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Date April 1, 1977 Report No. CED-77-54 Title

Income Security: Testing Various Alternative Identification Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES APRf 1977 A-51604 lllll~lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM101744 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry g3dQm-o United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As discussed with your office, we are presenting information on demonstration project-authority for testing alternative food stamp...
Date March 22, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-59 Title

Social Services: Review of Alleged Ineligible Participants in United Migrant Opportunity Service Farmworker Program

LJNTEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DWISION lllllllMllllllIlllllllllllllll LM100595 B-177486 The Honorable United States Dear Senator William Senate Proxmire: Proxmire MAR2 2 1977 In accordance with your request of October 27, 1976, we reviewed Mr. Manuel Delgado's allegations that ineligible applicants were being enrolled in programs administered by the U...
Date March 14, 1977 Report No. HRD-76-172 Title

Education: Indian Education in the Public School System Needs More Direction from the Congress

DOC MENT RESUME 00139 - [A1051687] Indian Education in the Public School Syste; Needs More Direction from the Congress. B-164031(1); HRD-76-172. March 1977. 43 pp. + appendices (13 pp.). 14, Report to the Congress; by Robert P. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Education, Training, and Esployment Programs (1100); Education, Training, and Employment Programs: Prograas for the Educatio...
Date Dec. 6, 1976 Report No. HRD-76-176 Title

Income Security: Efforts Made to Locate and Enroll Potential Recipients of the Supplemental Security Income Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled

DOCUMENT RSUBE~ ,/ 01740 A0590614) Efforts Made to Locate and Enroll Potential Recipients of the Supplemental Security Income Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled. -164031(4); HRD-76-176. December 6, 1976. Released December 8, 1976. 14 pp. appendices (4 pp.). Report to Rep. Donald M. Fraser; by Elmer B. Staats, Ccmptroller General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs (1300). Contact: Human e...
Date Nov. 5, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-55 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: How the Internal Revenue Service Selects Individual Income Tax Returns for Audit

REPORT TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATI0N CONGRESS OF THE TJNITED STATES’ BY THE CO,‘MPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES l-ioy The Internal Revenue Serbice Selects Individual Income Tax Returns For Audit Ckpartment of the Treasury fr0cPc$reS for selecting irbdiv+a! income tax returns for audit gene{ally pro?ect i!$. .taxpayers against aSuse. : 7. -.- fx=lminer> can so×...
Date Aug. 27, 1976 Report No. 089552 Title

Employment: Self-Improvement Through Employment (SITE) Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION fwG 2 7 1976 RELEASED Mr Joseph P Yeldell Dlrector Department of Human Resources Dlstrlct of Columbia Government Dear Mr Yeldell In November 1911 the Mayor announced the need for the Dlstrlct to Implement a welfare reform program deslgned to reduce the number of persons on the welfare rolls In February 1972, ...
Date Aug. 17, 1976 Report No. HRD-76-105 Title

Income Security: Social Security Administration Should Provide More Management and Leadership in Determining Who Is Eligible for Disability Benefits

Department o f Health, Education, and Welfare State agencies have not received strong and active leadership from the Social Security Administration in determining who is qualified to receive disability payments. Several weaknesses GAO identified in the administration of the disability determination process could adversely affect the uniformity of decisions. These weaknesses must be corrected if th...
Date Aug. 5, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-92 Title

Financial Management: Administrative and Financial Management Weaknesses in the Office of Youth Opportunity Services

District of Columbia Government Severe administrative weaknesses exist in the Office of Youth Opportunity Services. Even an effective financial management system may not have averted problems caused by the Office’s mismanagement. The Office must correct the weaknesses to avoid spending funds for unauthorized purposes and to effectively manage youth activities. GGD-76-92 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHI...
Date Aug. 5, 1976 Report No. 089539 Title

Veterans Affairs: Dental Treatment for Ineligible Veterans

UNII ED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE ROOM 1903 JOHN F KENNEDY GOVERNMENT FEDERAL CENTER BUILDING BOSTON, MAsSAC~ILIS~S 02203 Mr. John V. Sheehan Hospital and Medical District Boston Veterans Admzmstratlon Jamaica Plan, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Sheehan: Director Hospital 02130 \ We recently surveyed the outpatient me&Cal and dental programs at the Boston Veterans Adrmrustratzon Ho...
Date May 27, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-64 Title

Financial Management: Changes Needed in Revenue Sharing Act for Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages

TO THE CONGRESS VWJ COMPTROLLER GENERAL UNITED STATES Needed In Sharing Act For/ ’ n Tribes And Native Villages / ent of the Treasury Although the Revenue Sharing Act provides that Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages “substantial governmental which perform functions” are eligible to receive revenue sharing, more reasonable and uniform eligibility determinations are required. GAO recomm...
Date May 13, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-66 Title

Income Security: Improvements Needed in Rehabilitating Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries

.--A * - REPORT TO THE CONGRESS &\\‘. ‘) ‘lcl,./ \ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Improvements Needed In Rehabilitating Social Security Disability lnswarke Beneficiaries Department of Health,. Education, and Welfare The Beneficiary Rehabilitation Program, established to save social security trust funds, has been marginally successful. HEW claims of program savings have been ...
Date May 11, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-131 Title

Income Security: Differences Identified in Five Aspects of the Food Stamp, Aid to Families With Dependent Children, and Supplemental Security Income Programs

COMPTROiLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.c. THE UNITED ‘TA\rEs W(-ja __._ ,. -. 20S4E A-51604 r r i The Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Committee on Agriculture Rouse of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Chairman In your letter of December 5, 1975, you requested that the General Accounting Office identify differences'in five aspects of the Food Stamp, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and ...
Date May 7, 1976 Report No. 089603 Title

Education: HEW's State Student Incentive Grant Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCNNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND DiVlSlON WELFARE The Honorable Terre1 H. Bell Commissioner of Education Office of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare \ Dear Dr. Bell: . We recently completed a*.limited survey of the Office of Education’s State Student Incentive Grant program! authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended...
Date Feb. 27, 1976 Report No. RED-76-74 Title

Processing Applications for Food Stamps: How Long Does It Take?

1 1 ti GAO rewiewed 3,241 applications for food stamps in 16 projects in 7 states--California, llhmis, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. About a third of the appkations were processed withilT 7 days; ower half were processed within 14 days; and more than three-fourths were processed within 30 days. Applicant delay in providing required documentation was the most important cause of incr...
Date Jan. 23, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-61 Title

Employment: Public Service Employment in Delaware Under Tittle VI of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

q s Department of Labor MWD-76-61 , . . . @OMPTRQLLER GEMERAL WASHINGTON. OF B.C. THE 20548 Ul’IlTED ’ STATES B-163922 / . ., A .-* S.^ \- The Honorable Pierre S. du Pont House of Representatives Dear Mr. du Pont: requested and as subseAs your March 4, 1975, letter quently agreed with your office, we reviewed the use of These Federal public service employment funds in Delaware. funds are autho...
Date Jan. 22, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-82 Title

Government Operations: Review of the Need for a Systematic Recall and Reassessment Procedure for Certain Individuals Denied Benefits

UNITED STATHSGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 MANPOWER AND DIVISION WELFARE B-164031(4) JAM 2 2 1976 I i The Honorable The Secretary and Welfare Dear Mr. of Health, Education, ,?,--” I Secretary: We have completed our ,study of individuals denied title II Social Security disability benefits. As part of this study we reviewed the need for a systematic recall and reassessment proced...
Date Jan. 2, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-22 Title

Employment: Progress and Problems in Allocating Funds Under Titles I and II--Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM099985 Progress in meeting the act’s objectives for public service employment under title II has been hampered by Labor’s methods for II) defining eligible areas and (2) allocating funds. This has caused inequities and dilution of funding. Problems exist in funding concentrated employment programs under title I. This report recommends corrective actions. MWD...
Date Oct. 16, 1975 Report No. MWD-76-2 Title

Civil Rights: Need for More Uniform Application of the Presumptive Disability Provision of the Supplemental Security Income Program

,, 8~5~~~__i .C......-.g..-.. by U;ece ;fC ;id G -- *. i5x ~n ~I ,i; -TA- 5 b,Z 5s x.i;' tsd r4r i- el neral t e of specific apprval F cZatioss.; ~a~ REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Need For More Uniform Application Of The Presumptive Disability Provision Of The Supplemental Security Income Program Social Security Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare U...
Date July 4, 1975 Report No. 089092 Title

Health: Review of Medicaid Billings by Clinics in New York City

Date June 11, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-67 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Problems in Administering Programs To Improve Law Enforcement Education

- REPORT TO THE CONGR&i’S &WED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTl~G OWCf 3UN 12 1975 llllllllllllllllllllll1ll1llllllllllllll LM097006 LIBRARY SYSTEM ,_ .. .. ._ . ..* -. .:,-IS 4 Problems In Administering Programs To Improve Law Enforcement Education Law Enforcement Department Assistance Administration of Justice BY THE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WA!SHINGTON. OF THE UNITE...
Date May 6, 1975 Report No. RED-75-347 Title

Financial Institutions: Information on the Secondary Mortgage Market Activities of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

R E D -75-347 p’; jy{ r3,P975 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON,b.C. OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES H-114828 l i, r/ The Honorable William Proxmire Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: ‘-0 \ By letter of July 26, 1974, Senator John Sparkman, then 2 Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and and Senator John Tower, Ranking Mi...
Date March 19, 1975 Report No. RED-75-340 Title

Housing: Weaknesses in Administration of the Program To Correct Defects in Housing Insured Under the Section 235 Program

REPORT TO THE CQNGRESS -:-- 970 0 fy 111111111111 llllllllllllIll IllIIIIIIIIIlI LM097084 Weaknesses In Administration Of The Program To Correct Defects In Housing Insured Under The Section 235 Program Department of Housing and Urban Development BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHE UNITED STATES RED-75-340 MARCH19J975 . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-114860 cI /I / To t...
Date Dec. 24, 1974 Report No. RED-75-314 Title

Housing: Review of the Farmers Home Administration's Practices Concerning Credit Reports for Mortgage Loans and Agricultural Loans

. RELEASED The korable United States WiJliem Senate Promir-2 Dear Senator Prmx8S M: Your letter of August 23, ?974, requested that we (l)[revieti the Farmers Ebn~ Administration's (MA) practfces concerning credit reyorts fur mortgage (housing) loans and agricuitura? (farm operatlrg 5 1asnsJ (2) determfne whether there were dffferences in the rates of default bets;ee;i these types of loans, and (3)...
Date Dec. 13, 1974 Report No. B-180940 Title

Government Operations: The Native Enrollment and Village Eligibility Provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

B-180940 Bureau of lndlan Affairs Department of the interior COMPTROLLER GENERAL WJiSHlNGTON OF DC THE 20548 UNITED STATES B-180940 I *PD L 2+:33 The Honorable John D Dmgell, Chairman Subcommrttee on Flsherres and Wrldllfe ti Conservation and the Environment Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives Dear Mr Chairman On June 11, 1974, you requested that the General Account...
Date Sept. 27, 1974 Report No. B-176886 Title

Government Operations: Charges Made by the National Federation of the Blind Against the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped

B-176886 Department of Health, Education, and COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHING-I-ON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 R-176886 The Honorable John Brademas Chairman, Select Subcommittee on Education Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear IQ. , Chairman: This is our report containing information and our observations concerning charges made by the National Federation of the Blind ag...
Date April 8, 1974 Report No. B-178344 Title

Financial Management: Approval of the Lease and Loan Guarantee for the Colonial Motor Inn

Release of this report may not be in the best interests of the Government for reasons stated herein. Small Business Administration COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF: THE D.C. UNITED STATE!3 20542 B-178344 The Honorable Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Government ,~_ i Operations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: I Pursuant to your March 12, 1973, request and subsequent discussions w...
Date March 20, 1974 Report No. 093543 Title

Budget and Spending: Opportunity To Improve District of Columbia Budget

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, - D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION -w MAR 20 7974 093su3 The Honorable Walter E. Washington Commissioner of the Dlstrlct of Columbia Dear Mr. Washington We have reviewed the Dlstrlct of Columbia budget as submltted to the Congress for fiscal year 1974. Our ObJective was to ascertain the document's usefulness in asslstlng management to measur...
Date Nov. 8, 1973 Report No. 094525 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 7690

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D,C, 20548 OR. ON E RELEASE2-:0 EL,IVERY XPECTED AT B PI THURSDAY, NOVEMBER LOWE STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR, VICTORL, GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE * SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON - HOUSE BILL , .; -. 9 7690, A BILL TO PROVIDEFOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES '~~~~~~ ...
Date Nov. 5, 1973 Report No. B-167790 Title

Government Operations: Administrative Problems Experienced in Providing Federal Assistance to Disaster Victims

REPORTTOTHES COMMITTEEON VESTIGATIONS ANDREVIEW COMMITTEEONPUBLICWORKS HOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Administrative Problems Experienced In Providing F dera I Assistance To Disaster Victims 6-767790 Federal Disaster Assistance Administration . Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UN...
Date May 8, 1973 Report No. B-154570 Title

Government Operations: Status of Collaborators With Respect to Civil Service Retirement Eligibility

Date Feb. 28, 1973 Report No. B-131587 Title

Education: Management of the Overseas Dependents School System

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGQFFKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 /I 3 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DlVlSlON B-131587 \ ..” The Honorable Elliot L. Richardson Secretary of Defense 7. Dear Mr. Secretary: In our current review of the rnana~~~~~~~~~b.s~,~~~~~,,eas D&ents School System, we found zt at Bahrain tuition charge~-“~~~~~~~~~~‘~~~dents (those not sponsored by the U. S . Government) wer...
Date Jan. 1, 1973 Report No. 090932 Title

Health: Problem Areas in Establishing Health Insurance Premiums

Date Dec. 20, 1972 Report No. B-130150 Title

Income Security: Unclaimed Benefits in the Civil Service Retirement Fund

..EPQRTTO THE CONGRESS 111111Ill11 Ml lllll Ill1 Ill IOIlIll1 II11 1111 LM096209 Civil Service Commission COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-130150 . . 0 To the President / Speaker This Retirement of the of the Senate and the House of Representative report on unclaimed s benefits in the Civil Service is our Fund. We made 1921 (31 U.S.G. (31 U.S.C. 67). our review pur...
Date Oct. 24, 1972 Report No. 089473 Title

Education: Effectiveness and Management of Neighborhood Youth Corps In-School Program at Three Locations

b e s CC: Secretary of Labor Assistant Secretary of Labor for Manpower Manpower Administrator Chief, Special Review Staff., MA Mr. Edward NcVeigh, OASA Mr, Edgar Dye, OASA Mr, Wayland Coe, OASA -3-
Date Oct. 24, 1972 Report No. 093256 Title

Health: Survey of Dental and Other Practitioner Services Provided Under the Medicaid Program in Massachusetts

C&tobex 24, 1972 Gommxnent Center BmHxrn, Massachusstts, 02203 BESTDdCUMENT AVAlLABtE The Eosmn Regmnal Office of tie GeneraIL &xounting Otfllce has made a survey of servkes provided by dentmts, o&mnatrists, podiatrzsts, private duty nurses , and suppliers of prosthetic appU.ancas undo the Ibdacafd program in :jlassachusetts. Areas mcluded in oux survey were dntemal controls over authorlzzng and p...
Date May 16, 1972 Report No. 088956 Title

Social Services: Administration and Effectiveness of the Food Stamp Program

RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMlC DIV[SION . Dear Mr. Hekman: We have made a. limited review of the effectiveness and administration of the food stamp program. Cur review was made at the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) headquarters office in Washington, D.C.; the FNS regional office in Atlanta, Georgia; the FNS area offices in Norfolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina; the State welfare ...
Date April 7, 1972 Report No. 092393 Title

Education: Coast Guard Postgraduate Education Program

°~tl4 '-' \ ;O ,' UNITED'STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE . WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. APR 7 1972 . Dear Admiral Bender: We have completed a survey of the Coast Guard's Postgraduate Education Program, through which officers attend civilian and Department of Defense operated academic institutions on a full-time, fully-funded basis to pursue courses of study...
Date June 24, 1971 Report No. B-170214 Title

Financial Management: Financial and Management Activities of the Lummi Indian Business Council, Marietta, Washington

..- .-5 a % CD E a.3 w m .- 3 .6 3 m a rt .?- q - L Od COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-170214 Dear Senator Jackson: This is our report on the financial and management activities of the Lummi Indian Business Council, Marietta, Washington, funded primarily by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Commerce. Our review was made pursuant to your requ...
Date March 15, 1971 Report No. 089332 Title

Government Operations: Procedures for Making Recreational Loans to Individuals

Dear Mr. Smith: The General Accounting Office has reviewed the procedures and practices of the Farmers Home Administration (FDA), Department of Agriculture, for making recreational loans to individuals under FDA's farm operating, farm ownership, and farm recreational loan programs, The review was undertaken in conjunction with our review of FDA's procedures and practices for making loans to public...
Date March 11, 1971 Report No. 093027 Title

Social Services: Incorrect Payment of Child Care Allowances Noted in California and Pennsylvania

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DlVlSION IllllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllll LMO93027 .I . 4.
Date Oct. 13, 1969 Report No. 092684 Title

Agriculture and Food: Distribution of Government-Donated Food Commodities to Institutions in Illinois and Minnesota

CIVIL DIVISION OCTI 3 1969 Dear Mr, Hekman: The General Accounting Offrce has made a revrew of the dlstrrbutlon of Government-donated food commodltles to instltutlons In Tlllnols and Minnesota, The commodrtres are furnlshed to State dlstrlbutrng agencies under the Commodity Distrrbutron Program of the Food and Nutrstlon Service, Our review was made pursuant to the Budget and Accountrng Act, 1921 (...
Date Aug. 21, 1969 Report No. 092692 Title

Education: Education Allowance Grants Made to Trust Territory Government Employees

AUG211969 Honorable Edward E. Johnston U.S. High Commissioner Trust Territory of the Pacific Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 Dear Mr. Johnston: a review of education allowance grants Government employees, Our review disclosed’ in the administration of these education may hAva reeultad in unnecessary taxpensa Islands We have completed made to Truet Territory that weaknesoeo existed allowance grants...
Date March 18, 1969 Report No. 092719 Title

Education: Enrollment and Attendance Aspects of Federal Student Financial Aid Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C 20548 CIVIL. DIVISION Dear Mr. Muirhead: As part of our review of the actlvltles of the Office of Education we are examlnlng into the admlnlstratlon of certain aspects of the Federal financial aid programs that are avallable to students attending lnstltutlons of higher education. In our review at San Jose State College, San Jose, California, ...
Date March 14, 1969 Report No. 092721 Title

Housing: HUD Determination of Grant Amounts for Construction of Basic Water and/or Sewer Facilities

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