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Date Dec. 27, 1985 Report No. HRD-86-47FS Title

Income Security: Selected Disability Payments

United States General Accounting Office GAO December 1985 Fact She& for the Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate LMI 28950 lllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllll~ INCOME SECURITY Selected Disability Payments 1 UNITED STATS GENERAL AGCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION December 27, 1985 B-220833 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum S...
Date Oct. 18, 1985 Report No. HRD-86-28FS Title

Health: Administration of Selected Medicare Activities in Ohio

BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Fact Sheet For The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate P Administration ($F Selected IlJ Medicare Activities Iii Ohio 128431 GAO/HRD-86-28 FS OCTOBER lB,1985 ‘i 1 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Off ice Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20877 Telephone ...
Date Oct. 18, 1985 Report No. RCED-86-29FS Title

Agriculture and Food: Examples of USDA's Application of the $50,000 Payment Limitation

BY THE U.S.GENERALACC’OUT\lTING OFFICE Fact Sheet For The Chairman, Committee Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry United States Senate On Examples @f USDA’s Application Of The $50,000 Payment Limitation GAO/RCED-66-29FS OCTOBER 18,1886 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Off ice Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithers...
Date Oct. 10, 1985 Report No. RCED-86-18FS Title

Energy: Additional Information Concerning Irrigation Project Costs and Pricing Federal Power

BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Fact Sheet For The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate Additional Information Concerning Irrigation Project Costs And Pricing Federal Power GAO/FEED-II-18FS October lo,1985 UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, hND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-218903 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Howard...
Date Oct. 10, 1985 Report No. GGD-86-2 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: After the Criminal Fine Enforcement Act of 1984--Some Issues Still Need To Be Resolved

BY THE US GENERAL AiZCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable United States Senate Alfonse M. D’Amato After The Criminal Fine Enforcement Act Of 1984~-Some Issues Still Need To Be Resolved According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 11,574 fines totaling $56.7 million were imposed upon violators of federal criminal laws during fiscal year 1984. The amount of unpaid criminal fines t...
Date Sept. 30, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-110 Title

Health: Simulations of a Medicare Prospective Payment System for Home Health Care

, .+:.. ‘4’:‘; - .- ..- .,., .- ,, ._,__ . UNITEDSTATESGENERALAC~O~NTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20544 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION PREFACE This study is based on a request from Congressman Claude Pepper to assist him in drafting a legislative proposal providing for a prospective payment system for home health care services under the Medicare program. Before drafting such a office wanted to know ...
Date Sept. 25, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-89 Title

1983 Payment-in-Kind Program Overview: Its Design, Impact, and Cost

t ’ W’THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES 1983 Payment-In-Kind Program Overview: Its Design, Impact, and Cost To assist the Congress in its deliberations on the 1985 farm bill, this report ties together the results of several issued GAO products and provides additional analysis on selected aspects of the 1983 Payment-In-Kind (PIK) program. Under PIK, the Departmen...
Date Sept. 19, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-66 Title

Financial Management: Internal Control Improvements Needed in Agriculture's Miscellaneous Payments System

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTJNGOFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 ACCOUNTIN MANAGEMENT’ AND FINANCIAL OIVI8ION SEPTEMBER 19.1985 R-21 8842 The Honorable The Secretary John R. Block of Agriculture 127935 I Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Internal Control Improvements Needed In Agriculture's Miscellaneous Payments System (GAO,'AFMD-85-66) We have reviewed the internal controls over the Department of Aqri...
Date Sept. 12, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-109 Title

Health: Additional Changes to the Medicare Reimbursement Rates for Major Joint Procedures Are Needed

UNITED WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOlJRCLb DIVISION . Mr. ccl~~ Mr. -===zp kkuugh MI. hTa;r Q September 12, C. McClain Haddow Acting Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Haddow: Additional Changes to the Medicare Reimbursement Rates for Major Joint Procedures Are Needed (GAO/HRD-85-109) Subject: In a June 10, 1985, Notice of Propo...
Date Sept. 9, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-158 Title

Natural Resources: Bureau of Reclamation's Central Utah and Central Valley Projects Repayment Arrangements

Report To The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Utah and Central Valley Projects Repayment Arrangements The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, the federal government’s principal water development and management organization in the western United States, develops and operates projects to provide water for the generation of ele...
Date Sept. 9, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-143 Title

National Defense: Navy Management and Use of the Selective Reenlistment Bonus Program

. 0. \ ‘. 127~06 p --- ” : ;.:. l \::; (‘-“ ..,.J’W?A~.ACCOUNTiNG OFFICE :r- Report yi The Chairman, Subcommittee On Manpower And Personnel, Committee On Armed Services, U n ited States Senate Navy Management And Use Of The Selective Reenlistment Bonus Program The Navy iS managing its Selective Reenlistment Bonus program well. The Navy uses this program to retain personnel needed to meet...
Date Aug. 27, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-97 Title

Health: Impact of Offsetting Earnings From VA's Work Therapy Programs From Veterans' Pensions

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION &gust 27, 1985 d-220103 The Honorable Alan Cranston Ranking Minority Member Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Dear Senator Subject: Cranston: Impact of Offsetting Earnings From VA's Work Therapy Programs From Veterans' Pensions (GAO/HRD-85-97) we conducted a study to determine the At your reque...
Date Aug. 1, 1985 Report No. 127580 Title

Health: Opportunities To Reduce Medicare Payments Related To Cataract Surgeries While Enhancing Nationwide Uniformity of Benefits

United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office Washington, FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT lo:00 A.M. EST THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1985 STATEMENTOF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, HUMANRESOURCES DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE HEALTH ON COMMITTEEON WAYS AND MEANS HOUSEDF REPRESENTATIVES ON OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCEMEDICARE PAYMENTS RELATED 'PO CATARACTSURGERIESWHILE ENHANCINGNATIONWIDE UNIFOR...
Date July 19, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-62 Title

Income Security: Review of Certain Aspects of Group Home Care for Children in California

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable House Of Representatives George Miller Review Of Certain Aspects Of Group Home Care For Children In California A group home is a facility that provides 24-hour care and supervision in a group setting for any number of children under age 18. For the group home program in California, GAO found the following: --Title IV-E of the Social Securi...
Date July 18, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-74 Title

Health: Use of Unaudited Hospital Cost Data Resulted in Overstatement of Medicare's Prospective Payment System Rates

q-3 3Y THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress - OF THEUNITEDSTATES Use Of Unaudited Hospital Cost Data Resulted In Overstatement Of Medicare’s Prospective Payment System Rates When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) computed Medicare’s prospective payment rates for inpatient hospital services, it used unaudited cost reports. Because unaudited cost reports frequently include...
Date June 19, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-63 Title

Financial Management: Transfer of Interest of U.S. Investment in the Panama Canal

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASWNOTON Of THE W UNITED STATES D.C. June 19, 1985 B-114839 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Lawton Chiles Senate Chiles: Transfer of Interest on U.S. Investment the Panama Canal (GAO/AFMD-85-63) 1111111 lslll 127364 in Your letter of March 6, 1985, requested that we review the ca;sh flow requirements of the Panama Canal Commission (Commission) to: determine t...
Date June 1, 1985 Report No. 128214 Title

Special Publications: Digests of Unpublished Decisions of the Comptroller General, Vol. I, No. 9

- . I .. . -.. . . , I . . F .. . ' I , UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE CHARLES A. BOWSHER Comptroller General of the United States VACANT Deputy Comptroller General of the United States H A R R Y R. V A N CLEVE General Counsel VOLUME I JUNE 1985 Con tents No. 9 Page Table of Decisions Digests: General Government Matters: Appropriations and Miscellaneous Personnel Law: Civilian Personnel P...
Date May 29, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-76 Title

Natural Resources: The Federal Government's 1943 Acquisition of Land at Harris Neck, Georgia

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT oIvIsIoN B-216600 MAY29,1985 The Honorable United States The Honorable United States Hack Mattingly Senate Sam Nunn Senate The Honorable Lindsay Thomas House of Representatives Subject: The Federal Government's 1943 Acquisition at Harris Neck, Georgia (GAO/RCED-85-76) of Land , I I , In yo...
Date May 14, 1985 Report No. 126949 Title

Health: Medicare Payments to Hospitals

United States General Accounting D.C. Offlce Washington, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO AM. EDT Tuesday, May 14, 1985 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON +IEDICARE PAYMEYTS TO HOSPITALS -c 1Mr. Chalrnan '17e are related (1) and members pleased o...
Date May 1, 1985 Report No. 127958 Title

Special Publications: Digests of Unpublished Decisions of the Comptroller General, Vol. I, No. 8

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE CHARLES A. BOWSHER Comptroller General of the United States VACANT Deputy Comptroller General of the United States HARRY R. VAN CLEVE General Counsel w>LuME I No. 8 MAY 1985 Contents Paqe Table of Decisions Digests : I General Government Matters: Appropriations and Miscellaneous Personnel Law: Civilian Personnel Personnel Law: Military Personnel Procurement...
Date April 15, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-49 Title

DOD Functions Contracted Out Under OMB Circular A-76: Contract Cost Increases and the Effects on Federal Employees

DOD Functions Contracted Out Under OMB Ci.rcular A-76: Contract Cost Increases And The Effects On Federal Employees In accordance with OMB Circular A-76, DOD performs cost comparisons and contracts out commercial functions when the comparisons show that contracting is more economical than in-house performance. GAO reviewed a judgmental sample of 20 functions that were contracted out between Octobe...
Date March 13, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-38 Title

Housing: Debentures Not Serving Purposes HUD Intended--Legislative Changes Could Help Increase Effectiveness and Minimize Interest Costs

B’Y’ THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe ConQress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Debentures Not Serving Purposes HUD Intended--Legislative Changes Could Help Increase Effectiveness And Minimize Interest Co,sts The National Housing Act of 1934 authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to use long-term, low-interest debentures instead of cash to pay mortgage insurance claims. HUD uses...
Date Feb. 27, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-1 Title

The 1980 Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act: An Assessment of Funding Requirement Changes

. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES The 1980 Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act: An Assessment Of Funding Requirement Changes The government insures multiemployer pension plan benefits through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 changed funding provisions to improve plan financing because of conce...
Date Sept. 26, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-145 Title

National Defense: Cost and Benefits of Longevity Payments for Time Spent in the Delayed Entry Program

REPORT THEU.S. BY General Accounting Office Cost And Benefits Of Longevity Payments For Time Spent In The Delayed Entry Program The delayed entry program allows individuals to enlist but to delay reporting for duty, up to 12 months, until appropriate jobs and training are available. Time spent in the program counts as longevity for determining base pay. GAO’s analysis indicates that (1) no resea...
Date Aug. 6, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-159 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture Is Using Improved Payment Procedures for Its 1984 Farm Programs

Report To The Honorable Berkley Bedell House Of Representatives Department Of Agriculture Is Using Improved Payment Procedures For Its 1984 Farm Programs Farmers partlclpatlng In the Department of Agrlculture’s price support programs receive payments for taking portlons of their cropland out of productlon These programs stabtllze farm commodity prices and farrn Incomes by controlllng productlon ...
Date July 12, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-61 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Justice Needs Better Controls Over Payment of Witness Fees

’ BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Attorney General Justice Needs Better Controls Over Payment Of Witness Fees GAO reviewed how three U.S attorney’s offices and three U.S Marshals Servrce offrces manage the use of and payments to fact wrtnesses and to experts who testify at trrals and/or are used In nontrral actrvmes GAD found that controls over the payment of government funds t...
Date July 12, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-67 Title

Health: Payment Rates for Ambulatory Surgery Centers Are Higher Than Intended by HCFA

I ‘I 8 . I 1. 1.1. . . b&U11 IllaL VA 1 IL,r WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RmURCES DIVISION July ~2, 198-a Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: II I’ I II III’ I II i IIlIll’i 1 MlllRl II lllll l 125078 J Subject: Payment Rates For Ambulatory Surgery Centers Are Higher Than Intended By The Health...
Date April 6, 1984 Report No. OCE-84-1 Title

Income Security: Economic Implications of the Fair Insurance Practices Act

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENiERAL Report To Senator Orrinl G. Hatch, Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, And Senator Paula Hawkins, Uni~ted Staites Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES Economic Implications Of Th’e Fair Insurance Practices Act The proposed Fair Insurance Practices Act (untsex Insurance) would prohrbrt drstrnctrons based on race, color, relrgron, sex, or national origin In...
Date March 16, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-122 Title

Natural Resources: Information on Repayment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC OEVELOPMENT March 16, 1984 Dear Mr. Miller: Subject: InformationCn Repayment of the Bureau *'of Reclamation's Central Valley Project (GAO/RCED-84-122) 123687 In your letter of October 27, 1983, and during subsequent discussions with your office, you expressed concern that some water districts served b...
Date June 30, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-45 Title

Income Security: Self-Employed FY Taxpayers Can Receive an Advantage Compared to Self-Employed Calendar Year Taxpayers at the Social Security Trust Funds' Expense

UNITED STATES'GENERA~ACCOUN~~NG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-204985 June 30, 1983 The Honorable Daniel Rostenkowski Committee on Ways and Means Chairman, House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Self-employed Fiscal Year Taxpayers Can Receive an Advantage Compared to Self-Employed Calendar Year Taxpayers at the Social Security Trust Funds' Expense (GAO/HRD-83-45) Subject: In May 1981, you re...
Date June 24, 1983 Report No. ID-83-51 Title

International Affairs: U.S. Assistance to the State of Israel

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES U.S. Assistance To The State Of Israel The major objectives of U.S. assistance to Israel include demonstrating U.S. political support for an ally and providing for the defense of Israel. Israel receives more U.S. security assistance and also more liberal terms and concessions than other countries. liowever, it continues to seek additional help ...
Date June 15, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-63 Title

Health: Comments on HCFA Regional Office Report on New Jersey's Diagnostic Related Group Prospective Reimbursement Experiment

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-211835 ’ ie,. JUNE 15,1983 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee on Aging United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman8 Subject: *, .+,, I L ,I, 1 I, ' I,,, REl E&E; I, ' 1. Comments on a Health Care Financing Administration Regional Office Report on New Jersey's Diagnostic Related Group Prospective Reimbursement Experiment ...
Date Feb. 4, 1983 Report No. 120522 Title

Health: Prospective Payment Systems for Nursing Home Care

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 FRIDAY, A.M. 1983 FEBRUARY 4, STATEMENT OF MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING ON ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR NURSING HOME CARE' _. HI lllIllllllllll 120522 Mr. Chairman to be here today and Member...
Date Jan. 20, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-39 Title

Income Security: Social Security Should Correct Its Earnings Allocation Process for Self-Employed Taxpayers Whose Fiscal Year Ends in October and November

e c UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ._. - 089264 .,I ,_ ,r*..,e. I4. I _-._ Mr. John A. Svahn Commissioner of Social Security"“ **-y*-' ,,{ * Department of Rcalth and Ruman Services i I Dear Mr. Subject: Svahnt i, ,,; Social Sceurity Should Correct Its Earnings Allocation Process For Self-Employed Taxpayers Whose Piece1 Year, ,,i Ends Zn October and November (HRD-8...
Date Feb. 18, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-39 Title

Health: Medicare Equalization Factor Payments to Group Practice Prepayment Plans Should Be Stopped

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RE#WIRCU DIVISIDH B-206363 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Secretaryt Subject% Medicare Equalization Practice Prepayment (HRD-82-39) ulllllllllll I 117526 Factor Payments to Group Plans Should Be Stopped This letter is to advise you of our view that Medicare part B equalization factor payments to Group Practice Pre...
Date Dec. 16, 1981 Report No. AFMD-82-21 Title

Financial Management: Improvements Needed in the Accounting and Financial Management of the National Credit Union Administration

. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ACCOUMINO MANAOCMENT AND ?lNANClAL DIVISION B-202052 The Honorable E. F. Callahan Chairman, National Credit Union Administration Board Dear Mr. Callahan: Subject: Improvements and Financial Credit Union DECEMBER 16.1981 Needed in the Accounting Management of the Naitional Administration (AFMD482-21) During our recent examination of t...
Date Dec. 16, 1981 Report No. ID-82-10 Title

Financial Management: Problems With the U.S. Management of Foreign Currency Transactions for NATO Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL -0lJNTING WASHINQTON, D.C. 20648 I-rmrum OkCE wo B-205644 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subjects '1 'a'I Daniel Senate Inouye: Problems currency K. Inouye 117080 DECEMBER 16.1981 ' with the U.S. management of foreign transactions for NATO programs (ID-82-10) In response to your request of April 15, 1981,lwe examined allegations concerning the management and adequac...
Date Oct. 21, 1981 Report No. B-40342.2 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: [Comments on Equal Access to Justice Act]

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFPCE OF GENERAL COUNSEL e Ccteber t{, 1 t81 B-40342.2 Mr. Stephen L. Babcock Executive Director, Administrative Conference of the United States 2120 L Street, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20037 Dear Mr. Babcock: We have received a copy of your August 28, 1981, letter addressed to Mr. Judd Kutcher, Administrative Office of the Unit...
Date Sept. 30, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-114 Title

Financial Management: Approval of the Design for the Joint Uniform Military Pay System--Army Retired Pay

ii -’ *fq . .2 “: _.. .A-. ‘, *. COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF D.C. THE 20548 c UNIlED STATES .&G-7n wJ/ B-159797 \ The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Dear Mr. Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) II II 116971 Military Secretary: Approval of the Design for the Joint Uniform Pay System, Army Retired Pay (AFMD-81-114) Subject: It is my pleasure t...
Date Sept. 4, 1981 Report No. CED-81-154 Title

Transportation: United States Lines, Inc.'s, Operating Differential Subsidy Agreement

UNITED- Shk CENE~GL ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20548 WASHINGTON, COMMUNITY OLVLLOPMLNT AND CCONOMlC DIVISION September 4, 1981 B-204453 The Honorable Walter B. Jones Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives The Honorable Gene Snyder Ranking Minority Member Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives Subject: United States Lines, Inc.'s, Oper...
Date Aug. 7, 1981 Report No. CED-81-77 Title

Natural Resources: Changes in Federal Water Project Repayment Policies Can Reduce Federal Costs

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL I . , Report To The Congss OF THEUNITEDSTATES Changes In Federal Water Project Repayment Policies Can Reduce Federal Costs Federal water project repayment policies and practices do not ensure fair and timely cost recovery from project water users when water supply or storage space in Federal reservoirs is not sold or fully utilized. Because about 15 million acre-feet of av...
Date July 30, 1981 Report No. B-202732 Title

Government Operations: [Idaho v. United States]

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-202732 July N0, l9Ql The Honorable M. Karl Shurtliff United States Attorney Federal Building - Room 693 Box 037, 550 W. Fort Street Boise, Idaho 83724 Attention: Deborah Bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dear Mr. Shurtliff: Subject: Idaho v. United States Civ. 81-1046 (D. Idaho, February 3, 1981). J By letter of...
Date July 2, 1981 Report No. CED-81-139 Title

Housing: Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission's Program

UNITED STATESGEhmx WASHINGTON. ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20548 July ~h4MUNll-Y DNLLOPMENT AND IECONOMIC DIVISION 2, 1981 E-203827 The Honorable James A. McClure Subcommittee on Interior Chairman, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Review of the Navajo Commission's Program Hllllll II Ill11 115744 and Hopi Indian (CED-81-139) Relocation Subject: and...
Date June 29, 1981 Report No. ID-81-49 Title

Financial Management: Examination of the Panama Canal Commission's Fiscal Year 1980 Financial Statements and Treaty-Related Issues

par ‘ToThe Cong OF THEUNITEDSTATES Examination Of The Panama Canal Commission’s Fiscal Year 1980 Financial Statements And Treaty-Related Issues This report summarizes activities of the Panama Canal Commission’s first year of operation, ending September 30, 1980. In accordance with GAO’s requirements under the Panama Canal Act of 1979, the report addresses the: --Commission’s progress in ...
Date May 15, 1981 Report No. B-40342.1 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on Proposed Model Rules To Implement Equal Access to Justice Act]

C,1 I COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-40342.1 May 15, 1981 The Honorable Reuben B. Robertson, Chairman Administrative Conference of the United States 2120 L Street, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20037 Dear Mr. Chairman: V You recently requestedrcmments on r proposed "model rules" to implement t4e Equal Access to Justice Act Pub. L. No. 96-481, effective October ...
Date May 14, 1981 Report No. 115235 Title

Health: Legislation and Regulations To Address Abuses in the Home Health Care Industry

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EDT Thursday, May 14, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE PERMANENTSUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTALAFFAIRS ON THE ADEQUACY OF r LEGISLATT"N AND REGULATIONS $@ADDRESS'i@USES IN THE HOME HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY 3 Mr. Chairman a...
Date April 23, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-67 Title

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia: Experience Since Home Rule and Analysis of Proposals for Change

h’ THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES b I/7yj6 Report ToThe Congress ghe Federal Payment To The District Of Columbia: Experience Since Home Rule +Analysis Of Proposals For Change T 4 About 21 percent, or $300 million. of the District of Columbra’ operating budget comes from a direct s Federal payment. Since 1975, when a locally elected government first took office, --the Federal payment ...
Date Oct. 10, 1980 Report No. 091120 Title

Natural Resources: California Westlands Water District's Contract for Distribution and Drainage System

Date Aug. 8, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-87 Title

Income Security: The Lump Sum Death Benefit--Should It Be Changed?

. BY THECOMPTROLLERGiNERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES *w . 42773 Report To The Congress The LumpSum Death Benefit-Should It E&s Changed? Since 1940, the Social Security Administration has paid more than $6 billion in lump sum death benefits. These payments are made to the surviving spouse (in the same household) or the person responsible for the funeral expenses of an insured worker. The original concept ...
Date Aug. 4, 1980 Report No. B-189443 Title

Government Operations: [Compromise Settlements and Judgments in Three SBA Suits]

z i0 t : . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 A ft OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL i August 4, 1980 B-189443 The Honorable A. Vernon Weaver, Jr. Administrator, Small Business Administration Dear Mr. Weaver: Same 'tine ago the-i~rtiment of Justice asked us to certify the c-ompromise settlements and judgments fe-ayet in three .547'4 Sal, suits to which the Small Business Admini...