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Date April 20, 1981 Report No. FPCD-81-41 Title

Government Operations: An Evaluation of the Organizational Relationship of the Office of Human Development Services and the Administration on Aging

** BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Special Committee On Aging United States Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES An Evaluation Of The Organizational Relationship Of The Office Of Human Development Services And The Administration On Aging GAO believes that certain functions of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Human Development Services violate the Older Americans Act...
Date April 15, 1981 Report No. 114840 Title

Special Publications: [The Federal Interest in Legislative-Administrative Relations in the States]

THE FEDERAL INTEREST -IN . LEG1SLATIVE - ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS IN THE STATE^ Michael J . Curro Senior Evaluator U .S . General Accounting Office (Cincinnati Regional Office) Prepared for delivery a t the 1981 Annual Meeting of the Midwest P o l i t i c a l Science Association, S t o u f f e r ' s Cincinnati Towers, April 15-18, 1981. Opinions expressed a r e those o f the author and do n o t ne...
Date April 12, 1981 Report No. 114881 Title

Social Services: Scope, Objectives, and Methodologies Used by GAO for Ongoing Review of Area Agencies on Aging

U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 3:30 .-+-f/ P.M. .\t, PST APRIL 12, 1981 STATEMENT OF MORTON E. HENIG SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED c--~ c STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE SCOPE, OBJECTIVES, AND METHODOLOGIES By fs40 USEDhFOR &3#% ONGOING REVIEW OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING ...
Date April 1, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-57 Title

Revenue Sharing Formulas: An Assessment and Framework for Further Research

Papersi h Tee4lk~aI lonies: The Revenue Sharing Formulas: An Assessment And Framework For Further Research by Jerry C. Fastrup General Accounting Office Program Analysis Division . - l~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~/ K.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Technical Papers In Economics The Revenue Sharing Formulas: An Assessment And Framework For Further Resea...
Date April 1, 1981 Report No. 115658 Title

Special Publications: The Centralizing Effects of Austerity on the Intergovernmental System

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Date March 27, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-46 Title

Financial Management: Weak Internal Controls Make the Department of Labor and Selected CETA Grantees Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Weak Internal Controls Make The Department Of Labor And Selected CETA Grantees Vulnerable To Fraud, Waste, And Abuse In fiscal 1980, the Department of Labor spent about $8 billion in Federal funds for CETA programs which provide employment oppottunities and job training for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed p...
Date March 23, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-47 Title

Energy: The Energy Conservation Program for Schools and Hospitals Can Be More Effective

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES I/-7If 2 4”) Report ToThe Congress The Energy Conservation Program For Schools And Hospitals Can Be More’ Effective Through effective conservation actionqschools and hospitals--major consumers of energy--can reduce their energy use by up to 30 percent. The National Energy Conservation Policy Act authorized a nearly $1 billion grant program to assist ...
Date March 20, 1981 Report No. PLRD-81-11 Title

Knoxville Expo '82: Why Changes Are Needed in Law on Reuse of U.S. Pavilions at International Expositions

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Knoxville Expo ‘82: Why Changes Are Needed In Law.On Reuse Of U.S.Pavilions At international Expositions The Department of Commerce is building a permanent, rather than a temporary, pavilion for the Knoxville Expo ‘82, even though there are no firm plans for its use after the exposition. Construction of the more costly permanent building is not justified...
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. OPP-81-2 Title

Budget and Spending: Comments on the President's February 18, 1981, Budget Proposals and Additional Cost-Saving Measures

. I U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING COMMENTS FEBRUARY AND OFFICE: ON THE PRESIDENT’S 18,1981, BUDGET PROPOSALS COST-SAVING MEASURES ADDITIONAL MARCH 3, I@81 OPP-81-2 , COMCTROLLER OLNLRAL WASHINOTDN. OF D.C. THE UNITED toll48 cTAl%8 B-198312 PREFACE ~-.This report is designed to further assist the during its consideration of the FY 1982 budget by the views of the General Accounting Office on budget redu...
Date Feb. 20, 1981 Report No. B-200187 Title

Government Operations: Rights of HUD Auditors To Review Case Files of Clients Serviced Under HUD Grants

GAO ,7 O7 Office of General Counsel United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 In Reply Refer to: B'-20018 7 Mr. S. Leigh Curry, Jr. Acting General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, D.C. 20410 Dear Mr. Curry: February 20, 12981 e This is in reply to a letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requesting...
Date Feb. 17, 1981 Report No. CED-81-62 Title

Economic Development: Examination of the Financial Statements of the Urban Renewal Fund for Fiscal Year 1979

i I UNITED STATES GENERAL AccOuNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AN0 ONCLOCMCNT ECONOMIC OIVIIION FEBRUARY 17,198l B-201307 The Honorable Samuel R. Pierce, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: of the Financial Statements of he Urban Renewal Fund for Fiscal Year 19797 (CED-81-62) Jr. 114370 by the The Urban Renewal Program, which is administered De...
Date Feb. 6, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-25 Title

Health: The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program Helps Families but Needs Improvement

C’ ci b REPORTBY THE Comptroller General The Sti’dden Infant Death Syndrome Program Helps Families But Needs Improvement Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant which cannot be explained by a thorough medical examination. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Information and Counseling program is help...
Date Dec. 23, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-7 Title

Financial Management: Proposed Changes in Federal Matching and Maintenance of Effort Requirements for State and Local Governments

/ ,‘ : 72 0 BY THECOMFTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Proposed Changes In Federal Matching And Maintenance Of Effort Requirements For State And Local Governments Federal matching and maintenance of effort requirements do not often effectively promote the Federal interest of enhancing the fiscal and management commitments of State and local governments to Federal programs...
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. 15, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-3 Title

Financial Management: Federal Assistance System Should Be Changed To Permit Greater Involvement by State Legislatures

BY THECOblPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Federal Assistance System Should Be Changed To Permit Greater involvement ByState Legislatures Recognizing that Federal grant funds are their largest single source of revenue, State legislatures have moved to increase their oversight of these funds. Where State legislatures have taken an active role in the Federal grant process, Fe...
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. 14, 1980 Report No. CED-81-9 Title

Environmental Protection: Costly Wastewater Treatment Plants Fail To Perform as Expected

Comptroller General -- RELEASED OF THE UNITED STATES Costly Wastewater Treatment Plants FailToPe-rforrn Expected As Over $25 billion in Federal funds and several ’ bil!ion more in State and local moneys have been spent to construct new wastewater treatment plants or to significantly modify existing plants. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that through the year 2000 an additional $35...
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. 15, 1980 Report No. CED-81-16 Title

Transportation: Highway Safety Grant Program Achieves Limited Success

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress CjF THEUNITEDSTATES Highway Safety Grant Program Abhieves Limited Success Tra fit accidents kill more than 50,000 people eat year. Since 1966 the Department of Tra sportation has administered a program that has provided nearly $1.3 billion in Federal grants to State and local governments to help reduce these accidents and related losses. GA assessed t...
Date Oct. 15, 1980 Report No. CED-81-16A Title

Transportation: Highway Safety Grant Program Achieves Limited Success

II. S,UP~~Eh/lENTTOTHEREPORTBYTHE [~w=-~ Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES highway Safety Grant Program hchieves Limited Success A0 has issued concurrently with this suppleent a report with the above title. The Departent of Transportation and State highway fety representatives commented on the draft this report, and this supplement contains AO’s evaluation of and response to these 113552 ...
Date Oct. 1, 1980 Report No. 113648 Title

Special Publications: Federal Grants-in-Aid Programs

4 1 FEDERAL GRANTS-IN-AID PROGRAMS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING O F F I C E O F F I C E OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND S E R V I C E S TECHNICAL INFORMATION SOURCES AND S E R V I C E S BRANCH LAW LIBRARY SECTION 1980 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction I. 1 Reference Materials - Reporting Services, D i r e c t i v e s , Guides, e t c . Texts and Other S t u d i e s A. B . 2 %I. G...
Date Sept. 17, 1980 Report No. B-197020 Title

Special Publications: [Appropriated Funds and Interest]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES i/< :.): WASHINGTON D.C. 2c54a B-197020 September 17, 1980 Dr. Jack W. Millar, President Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Inc. 2007 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Dr. Millar: Your letters of March 28 and April 22, 1980 your reference 192/and 226/80, take exception to GAO's legal conclusion that some $8,000 of inte...
Date Sept. 4, 1980 Report No. B-198797 Title

Civil Rights: [Definition of "Minorities"]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 / r42 J B-198797 September 4, 1980 The Honorable Tony Coelho House of Representatives Dear Mr. Coelho: We are writing in further response to your letters of June 24, and April 29, 1980, with enclosures, questioning the~gefinition of "minoritiesjused in assessing eligibility for participation as a minority business enterprise under con...
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. 13, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-84 Title

Transportation: Misuse of Airport Land Acquired Through Federal Assistance

BY THE U.S.GENl%AL ACCOUNTING OFFItF’ Report ToThe Secretary Of Transportatidn I(30 1g Misuse Of Airport Land Acquired Through Federal Assistance The law specifies that State and local governments acquiring land through Federal grants and donations for airport use must agree to develop it for that purpose only. GAO found many cases where this was not being done. The land was being used for priva...
Date June 26, 1980 Report No. CED-80-110 Title

Housing: Status of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Urban Development Action Grant for the Parkway Center Shopping Mall in Pittsburgh, PA

COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION B-199280 JUNE 26, 1980 /Ihe Honorable Doug Walgren House of Representatives Dear Mr. Walgren: Subject: Status of the Department of Housing and t;T rban Development's Urban Development Action Grant for the Parkway C Shopping Mall in Pittsburgh, P (CED-80-110) 120258 3 1&"' 'p&y; i.6 Based on your of March 6, 1980, we reviewed the Department of Housing and...
Date May 20, 1980 Report No. 112351 Title

Employment: Department of Labor Audits of CETA Grantees

. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 Wlllllllllllla 112351 FINANCIAL FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1980 STATEMENT OF GEORGE EGAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMXTTEE ON MANPOWERAND HOUSING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNINGCDEPARTMENT OF LABOR AUDITS OF';C...
Date May 6, 1980 Report No. 112253 Title

Financial Management: Results of Audits of the Community Services Administration and Selected Community Action Agencies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT lo:00 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1980 STATEMENT OF DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR 112253 AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND HOUSING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES iCONCERNING&ESULTS OF AUDITS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMI...
Date April 29, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-63 Title

Financial Management: Update on Federal Matching and Maintenance of Effort Requirements for California

i The Honorable Norman Youse of Representatives Dear Mr. Mineta: Epdate Effort Y. Mineta 112257 Subject: In on Federal Requirements iHatching and for California Maintenance of (GGD-80-63) a February 27, 1980, letter, you and 12 other members of the California Congressional delegation r.eque..&ed an updated version of the table on matching and maintenance of effort requirements included in our repo...
Date April 21, 1980 Report No. 112161 Title

Government Operations: Funding of State and Local Government Pension Plans

REMARKS OF HARRY F. COFFMAN GROUP DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE AT THE NATIONAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE OF THE TAX FOUNDATION INCORPORATED APRIL 21, 1980 I am pleased to be here today to discuss with you the General Accounting Office report to the Congress on '"iFunding of State and Local Government Pension Pla2J: Problem." The Congress has long been concerned abou...
Date March 19, 1980 Report No. 112002 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: [Improving Industry-Government Cooperation in Policymaking]

ADDRESS OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE CONFERENCE BOARD PROGRAM -"POLITICAL ACTIVISM: THE CORPORATE DILEMMA" - 7 NEW YORK CITY MARCH 19, 1980 / MPROVING INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT COOPERATION IN POLICYMAKING .The subject you have chosen for your meeting here today, "Political Activism: The Corporate Dilemma,"is especially timely as we move -head It into the fanfare...
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 18, 1980 Report No. CED-80-85 Title

Natural Resources: Review of a Land and Water Conservation Fund Commitment for a Public Park on Neville Island, Pennsylvania

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND fKOt4OMIC DIVISION B-197327 The Honorable Doug Walgren House of Representatives Dear Mr. Walgren: March 18, 1980 Review of a Land and Water Conservation I, und Commitment for a Public Park on Neville Island, Pennsylvania (CED-80-85) .=_ ----_-.--- ._--w ___-"-&+,A-3 In an October 30, 1979, letter, you requested that we L.Wf ,d inquire into whether there is any basis to th...
Date March 7, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-58 Title

Income Security: Opportunities Are Available for ACTION To Enhance Older American Voluntarism

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. 2.0548 B-197895 MARCH 7,198O The Honorable Mario Biaggi Subcommittee on Chairman, Human Services Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: TOpportunities '%o Enhance 17, L"J q,+.(T? p c i" n7 7 0 i. &-n I' Are Available Older American for ACTION Voluntarism‘J i I-" ‘ACL&L7 7 iy7q Subject: ./ - 'I.'. e have re...
Date Feb. 27, 1980 Report No. 111657 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: GAO Efforts Related to the Problem of Fraud in the Government

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 J/KS7 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT lo:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY,February 27, 1980 111657 STATEMENTOF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS~~~do3d~ ON L- GAO EFFORTS RELATED TO THE PROBLEMOF FRAUD IN THE GOVERNMENT Mr. Chairmdn we appreciate to discuss waste the opportunity ...
Date Feb. 20, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-43 Title

Education: How Federal Developmental Disabilities Programs Are Working

. 4 I2415 I B’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Y’ Report To The Subcommittee On The Handicapped, Senate Committee On Labor And Human Resources OF THE UNITED STATES How Federal Developmental Programs Are Working The Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1975 supports four programs intended to directly or indirectly benefit the “developmentally disabled”--persons whose handic...
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 Dec. 19, 1979 Report No. FPCD-80-11 Title

Government Operations: An Evaluation of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970

BY THE COMPTROLLER, GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES / 3a S Report To The Congress An Evaluation Of The Intergovernmental Personnel Act Of 1970 The Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 is aimed at resolving problems at the State and local levels in many areas--from building personnel management systems where none existed, to promoting civil service reform. However, the Office of Personnel Managemen...
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. 3, 1979 Report No. 110509 Title

Economic Development: S. 878, the Federal Assistance Reform Act and S. 904, the Federal Assistance Reform and Small Community Act of 1979

. . United States Washington, General D.C. Accounting 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Jfi b,LJ’1) ti b+ UNITED STATES SENATE ON 0 THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REFORM ACT AND S.904, THE FEDERA...
Date Sept. 28, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-88 Title

Financial Management: Proposition 13--How California Governments Coped With a $6 Billion Revenue Loss

BY THECOMl’TROL;Ei GENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES 4 / I rw%- $1 I Proposition 13--How California Governments Coped With A $6 Billion Revenue Loss Although ProposItIon 13 cut back property tax rev enues by an estimated $6 bIllIon, It has had only a minimal Impact on local Callfornla government operations Federal grant outlays have not been slgnlfrcantly affected Surplus State and local government fun...
Date Sept. 17, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-85 Title

Economic Development: HUD Comments on GAO Testimony

PROGR’AM OIvlrlO~l AMALYSIS I September 17, 1979 8 'Dr. Delphis Goldberg ' Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Committee for Government Operations House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear l L * 5 , pc t LJ :' Dr. Goldberg : We thank you for the Department of Zousing and -) - * on GAO mittee onJislay 23 I 1979.’ c ??e find nothing 'in the HUD commeqts whi...
Date Aug. 20, 1979 Report No. B-192888 Title

Special Publications: Application of Statutory Allocation Formulas to 1979 Appropriations for Airport Development Grants

Date July 30, 1979 Report No. 094346 Title

Financial Management: Problems Involved With Grant Auditing

. . * ‘. , , , t UNITED STATES CE:JERA~ AccoU;ITI~;~ RFPfr,WASHINGTOt Hr. Robert F. gtl'ler Room 70008 STATEhrrr4 uz .-. 094346 COMPTROLLERGENERAL OF TBE UNITED STATES bEFOR& THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURIIY COMnITTEE ON GOVERNME$T OPERATICNS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNING OUR REPORT ON THE PROELEHS INVOLVED WITB GRANT AUDITLiXi Hr. Chairman and Membotr of the the Subco...
Date July 30, 1979 Report No. 109995 Title

Budget and Spending: Problems Involved With Grant Auditing

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 lllllllilllllllllllllllllllll LM109995 w?q~ FOR RELEASE Grv DELIVEk I , Congress and the Executive transactions Departments and compliance control rely with on audits applicable of financial laws and regulations these loss funds are spent from as the basic as Congress and abuse. to see that and to prevent intended of funds fraud Because ...
Date July 26, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-87 Title

Financial Management: A Study of the Joint Funding Simplification Act

REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES l~lllllllllllllllllllIllllllll LM110015 A Study Of The Joint Funding lifica tion Act The Joint Funding Simplification Act is in its fifth and final year as currently authorized; the act will expire in February 1980. The act’s implementation has been a disappointment. Only seven new joint funding projects have been funded since the act was passed. As of July 1, 19...
Date July 19, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-38 Title

Financial Management: Quality Testing of Audits of Grantees' Records--How It Is Done by Selected Federal Agencies and What Improvements Are Needed

. By THECOIVIPTROLLER GENERAL lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM109913 ,A OF THEUNITEDSTATES Federal agencies’ procedures for examining the work of independent public accountants are too superficial. GAO is recommending that more effort be devoted to this work because it believes that without effective audits, the Federal Government has little ability to detect and recoup Federal funds spent f...
Date July 11, 1979 Report No. B-128043 Title

Special Publications: The Role of State Legislatures in the Federal Grant Process

Date July 1, 1979 Report No. 113321 Title

Internal Auditing in the Government: An Annotated Bibliography

1 I I INTERNAL AUDITING VERNMENT AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN I - I I NT ERNAL AUDIT I NG I N THE GOVERNMENT AN ANNOTATED BILBIOGRAPHY U.S. General Accounting O f f i c e Ti Office o f the L i b r a r i a n eU" R 07 0 July 1979 'Table o f Contents Page I n t rod uc t o ry Note 1 The Historical Context lhe Federal Government Case Studies The Gener...