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Date March 19, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-27 Title

Financial Management: Housing and Urban Development's Efforts To Improve Its Accounting System for Mortgage Insurance Premiums

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 DIVISION GENERAL OF FINANCIAL AND STUDlIEs MARCH 19, 19s” MANAGEMENT B-114860 The Honorable Moon Landrieu The Secretary of Housing -'"%','^ ---a cr..l\-.b and Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary: 111840 and Urban Development's Efforts to gousing c~ Improve its Accounting System for Mortgage Insurance ?remium$?FGMSD-807;27) SW..I" .y...
Date March 18, 1980 Report No. 111864 Title

Housing: Comments on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Security Demonstration Program

:. # ‘I .“i ‘I. .‘.a 1 87. .!...’ ‘* ‘yy 6 :-.,>. f”’ 1. UNITED STATS GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 "The Honorable Lawrence B. Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing‘Commissioner Dear Mr. Simons: we wrote to you expressing By letter dated August 3, about the evaluaour concerns and making certain sugg stions Department of Housing tion being planned in ...
Date March 18, 1980 Report No. 111851 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements of Gorgas Memorial Institute

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 March 18, 1980 President Dr. Jack W. Millar, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Inc. 2007 I Street, N.W. 20006 Washington, D.C. Dear Dr. Millar: i._., 111851 As you know, we recently completed our&;amination of t%e financial statements of Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Inc., f...
Date March 11, 1980 Report No. OP-80-1 Title

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

U.S. GENl33/4~ ACC()UNT\NG OFFICE SUPPLEMENT TO CONGfZESSONii~ BUDGET OFFICE BACKGROUND PAPER ON REDUCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET: STRATEGIES AND EXAMPLES U.S. GENERAL XCOUNTDJG SUPPLEMENT TO CONGRJZSSIONAL BUDGET OFFICZ BACKGROUND PQER ON REDUCING TX!Z FEDEZAL3UlXET: STRATEGIZSAND ZWLPLES March 1980 PREFACE This document was prepared to supplement the Cangressional Budget Office's background paper, "R...
Date March 4, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-37 Title

Financial Management: Delays in Implementing the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Accounting System for Its Mortgage Insurance Program

COMAROUPR UNLRAL wAsHlwoTol% OF TNt 1Iu UNITCO 87ATES O.C. B-197882 March 4, 1980 The Eonorable Edward P. Boland Chairman, Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies J-1 &'(;I (7j il 1..-t:: Committee on Appropriations Eouse of Representatives 113941 Dear Mr. Chairman: ,,,,, Subject: [-,Delays in Implementing the Department of Eousing and Urban Development's Accounting System &r its Mortgage Insuran...
Date March 3, 1980 Report No. 113717 Title

Information Management: Accurate Information--Government Managers Cannot Do Without It

4 -~~~~~~~~~- REMARKS OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TEE UNITED STATES AT TEE JOINT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROfGRAM NINTH ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 3, 1980 CACCUPATE INFORMATION GOVERNMENT MANAGERS CANNOT DO WITHOUT ITS It is a great pleasure to address the JFMIP Annual Financial Management Conference. These conferences were started only 9 y...
Date March 1, 1980 Report No. 090890 Title

Unpublished Decisions: Appropriations and Miscellaneous, Vol. XXIII, No. 2

Date Feb. 29, 1980 Report No. 111691 Title

Financial Management: Review of Internal Control Over Cash Receipts and Disbursements at the U. S. Embassy in Dacca, Bangladesh

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 WASHINGTON, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION Mr. Harold H. Saunders Assistant Secretary for and South Asian Affairs Department of State Dear Mr. Saunders: Near Eastern i&u 04P _ 111691 our Far East Branch I,revieweL During the past year, Ofinternal controls over cash receipts and disbursements at th During this review, our U.S. Embpssv in Daccaengladesh. national p...
Date Feb. 28, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-42 Title

Financial Management: Improving Management Controls at the Federal Financing Bank

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OLNLRAL 00VLRNMLNT DIVISION FEBRUARY 28,198O B-197390 Mr. Paul H. Taylor Vice President and Treasurer Federal Financing Bank Dear Mr. Taylor: Improving Management Controls at the Financing Bank (GGD-80-42) c ederal 3 We recently concluded an examination of the Federal Financing Bank’s financial statements for fiscal year 1979. which g...
Date Feb. 20, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-36 Title

Financial Management: Need To Improve Internal Controls Over Cash, Certain Inventories, and Accounts Payable

GAO Ur,rted StatesGeneraiAccoLntlrigC#ic? Washington,DC 20543 Logisticsand Comm~nicailons Division FEBRUARY20.1980 B-114829 Mr . John J. Doyle Public Printer U.S. Government Printing Dear ?!Y. Boyle: Office Subject: P We recently examined the Government Printing Office's aw nT (GPO's) fiscal year 1978 financial statements. As part of >& this examination, we tested the internal control systems for ...
Date Feb. 19, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-21 Title

Financial Management: Improved Grant Auditing and Resolution of Findings Could Save the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Millions

BY THECOMPTRO~bi GENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES . Ii&g Report ToThe Congress ” Improved Grant Auditing And Resolution Of Findings Could Save The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Millions An ineffective system of auditing grant recipients and resolving auditors’ findings could be costing the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration millions, Many of its grant recipients are not audited at...
Date Jan. 31, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-29 Title

Financial Management: Audit of the Stationery Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1979

Comptroller General m Audit Of The Stationery Revolving Fund For Fiscal Year Ended June 30,1979 111433 GGD-80-29 JANUARY Jl, 1980 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASWINGTON. OF THE UNITED STATES O.C. ZOS48 The Honorable Clerk of the Edmund L, Henshaw, Jr. Iiouse of Representatives Dear F!r . Henshaw: We have Revolving suc;nt to GENERAL The audited the House of Fund for the fiscal year your Elay 2, 1979, reque...
Date Jan. 15, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-19 Title

Financial Management: Usefulness of Financial Reports Produced by the Resource Management System

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20!348 I2.538 DlVlSlON GENERAL OF FlNANClALAND MAhiAGEMENT bTUDIB B-115369 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Edward Hidalgo of the Navy JANUARY 15, 1980 Secretary: of Financial cUsefulness the Resource Management Reports System Subject: J Produced by I (FGMSD-80-19) , This is the report on our review of the need for and 1 usefulness of fin...
Date Jan. 11, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-22 Title

Financial Management: Federal Highway Administration Project To Redesign Its Accounts System To Eliminate Inefficient Uses of Computers and People

i r~~~ s s L(1 lfrr~~~ 267-- F UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ~~~~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DIVISION OF FINANCIAL AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES JANUARY 11, 1980 B-196862 ______________ The Honorable Neil E. Goldschmidt Ii111 111268 11W The Secretary of Transportation Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: LFederal Highway Administration Project to Redesign Its Accounts System to Eliminate Inefficien...
Date Jan. 1, 1980 Report No. 112491 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Vol. 15, Issue 2, Spring 1980

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL O THE UNITED S A E F TTS I\ ~~~llllRlll 11 llllllllllllillll~ 112491 Report T The Congress o EffortsT Control Fraud,Abuse, And o Mismanagement In Domestic Food Assistance Programs: ProgressMade-More Needed GAO has made numerous recommendations for dealing with fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in domestic food assistance programs budgeted by the Department of Agriculture a...
Date Dec. 28, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-80-6 Title

Financial Management: HEW Must Improve Control Over Billions in Cash Advances

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES HEW Must Improve Control Over Billions In Cash Advances Due to deficiencies in HEW's management of Federal assistance advances to non-Federal organizations, assistance recipients held about $249 million in Federal money excess to their needs. This increases interest on the public debt by nearly $8.3 million annually. The report...
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 Dec. 6, 1979 Report No. 111071 Title

Special Publications: [Who Is Accountable? To Whom? For What? How?]

12Z67 KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES hE A=NUAL CONFE O SA ) WASHINGTON, D.C. DECEMBER 6, 1979 WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE? TO WHOM? FOR WHAT? HOW? A few days ago the editorial page of a Washington newspaper carried a letter from a lady in Springfield, Virginia. in our government," she cries out. "I don't have any representation "I find it difficult to believe," ...
Date Nov. 27, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-80-5 Title

Financial Management: Better Cash Management Can Reduce the Cost of the National Direct Student Loan Program

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL IZiLzIlo WV Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Better Cash Management Can Reduce The Cost Of The National Direct Student Loan Program Because the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has not emphasized cash management, schools participating in the National Direct Student Loan program are holding more than an annual average of $63 million in Federal funds...
Date Nov. 13, 1979 Report No. 094322 Title

Resource Scarcity in Interdependent Public Sector: Challenges and Opportunities

\ REMARKS BY ELMER B . STAATS CCMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES BEFORE T1HE 85TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE N A T I O N A L M U N I C I P A L LEAGUE D E T R O I T , M I C H I G A N , NOVEMBER 1 3 , 1 9 7 9 I t i s a p l e a s u r e f o r m t o b e h e r e today and have t h e e o p p o r t u n i t y t o meet w i t h some o f t h e N a t i o n ' s o u t s t a n d i n g civic leaders. The ...
Date Nov. 9, 1979 Report No. 110837 Title

Education: Comments on Report Entitled "The Federal Program To Strengthen Developing Institutions of Higher Education Lacks Direction"

Lnited States General Accounting D.C. 205413 Office Washington, 110837 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:OO A.M. EST November 9, 1979 s"eNo -7b3 - STATEMENT OF RONALD F. LkUVE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ART AND THE HUMANITIES CObSMITTEE ON LABOR AND ti 3 bliiN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ON r( 6'9 GA& REPORT ENTITLED &'xr*n*flns r THE...
Date Oct. 31, 1979 Report No. GGD-80-5 Title

New York City's Fiscal Problems: A Long Road Still Lies Ahead

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IIt07 Report To The Congress New York City's Fiscal Problems: A Long Road Still Lies Ahead During the past 4 years New York City has made progress in dealing with its fiscal problems, but significant budget deficits are projected for the next few years, and there are major uncertainties ahead. GAO says the City should face up to the need for budget c...
Date Oct. 25, 1979 Report No. HRD-80-12 Title

Education: Student Loan Insurance Fund

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 IUMAN It aNVIION B-164031(1) OCTOBER 25. 1979 The Honorable Patricia Roberts Harris The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Dea:: Mrs. Harris: Subject: Student Loan Insurance Fund (HRD-80-12) Under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, et seq., as amended), the Comptroller General is required to examine annually the...
Date Oct. 15, 1979 Report No. 092181 Title

Financial Management: Costs for the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project

UNITHI:, STATES GENERAL, ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:45 a.m. October 15, 1979 Monday, u STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR Mr. Chairman: We appreciate the Alaska Highway information know, the ' your invitation to discuss c cos...
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 Oct. 3, 1979 Report No. 094331 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Government and Industry--Partners in Progress for Reversing the Productivity Slump

A 4 9 4 -. REMARKS OF ELMER B. STAATS C OM P TRO L L E R G EN E RAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRODUCTIVITY SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE "GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY--PARTNERS I N PROGRESS FOR REVERSING THE PRODUCTIVITY SLUMP" SHOREHAM HOTEL WASHINGTON, D. C . OCTOBER 3 , 1 9 7 9 I a p l e a s e d t o h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o a d d r e...
Date Oct. 1, 1979 Report No. 092317 Title

Special Publications: Review Guide for Federal Agency Statements of Accounting Principles and Standards

Date Sept. 25, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-48 Title

Financial Management: Comparison of the Cost of Various Services Performed by the Federal Government With the Cost of Comparable Services Provided by Private Companies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHING4TON. OF THE IJNITED STATES D.C. 2Ou8 1) ~-163762 SEPTEMBER25, 1979 The Honorable Chairman, committee Russell 0n H* Long Finance United Senate ati The Honorable F&&& Packwood Committee on Finance United States Senate we make several studies comparingcthe cost of various services performed by the Federal Government with the cost of comparable services This letter discusse...
Date Sept. 24, 1979 Report No. ID-79-56 Title

International Affairs: Improving Financial Management in the United Nations by Strengthening Audits and Evaluations

f 1± / Report To The Congres s F ~-. UNI JE l Improving financial Managemen t In the Unified Nations by Strengthenin g Audits and Evaluation s Financial management can he improved in th e United Nations and Its SpeClailje(l agencies , whose combined budgets exceed 52 hllll(rll , tflrollgh more effective illl(llts till(t E .'Vai(Iitioiis . This is essential to the effective use of thes e large fu...
Date Sept. 23, 1979 Report No. 094339 Title

Special Publications: Public Pension Issues

>< , 9 REMARKS OF ELEIER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENZ:RAL . OF THE UNITED STATES . ’ * AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE FOR BUNANISTIC STUDIES SYMPOSIUM ”THE QUIET C R I S I S OF PUBLIC PENSIONS” SEPTEMBER 23, 1979 ’ [PUBLIC PEIJSION ISSUES] . I am pleased t o b e here this e v e n i n g to discuss sone . ._ of t h e major i s s u e s which face p u b l i c pension p l a n s today. . a . While m o s t...
Date Sept. 20, 1979 Report No. ID-79-46-S Title

International Affairs: Capacitacion y Esfuerzos Afines Requeridos Para Mejorar la Gestion Financiera en los Paises del Tercer Mundo

DEL CONTRALOR GENERAL 0 DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Capacitacidn Y Esfuerzos Afines Requeridos Para Mejorar La Gestih Financiera S_n Paises IJel Tercer Mundo Los Los goblernos de 10s palses en vias de desa rollo contmllan experlmentando una escasez de personal capacltado en el campo de la ges tldn financiera, lo cual con frecuencla da por resultado una lncapacldad para producer datos financieros oportun...
Date Sept. 20, 1979 Report No. 094337 Title

Special Publications: Planning Audits of Government-Wide Activities

.1 - - m - ..+ . - REMARKS O F D A N I E L C . H A R R I S , GROUP D I R E C T O R , GENERAL GOVERNMENT D I V I S I O N U N I T E D S T A T E S GENERAL ACCOUNTING O F F I C E BEFORE T H E L E H I G H VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE PLANNf THURSD ~.yid '' f PLANNING A U D I T S OF GOVERNMENT-WIDE ACTIVITIES GOOD EVENING F R I E N D S OF THE L E H I G H VALLEY: GI,' I T I S I N D E E D A P L E A S U R E T O A...
Date Sept. 20, 1979 Report No. ID-79-46 Title

International Affairs: Training and Related Efforts Needed To Improve Financial Management in the Third World

d BV THE COMPTROLLER’ ~SENERAL mwr? rt * * gress OF THE UNITEDSTATES , Training and lated E orts Needed anagement rove Fin in the Third World Developing country governments continue to experience a shortage of tramed flnanclal management personnel which often results In an InabIlIty to produce timely and accurate fmanclal data for government declslonmakers In fact,the Agency for lnternatronal De...
Date Sept. 19, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-73 Title

Selected Federal Accounts: Past Outlays and GAO Recommendations

OF THEUNITED STATES Selected Federal Accounts: Past Outlays And GAO Recommendatbns This report was prepared in response to a request from Chairman Gaylord Nelson, Senate Select Committee on Small Business. GAO looked at recent growth in the IO largest appropriation accounts in each of the 12 cabinet-level departments between fiscal years 1975 and 1978 to provide indicators of where the growth in F...
Date Sept. 17, 1979 Report No. 094338 Title

Government Operations: Problems of Achieving Productivity in a Structured Organization

Date Sept. 6, 1979 Report No. 110312 Title

Natural Resources: Omnibus Geothermal Legislation

FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected At 9:45 a.m. Thursday, September 6, 1979 L Unlted States General Accountlng+Offlce WashIngton, D.C. 20548 Deputy Before Statement of Louglas L. McCullough DIrector, Energy and lllnerals the Subcomnlttee House Committee and Insular on Geothermal Dlvlslon on Mines and Mining on Interior Affairs Leglslatlon Subcommittee: to be here this morning as our like leasing omn...
Date Aug. 28, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-45 Title

Financial Management: Survey of Accounting Stations in Military Airlift Command

*. . f UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OWKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DIVISION GENERAL OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND STUDIES AUGUST 28. 1979 B-183363 General William G. Moore Commanding General Military Airlift Command Scott Air Force Base Dear General Moore: This report contains the results of our survey of accountinq controls * over revenue and expenditure transactions of 12 accounting stations wlthr...
Date Aug. 22, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-32 Title

Financial Management: Survey of Internal Controls Over Cash Receipts and Expenditure Transactions Within the Health Services Administration

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 DIVEION GENERAL OF I-INANClAL MANAGEMENT AN0 STUDIES ~-183363 AUGUST 22,1979 Dr. George I. Lythcott, Admlnlstrator Health Services Admlnrstratlon Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Lythcott: II/I II 110193 This report contains the results of our&%rvey of Internal controls over cash receipts and expenditure transactio...
Date Aug. 21, 1979 Report No. ID-79-49 Title

Financial Management: Inter-American Foundation Needs To Expand Internal Audit Scope and Improve Internal Acounting Controls

*, --I cr 1 . .‘_ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LM110157 lllllsllllllllllllllllllllllll AUGUST 21, 1979 B-135075 Mr. William M. Dyal, Jr. President Inter-American Foundation Dear Mr. Dyal: pl,cookP : During our recently completed audit of the Inter-American Foundation's fiscal year 1978 and 1977 financial statements, we found several ways the Foundation could imp...
Date July 11, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-320 Title

Financial Management: General Services Administration's Debt Management Problems With Its Participation Certificates

REPORTBY THE ** ’ r General OF THE UNITEDSTATES ervices Administration’s nagement Problems With Its Participation Certificates The General Services Admlnlstratlon obtalned $697 1 million through the sale of Its 30 year partlclpatlon certlflcates, Issued under four trust Indentures It has experienced problems complylng with the terms of the Indentures relating to (1) the use of market purchases...
Date June 30, 1979 Report No. 091613 Title

Special Publications: General Accounting Office Publications

! CONTENTS Comptroller Genom1 Reports lo tho Congnu m d Federal Agondm n How to Obtain Report8 Indexed by Subject Indexed by Agency Congnrrlonrl Tmtlmony by OAO Offklrls Spoachos by tho Comptrdlor Conml Othr Publkrtlonr General Accounting and Auditing Procodurns Office of General Counsel Automatic D i u Procoming Intergovernmental Audit Standards Joint Financial M l n 8 g m m t Improvemont Program...
Date June 27, 1979 Report No. 109832 Title

Financial Management: Financial Management in the United Nations System

L'nited States General Accounting 20548 Washington, I3. C. Office FUR RELEASE OF: !TELIVE~Y Expected at 10:OG a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 1979 Statement J+ Kenneth Director, before Subcommittees International a joint hearing cf Fasick 4 Division of 3( elf td--Organizations and the 1 Y k on International International Operations on Foreign on Affairs House Committee Financial l!r . Chairmen Management...
Date June 4, 1979 Report No. 111770 Title

Government Operations: [Objectives of Governmental Accounting]

REMARKS O F ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER G E N E ~ A L O F T H E UNITED STATES- -.t /&/ I AT THE 7 3 R D ANNUAL Bu MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFFICERS CONFERENCE I N DETROIT, M I C H I G A N [JUNE I lllllllllfflllfllllllllllRlllnlllll 111770 \ ' 4, 1979'1 I J /-OBJECTIVES O F GOVERVMENTAL A C C O U N T I N G I Good a f t e r n o o n l a d i e s a n d g e n t l e m e n , i t i s a p l e a s u r e t o b e h e...
Date May 30, 1979 Report No. 094315 Title

Government Operations: Export Trade and Government Policy

e . - r I i 094315 4 1 - ADDRESS W ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL BUS INESS[ COUNCIL I ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 6f7 It is a great pleasure for me to be here today to deliver the keynote address. The electronic industries are a key ele- ment of U.S. export trade and it is important that the Government's policies and programs serve to assis...
Date May 25, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-82 Title

Government Operations: Pricing of a Contract Awarded to Raytheon

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Y!msI-IINGTON, D.C. 20548 : IIllIll Ill11IllI ; llll~llls Ill/ 11111 lllll PROCllREMENT ACOUISITION AND SYSTEMS DlYlSlON 109477 B-168450 MAY 25, 1979 The Honorable The Sec.retary Attention: Harold Brown of Defense Assistant for Audit Room 38336 ASD (Comptroller) Reports 109477 .~____ Dear Mr. Secret,ary: We have reviewed the pricing of fixed-priced incentive...
Date May 17, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-33 Title

Centralization: Best Long-Range Solution to Financial Management Problems of the Foreign Military Sales Program

REPORTBY THE . I nagement s Program For years, Defense has had accounting and financial management problems in its foreign military sales program. Those problems have resulted in the failure to charge other governments hundreds of millions of dollars and in the inability to properly account for what has been done with billions of their dollars. In the past decade, GAO has issued over 30 reports co...
Date May 15, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-17 Title

Health: Home Health Care Services--Tighter Fiscal Controls Needed

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL llllllllllllllllllllIllllllllll ’ LM109398 t e ngress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Home Health Care Sewicesr Fiscal Controls Needed The cost of home health care services under Medicare has spiraled in recent years--$786 million is projected for fiscal year 1979. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has long been aware of the need to contain these costs through limits o...
Date May 3, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-44 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1977

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress whi OF THEUNITEDSTATES w Examination Of Financial Statements Of The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation For The Fiscal Year Ended September 30,1977 Because of various procedural and accounting problems, and material uncertainties in the collection of receivables, GAO disclaims an opinion on whether the financial statements fairly present the financi...
Date May 1, 1979 Report No. 094314 Title

Budget and Spending: Can Zero-Base Budgeting Be Successfully Applied to the Federal Budget Process?

Date May 1, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-72 Title

Health Maintenance Organizations: Federal Financing Is Adequate but HEW Must Continue Improving Program Management

Report To The Congress r-l OF THE IINITED STATES Health Maintenance Organizations: Federal Financing Is Adequate But HEWMust Continue Improving Program Management The 1978 amendments to the Health Maintenance Organization Act required GAO to determine whether Federal grants and loans are adequate to help develop new health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and expand existing ones, and to evaluate ...