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Date Sept. 27, 1988 Report No. T-RCED-88-60 Title

Energy: States' Programs for Pump Labeling of Gasoline Ingredients

United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EDT Tuesday September 27, 1988 States' Labeling Programs for of Gasoline Pump Ingredients Statement of Keith 0. Fultz, Senior Associate Director Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representati...
Date Sept. 2, 1988 Report No. GGD-88-127FS Title

Employee Drug Testing: Regulation of Drug Testing Laboratories

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1988 Fact Sheet for the Honorable Charles E. Schumer, House of Representatives EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING Regulation of Drug Testing Laboratories !W3TRICTED--Not to be released outside the General Accounting Offke except on the basis of the specific approval by the Office of CongressionalRelations. GAO United States General Accounting Offke Washingt...
Date Aug. 8, 1988 Report No. GGD-88-120FS Title

Tax Policy: Additional Information on Life Insurance Mortality Charges

United States General Accounting Office GAO August 1988 Fact Sheet for the Honorable Fortney H. (Pete) Stark, Houseof Representatives TAX POLICY Additional Information on Life Insurance Mortality Charges 1 GAO/GGlM8-12OF’S ~a901/13G% I 7 . GAO United States General Accounting Offke Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-229198 August 8, 1988 The Honorable Fortney House of Represent...
Date July 12, 1988 Report No. HRD-88-93 Title

Health Insurance: Hospital Indemnity and Specified Disease Policies Are of Limited Value

GA!! v ! July 1988 Report to the Chairman, Subcommitteeon Commerce, ConsumerProtection, and Competitiveness, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives HEALTH INSURANCE Hospital Indemnity and Specified Disease Policies Are of Limited Value GAO/HRD-8%93 Human Resources Division B-230452 July 12, 1988 The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protecti...
Date June 20, 1988 Report No. T-HRD-88-19 Title

Employment: OSHA's Resumption of Private Sector Enforcement Activities in California

United States General Accounting Office 1.36 //y GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:OO a.m. PST Monday June 20, 1988 OSHA's Resumption Sector Enforcement in California of Private Activities Statement of William J. Gainer, Associate Human Resources Division Director Before the Subcommittee on Employment and Ilousing, House Government Operations Committee United States House of Repr...
Date March 21, 1988 Report No. RCED-88-100 Title

Animal Welfare Program: Federal Regulation Relating to the Transportation of Dogs

I= GAO United State8 General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-217624 March 21, 1988 The Honorable Manuel Lyjan, Jr. House of Representatives Dear Mr. Lujan: As requested in your May 20, 1987, letter, we are providing you with information concerning the U.S. Department of Agriculture’ Animal s and Plant Health Inspection Service (A...
Date July 28, 1987 Report No. GGD-87-100 Title

Insurer Failures: Property/Casualty Insurer Insolvencies and State Guaranty Funds

United States General Accounting Office I Report to Congressional Requesters July 1987 INSURER FAILURES Property/Casualty Insurer Insolvencies and State Guaranty Funds , -.. 1 , General Government Dhision .July 28, 198’ 7 The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce. Consumer Protection and Competitiveness Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorabl...
Date March 16, 1987 Report No. PEMD-87-10 Title

Drinking-Age Laws: An Evaluation Synthesis of Their Impact on Highway Safety

United States General Accounting Office * GAO March 1987 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee ’ on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives DRINKING-AGE LA!ws An Evaluation Synthesis of Their hpact on Highway Safety GAO/PEMD-87-10 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Program Evaluation and Methodology Divis...
Date Jan. 9, 1987 Report No. OCE-87-2BR Title

Insurance Departments: Trends in Resources and Workloads in Delaware, North Carolina, and Ohio

. A- . . Uuited States bneral Accounting Ofeice 9L- GAO Janubry 1987 Briefing Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee on Co:mmerce, Tra nsport, and Tourism, Committee on Energy a.nd Commerce, House of Representatives INSURANCE DEPARTMENTS Trends in Resources and Workloads in Delawary North Carolina, and Ohio 132118 RELEASEn . f GAO United Staten General Accounting OfTIce Wanhington, D.C. 20548 Of’f...
Date Aug. 5, 1986 Report No. OCE-86-2 Title

Auto Insurance: State Regulation Affects Cost and Availability

United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters ’ llMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMi30972 .xugust 1986 AUTO INSURANCE State Regulation Affects Cost and Availability RELEASED United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the Chief Economist B-222332 August 5,1986 The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportatio...
Date July 22, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-120BR Title

Insurance: Activity Under the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981

United States Genera; Accounting Qi’fice 1303y4 GAO July 1986 Briefing Repo:rt to the Honbrable Edward F. Feighan House of Representatives INSURANCE Activity Under the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 , 3\0\15 GdO/HRD-8612OBR * 1Jnited States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division 8-223648 July 22, 1986 The Honorable Edward F. Feighan House of Repre...
Date Feb. 21, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-55FS Title

Clinical Social Work: State Laws Governing Independent Practice and Reimbursement of Services

United States Gmzeml Awounting -*---- OffIce - Fact Sheet for the Honorable Danielk Inouye United States Senate State Laws Governing IndependentPractice and Reimbursement of Services 129166 GAO/H UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACC~WTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 February 21, 1986 B-221660 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Daniel Senate Inouye: K. Inouye letter and subsequent In response to your Ju...
Date Oct. 16, 1984 Report No. GGD-85-4 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Observations on the FBI's Interstate Identification Index

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Civil And Constitutional Rights Committee On The Judiciary House Of Representatives Observations On The FBI’s Interstate Identification Index , 125400 GAOIGGD-85-4 OCTOBER 16. 1964 Request for rmpies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.0. Box 6015 Gaithersbury, Md. 20760 Tel...
Date June 14, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-36 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Problems in Protecting Consumers From Illegally Harvested Shellfish (Clams, Mussels, and Oysters)

Report To The Honorable Thomas J. Downey House Of Representatives Problems In Protecting Consumers From Illegally Harvested Shellfish (Clams, M us88sels, And Oysters) Protectmg the public from oysters, clams, or mussels that are illegally harvested from polluted waters and unfit to eat has been a long-standmg prol$lem facing the Congress, shellfish-producing states, and the Food and~Drug Admmlstra...
Date Dec. 19, 1983 Report No. GGD-84-9 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Justice Can Further Improve Its Monitoring of Changes in State/Local Voting Laws

BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Chairman, Subcommittee On Civil And Constitutional Rights, Committee On The Judiciary House Of Representatives OF THEUNITEDSTATES Justice Can Further Improve Its Monitoring Of Changes In State/Local Voting Laws The 1965 Voting Rights Act, as amended, was designed to prevent discriminatory practices that deny U.S. citizens .belonging to racial or language mino...
Date July 8, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-190 Title

Agriculture and Food: Implementation of Section 191 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982

UNITED STATES &ENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING Q.C. ,2QS4S OFFICE RESOURCES. COMMUNITY AND ECONOMli DEVELOPMiNT OWlStON JUL 8 1983 B-212153 The Honorable Tony P. Hall House of Representatives Dear Mr. Hall: Subject: 121878 Implementation of Section 191 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 (GAO/RCED-83-190) In your letter of January 12, 1983, and subsequent discussions with your office, y...
Date July 5, 1983 Report No. B-208640 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service Vehicles and State-Required Insurance Coverage

Date April 25, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-142 Title

Energy: State and Local Responses to Natural Gas Price Increases

State And Local Responses To Natural Gas Price Increases Increasing natural gas prices affect gas customers, the distribution companies that supply them, and the State or local commissions that regulate such sales. This report provides information on State and local responses to higher gas costs in the areas of --rates charged by pipelines tion companies, --recovery of purchased distributors, --ra...
Date June 18, 1982 Report No. AFMD-82-62 Title

Financial Management: Additional Controls Are Needed Over Navy Relief Fundraising Activities

UNITED STATES GENEAAL &COUNTING WASHINGTON. C&C. 20548 OFFICE ACCOUNTIN AND flNANGIAL MANAOCMCNT DIVIaION 'B-207735 JUNE l&l982 The Honorable John F. Lehman Secretary of the Navy Subject: ~ Dear Mr. Additional Fundraising Controls Are Needed Over Navy Activities (GAO/AFMD-82-62) Relief Secretary: The Navy Relief Society, founded in 1904, provides interestII free loans or grants to active duty and ...
Date May 14, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-62 Title

Health: Rural Health Clinic Services Act Has Not Met Expectations

i?EK.lRTBYTHEUS. General Accounting Office RELEASED " IRural Health Clinic Services $ct Has Not Met Expectations The act authorized Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for the services of physician extenders in participating rural health clinics in medically underserved areas. The ;services provided under the act have been ;much lower than anticipated. GAO found ~that Medicare beneficiaries in the...
Date Feb. 24, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-31 Title

Financial Institutions: Federal Review of Intrastate Branching Applications Can Be Reduced

BY~HE~~MPTR~LLE~? GENERAL I Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Federal Review Of Intrastate Branching Applications Can Be Reduced The Federal review of intrastate domestic bank new branch applications rarely restricts branch actions, produces little new information of supervisory value, and, in the case of State-chartered banks, duplicates State efforts. GAO recommends that laws and policies...
Date June 23, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-76 Title

Environmental Protection: Gains and Shortcomings in Resolving Regulatory Conflicts and Overlaps

. B’Y’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITED STATES I 1 q Gains And Shortcomings In Resolving Regulatory Conflicts And Overlaps Regulatory conflict and overlap--long regarded as major obstacles in the regulatory process-are not a major problem in relation to other Federal, State, and local regulatory issues. Although regulatory agencies have improved the coordination of t...
Date June 8, 1981 Report No. 115924 Title

Computer-Related Fraud: Current Issues and Directions

CURRENT ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS / P r e s e n t e d By JAMTS R. WATTS GROUP DIRECTOR ACCOTJNTING AND F I N A N C I A L MANAGEMENT D I V I S I O N U.S. GENERAL, ACCOUNTING O F F I C E Before T h e -_- 4 0 T H INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE O F THE I N S T I T U T E O F INTERNAL AUDITORS Phoenix, A r i z o n a June 8, 1981 -. Computer Crime Computer-related Computer Abuse B y w h a t e v e r name y o u c a ...
Date May 7, 1981 Report No. 115925 Title

Computer-Related Fraud: Current Issues and Directions

, * tl, &-OMPUTER-RELATED FRAUD: CURRENT I S S U E S AND D I R E C T I O N S 115925 Presented By JAMES R . WATTS GROUP D I R E C T O R A C C O U N T I N G AND F I N A N C I A L MANAGEMENT D I V I S I O N U.S. GENERAL A C C O U N T I N G O F F I C E Before The SIXTH AICPA NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR C P A s IN I N D U S T R Y A t Lanta8 G e o r g i a MAY f r 1981 -. -- Computer C r i m e Computer-relat...
Date Dec. 31, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-36 Title

Health: Programs To Control Prescription Drug Costs Under Medicaid and Medicare Could Be Strengthened

Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Programs To Control Prescription Drug Costs Under Medicaid~ And Medicare Could Be Strengthened In August 1976 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put into effect two programs to control the costs of prescription drugs under Medicaid and Medicare. One program--Maximum Allowable Cost (or MAC)--was designed to take advantage of competition in t-h...
Date Dec. 30, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-7 Title

Income Security: Guyana Tragedy Points to a Need for Better Care and Protection of Guardianship Children

BY’THE CdMPTROLLER GENEWL OF THE UNITEDSTATES //um ’ Report To The Congress Guyana Tragedy Points To A Need For Better Care And Protection Of Guardianship Children About one-third of the 913 individuals who died in the 1978 Peoples Temple tragedy in Guyana were children, few of whom were wards of adult members of the Peoples Temple. The tragedy raised many questions about the adequacy of prote...
Date Dec. 22, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-33 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: State Exclusionary Rule Procedures

UMTEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFI~E WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 B-171019 DECEMBER 22,199O The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairmant m,* 1 State Exclusionary Subject: "( GGD-81-33) 114008 Rule Procedures 3 You requested us to develop empirical data on the impact of the exclusionary rule on State criminal prosecutions similar to a previous...
Date Jan. 10, 1980 Report No. B-196663 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on H.R. 5646]

2•526 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. ZO41 B-196663 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: January 10, 1980 5 Reference made to your letter of October 25, 1979, requesting our comments on H.R. 56467 a bill to transfer coverage of certain insurance recordc, to improve information practices in the...
Date Oct. 9, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-72 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Issues and Needed Improvements in State Regulation of the Insurance Business

BY THECOMPTROLW? GENERAL ftt$= OF THEUNITEDSTATES a Report To The Congress’ a* Issues And Needed Improvements In State Regulation Of The Insurance Business This report reviews the resources and activities of all State insurance departments in the United States today and evaluates some of them. It is nbt an ail-inclusive evaluation of State insurance regulation because some States perform certain...
Date Oct. 9, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-72A Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Issues and Needed Improvements in State Regulation of the Insurance Business (Executive Summary)

l3YTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL -, OF THEUNITEDSTATES Report To The Congrks 1162s . Issues And Needed Improvements In State Regulation Of The Insurance (Executive Summary) Business This report reviews the resources and activities of all State insurance departments in the United States today and evaluates some of them. It is not an all-inclusive evaluation of State insurance regulation because some States...
Date Feb. 27, 1978 Report No. CED-78-38 Title

Transportation: Obstacles to Billboard Removal

DOCGSENT RESUaZ 05416 - [B08685818] obstacles to Billboard Removal. CED-78-38; E-16449713). February 27, 178. 28 pp. + 4 appendices (4 p.). Report to the Congress; by Elaer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Transportation Systems anC Policies: National Highway Systom (2409). Contact: Coamunity and Economic Development Div. Budget unction: Commerce and Transportation: Ground Transportatio...
Date Feb. 6, 1978 Report No. PAD-78-4 Title

Handgun Control: Effectiveness and Costs

DOCUMENT 04853 [ 20385266 RESUME Handqun Control: Effectiveness and Costs. EAD-78-4; February 6, 1973. 79 pp. + 3 appendi:,-c. (11 PF.). B-171019. Pieport to the Conqress; by Elmer E. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention (500); Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention: Controlled Items (502); Program Evaluation Systems: New echniques and Standards (2602). Conta...
Date Sept. 30, 1977 Report No. CED-77-96 Title

Agriculture and Food: The U.S. Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Industry--Past, Present, and Potential

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES .- ’ The U.S. Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Industry--Past, Present, And Potential Overfishing, predators (sea lamprey), contaminants and increasingly restrictive State regulations have reduced the U.S. Great Lakes commercial fishing industry to a mere shadow of its former prominence. At this time there is little chance that...
Date May 23, 1977 Report No. 102510 Title

Health: Policies in Ohio Nursing Homes Related to Contributions by Relatives of Medicaid Patients

DOCUMENT RESUME 02510 - [A1792796] (Restricted) [Policies in Ohio Nursing Homes Related to Contributions by Relatives of Medicaid Patients]. May 23, 1977. 3 pp. Report to Clyde Downing, Regional Commissioner, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Region V, Chicago, IL; by Walter C. Herrsann, Jr., Regional Manager, Field Operations Div.: Regional Office (Detroit). Issue Area: Health Program...