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Date May 11, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-87-99BR Title

Navy Shore Manpower Program: Decision To Decentralize Needs To Be Rethought

. United Sfiatir Oenenal Amounthul Omce J 32 GA!!0 May 1987 Briefing Report to the Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives NAVY SHORE MANPOWER PROGRAM Decision to Decentralize Needs to E3e Rethought . . , - GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-226373 May 11, 1987 The Honorable Les Aspin Cha...
Date April 27, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-87-124 Title

Interoperability: DOD's Efforts To Achieve Interoperability Among C3 Systems

Houseof Representatives April 1987 d INTEROPERABILITY DOD’sEfforts to Achieve y Interoperability Among C3 SyStems“. GAO General Accosting Offlce Wadngton, D.C. 20548 National security and International Affairs Division E2266!l3 united state9 April 271987 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Legrslation and National Security Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations House of Representative...
Date Aug. 8, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-211BR Title

Motor Carriers: Analysis of Estimated Costs To Establish a Motor Carrier Administration

* United States General Accounting OfWe l3ts76~ Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters ! Auguist 1986 MOTOR CARRIERS Analysis of Estimated Costs to Establish A Motor Carrier Administration 130784 I / I GAQ(RCED-SGdllBR ~%3Is- * UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, RESOURCES. COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION August 8, 1986 R-223512 The Honorable The Honora...
Date July 28, 1986 Report No. GGD-86-111BR Title

Federal Workforce: New Authority To Make and Extend Temporary Appointments

II . United States &neml Accounting Office Bri.efing Report to the Chairman, Committee on Post Offke and Civil Service, House of Representatives July 1986 FEDERAL WORKFORCE New Authority to Make and Extend Temporary Appointments 130676 I%ESTFiIC’i2D-- Hot to be deassd outsido tho CitSWti AccOu@lng Offiso accspt on tho bad Of Sgeoifio apgrovJ by the Office of CongressloaaS Relattone. II RELEASED ...
Date April 22, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-61 Title

Education: Concerns Over Labor's Ability To Implement the Job Training Partnership Act

UMTn,SrArrsGENERALACCOUNTINGOFnCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 April m&MAN ROIVISION 22, 1985 B-215744 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Ranking Minority Member Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Senator Subject: Kennedy: Concerns Within the Job Training Community Over Labor's Ability to Implement the Job Training Partnership Act (GAO/HRD-85-61) requested, we are providing yo...
Date Feb. 1, 1984 Report No. 123314 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Potential Benefits of Federal Magistrates System Can Be Better Realized

United States General Accounting D.C. 20548 Office Washington, FOR RELEASE DURING HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 1, 1984 STATEMENTOF ' ARNOLD P. JONES, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE COURTS ON SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, to testify before you today we appreqiate issued the opportunity on a report by the...
Date Jan. 17, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-89 Title

Employment: Status of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Muskogee and Anadarko Area Office Consolidation

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES. COMMUNtTY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION JANUARY 17, 1984 B-213008 The Honorable United States The Honorable United States David L. Boren Senate Don Nickles Senate The Honorable James R. Jones House of Representatives The Honorable Mike Synar House of Representatives Subject: Status of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' and An...
Date Oct. 31, 1983 Report No. 122731 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Comments on H.R. 2994

UNITED tXR!CES GENERAL AtXOUNTING OFFICE wN%lXXN, D.C. sTA!mmnoF F. KEVINBOUWD,SENICRASSOCIA!l'EDIRECBX REsamEs,-,ANDCDEVEWIPMENTDMSION BEFORETHE suBcoMMITl!EE mELFGY ON msERvATIoN AND Fa4ER ANDTHE EmBasMImEE ON ~CATIO,mmPIERBRcmCTIm ANDFINANCE CcElMITTEEoN-ANDUNITEDSTATESHCUSEOFREF%ESENI!ATIVES Mr.Chairman: We appreciate this opportunity to discuss proposed legislation (H.R. 2994) to nd the Fubli...
Date July 8, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-46 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Potential Benefits of Federal Magistrates System Can Be Better Realized

. ” ; /a Km I 7u.t?’ 1. v BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL :&port To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES ,PotentiaI Benefits Of Federal Magistrates System Can Be Better Realized The magistrates system has become an important and integral part of the Federal judicial system and has helped to reduce the workload on Federal judges. However, actions could be taken to better utilize magistrates which would fu...
Date Jan. 20, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-21 Title

Energy: Analysis of Federal Energy Roles and Structure

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES . 117371 RELEASED Analysis Of Federal Energy Roles And Structure The President has announced his intention to dismantle the Department of Energy and transfer its functions to other Federal agencies. Although this report does not evaluate the President’s proposal in detail, it provides a framework for analyzing any possible restructuring of Fed...
Date Nov. 9, 1981 Report No. 116839 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Effects of the 1976 Tax Reform Act Disclosure Provisions on Law Enforcement Activities

I. L UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. .FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 2:00 P.M. EST MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1981 9, STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON,DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE ON SUBCOMMITTEE OVERSIGHTOF THE INTERNAL REVENUESERVICE SENATE COMMITTEEON FINANCE ON THE EFFECTS OF THE 1976 TAX REFORM ACTI-Saij'fSCLOSUREPROVISIONS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES Mr. C...
Date Oct. 1, 1981 Report No. 116865 Title

[Program Evaluation and the Reagan Administration: The California Experience]

PROGRAM EVALUATION AND THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION: THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE Richard B. Groskin Resident Criminologist U.S. General Accounting Office Prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Evaluation Research Society Austin, Texas; October 1, 1981 (not for quotation without permission of author) INTRODUCTION It is entirely appropriate to question whether program evaluation will be an important tool...
Date Sept. 17, 1981 Report No. 116388 Title

Agriculture and Food: Reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, September 17, 1981 Statement of Brian P. Crowley, Senior Associate Community and Economic Development Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, and Nutrition Relations, and Subcommittee on Department Operations, and Foreign Agriculture House Committee on Agriculture on Di...
Date Sept. 10, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-135 Title

Natural Resources: Improvements in Department of the Interior Leasing of Potential Aluminum Resources Are Necessary for More Timely Decisionmaking

‘-. . I c UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND DIVISION MINERALS R&-&k$ember 10, 1981 B-204461 The Honorable James D. Santini Chairman, Subcommittee on Mines and Mining Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives Subject: Improvements in Department of the Interior Leasing of Potential Aluminum Resources are Necessary for More Timely Decisi...
Date April 29, 1981 Report No. CED-81-80 Title

Natural Resources: Impact Uncertain From Reorganization of the Water and Power Resources Service

General Accounting Office Impact Uncertain From Reorganization Of The Water And Power Resources Service GAO evaluated the December 1979 reorganization of the Department of the interior’s Water and Power Resources Service and assessed its possible effects on operations. Neither GAO nor the Service can be certain this reorganization will accomplish the stated objectives because it was implemented ...
Date Sept. 5, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-114 Title

Government Operations: Department of Energy Procurement Activities

4, Y I ” I r3a3y 20548 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DAL EN&ROY AND MlNERAUt DlVlsloN R-199916 SEPTEMBER 5.1980 ,The Honorable John D. Dingell ""' Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: epartment of Energy (EMD-80-114) Procurement llllllllll~llu II1 113234 Activities the Co...
Date May 29, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-57 Title

Government Operations: OMB's Study of Decentralization of Federal Governmental Functions

REPORTBY THE k-6'. a General Accounting Office RELEASED OMB’s Study Of Decentralization Of Federal Governmental Functions This report to Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., and Representative John P. Murtha discusses the results of GAO’s review of the Office of Management and Budget’s recent study on decentralization. The OMB study, while lacking in precision, provides some indication of the ...
Date Dec. 26, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-80-23 Title

Financial Management: The Navy's Inspection System Could Be Improved

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Legislation And National Security, qHouse Committee On Government Operations , i ‘OF THE UNITED STATES The Navy’s Inspection Syste’m Could Be Improved The Naval Inspector General inspection system is much smaller than the Air Force or the Army systems, and covers only about 20 percent of the Navy’s activities; the other act...
Date Dec. 21, 1979 Report No. LCD-80-29 Title

Economic Development: Relocation of Government Activities to Economically Depressed, Labor Surplus Communities

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Logistics and Communications Division B-95136 December 21, 1979 The Honorable John P. Murtha House of Representatives Dear Mr. Murtha: Subject: [Relocation Of Government Activities Io Economically Depressed, Labor Surplus Communities (LCD-80-29) On November 29, 1979, we briefed your staff on the Federal policy of relocating activitie...
Date Aug. 6, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-325 Title

National Defense: Review of the Army's Decision To Disestablish the Training Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey

4 0~ THE LITED STATES ision Review Of The Army’s enter To Disestablish The Trainin At Fort Dix, New Jersey The proposed closure of the training center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, could result in --annual million --one-time recurring and savings of about $15.8 costs of about $72.5 million. The Army claimed a cost avoidance of about $20.2 million for construction needs at Fort Dix. But this figure is...
Date July 30, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-315 Title

Government Operations: GSA's Space Management Proposals for the National Capital Region and for the Nation's Cities

r General OF THE UNITEDSTATES GSA’s Space Management Proposals National Capital Region r The Nation’s Cities In implementing the President’s national urban policy, the General Services Administra-A/I(J&7/7 tion --follows a policy of relocating Federal activities to cities’ central business areas, regardless of whether the cities have been identified as distressed, and --competes with priva...
Date April 4, 1978 Report No. 105415 Title

Health: The Impact of Selected Activities Relating to the Reorganization of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services on the Florida Vocational Rehabilitation Program

DOCUBIDIT RBSO1 05415 - ( 81005944 ] The Impact of Selected Activities Relating to the Reorganisation of the Florida Department of Health and aehabilitative Servlces on the Florida Vocational Rehabilitation Program. Ipril q, 1978. 25 pp. + 6 appendices (6 pp.). Testimcny befores Select Education Subcommittee; by Gregory J. Human Resources Div. the Ruse Coammittee on Education and Labor: ahart, Dir...
Date Sept. 29, 1976 Report No. 089046 Title

Government Operations: Survey of the District of Columbia Procurement System

c UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION September 29, 1976 Mr Sam D Department Dxstrlct of WashIngton, Dear Mr Starobln, Director of General Servxes Columbia Government D C 20004 c 12c Starobln* The General Accounting Offrce (GAO) has been studying the Dlstrxt's procurement system to determlne (1) if benefits would accrue from a more centrally ma...
Date Jan. 31, 1974 Report No. B-178319 Title

Government Operations: Assessment of Federal Regional Councils

Assessment Of Federal Regio al Counci Is 5-178379 Office of Management and Budget and Other Federal Agencies GOMFTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE WIlTED B.C. 20548 STATES B-178319 C To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report assessing Federal Regional Councils. We made our review pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53)...
Date June 28, 1971 Report No. 094421 Title

Financial Management: Creative Thinking in Financial Management

ADDRESS BY THE COMPTROLI8R GEMERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE 2oTH ANMUAL w 1 0 m SYMPOSIUM ' FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS ASSOCIATION JUNE 2U, 1971 WASHINGTON, D. C. "CREATIVE THINKING IN FINANCIClL MANAGEW3T" i A s most of you know by now, the General Accounting Office observed i t s 50th anniversary t h i s month. In commemorating t h i s milestone -0 important especially t o t h e Feder...