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| Date April 5, 1984 |
Report No. GGD-84-13 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON D C 20548 B-212824 To the Speaker President of the of the House of Senate and the Representatives The Congress envisioned that the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS') taxpayer assistance activities would help taxpayers to better meet their responsibilities under the Nation's selfHowever, assessment tax system. in recent years, the administration ha... |
| Date March 27, 1984 |
Report No. B-214320 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OlVtSlON B-214320 The Honorable William Lehman Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman:
Subject : Review of Studies of Flight Service on Early Retirement Station Specialists ; '* directed the Federal Aviation Conferenc... |
| Date March 26, 1984 |
Report No. GGD-84-1 |
Title
Report To Th’e Chairwomain, Subcomm~ittee On Compensation And Empl’oyee Benefits Committee On Post Office And Civil Service House Of Representatives OF THE UNItTEDSTATES
A 2-Year Appraisal Of Merit Pay In Three Agencies
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 requires agencies to establish a merit pa’ysystem for management officials and supervisors in grades 13 through 15. GAO’s review of the... |
| Date Jan. 30, 1984 |
Report No. AFMD-84-8 |
Title
B‘i/ T”JIE c’s ~[.“i‘$QAL AC. ~:::,,i:_liUNTITu~;l (>iFF!;CE P Report To The Chairman,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC Can Improve its Operational Performance By Broadening And Deepening Current Management Efforts
The Federal Energy Regulatory CornmIssion (FERC) issues thousands of srmrlar dacuments each year, including licenses, rate change approvals, etc. its operational perf... |
| Date Dec. 30, 1983 |
Report No. GGD-84-32 |
Title
f BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Chairwoman, Subcommittee On Civil Service, House Committee On Post Office And Civil Service OF Tt-iEUNITEDSTATES
Testimony Of The Comptroller General On The Impact Of The Senior Executive Service
At the request of the Chairwoman, Subcommlttee on Civil Service, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, GAO undertook an overall review of the Senior ... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1983 |
Report No. AFMD-83-72 |
Title
BYTHE u,~,GE'T\IERALACC~UNTING OFFICE Report To The Deputy Under Secretary For c Employment Standards, Department Of Labor
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I The Best FECA Practices Could 1 Raise Productivity If Implemented At All FECA Offices
qA0 measured the productivity of all 15 Federal Employees’ Compensation Act program district offices and found that some produced substantially more output per staff-year than others. M... |
| Date Dec. 22, 1982 |
Report No. AFMD-83-12 |
Title
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REPORI- THEUS. BY General Accounting Office
Improved Productivity Cbst Of Administering Bbnefit Programs
Th Veterans Administration (VA) could sa e several million dollars annually by re a ucing overstaffing and improving productivity at regional offices that process clajims for veterans’ benefits. The offices are provided staff based on the number of clalims to be processed. VA prov... |
| Date Oct. 22, 1982 |
Report No. AFMD-83-13 |
Title
I . . 119 7a9 PEPORT Bv THEu.s. General Accounting Office
Improving Productivity ,,#I’ !In Copyright Registration
est studies of the copyright registration recess have identified many ideas for prowhich have not yet ! uctivity improvement tjeen fully explored. This report describes alctions recently taken by top management ait the Copyright Office to improve the effi‘isncy and productivity of ... |
| Date June 29, 1982 |
Report No. GGD-82-37 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Attorney General Improved Prison Work Programs Will Benefit Correctional Institutions And Inmates
A basic concept of the Federal Prison system is that the idle time of inmates should be kept to a minimum. inmates are to be kept busy in several ways: working at tasks to keep the institutions operating, such as facility maintenance and food service;... |
| Date March 23, 1982 |
Report No. 117949 |
Title
U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1'J:OO A.M. ES.1 TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1982 STATEMENT OF BRIAN L. USILANER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY GROUP BEFORE TIIE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GENERAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON "THE Mr. Chairmen CONTINUING and Members to ... |
| Date March 19, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-47 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 MAR 1 9 ~~~~
HUMAN RLSOURCES DIVI5lON Mr. John A. Svahn Commissioner of Social Security Department of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Svahn:
Subject: 1111111
117969 Social Security's Field O ffice Management Can be Improved and Millions Can be Saved Annually Through Xncreased Productivity (HRD-82-47) On August 4, 1981, we briefed yo... |
| Date Dec. 1, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-17 |
Title
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Experiments Have Not Demonstrated Success Of Competitive Fixed-PriceContracting In Medicare
The results of Medicare’ s three competitive fixed-price experiments have varied. Contractor performance ranged from satisfactory in Maine to unsatisfactory in Illinois. Contractor performance in upstate New York is now considered satisfactory after an initial 6-mon... |
| Date Sept. 21, 1981 |
Report No. FPCD-81-74 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON. ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE +
SEPTEMBER Ild36q
21,1981 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-204477 The Honorable Administrator, Administration Dear Mr. Michael Small Cardenas Business llllllllll llllll
116369 Cardenas: Problems with the Small Business Administration's Merit Appraisal and Compensation System (FPCD-81-74) Subject: We reviewed the Small Bus... |
| Date Aug. 20, 1981 |
Report No. FPCD-81-67 |
Title
* I-==-- / UNJTEDSTATES GENERALACC~UNTMOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054(1 I ,_.1’ XI ,/ “E -AA coMMNsATIoN -NU DIVISION AND B-204217 The Honorable Geraldine A. Ferraro Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Human Resources Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Madam Chairwoman: Levels (FPCD-81-67) J that we review Your letter of March 6, 1981, requested the staffing levels ... |
| Date June 8, 1981 |
Report No. PLRD-81-20 |
Title
’ BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL . Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES improved Work Measurement Program Would Increase DOD Productivity
For years, ROD has tried to improve its depot managers’ use of work measurement systems to distribute resources, reduce personnel requirements, and lower costs. However, GAO found that many of DOD’s most serious work measurement problems continue to exist: -... |
| Date June 2, 1981 |
Report No. 115644 |
Title
FOR XELEhSr: t-,1!,;DELIVERY EXPECTSD ;lrl S:30 a.m.. Tuesday, June 2, 1981 STATEMENT OF HARRY S . ilAVESS ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GESERAL BEFORE THE SUBCOM:~iiTTEE 0:; CIVIL SER1'ICE OF THE CC.".l?II?TEE 2N PGST CJFFICE AJ5D CI‘,.'iL U.S. HOUSE OF REFRES~::Iz'i.TI~'ES
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115644 SERVICE H.R. 3116, A BILL FOR FEDERAL COST Rj$DUCTIOS AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVE?lENT and Members to be here ... |
| Date June 2, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-91 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-203367 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Max Baucus Senate Baucus: Social Security Administration Managing Its Administrative (HRD-81-91) Policies Law Judges JUNE 2.1981 for On April 3, 1980, you requested that we review several issues concerning whether the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) Administrative Law ... |
| Date March 24, 1981 |
Report No. AFMD-81-23 |
Title
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES VA Needs A Single System To Measure’ Hospital frroductivity
The Veterans Administration does not have a uniform, centrally coordinated system for its hospitals to measure productivity. Therefore, meaningful comparisons within VA cannot be developed, and opportunities for improving operationsandcontrollingresourcesaremissed. An adequate productivity measure... |
| Date Oct. 16, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-81-8 |
Title
RESTRICTED Mot td he rel@?aaed outside Accot~nting OtPFce eacr:~9t on the ba&ls of’r~ By T/j ~m~~f ~i”r’iej”r~~-j-~~~ Er the * Qenoea r5 75
2 Report To The Chairman, Joint Economic Committee
OI+ -I-HE UNITEDSTATES RE- RELEASED Thb Council On Wage And Price Stability Hc$sNot Stressed Productivity In Its Efforts ToIReduce Inflation
Effor 8 to improve productivity should play a subst ntial ro... |
| Date July 8, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-45 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Gongruss
OF THEUNITED STATES = Government Measures Of Private-Sector Productivity: UsersRecommend Changes
Measures of private sector productivity compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics can be improved. This is according to users surveyed by GAO from unions, private businesses, and Federal Government agencies. Those users consistently supported three impro... |
| Date May 13, 1980 |
Report No. 112289 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 3:30 A.M. EST TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1980 STATEMENT WILLI-AM J. OF JR. MCCORMICK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE UNITED ON CIVIL SERVICE, SERVICE DIVISION ON POST OFFICE STATES AND CIVIL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON 'IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE APP... |
| Date April 18, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-41 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROliER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES - m Report ToThe Congress
Productivity Measurement In The Defense Logistics Agency Must Be Supported, Improved, And Used
The Defense Logistics Agency has one of the best designed productivity measurement systems in the Government but does not base its budget requests on data from the system and makes only limited use of the data for other management p... |
| Date April 9, 1980 |
Report No. LCD-80-43 |
Title
-FM+ //&gl& .,,, * BY THE U.S.GENERAL AiCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of The Navy Navy Missile Maintenance Can Be Done Cheaper By Improving Productivity
The Navy has not missile maintenance meet its needs. tailored its intermediate resource5 to effectively This report shows that the Navy’s intermediate missile maintenance facilities capacity is more than needed. Also, the Navy does not... |
| Date Feb. 12, 1980 |
Report No. FGMSD-80-13 |
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| Date Oct. 1, 1979 |
Report No. 094332 |
Title
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| Date Sept. 17, 1979 |
Report No. 094338 |
Title
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| Date Sept. 11, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-125 |
Title
INVENTORY OF FEDERAL FOOD, NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS ,, CEO -79-125
SEPTEMBER 11, 1979 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON OF
DC THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-114824 Chairman, Senate Committee on-Appropriations Subcomnlttee on Agriculture $iBate @rnrn_ltdEe on Appropriations SubJect: Inventory of and Agriculture SEPTEMBER11, 1979 Federal Food, Nutrition, Programs (CED-79-125) As the uncertainty of... |
| Date June 14, 1979 |
Report No. 109642 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EDT THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1979 STATEMENT OF DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY I DIRECTOR FINANCIAL AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE 1 SERVICE Madam Chairwoman We are in the here and Members today at your of the request Sub... |
| Date June 6, 1979 |
Report No. 109594 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D. C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE fl1, i@ ,003 UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON THE NEED TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY LTO REDUCE FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT AND IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY INTRODUCTION Mr. t... |
| Date May 21, 1979 |
Report No. FPCD-79-32 |
Title
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LM109425 Needecl In Army’s s For Support And
Army survey teams determine manpower needs for support and administrative functions. They do not provide the Army with information needed to --support its manpower budget to the Office of Management and Budget and the Congress, --allocate authorized manpower spaces to installations and work centers, and ... |
| Date March 15, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-9 |
Title
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I BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Does The Federal Incentive Awards Program Improve Productivity?
Continued use of the Goverment Employees Incentive Awards Program in its present form at most agencies may have a more negative impact on employee productivity than would having no awards program at all. Some aspects of Federal agency awards programs sho... |
| Date Nov. 22, 1978 |
Report No. FPCD-78-26 |
Title
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| Date July 20, 1978 |
Report No. PAD-78-44 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESLiE
C5504 - rB20270571
+ 4 appendices (17 pp.). HUD's Evaluation System: An Assessment. PAL-78-44; E-114860.
July 20, 1978. 62 pp. Report to the Conqress; by Elmer B. Staats, CoaPtrcller Seneral. Issue Area: Program Evaluatlon Systems: Agency Evaluatict (2601); Domestic hcusing and CCmmlnity Development (2100). contact: Proqram analysis Div. §udqet Function: Community and Regional Dev... |
| Date June 30, 1978 |
Report No. 106485 |
Title
.,- , P"? 0 O UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 HUMAN RE5OURCES DIVISION JUN 3 0 1978
Mr. Allan L. Reynolds Inspector General Veterans Administration Dear Mr. Reynolds: The General Accounting Office has completed a review of the Veterans Administration's (VA) implementation of program evaluation and related data collection efforts as required by Public Law 93-508, appr... |
| Date May 10, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-78-33 |
Title
DOCIRENT RBSONg
05956 - [B1326330] Improviug Federal Agency Efficiency through the Use of Productivity Data, in the Bulget Process. FGHSD-78-33; B-163762. Say 10, 1978. 2 I'p. * appendix (28 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Blmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue area: National Productivity: Fostering the use of Productivity data in the budget prcce3s (2905). Contact: Financial and General San... |
| Date May 2, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-77-343 |
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| Date Feb. 16, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-312 |
Title
DOCOIWBT R8s0aA 05216 - [80525R311 [ 0.. Uaintenance]. Army in Buropeas York measurerent System fur Raal Property LCD-78-312a; -163762. February 16, 1978. 7 pp. Report to Secretary, Departest of tke Army; by Robert 6. Rothuell (for Fred J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Comaunications Div.). Issue Area: Facilities and material Eanagoeeatt Operation and mainteaance of Facilities (708). Con=ct: Loq... |
| Date Nov. 23, 1977 |
Report No. LCD-78-403 |
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| Date Oct. 27, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-83 |
Title
DOC MENT RESUME 04068 - [B3054300] (Restricted) nail Processinq- Productivity heasuremsnt Is Inadequate. GGD-77-83; B-114874. October 27, 1977. 15 pp. * 3.appendices pp.). . Post Office and Civil Service: Postal Personnel and Modernization Subcomnittee; by Robert F. Reller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: National Productivity: Evaluation cf Productivity inpact of Federal Personnel Policie... |
| Date June 15, 1977 |
Report No. FPCD-77-53 |
Title
@ 7eqeccl
DOCUMENT 02557 - [A175-27851 The Work Measuremerit System of the Department cf Housing and Urban Development Has Potential but Needs Further Work to Increase Its Reliability. FPCD-77--53; B-183124. released June 20, 1977. June 15, 1977. 29 pp. + 4 appendices (8 pp.). Report to Sen. William Proxmire, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; B. S... |
| Date May 4, 1977 |
Report No. LCD-77-410 |
Title
DCCUMENT BESUME
02034 - [A1252251] Government Printing ffice Producton and Management Controls: Improvezent Opportunities. LCD-77-410; B-114829. ay 4, 1977. 29 PP. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700). Contact: Logistics ad Communicaticns Div. Budget Function: General Government: Other General Government (806). Organi... |
| Date Jan. 21, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-15 |
Title
. : RELEASED ), ,s \v*S”IPjGTcJh‘. D c. :o::a llllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM100442 Dear ,R!r . Armstroncj : , we exPn:ked the P 17 E u ? z t to vour !!?v 1!3, 1976 recwest r transfer cE Colorado SFrinqs’ tail :r:arknc functiom 1/ to ycu ss4cd us to (1) ver ifv *se Puehlc. SFecif iczll-;, ravixs estir?tec, (2) 2scess the ?f:ecT of Postal SorTrice’s 6el,ivery perforcencc, end (3) Efcr on xi... |
| Date Oct. 26, 1976 |
Report No. PSAD-77-1 |
Title
UNiTED STATE~GENERALACCOUNTING OFFiCE
WASHINGTON,
i . PROCUREMENT AcouIslTloN rl *ND-S DlvlsloN D.C. 20548 B-175462
LMIOIIOS 1111111111111111111
The Honorable The Secretary of the Army Dear Mr. Secretary: We reviewed operations at the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant located in Texarkana, Texas. Lone Star is a Government-owned, contractor-operated industrial activity under the jurisdiction of the C... |
| Date Aug. 31, 1976 |
Report No. LCD-76-401 |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Improvements Needed In Defense's Efforts To Use Work Measurement
Department of Defense
Defense's military services are devoting some 4,483 staff-years at a cost of $58 million to their application of work measurement--a proven technique for improving labor produc- tivity.
GAO has found that the services were not providing suffi... |
| Date April 4, 1975 |
Report No. TCD-75-4 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1975 |
Report No. 095131 |
Title
FOREWORD
From t h e days when Yankee ingenuity was a household word, Americans have known that increased productivity meant a higher standard of living. And our productivity has increased surely but steadily for decades. This is why for many years we have been able t o compete successfully in world markets and why the people of the United States have one of the highest standards of living in t h ... |
| Date Dec. 17, 1973 |
Report No. 094599 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C.
20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected 10:00 a.m. EST Monday, December 17, 1973 STATEMENTOF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE 8' d JOINT ECONOMICCOMMITTEE SIJBCOMMITTEE PRIORITIES AND ECONOMY GOVERNMENT ON IN ON RING AND ENHANCINGFEDERALPRODUCTIVITY > Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased re... |
| Date Sept. 17, 1973 |
Report No. 088674 |
Title
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| Date Dec. 29, 1969 |
Report No. B-167982 |
Title
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS Need TQ Improve Performance Standards For erson ne I O f Civilian Produ In The epartm f Defense
8-167982 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
D EC. 29,19 S 6 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B- 167982 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report on the need to improve performance s... |
| Date Jan. 31, 1958 |
Report No. B-118763 |
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