working Capital Fund, Department of State, Bureau of Administration

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Date April 21, 1972 Report No. 089401 Title

Financial Management: Communication and Control of Accrued Expenditure Data, Navy Regional Finance Center, Norfolk, VA

April 21, 1972 Captain J. G. Smith Commanding Officer Navy Regional Finance Center Norfolk, Virginia 23512 Dear Captain Smith: . We have completed our survey of accrued expenditure reporting procedures at the Navy Regional Finance Center (NRPC), Norfolk. The work performed was part of a survey of the communication and control of accrued expenditure data at selected activities in the Department The...
Date Feb. 11, 1972 Report No. 092432 Title

Budget and Spending: Civilian Payroll, Naval Air Station-Oceana, VA

Date Jan. 20, 1972 Report No. B-151204 Title

Budget and Spending: Air Force Decision Not To Purchase Certain Automatic Data Processing Equipment Located at Its Environmental Technical Applications Center, Washington, D.C.

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Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090904 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Spring 1972

SPRING 1972 4 . 4 THE GAO REVIEW Contents :A0 Auditing in the Seventies ELMER 6. SJAAJS filliOc/U3 ...................... 1 Utilizing Engineering GERARD J . MARKS .......... I Delphi-Systematic JAMES P. WRIGHT .......... 1 Using the Time-sharing Computer in Management Reviews GREG DONNELLON AND GINGER EASTIN . . . . . . . . . w ’i”s7/a/f 28 O(?Oc)OO Using Test Decks in Financial Audit Work DAN...
Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090998 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Summer 1972

111 1 1111 II~IIIl1 111lI1 lI1 I lI111 I 1 l 090998 . 1 . . ‘, A T h e United States General Accounting Office, established in 1921, i an independent, nons political, nonpartisan audit organization in the legislative branclr nf the r e d e r d Government. Directed by the Comptroller Genernl of the United States, it is responsible solely to the Congress and serves a k c j role in the Federal sjst...
Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091031 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Winter 1972

WINTER 1972 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U S . Gobernmrnt Printing Office, Washington. D.C. 20402. Price 40 cents (single c o p y ) . Subscription price: S1.50 per ) e a r ; 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. THE GAO REVIEW Contents Papers of the 7th International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recruitment and Training of Personnel of Sup...
Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090899 Title

Special Publications: Using Test Decks in Financial Audit Work

Date Dec. 2, 1971 Report No. 092472 Title

Financial Management: Disbursing Transactions of the U.S. Disbursing Officer in Paris, France

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Date Oct. 19, 1971 Report No. 092453 Title

Housing: Review of the Working Capital Fund, HUD

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. CIVIL DIVISION 20548 i Dear Mr. Condon: We have reviewed the accounting records of the Working Capital Fund (WCF) which was established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide administrative services such as printing, communications, supply, and automatic data processing (ADP), on a reimbursable basis, to the HUD ...
Date Oct. 2, 1971 Report No. B-173959 Title

Government Operations: Cost Estimates for Major Items Included in Proposed System of Universal Voter Registration

Date Aug. 20, 1971 Report No. B-164250 Title

Information Management: Army's Evaluation of Alternative Designs for Providing Computer Capabilities Needed for SAFEGUARD Antiballistic Missile System

Y REPORT TO TiiERELZASED ON ATOMIC ENERGYCONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES I.-..”;-/- .(2 L,/;j @-’ . / :’ i w* RElElSED ‘~~~~I~~~~~~~~~~/~~ h Army’s Evaluation Of Alternative Designs For Providing Computer Capabilities Needed For SAFEGUARD Antiballistic Missile System 8-164250 / Department of the Army BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES r L COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C...
Date June 28, 1971 Report No. 092614 Title

Financial Management: Accounting for Import Duties on the Bureau of Customs Automated Revenue Accounting System

Dear Mr. Ambrose: We have made a revxew of the accounting for Import dutLes by the Bureau of Customs automated revenue accounting system. We found that input data submitted by the port of Baltimore and the New York Region and reJected by the computer as erroneous or unacceptable was not being corrected promptly. The re-jected data consisted of errors in the coding and recording of cash collections...
Date June 25, 1971 Report No. 092616 Title

Budget and Spending: Civilian Pay and Allowances, U.S. Army Training Center Infantry and Fort Dix

UrarmSTkT~s GEMEF~A~WCC~UNT~NG REGIONAL QFFtCE 2D AND CHESTNUT STREETS 19106 OFFICE 502 U S CUSTOMHOUSE PWILADELPHI~I, PENNSYLVAWA Conananding General Headquarters) U.S. Army ‘Training Center Infantry and Fort Dix 08640 Fort Dix, New Jersey Dear Sir: I We have reviewed the adequacy and effectiveness of the civil lan pay system, including internal controls at the U,S, Army Trainrng Center infantr...
Date June 9, 1971 Report No. B-162407(6) Title

Government Operations: Automatic Data Processing Policies, Procedures, and Practices at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California

P 8$4cm--7 OF . DC. RES THE UNlTEe 20543 STATES LM090554 B-162407(6) Dear Mr. Chairman:* blot to be released owtside the General Accowmtimg Office except on the basis of specific approwd by the Office OP Legisbtiwe Liaison, a record of which b kept by the Biotribution Section, Pwbkatiims Branchp BAS RELEASED June9, 1971 our report on the auAs we reported on July 7, 1969,'dn procedures ,, tomatic d...
Date May 11, 1971 Report No. 092981 Title

Government Operations: Relationship of Contractor and Grantee ADP Activities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL 143 FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING. OFFICE 50 FULTON STREET SAN FRANCISCO~CALIFORNIA IN REPLY REFER TO 94102 36624 Mr. A. Alan Post, Legislative ltposar 306 State Capitol Analyst llllllllllllllllllllllllllll~llllllllllll LM092981 Dear Mr. Post: In your letter to t& t2omptroller Gmeral dated July 30, 1970, you suggested that the General Accounting Offfce st...
Date April 30, 1971 Report No. B-115369 Title

Information Management: Multiyear Leasing and Government-Wide Purchasing of Automatic Data Processing Equipment Should Result in Significant Savings

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES A/-wL30, b 97 1 COMFTROLLER CENERPh WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED 20548 STATES B- 115369 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatrves This IS our report entltled “Multiyear Leasing and Governmentwide Purchasing of Automatic Data Processm mg Equipment Should Result m Slgmflcant Savmgs tt Our review was made pursuant t...
Date March 22, 1971 Report No. B-146703 Title

Financial Management: Activities at the Regional Finance and Data Processing Center in Paris, France

I -’ t “‘b . UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACcQUNTlNG OWKE D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION B-146703 I= Dear Mr. Meyer: MAR2 2 1971 We recently completed a survey of activities at the ,%gional Finance Zenter in Pzbris, Franoe, to obtain information needed and Data Processing for planning and performing future reviews. As a result of that work, we want to call your attention to sever& ma...
Date March 11, 1971 Report No. 094435 Title

Financial Management: Issues Facing Financial Managers in the Seventies

@ llllllllllllllllllll 094435 ADDiWSS BY ELWR B. STAATS BEFORF !lXE MARCH 11, 1971 @ l remzrks today might well 'be described as pmblems for t h e Seventies l e f t over from t h e - S i x t i e s as well as t h e problems emerging f o r t h e Seventies. As f i n a n c i a l managers, we f i n d ourselves i n t k e p o s i t i a n of t h e Members of Congress who have been advised by ?resident Nix...
Date Jan. 28, 1970 Report No. 092115 Title

Employment: Time and Attendance Records Retained at Postal Source Data System Post Offices

'* CIVIL DIVISION L Urwm Sums GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE D.C. 20548 WASHINGTON, Mr. C. R. Jauchem Assistant Controller for Accounting Bureau of Finance and Administration Post Office Department Dear Mr. Jauchem: I 111111111111111 LM092115 We refer to your our comment the Post of Clock Ring History post offices in lieu comments,were requested affect payroll audit to us for letter of September 30, 196...
Date Jan. 16, 1970 Report No. B-114877 Title

Financial Management: Financial Management of Bureau of the Mint Operations Needs Improvement

Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091135 Title

Special Publications: Generalized Computer Programs--Are They Worth the Effort?

Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091157 Title

Special Publications: Importance of Auditor Participation in ADP System Design

Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091192 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Spring 1970

- ... . , _._. 091192 f For sole by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Go\ernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Price 40 cents (single copy). Subscription price: $1.50 per l r n r : 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. THE GAO REVIEW SPRING 1970 Contents A Positive Program for Improving Communications Between Federal Agencies and Accounting Faculties and Students By WILLIAM L. CA...
Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091193 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Winter 1970

P 1 THE GAO REVIEW For sale by the Superintendent of Docoments, US. Goternment Printing O f c , Washington, D.C. 20402. fie Price 40 cents (single copy). Subscription price: 81.50 per year; 50 cents ndditionnl for foreign mailing. THE GAO REVIEW WINTER 1970 Contents The Relationship of Budgeting. Program Planning. and Evaluation By ELMER B . STAATS 3 The Tangled Purse Strings By MBRVIN COLBS By JO...
Date Dec. 17, 1969 Report No. B-162394 Title

Government Operations: Opportunities For More Effective Use Of An Automated Procurement System For Small Purchases

J REPORT TO THE CONGRhs3 Opportunities For More Effective Use O f An Automated Procurement System For mall Purchases 6 - 162394 Department o f the Navy BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL, OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 B- 162394 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report on opportunities for more ef...
Date Dec. 3, 1969 Report No. 092654 Title

Health: Reasonableness of the Allocation of Selected Administrative Costs to the Medicare Program by the Aetna Life Insurance Company

- ~JNITED STATES GE&AL ACUXJMTING OFFICE WASMINGTQN, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION December 3, 1969 Dear Mr. Ball We have completed a r view of the reasonableness of the allocation of aziected admlnlstratlve costs to parts A and B of the Medicare program by the Aetna Life InsuranceI Company (Aetna) for calendar year 1967 Under a cost-type contract with the Social Security Admlnlstratlon (F&A), Aetna ac...
Date Oct. 23, 1969 Report No. 092680 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Controls Over Taxpayer Data Transferred Between the National Computer Center and Service Centers

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D C 20548 OFFICE ClVlL DIVISION Dear ML Jack The General Accounting Offlce has completed its survey of controls over taxpayer data transferred between the National Computer Center (NCC) and service centers Field work was performed by ou? Kansas City (,+ Regional Offlce at the Mldwest Service Center (MWSC) Our objective was to examine Into the effectiven...
Date Aug. 19, 1969 Report No. 092693 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Internal Revenue Service Data Center, Detroit, Michigan

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCWNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION ME 1 9 1969 Dear Mr. Thrower: The General Accounting Office has completed a review of selected activities of the Internal Revenue Servicegs (IRS), Data Center (DC), Detroit, Michigan. The review was limited because not all records pertinent to the areas of our inquiry were made available to us. Howmatters which m our ever...
Date Jan. 1, 1969 Report No. 091171 Title

Special Publications: Hearings and Legislation

Date Jan. 1, 1969 Report No. 091020 Title

Special Publications: International Approaches to Auditing

Date Jan. 1, 1969 Report No. 091194 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Fall 1969

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Date Jan. 1, 1969 Report No. 091195 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Summer 1969

11111111111111111llllllllllll 091195 f. , THE GAO REVIE / I For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, US. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Price 40 cents (single copy). Subscription price: $1.50 per year; 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. THE GAO REVIEW SLIMMER 1969 Views and Perspectives of the Comptroller General. Managers Contents .7.. . . . ~3351 ... ..... 'I.. ' '...
Date Jan. 1, 1969 Report No. 091032 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Winter 1969

1 11 1llllll11 1 11 1 l ll l 091032 WINTER 1969 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, US. Government Printing Office, Washington. D.C. 20402. Price 40 cents (single copy). Subscription price: $1.50 per year; 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. THE S A 0 REVIEW WINTER 1969 Contents Uniform Cost Accounting Standards in Negotiated Defense Contracts ? &fJ (,,I By ELMER B. STAATS.. . . . . ...
Date Sept. 17, 1968 Report No. B-164500 Title

National Defense: Need For Improvement In The Processing Of Requisitions For Materials

Need For Improvement In The Processing Of Requisitions For Materia I s Department of Defense B-764500 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES . I . COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-164500 To the President of the Senate a n d the Speaker of the House of Representatives This i s our report on the need for improvement within the Department of Defense in the pr...
Date Jan. 1, 1968 Report No. 091217 Title

Special Publications: A New Species of Octopus

Date Jan. 1, 1968 Report No. 091218 Title

Special Publications: Audit Tools Are Available in the Data Processing Department--Are We Using Them?