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Date Feb. 28, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-41 Title

Financial Management: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee Resettlement Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNTM OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 HUMAH RKSOURCZS DIVISION FEBRUARY 28,1985 B-217473 The Honorable William H. Natcher Chairman, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Education, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee R...
Date Feb. 13, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-23 Title

Health: Inadequate Controls Over Medicare Payments for Once-in-a-Lifetime Physician Procedures

UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 February HUMAN RUOURCU DIVISION 13, 1984 Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: Subject: I Ill 123437 Over Medicare Physician Payments Procedures Inadequate Controls for Once-In-A-Lifetime (GAO/HRD-84-23) Medicare carriers are required to have c...
Date Oct. 11, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-54 Title

Government Operations: More Effective Use of Audit Reports Needed To Reduce Contract Costs

UNITmSrATEs GENEFWACX~IJNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 **non84 IMI88IyAtlOIyU 88CURiw ATPAl88 DWUIOW AM0 11 OCT 1983 General Donald R. Keith Commander, U.S. Army Material and Readiness Command 5001 Eisenhower Avenue 22333 Alexandria, Virginia Dear General Subject: Keith: Development 122895 More Effective Use of Audit Reports Needed to Reduce Contract Costs (GAO/NSIAD-83-54) We have completed ...
Date June 2, 1983 Report No. 121526 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Dispute Between the District of Columbia Government and the Federal Bureau of Prisons Over Payments for Housing D.C. Prisoners in Federal Correctional Institutions

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 a.m. June 2, 1983 STATEMENT OF RONALD F. LAUVE, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE .. 1. SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTINFORMATION, JUSTICE, AND AGRICULTURE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON DISPUTE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENTAND THE FEDERAL BU...
Date June 1, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-44 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Millions of Dollars in Charges for Housing D.C. Prisoners in Bureau of Prisons' Institutions Are in Dispute

1 ? REPORT THEUS BY General Accounting Office Millions Of Dollars In Charges For Housing D.C. Prisoners SD’n Bureau Of Prisons’ Institutions Are In Dispute For more than 6years the Bureau of Prisons and the D.C. Government have been unable to resolve disputes over payments to house D.C. prisoners in Federal Correctional Institutions According to the Bureau’s records, the D.C. Government owed...
Date April 6, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-36 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service Needs To Strengthen Controls Over Employee Overtime

i3YTHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING To The Postmaster General OFFICE Postal Service Needs To Strengthen Controls Over Employee Overtime . Tostrs~hencontrolsoverovertimeexpenditures, the Postal Service needs to: --Include planned dvertime in its budget and work-hour reports. --Periodically determine whether overtime work can be done on straight time. --Determine the reasons for overtime before hiring add...
Date March 29, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-95 Title

Energy: Some Small Purchase Procurements at FERC Were Not Well Managed

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, . . RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISl,ON March 29, 1983 . B-208038 The Honorable Charles M. Butler III Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Some Small Purchase Procurements at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Were Not Well Managed'(GAO/RCED-83-95) Our re...
Date Jan. 18, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-10 Title

Veterans Affairs: Office Refurbishing, Use of a Government Vehicle and Driver, and Out-of-Town Travel by the Former Administrator of VA

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Office Refurbishing, Use Of A Government Vehicle And Driver, And Out-Of-Town Travel By The Former Administrator Of Veterans Affairs The former Administrator of Veterans Affairs took action in response to an Inspector General report on questionable office refurbishing, improper transfer of office furniture to the Department of Commerce, and imp...
Date Jan. 13, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-36 Title

Health: Improper Hospital Charges for Priority Tests Claimed for Medicare Reimbursement

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 HUMC N RtSOURCCS DIVISION Carolyne K. Davis, Ph.D. Administrator Health Care Financing Admlnlstratlon Department of Health and Human Services Dedr Dr. DdVlb SubJect Improper Hospital Tests Claimed for (GAO/HRD-83-36) Charges Medicare for Priority Reimbursement' Our office 15 currently revlewlng dncllldry bervice utlllzdtlon III 16 selec...
Date July 7, 1982 Report No. PLRD-82-54 Title

Government Operations: Fee Guidelines Still Needed for Government-Sponsored Nonprofit Organizations

General Accounting Office Fee Guidelines Still Needed For Government-Sponsored Nonprofit Organizations The variety of mine and pay sored nonprofit reflect a lack of procedures used to deterfees to Government-sponorganizations continues to uniformity in Federal policy. The weighted guidelines used by the Department of Defense in determining fees for the organizations GAO reviewed are not appropriat...
Date March 15, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-46 Title

Income Security: VA Forfeiture Decisions Highlight the Need To Strengthen the Procedural Protections Afforded Filipino Veterans Residing in the Philippines

h h ,A UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFTCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MUMAN Icr?loURcu DlWSloW B-206607 MARCH x,7992 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Alan Senate Cranston 117796 Cranston: ! VA Forfeiture Decisions Highlight the Need to Strengthen the Procedural Protections Afforded Filipino Veterans and-m'eir Su.rviwsrs Residing in the Philippinegi .,+a.. (HRD-82-46) Pursuant to y...
Date Nov. 13, 1981 Report No. 117048 Title

Financial Management: S. 864, the Proposed Financial Integrity Act of 1981

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING DC 20548 OFFICE / WASHINGTON, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. NOVEMBER 13, 1981 FRIDAY, , STATEMENT CHARLES UNITED A. BOWSHER, OF COMPTROLLER ACCOUNTING GENERAL OFFICE STATES GENERAL BEFORE THE AFFAIRS SENATE COMMITTEE CONCERNING FINANCIAL ON GOVERNMENTAL S. 864 THE PROPOSED OF 1981 INTEGRITY ACT Mr. Chairman and Members to of the have the of-the this...
Date Oct. 29, 1981 Report No. B-202800 Title

Government Operations: [Fund Solicitations for Redecorating the White House]

N B-202800 ;RPOLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 October 29, 1981 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommitte on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your request that we examine, in light of applicable laws, allegations that a group of non-Federal employees used the facilities...
Date July 21, 1981 Report No. 088051 Title

Social Services: Federal Disaster Assistance

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 2:00 P.M. EST TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1981 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DiVISION . BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE rr .. IIIIll1 Ill 088051 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC UNITED STATES SENATE ON FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANC...
Date June 30, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-105 Title

Health: Appropriateness of Missouri's Mingling of Medicaid Reimbursement Funds With State General Revenue Funds

?Jr&I STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURQS DWISION B-203592 JUNE30.1981 The Honorable House of Representative: Dear Mr. Clay: [xppropriateness‘-of Missouri's Mingling of Medicaid Reimbursement Funds with State General Revenue Funds (HRD-81-105). _7 _' In your March 13, 1981, letter, you requested information on several questions related to the recent lo-percent St...
Date Jan. 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-4 Title

Housing: Poor Controls Over Federal Aid in Massachusetts After the 1978 Blizzard Caused Questionable Benefit Payments

OF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEASED Poor Controls Over Federal Aiid In Massachusetts After Tqe 1978 Blizzard Caused Qbestlonable Benefit Payments :$3 enc eme f several Ma.ssachusetts counties were dea major disaster area after they experlthe worst blizzard in 100 years, Federal ency assistance was provided. nefits were needed or spent for verified artment of Justice agrees, not--citing the high cost JANU...
Date April 10, 1980 Report No. B-196268 Title

Government Operations: Loss of Government Transportation Requests

> United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 13y~~d Iro13sJ Office of General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-l96268 April 10, 1980 Robert E. Cavanaugh Chief, Branch of Finance Office of the Secretary Department of the Interior Dear Mr. Cavanaugh: Subject: Your letter of September 14, 1979 You ask that we review the file on the toss of -boeok f-tef n Government Transportation Request...
Date Dec. 20, 1979 Report No. PAD-80-34 Title

Health: Spending Patterns of the Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Spending Pbtterns Of The Departments And Agencies Of The Federal Government. This rsdort analyzes gross obligations incurred duri’ng fiscal years 1977, 1978, and the first half of ~ 1879. A disproportionate amount of obligations occurred in the last quarter of the fiscal year and in the last month of that quarter; While this indicates that yea...
Date Oct. 30, 1979 Report No. B-194727 Title

Government Operations: [Manner of Response to Notices of Exception]

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE U WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY RFER TO. RE:ETO OFFICE Or GENERAL COUNSEL A B-194 72 7 OCT 3 0 1979 Ms. Margaret M. Ayres Chief Counsel, Urban Mass Transportation AdministrationN Department of Transportation 400 7th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Ms. Ayres: Q 3 0C You have requested guidance as to the) manner of response to eix Notices of Excepti...
Date Oct. 4, 1979 Report No. ID-79-52 Title

International Affairs: Improper Blocking of U.S. Funds by Office of Foreign Assets Control

B-159451 ocT06ER4,1979 -. The Honorable The Secretary Harold Brown of Defense of U.S. Funds y Assets Control3 ,'' Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: G mproper Blocking Office of Foreign (ID-79-52) We are reviewing the blocking of t&e assets of foreign governments and nationals during times of war or national by the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign emergency In the course of our review, we have...
Date June 18, 1979 Report No. 094356 Title

Special Publications: Expanding Role of Accounting in Our Economy

ADDRESS BY ELMER 8. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE 1979 NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE 1111111111111111111111111 11 lI1 I 094356 ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS ST. LOUIS, IvIlSSOURI ON THE c 1393 EXPANDING ROLE OF ACCOUNTING IN OUR ECONOMY JUNE 18, 1979 Good morning l a d i e s and gentlemen. I w o u l d l i k e to s h a r e w i t h you t o d a y some t h o u g h t s a s ...
Date May 18, 1979 Report No. CED-79-91 Title

Transportation: The Maritime Administration and the National Maritime Council--Was Their Relationship Appropriate?

REPORTBY THE r General I ; OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Maritime Administration And The National Maritime CounckWas Their elationship Appropriate? While GAO questioned the Maritime Administration’s involvement in and support for the National Maritime Council, GAO did not find that such involvement was totally unauthorized. Maritime Administration employees performed some National Maritime Councilrela...
Date March 16, 1979 Report No. CED-79-24 Title

Agriculture and Food: Questionable Payments and Loan Defaults in Sugar Programs

BY THE COMPTROLLER G&iRN OF THEUNITEDSTATES qq@ ’ Report To The Congress Questionable Payments And Loan Defaults In Sugar Programs The Department of Agriculture’s sugar pricesupport payment program on 1977 crop year sugar has resulted in questionable payments ...2.+,’ of millions of dollars. Agriculture’s loan program for 1977 crop year sugar is beset with problems of storage, underpayment...
Date June 1, 1978 Report No. CED-78-93 Title

Environmental Protection: Benefits Derived from the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program Are Questionable

DOCUMENT RESIJIE 05950 B1566577] Benefits Derived from the Outer Continental Shelf nvironmental Studies Program Are Questionable. CED-78-93; B-118678. June 1, 1978. 23 pp. + appendix (2 pp.). Department of the Interior; by Henry schwege, Community and Economic Development Div. Report to Secretary, Department of Commerce; Secretary, Director, Issue Area: Environmental Protection Programs: Instituti...
Date Oct. 6, 1977 Report No. PSAD-77-166 Title

Government Operations: Payment of Kickbacks by Subcontractors and Purchasing System Weaknesses at Raytheon Company's Microwave and Tube Division, Waltham, Massachusetts

DOCUMENT 03848 [B2854102] ESUMr, [Payment of Kickbacks by Subcontractors and Purchasing System Weaknesses t Raythecn Company's Microwave and Tuba Division, Waltham, MaEsachusetts]. PSAD-77-166; B-177'/48. October 6, 1977. 2 pp. enclosure (8 pp.). Report to Secretary, Department of Defense; by Richard W. Gutmann, Director, Procurement end Systems Acquisition Div. Issue Area: Federal Procurement of ...
Date Sept. 13, 1977 Report No. 103465 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Internal Revenue Service Efforts to Detect Slush Funds in Large Corporations

DOCUMENT RESUME 03465 [A2593728] Internal Revenue Service Efforts to Detect Slush Funds in Large Corporations. September 13, 1977. 16 pp. T'estimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means: Oversight Sukcoumittee; by Victor L. Lowe, Director, General Government Div. Issue Area: Accounting and Financial eporting (2800); Tax policy (1500). Contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: Misce...
Date June 3, 1977 Report No. LCD-76-233 Title

Financial Management: Unauthorized and Questionable Use of Appropriated Funds to Pay Transportation Costs of Non-Appropriated-Fund Activities

DOCUMENT BESOUE 02616 - [A1612600] Unauthorized and Questionable Use of Appropriated Funds to Pay Transportation Costs of Non-Appropriated-Fund Activities. LCD-76-233; B-148581. June 3, 1977. 15 pp. + 5 appendices (11 pp.) Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management: Federal Transportation of Things (704). Contact: Logistics end C...
Date May 5, 1977 Report No. HRD-76-167 Title

Health: Controls over Vocational Rehabilitation Training Services Need Improvement

DOCUMENT RESUME 02246 - [A1332332] Controls over Vocational Rehabilitation Training Services Need Improvement. HRD-76-167; B-164031(1). May 5, 1977. 58 pp. Report to the Congress; by EImer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Education, Training. and Employment Programs: Programs for Specific Target Groups (1108), Contact. Human Resources and Development Div. Budget Function: Education, Man...
Date May 2, 1977 Report No. OP-77-1 Title

International Affairs: Summary of Actions Being Taken in the United States To Control Questionable Corporate Payments in Foreign Countries

DOCUMENT RESUME 02134 [A1432431] Susmary of Actions Being Taken in the United States to Control Questionable Corporate Payments in Foreign Countries. OP-77-1. May 2, 1977. 29 pp. Report by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Office of Policy. Budget Function: General Government: Other General Government (806); Commerce and Transportation: Other Advancement and Regulation of Commerce (40...
Date May 28, 1976 Report No. 094281 Title

Government Operations: Survey of the Age and Citizenship Search Operation

Date Oct. 23, 1973 Report No. B-177748 Title

National Defense: Review of Selected Subcontracts Awarded by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton, Industries, Inc.

.3 ii2 x2 a .I JE m q b m 3 -a L w s “0 uCD % 3 CD .m > a, CT f -Ii? .-u-l KS .-> 3 .- 0 a COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE 205l8 UNITED STATES B-177748 The Honorable William Proxmire Chairman, Subcommittee on Priorities and Economy in Government ‘7, ‘Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States i I Dear Mr. Chairman: request we inquired and employees of Industries, Inc....
Date Aug. 2, 1971 Report No. B-172647 Title

Government Operations: Determination Into Whether the Office of Saline Water, Department of the Interior, Paid a Private Contractor $38,790 To Prepare Testimony for a Congressional Hearing To Justify Its Existence

COMPTROLLER RELEASED GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNIT 20548 B-172647 0 +P Proxmire: RELEASED or9 7ti2y ' _' -39 si Dear Senator Reference is made to your letter, dated April 12, 1971, requesting us to determine whether the Office of Saline Water, 1 Department of the. Interior , paid a private contractor 33 / -T%nviresearch Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland)'-$-38,790 to prepare testimony for a c...
Date March 11, 1966 Report No. B-156516 Title

Transportation: Review of the Relocation of Railroad Facilities, Walter F. George Lock and Dam, Fort Gaines, Georgia, Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions)

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES REVIEW OF THE RELOCATION OF RAILROAD FACILITIES WALTER F. GEORGE LOCK AND DAM FORT GAINES, GEORGIA CORPS OF ENGINEERS (CIVIL FUNCTIONS) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 1966 1Y35;I~JS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20848 MAR 1 1 1966 B-156516 To the President of the Senate and the Spe...
Date May 19, 1965 Report No. B-125014 Title

Financial Management: Report on Improper Use of Funds Appropriated for Operation and Maintenance Expenses, United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

REPORT TO FLE THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IMPRnOPER lSE O01 FUNDS APPIIOPIRIATED FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES UNITED STATES SECT'IION INTERNATIONAL, BOUNDARIY AND) WATER COMMISSION UlNIrED STATES AND MEXICO BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 1965 *c COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-125014 To the President of the Senate and the Speak...