Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo

GAO Reports by subject "Financial management"

Full-text search of 51,974 reports from the Government Accountability Office
From To
Reset

Search Results:

Date Report No. Title
Date Feb. 17, 1981 Report No. OPP-81-1 Title

U.S. General Accounting Office Background Paper on Reducing the Federal Budget: Strategies and Examples

. I :, P OFFCE -2” BACKGROUND REDUCING STRATEGIES . , ‘ek ,.i’
Date Feb. 5, 1981 Report No. B-198451 Title

National Defense: [Revised Air Force Procedures To Obtain Relief for Disbursing Officers]

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Office of General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-198451 04~. / / February 5, 1981 Mr. John K. Scott Deputy Assistant Comptroller for Accounting and Finance Department of the Air Force Dear Mr. Scott: We agree to the proposals set forth in your letter of August 27, 1980, providing revised procedures under which your Department will submi...
Date Feb. 2, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-38 Title

Health: Performance of CHAMPUS Fiscal Intermediaries Needs Improvements

/ / JppSfp~p&2S() BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report TOThe Ccingress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Performance Of CHAMPUS Fiscal Intermediaries Needs Improvements Several years ago the Department of Defense converted its contracts with fiscal intermediaries under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services from a cost-reimbursable to a fixed-price basis, in which a set fee is paid for each...
Date Feb. 1, 1981 Report No. 114419 Title

Special Publications: Accounting News

ACCOUNTING NEWS February 1981 Federal Accounting and Financial Reporting Principles and Standards Single Audit Steering Committee GAOissued its third exposure draft on the conceptual p. framework..................... 1 An intergovernmental Single Audit Steering Committee has been organized to facilitate the implementation of the single p. 1 audit approach... JFMIP is initiating a study of the capa...
Date Jan. 30, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-58 Title

Transportation: GAO Comments on Department of Transportation Study of Amtrak State and Local Taxation

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES 30 January a-201721 The Honorable Bob Packwood, Chairman on Commerce, Science, and Transportation u .S. Senate 1981 Committee The rlonorable Howard W. Cannon Ranking Islinority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation U.S. Senate - Subject: "A0 Comments on Department of Transportation b Study of Amtrak State and Local ...
Date Jan. 30, 1981 Report No. CED-81-56 Title

Housing: Summary of Major Deficiencies in the Farmers Home Administration's Business and Industrial Loan Program

B-201890 JANUARY 30,1981 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Sub)ect: Roger W. Jepsen Senate Jepsen: In the tSummary of MaJor Deficiencies Farmers Borne Administration's Business and Industraal Loan Program (CED-81-56) 3 Your letter of January 12, 1981, asked us to summarize malor deflcrencles found In the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA'S) Farmers Home Admlnlstration's (FmHA's) Buslne...
Date Jan. 28, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-22 Title

Financial Management: How the Farm Credit Administration Can Improve Its Use of Auditing

B’Y’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Governor, Farm Credit Administration OF THE UNITEDSTATES How The Farm Credit Administration Can Improve Its Use Of Auditing The cooperative Farm Credit System holds about one third of the Nation’s total farm debt. Its supervisory body, the Farm Credit Administration, has recognized the need for independent internal review of its management activitie...
Date Jan. 26, 1981 Report No. B-200555 Title

Agriculture and Food: Accounting Procedures Used by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service for the Child Nutrition Programs

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES * .4', .s / ' WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 January 26, 1981 B-200555 The Honorable Jesse Helms Chairman Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: On October 30, 1980, your staff verbally requested that we provide information to supplement our October 9, 1980, letter to you. That letter responded to your request for u...
Date Jan. 16, 1981 Report No. CED-81-50 Title

Environmental Protection: Assessment of Grant Expenditures To Fund New Jersey Interagency Toxic Waste Investigations/Prosecutions Program

UNITED STATES GENERALAIX~IJNT~NG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION January 16, 1981 B-201760 The Honorable Douglas M. Castle Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: &essment of Grant Expenditures to Fund New Jersey Inter ency Toxic Waste Investigations/Prosecutions Program (CED-81-50) 4 At the request of the Chairman, Subcomnittee on ...
Date Jan. 16, 1981 Report No. B-196981 Title

Government Operations: [Procurement Authority of Office of Special Counsel]

/ A4V i v GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 /\95'6 0 Office of General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-196981 January 16, 1981 2 OCe.r7 e 4/e 4M-1404-, 0 S4G% nc-C e- "oA, The Honorable Mary Eastwood Acting Special Counsel Office of the Special Counsel 1717 H Street, NW. 20414 Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. Eastwood: As you know, the Office of Special Counsel has requested ou...
Date Jan. 1, 1981 Report No. 114607 Title

Financial Management: The International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management--Organization, Goals and By-Laws

i Dt4e 7 eglc 4 The "Audit Tolerance Level"
Date Dec. 22, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-23 Title

Income Security: Certain Activities of the Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, New York

h c* GAO -. IIw9~/ Human Resources Diuision .United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-201396 outside thy Qd RESTRICTED - Mot to be released Accounting Office except on tie basis Of SPWim WW’@~ by the Office of Congressional Pkhtion& The Honorable John W. Wydler House of Representatives Dear Mr. Wydler: RELEASED DECEMBER 22,198O Subject: pertain Activities of the Economic Op...
Date Dec. 19, 1980 Report No. AFMD-81-19 Title

Financial Management: Survey of the Standard Army Intermediate Level Supply System

ACCOUNTING AN0 PiNANCtAL MANAGEMENT OIVIQON B-201196 DECEMBER 19,199O The Honorable The Secretary Harold Brown of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Survey of the Standard Army Intermediate c eve1 Supply System 31(AFMD-81-19) We have surveyed the Standard Army Intermediate Level Supply System at selected locations and are pleased to inform the financial inventory you that, at the locations surveyed, Beca...
Date Dec. 16, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-42 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant Program

I!NI’TED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 The Honorable Julius Scsretary Assisthnt Department of Health Dear Dr. B. Richmond, M,D. for fiez.1t.h nnd Human Services Richmond: Subject: Biomedic-ll Research ILUi-r-* Program 2 (HRD-81-42) Support Grant _. During our survey of the National Institutes of Health's (EIA's! Bio!iledid~l Research Support Grant (BRSG) program,,-we ...
Date Dec. 16, 1980 Report No. 114006 Title

Environmental Protection: Selected Aspects of the New Jersey Interagency Toxic Waste Investigations/Prosecutions Program

’ -. . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 A.M., EST, DECEMBER 16, 1980 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE ON ASPECTS OF THE NEW JERSEY INTERAGENCY OXIC WASTE INVESTIGATIO...
Date Dec. 8, 1980 Report No. CED-81-3 Title

Housing: Most Borrowers of Economic Opportunity Loans Have Not Succeeded in Business

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Most Borrowers of Economic Opportunity ~Loans Have Not Succeeded In Business TheSmall Business Administration’s Economic Opportunity Loans have not been an effective way to help disadvantaged people start or improve their own businesses. More borrowers have defaulted on the loans than have repaid them. Many who paid off their ...
Date Dec. 4, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-12 Title

Unauthorized Commitments: An Abuse of Contracting Authority in the Department of Energy

REPORT THE BY 1 Comptroller General 111 RE Unauthorized Commitments: An Abuse Of Contracting Authority In The Department Of Energy The Department of Energy relies heavily on contractors to help carry ou,t, its missions, reporting expenditures for contracted goods and services during fiscal year 1979 of about $9.2 billion. GAG’s review disclosed that contractors perform work for DOE without a con...
Date Dec. 2, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-16 Title

Financial Management: Audit of Financial Transactions of the Sergeant at Arms for the 12 Months Ended June 30, 1980, House of Representatives

. .I 7 v5+-FE&P 1/3evs REPorii BY THE Comptroller General OF! THE UNITEDSTATES Audit Of Financial Transactions Ofthe Sergeant At Arms Fol The 12 MonthsEnded June 30,198O House Of Representatives llllllllllllll ll 113885 . OQD-8516 DECEMBER 2,1980 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gai...
Date Nov. 24, 1980 Report No. CED-81-17 Title

Natural Resources: Additional Federal Aid for Urban Water Distribution Systems Should Wait Until Needs Are Clearly Established

rr3m :BY’:THFiCOMPTROL.;ER GENERAL ,Report To The Congresg OF THE UNITEDSTATES Additional Federal Aid For Urban Water Distribution Systems Should Wait Until Needs Are Clearly Established A move is on to modify Federal policy to provide more aid to help large cities rehabilitate and improve their water supply and distribution systems. Such programs, if enacted, could add billions of dollars to th...
Date Nov. 21, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-31 Title

Energy: Financial and Regulatory Aspects of Converting Oil-Fired Utility Boilers to Coal

-+?q BY,TH.E COMPTROLLER GENERAL Rdport To The Chairman, Committee On Energy And Natural Resources United States Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES Financial And Regulatory Aspects Of Thou nds of barrels of oil a day could be saved by converting oil-fired utility boilers to coal. I” A total of 26 utilities in the northeast Unit States are now listed in the proposed “oil ackout legislation” and by pr...
Date Nov. 20, 1980 Report No. 113894 Title

Financial Management: Improving the Collection of Debts Owed the Government

UNITED STATES GENERAL AC""';';;?;" WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE w-=&&j FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDBY 10:OOam EST THURSDAY, NOVEMBER20, 1980 STATEMENTOF DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY DIVISION DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTANTOF GAO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE COLLECTION OF DEBTS OWEDTHE GOVERNMENT I -J Mr. Chairman and Me...
Date Nov. 14, 1980 Report No. 113754 Title

Government Operations: [Development and Administration of Pension Policies]

REMARKS OF H. L. KRIEGER DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION U.S. General Accounting Office Before The PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON PENSION POLICY November 14, 1980 DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PENSION POLICIE J I am pleased to be here to discuss the General Accounting Office's views on the development and administration of pension policies for Federal personnel. - When should e...
Date Nov. 14, 1980 Report No. 113767 Title

Income Security: Funding of State and Local Government Pension Plans

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 *WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 14, 1980 113767 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON PENSION POLICY ON THEfiUI\IDING OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION PLANS-J . Mr. Chairman We are and Members pleased we ...
Date Nov. 11, 1980 Report No. 090886 Title

Financial Management: Measurement Concepts of Accounting and Financial Reporting in the Federal Government

EXPOSURE DRAFT 1, 1lllllllllIlllllllllll 090886 IC Measurement Concepts of Accounting and Financial Reporting in the Federal Government. I United States General Accounting Office November 11,1980om- - ? I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DE. 20548 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION Under the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950, the General Accounting Office ( G A O ) i...
Date Nov. 10, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-22 Title

Income Security: Social Security Administration's Beneficiary Rehabilitation Program

.. --- 113734 Human Resources Divisicl ML0 United States General Accounting Officc Washington, DC 20548 B-201008 NOVEMBER IO,1980 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris of Health and Human Services r"" ThelSocial Security Administration's Beneficiary Rehabilitation Prograg (HRD-81-22) Harris: llllllll IIIll 113739 Subject: At the request of the Chairman, Subcommittee on Over...
Date Nov. 6, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-81-1 Title

Financial Management: More--And Better--Audits Needed of CETA Grant Recipients

. I BY:Tt--jE COMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES - - R@port The Congress To Mbre-And Better--Audits Needed Of CETAGrant Rgcipients Bet een July 1974 and October 1978, over $26 illion in Federal Comprehensive Employmen and Training Act (CETA) funds was spen by about 460 grantees and thousands of s bgrantees. Department of Labor regulation require these grantees to be audited at 1 least! once eve...
Date Nov. 3, 1980 Report No. CED-81-8 Title

Transportation: Federal Aviation Administration's Management of Two Grants to the Tulsa International Airport

,; ;* . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 @MMIJNlTY DCVCWCMLNT AND CCONOMIC DIVISION NOVEMBER 3,198O B-197746 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: David ‘L. Boren Senate Boren: Federal Aviation Administration’s iIManagement of Two Grants to the Tulsa International Airport (CED-81-8) 113690 J In a November 9, 1979, letter, you requested that we review h...
Date Oct. 10, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-83 Title

Financial Management: Cash Management Improvements Will Save Federal Insurance and Benefits Programs Millions Annually

.’ .# / BYTH~~~APT~L;R &NERAL i&port To The ,Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES ’ Cash Management Improvements W ill Save Federal Insurance And Benefits Programs M illions Annually The Office of Personnel Management and the Department of the Treasury administer the Federal employee life insurance and health benefits programs. GAO found serious weaknesses in the cash management procedures the agencies...
Date Oct. 8, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-81-7 Title

Financial Management: Controls Over Peace Corps Revenue and Expense Transactions

UNJTEQ STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OmcE WASHINGTON. D.C. 2Q848 B-199914 OCTOBER 8,198O The Honorable Sam Brown Director, ACTION Dear Mr. Brown: Subjects This kontrols Over Peace Corps Revenue and Expense TransactionsAFGMSD-81-7) accounting letter contains the results of our survey of controls over expenditure and revenue transactions at Peace Corp6 activities in Guatemala, Ecuador, and Jamaica. Our ...
Date Oct. 8, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-81-6 Title

Financial Management: Internal Controls at State Department Accounting Stations in Latin America and the Caribbean

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-199914 Mr. Thomas M. Tracy Assistant Secretary Department of State Dear Mr. Tracy: Subject: OCTOBER 8,198O for Administration 113493 at State Department Accountfinternal Controls ing Stations in Latin America and the Caribbean (FGMSD-81-6) 3 This report contains the results of our survey of accounting controls over revenue and expend...
Date Oct. 7, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-78 Title

Financial Management: Inappropriate Use of an Indian Trust Fund To Subsidize BIA Activities

. I ”) BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress QF THEUNITEDSTATES lhappropriate UseOf An Indian Trust Fund 10 Subsidize BIAActivities tone time, revenue from the “Indian Moneys, roceeds of Labor” trust fund was used to fif ance schools and other services for Indians, but these activities now are funded by direct a/ppropriations. The trust fund is no longer eeded and its authorizing l...
Date Oct. 7, 1980 Report No. 113733 Title

Government Operations: [Oversight of Federally Sponsored Research and Development]

4 I . . I , U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHIXGTON, D. C. 20548 -. ADDRESS BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE NATIONAL GRADUATE UNIVERSITY S TWENTY.-SECOND INSTITUTE ON FEDERAL FUNDING SHOFIZHAM AMERICANA BOTEL, WASHSTGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 7 , 1980 &mRSIGHT OF FEDEXALLY SPONSDRED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMELW At the Nineteenth Institute on Federal Funding, in April 1979...
Date Oct. 2, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-88 Title

Financial Management: Bureau of Indian Affairs Violated Antideficiency Act in 1977

. . -c UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 2OS48 , DIVIamN ar III-hlduAacMIPCTmTuMn AND OCTOBER 2,198O B-200248 The Honorable The Secretary Degr Mr. Cecil D. Andrus of the Interior Secretary: K ureau of Deficiency Indian Affa Act in s Violated Anti(FGMSD-80-88) Subject: This letter discusses a Bureau of Indian Affairs violaon the tibn of the Anti-Deficiency Act in fiscal 1977 wh...
Date Sept. 30, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-13 Title

Income Security: Evaluation of Alternatives for Financing Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing

, ,I 1 i Y 9-r iW 4 wra BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Evaluation Of Alternatives For Financing Low And Moderate Income Rental Housing The cost ofsubsidizing housing is escalating rapidly while demand for lower income housin far exceeds supply. A key question is how e 9fectively are present programs encouraging housing production for needy households. GAO analy...
Date Sept. 30, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-128 Title

Conduct of DOE's Gasohol Study Group: Issues and Observations

, . . I w REPORTBY THE ,. Comptroller General Study Group: Issues And Observations GAO reviewed a number of allegations concerning the conduct of the Department of Energy’s Energy Research Advisory Board Gasohol Study Group and found them of mixed validity. The most serious deficiencies GAO found were that --the Study Group was not operated in accordance with the requirements governing Federal a...
Date Sept. 24, 1980 Report No. 113401 Title

Financial Institutions: International Activities of Banks

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTED 1O:OO A.M., EDT AT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1980 STATEMENT OF ELMER8. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE ON . FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SUPERVISION, REGULATION, AND INSURANCE COMMITTEE.ONBANKING, FINANCE, AND URBANAFFAIRS U.S. HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Chairman and Members We are ...
Date Sept. 19, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-80 Title

Information Management: Electronic Funds Transfer--Its Potential for Improving Cash Management in Government

. . . I BY THE&/lPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Electronic Funds Transfer --Its Potential For Improving Cash Management In Government The Federal Government is making increasing use of electronic funds transfer for many of its payments and receipts. The Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury expect this technology to save millions of dollars. ...
Date Sept. 2, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-97 Title

Energy: Delays and Uncertain Energy Savings in Program To Promote State Energy Conservation

,,, ” Jr I F BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL li3lW mart ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Delays And Uncertain Energy Savings In Program To Promote State Energy Conservation The gaal of the State Energy Conservation Program is to reduce the energy consumption of each State by about 5 percent by 1980, How~ever, GAO does not believe that the 1980 goal ‘will be attained or that the savings reported for ...
Date Aug. 29, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-90 Title

Budget and Spending: Progress in Improving Program and Budget Information for Congressional Use

1 B’i THECOMPTRO;LeFGENERAL Report To T OF THEUNITEDSTATES Progress In Improving Program And Budget Information For Congressional Use The Comptroller General is required, by law, to develop standard terms and classifications for Federal fiscal, budgetary, and programrelated information; to identify congressional needs for such information; and to monitor recurring reporting requirements of the C...
Date Aug. 28, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-65 Title

Financial Management: Continuing and Widespread Weaknesses in Internal Controls Result in Losses Through Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

* BY THt-.CC~MP;RO~ERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Continuing And Widespread Weaknesses In Internal Controls Result In Losses Through Fraud, Waste, And Abuse Billions of Federal dollars are lost annually through fraud, waste, and abuse. This report summarizes a series of earlier reports on internal control weaknesses in 11 Federal agencies. The activities reviewed represent a c...
Date Aug. 21, 1980 Report No. 114190 Title

Financial Management: Financial Statements of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCWNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY COMMUNITY DNELOPMUYF AND ECONOMlC DIVISION REPERTO: Mr. Raymond Fontaine Assistant Administrator for Plans, Programs and Financial Management General Services Administration Dear Mr. Fontaine: &.. dL.+ 1 ,,,,I1 s n," ET. ("""k, j- /I /* ,,.,m 1 On July 1, 1980, we issued a report to the Congress year 1979pnancial expressing our...
Date Aug. 19, 1980 Report No. 113058 Title

Financial Management: General Services Administration's Sale of Carson City Silver Dollars

UtlXTED S'I'ATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASH~MGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Tuesday, August 19, 1980 Statement Donald Logistics of J. Iloran, Deputy Director and Communications Division before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs Finance and Urban Affairs Committee on Banking, Elouse of Representatives concerning cs, Mr. Chairman I welcome discuss this eneral Services Administration'...
Date Aug. 14, 1980 Report No. CED-80-131 Title

Natural Resources: Financial Management Practices at the Flathead National Forest

COMMUNITY AND DEVLLOPMICNT kCONOMlC UIYISIDN B-199886 t,,,‘The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: John Melcher Senate Melcher : Ginancial Flathead AUGUST 14,198O Management Practices at the National Foresg( CED-80-131) 3Cn ,response to your letter of March 26, 1980, which included copies” of your correspondence with Mr. Maurice R. into certain financial managemen,t Johnson, we have ...
Date Aug. 7, 1980 Report No. B-199487 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on S. 2790]

ant~~~~~~~~ -,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~W - Wr-cij u y }WASHINGTON. COMPTROI LR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. 20548 /64< B-199487 B 199487 August 7, 1980 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate d Dear Mr. Chairman: You-asked us to review and oExmment~on S. 279§ a-bill to limit the amount that may be. obligated by any agency of the Federal Government...
Date Aug. 6, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-64 Title

Financial Management: Are Written Guidelines Needed To Establish New Agencies' Funding Needs?

COMPTROLLRR GMCRAL wAsJ4INaToN. OF D.C. TNP 2oyI UNITE0 STAl’E# B-199484 AUGUST 6,198O The Honorable Committee Chairwoman, Subcommittee Manpower and Housing House of Representatives .’ Dear Madam Chairwoman: Subject: Cardiss R. Collins on Operations : 112951 on Government Guidelines 1Are Written Funding New Agencies’ Needs? to Establish (FGMSD-80-64) I, In December 1979 your office requested...
Date Aug. 4, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-78 Title

Financial Management: Audit of the Senate Barber Shops Revolving Fund for Calendar Year 1979

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Audit Of The Senate Barber Shops Revolving Fund ForCalendar Year 1979 Illllllllllll H 112933 GGD-80-78 AUGUST 4,198O For sale by: Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Telephone (202) 783-3238 Members of Congress; heads of Federal, State, and local government agencies; members of the press; and librar...
Date July 31, 1980 Report No. ID-80-32 Title

International Affairs: The AID Excess Property Program Should Be Simplified

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The AID ExcessProperly Program Should Be Simplified The Agency for International Development (AID) excess property program is not accomplishing its objective. Intended, when possible, to use excess instead of new property in U. S. foreign assistance projects, the program has moved in a different direction. A number of events have re...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-67 Title

Government Operations: Government Agencies Need Effective Planning To Curb Unnecessary Year-End Spending

BY THE COMPTROLLE?GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Human Resources, Committee On Post Off ice And Civil Service, House Of Representatives 0 1”: l-4 II N ITE STATES “I t D Government Agencies Need Effective Planning ToCurb Unnecessary Year-End Spending Continued high year-end spending by some Government agencies indicates a need for management controls. Not all year-end spending ...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. CED-80-87A Title

Transportation: Highway Safety Research and Development--Better Management Can Make It More Useful

8, Irn 113240 SUPPLEMENT THE REPORTBY THE TO Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES REl ,l.J!nt Highway Safety Research And Development- f3etterManagement Can Make It More Useful GAO has issued concurrently with this supplement a report with the above title. The Department of Transportation commented on the draft of that report, and this supplement contains GAO’s evaluation of and response to t...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. CED-80-87 Title

Transportation: Highway Safety Research and Development--Better Management Can Make It More Useful

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General Dbvelopment-- Better Management Can Make It More Useful The Department of Transportation could strengthen its management of highway safety research and development so that research results can be more effective as a resource for State and local highway safety programs. The Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would be more responsive to hig...