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| Date Aug. 29, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-136 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CClMMUINITY DLVLLOPMtNT AND IECONOMIC DlVlWON B-199898 AUGUST 29,198O The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Philip M. Klutznick of Commerce 4 6’1 0 I” Secretary: P--Subject: Lfmprovements Long-Range 113171 II We are currently reviewing the National Oceanic and i& Y Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) management of its&~~~~02... |
| Date Aug. 13, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-80-91 |
Title
L , ’ /yy-yg BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES II2999 Report To The Congress
Triennial Assessment Of The Tennessee Valley Authority--Fiscal Years 19774979
This report reviews the work done by GAO at the Tennessee Valley Authority during the past 3 years and highlights some major events that occurred which materially affected TVA but were not the subject of GAO reports. In this report G... |
| Date July 22, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-72 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DIVISION GENERAL OP FINANCIAL MANAGPMKNT AND STUDIES B-199134
‘. JULY 22,198O The Honorable Moon Landrieu The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: i B-J3 ;i/@ AI- / roblems in Implementing of Department of I;;-Housing and Urban Development's New Payroll Systeg(FGMSD-80-72) At the request of Congressm... |
| Date July 16, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-60 |
Title
Report ToThe Chairman, Committee On Government Operations House Of Representatives
0F THE UNITED STATES Of ADP Resourkes To Serve Veterans’ Needs
Weaknesses in management and use of data processing resources at the Veterans Administration could adversely affect VA’s ability to effectively serve the needs of veterans. These weaknesses include --inadequate capacity planning that results in ‘... |
| Date July 14, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-36 |
Title
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| Date July 1, 1980 |
Report No. 112925 |
Title
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| Date June 30, 1980 |
Report No. 113495 |
Title
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113495 United States General Accounting Office ' . Publications List
June 3 , 9 0 018 FOREWORD
This pamphlet lists current reports of the U.S. General Accounting Office and other publlcations, available either a t specified nominal charges or free upon request. CONTENTS
Comptroller General Reports t o the Congress and Federal Agencies .................................. |
| Date June 10, 1980 |
Report No. 113741 |
Title
ADDRESS BY ELMER B . STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL O F T H E U N I T E D STATES BEFORE T H E AMERICAN S O C I E T Y O F C I V I L EiJGINEERS SECOND CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS I N C I V I L E N G I N E E R i N G * ' THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER
BALTIMORE , EiARYLAND J U N E 10, 1 9 8 0
a COMPUTERS I N C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G I N THE WORLD O F TODAY AND I am pleased to have the opportunity to a... |
| Date June 1, 1980 |
Report No. 112745 |
Title
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I THIS BOOKLET TELLS IN LAYMAN’S LANGUAGE HOW VITAL COMPUTERS ARE TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND GIVES SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MORE IMPORTANT COMPUTER ISSUES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOOK... |
| Date May 29, 1980 |
Report No. 112407 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:00 A.M. Thursday May 29, 1980 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS THEEROCUREMENT OF ADP !PHE VETERANS Mr. pleased contracts stration's in late Chairman to be here and Members today o... |
| Date April 30, 1980 |
Report No. LCD-80-56-I |
Title
LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION APRIL 30,198O B-198551 The Honorable Richardson Preyer Subcommittee on Government Chairman, Information and Individual Rights Operations Committee on Government House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Compliance With OMB Central Agencies' Memorandum Circular A-71, Transmittal No. J (LCD-80-56-I) 1 requested us to perform a Your December 21, 1979, letter fo... |
| Date March 10, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-18 |
Title
QF THEUNITEDSTATES Stronger Management Of EPA’S information Resources Is Critical To Meeting Program Needs
Studies over the past 5 years have highlighted similar problems with EPA’s management and use of information resources--computer software and hardware, personnel, data, and information systems. A strong central management office and more top-level involvement are needed to provide directi... |
| Date March 5, 1980 |
Report No. 113569 |
Title
a Memorandum
TO
: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE M R 5 1980 ADP Liaisons FROM : Senior Associate Director, FGI% D i v k i o i SUBJECT: --related &ports and Other A P !3cuments D The latest version of a F@SD/IIDP conpilation of ADP-related documents k attached. This l i s t i n g is primarily GAO ADP-related reports from 1958 through December 1979. It also includes som agency r... |
| Date Feb. 29, 1980 |
Report No. 111693 |
Title
/ UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION The Honorable Thomas M. Tracy Assistant Secretary for Administ Department of State Dear Mr. Tracy: / ' \ \ \ As part of our review of the Department of St te's internal controls over c k sh receipts and disbursements y overseas posts, we analyzed the processing of cash receip 2 s and disbursements at the Foreign Affairs Data Processing Cen... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1980 |
Report No. 113270 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1980 |
Report No. 113269 |
Title
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Keco Industries, DATE: September 22, Inc. 1980 1. Whether awardee is a "small business" or "manufacturer" is for determination by Small Business Administration, not by GAO. Protest based on assumption that SBA Size Appeals Board will rule ... |
| Date Dec. 31, 1979 |
Report No. 092180 |
Title
.. CONTENTS Comptroller General Reports t o the Congress and Federal Agencies ........................................... How to Obtain Reports...................................... indexed by Subject......................................... Indexed by Agency ......................................... Congressional Testimony b y GAO Officials ....................... 3
4 5 59 62 Speeches b y the Co... |
| Date Dec. 11, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-11 |
Title
UMI~ STWS CEREAL
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WASHlN6;;TClN. ACCWNTING OFFICE D.C. 2~3M DECEMBER 11, t979 B-115369 The Honorable Administrator, Protection Dear Mr. Douglas M. Costle Environmental *;;f s:',/ 1 4 Agency Costle: Protection Agency ml? nvironmental Acts to Improve Computer-Produced Reports (F-yggll) 7 -------This report discusses the need for and usefulness of financial reports produced by three of your agency's... |
| Date Nov. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 111121 |
Title
t O N k I - I FOREWORD I This booklet is an auditor's introduction to computer performance evaluation, or CPE. CPE is a specialty of the computer profession that concerns itself with the efficient use of computer resources. It can be valuable to the auditor because it provides a means for controlling data processing costs through measurement and evaluation of computer resource usage. Tools or tech... |
| Date Nov. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 094325 |
Title
.I , , [MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
FCR COST ACCOUNTING AND COST CONTROL
FOR A D P SYSTEMS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES] NOVEMBER 1979 , GENERAL FORMAL P L A N N I N G
--LONG RANGE RANGE --SHORT --SPECIFIC --ANNUAL PROJECT P L A N S
AND MORE FREOLIENT REVIEWS I FORMAL P L A N N I N G GUIDELINES --FORMAL --TOTAL WRITTEN PLANS ECONOMIC IP4PACT --INTEGRATION --COMMON --COST DENOMINATOR DATA --CONSISTE... |
| Date Oct. 26, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-15 |
Title
REPORT BY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITED STATES
RELEASED
RESTRI!CT"'- Accoot. by the O,'i.. "ed t- ha remeased outbule tli Ce..Jl i et s basis of specific approval k. it, o.ie-esjonal Relations The Air Force Should Cancel Plans To Acquire Two Computer Systems At Most Bases
The Air Force plans to install two computer systems at about 105 air bases to perform administrative and operating func... |
| Date Oct. 15, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-79-113 |
Title
REPORTBYTHEUS ”General Accounting Office
Duplication In The Navy’s Management Information Systems Is Costly
Most major Navy commands have developed their own management information systems for accounting, supply, payroll, personnel, and facilities management, even though these and raked functions are common to all commends regardless of mission or structure. : The Navy does not have enough sys... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-126 |
Title
HUMAN RmQURC~ OlVlblON RELEASED OCTOBER 2.1979 B-115369 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: L” HenryfiBellmon Senate
Bellmon: Jfz-h/ Y'CJ 6 eview of Department of He.alth~', Ed'ucation, ar&LW&&are Guidelines for Acquiring Automatic Data Processing Systems Under the Social Security Act (HRD-79-126) ,"i,F-' This is in response to your request that we review requirements governing fed... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-118 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENEZAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 //L&q I , HUMAN RESOURCE5 DIVISION B-164031(4) SEPTEMBER 20. 1979 The Honorable The Secretary and Welfare L?ear Mrs. Patrlcla Roberts Harris of Health, Education, /&!@-- Harris: The,$oclal Security Admlnlstratlon Needs To Continue Comprehensrve Long-Range Planning (HRD-79-118) J /-5&zoDDzd; In January 1979, former Secretary CalzfafYdla... |
| Date Sept. 17, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-62 |
Title
COMFTROLLER GENERAL W~~HINGTW. OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. toBIB B-159613 RELEASED
The Honorable Cecil D. Andrus The Secretary of the Interior Dear Mr. Secretary: I' It is my pleasure to approve the Laccounting system design for the ,& #fMrti + '? / /!&,'or-/ Office of the Secretary, including a revised accounting principles and standards statement, as requested in a letter of SeptemSer 4, 1979, fro... |
| Date Sept. 6, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-102 |
Title
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Improvements Needed In The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Use Of Its Managem sources Automatic rocessin
TVA makes extensive use of automatic data processing resources (e.g., equipment, software, and personnel). The value of its ADP capital equipment was about $10 million in fiscal year 1978. TVA plans to invest an a... |
| Date Aug. 24, 1979 |
Report No. 094344 |
Title
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094344 REMARKS OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED S T A T E S A T THE AMERICAN ACCOUNTING A S S O C I A T I O N CONFERENCE AUGUST 24, 1979 AUDITING A S WE ENTER THE 21ST CENTURY-WHAT NEW CHALLENGES W I L L HAVE TO BE MET tl I am pleased to be here today at this gathering of the
American Accounting Association. Yours is a truly prestigio... |
| Date Aug. 16, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-49 |
Title
B-115369 AUGUST 16, ‘I979 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House o,f Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: 110354 As you requested, we are reporting on our review of the oblems associated with developing large, complex data processing systems2 Our objective was to identify Govetnmentwide actions that would help resolve those problems. As you we also assessed th... |
| Date July 20, 1979 |
Report No. 117529 |
Title
.. . Capta%n William E, L&ede;ay SC, USN Comandhg Officer Naval Supply Center Pug& Sound Breaaerton, Washington 98314 * Dear Captain Lindsay :’ process at the the Puget Sound prozedures for dcterminFng needs, contrro%ling materPa acquired, We made a limited test of procurment invento13es the procurement We recentlby completed umey of N8val Supply Center Pugef Sound wand Naval Shipyards This incl... |
| Date July 1, 1979 |
Report No. 113321 |
Title
1 I I INTERNAL AUDITING VERNMENT
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN I - I I NT ERNAL AUDIT I NG I N THE GOVERNMENT
AN ANNOTATED BILBIOGRAPHY U.S. General Accounting O f f i c e
Ti Office o f the L i b r a r i a n eU" R 07 0 July 1979 'Table o f Contents Page I n t rod uc t o ry Note 1 The Historical Context lhe Federal Government Case Studies The Gener... |
| Date June 29, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-35 |
Title
OF THEUNITEDSTATES nagement Systems- Computers and related resources are used throughout the Government for highly complex applications--from payroll to energy, from space to weather systems. Data base management systems have been developed to improve the management and control of data maintained in computer-based systems. GAO studied Federal agencies’ use of these systems to determine what prob... |
| Date June 18, 1979 |
Report No. GGD-79-48 |
Title
REPORTBY THE Uo Sa General Accounting Office
IRSCan Better Plan For And Control Its ADP Resources
I RS has made significant progress in managing its computer operations. Recent measures planned or already implemented will improve the effectiveness of the agency’ ADP res sources considerably. GAO recommends additional actions to the Commissioner of IRS which would enhance these improvements even ... |
| Date June 1, 1979 |
Report No. ID-79-34 |
Title
UMID STATE M NERAL CWCGINTN OFICE 3 / 53 WASHINGTON, D.C. VW B-114823 Mr. John L. Moore, Jr. President and Chairman Export-Import Bank of the United States
Dear Mr. Moore: JtUl 1, 1t97 we have recently completed our audit of the Export-Import 'AankcAEximta nk) fscalayear 1-978 -financial tatementz._ Dumiri the audit, we noted several ways in which Eximbank could improve its internal accounting con... |
| Date May 23, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-27 |
Title
B-115369 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Committee on Government Operations /&?ig.h!~zJ~ House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: On October 6, 1978, you requested that we review the Veterans Administration's $Y%%z$ plans to noncompetitively +&radems Austin, Texas, Data Processing Centeg(DPC) that we conduct a comprehensive review of VA's management and use of its automated data processing ... |
| Date May 21, 1979 |
Report No. 110096 |
Title
L ADP STANDARD9 A KEYNOTE ADDRESS by ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES at THE CONFERENCE ON DATA SYSTEMS LANGUAGES (CODASYL) 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION May 21, 1979
WASHINGTON, D.C. I appreciate your invitation
celebrate your 20th anniversary. to be here today to help
You deserve hearty congratThis could ulations for reaching such an eventful milestone. not have happened h... |
| Date April 17, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-39 |
Title
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REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES 7 rLq103 *
4 1 Comptroller General
National Bureau Of Standards Needs Better Management Of Its Computer Resources To Improve Program Effectiveness
Good planning, management, and use of the National Bureau of Standards computer resources--hardware,*software, information, and personnel--are crrtrcal to agency mission and program objectives. However, the Bureau is e... |
| Date April 10, 1979 |
Report No. 109068 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTCN, G.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE Oh DELIVERY Expected at 1G:OU a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 1975 STATEMENT OF PHILIF A. BERNSTEIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE Oh' MANPOWERAND HOUSING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON 1 .'() t$.$ ,i;. 9 o- THE EFFORTS OF THE LFPARTMENT OF $fBOR TO DE... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1979 |
Report No. 108721 |
Title
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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION FEE 2 7 1979 Mr. John Thomas Assistant Secretary for Administration ' Department of State i / 1 ; 1 i Dear Mr. Thomas: ',;y;~gy,, supplied to the Director As agreed with YOU ~c~~:'~~d~,~~a~~~~s~;3d~h~ [review of the Department I 'observations are based on $review okdocumentk us and on discussions with you ... |
| Date Feb. 13, 1979 |
Report No. 092322 |
Title
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
January 4, 1979 Memorandum
CG-79-12
TO ' Heads
: of Divisions and O f f i c e s FROM Comptroller General SUBJECT. B r i e f i n g on Automatic Data Processing, February 13 - There have been a number of recent a r t i c l e s and speeches on what nay b e l o o s e l y c a l l e d a revslutlora in t h e f i e l d of d a t a processing and computer t... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 090837 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108441 |
Title
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108441 SPSS PROC
/ FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION SYSTEM S AN ALY SI S G RO U P DATA ANAL' 003330 FOREWORD
A s p a r t o f i t s c o n s u l t i n g f u n c t i o n i n FPCD, t h e Systems A n a l y s i s Group i s p u b l i s h i n g a s e r i e s o f b o o k l e t s d e s i g n e d t o e n h a n c e t h e a u d i t o r ' s a b i l i t y t o make m... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 108440 |
Title
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e G & * PROGRAMMING GUIDE To Version 6.0 O f Statistical Packag? For The Social- Sciences (SPSS) -- -_-..
~ G
oo/m
Data Analvsis Note No. 2 Systems Analysis Group 640 Federal Personnel And Compensation Division U.S. General Accountina Office NOTATIONS
1. Braces indicate that a choice i s to be made from the enclosed items. 2. Brackets [ 1 indicate the enclosed items are optional. 3. Unde... |
| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-10 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE B-115369 Y DECEMBER 28.1878 The Honorable Jay Solomon The Administrator of General Services Dear Mr. data Solomon: This letter report discusses our review of the automatic processing equipment (ADPE) interim upgrade acquisition process, which is set forth in Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) 101-35.2 (formerly Federal Management Circular 74-5) and ... |
| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-169 |
Title
8. . . I QZr( BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
* OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Labor Department Should Reconsider Its Approach To Employment Security Automation
The Department of Labor proposes to spend over $250 million during the next few years to implement automated employment security systems in the States for employment services and unemployment insurance activities. This report dis... |
| Date Dec. 13, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-5 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUIX 07924 - [C3528614] (Restricted) [Additional Large-Scale Computer System Not Needed by the Bureau of the Census]. FGMSD-79-5; B-115369. December 13, 1978. 11 pp. + enclosure (5 pp.). Report to Rep. Jack Brooks, Chairman, House Committee on Government Operations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Automatic Data Processing: Guidelines for ADP management and Control ... |
| Date Nov. 20, 1978 |
Report No. FPCD-78-94 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESU5E
07919 - [C2683711 rCivil Service Commission Should Correct VEaknesses in Its Automatic Data Processing Policies and Practices]. FPCD-78-94; B-115369. November 20, 1978. 5 pp. Report to Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, Civil Service Commission; by H. L. Krieger, Director, Federal Personnel and Compensation Div. Issue Area: Accounting and Financial Reporting- Operations, Financial Positio... |
| Date July 19, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-121 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESURE 06;75 - f B20270451 r[Development of Department of DefensQ's Iri-Service Medical Information Systems]. LCD-78-121; B-182666. July 19, 1978. 5 pp. + 2 enclosures (29 pp.). Report to Sen. Jchn C. Stennis, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; ty Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. -sue Area: Automatic Data Processing 4100); Health programs: Federal Gov... |
| Date July 18, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-78-39 |
Title
DOCUMB#T BISU~M
06474 - [B2007028] New Ways of Preparing Data for Computers Could Save money and Time and Reduce Errors. FGMSD-78-39; E-115369. July 18, 1S78. 34 pp. + 5 appendices (6 pp.:. Report to the-Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Automatic Data Processing: Changeover to Other ADP Systems (107). Contact: Financial and General Management Studies Div. Budqet Funct... |
| Date July 11, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-300 |
Title
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| Date June 23, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-78-41 |
Title
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