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Date Report No. Title
Date Jan. 6, 1972 Report No. 092459 Title

National Defense: Review of Civilian Payroll, Naval Amphibious Base, Norfolk, Virginia

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Date Jan. 6, 1972 Report No. B-133267 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Progress To Strengthen U.S. Government Foreign Tax Relief on Defense Expenditures Overseas

Reports and Testimonies

. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS 7 J; 4I.l5-7g I A 3v IllllllllIll11 llll Ill11 lllli IIll Ill lllllllllllnll LM096711 Progress To Strengthen U.S. Government Foreign Tax Relief On Defense Expenditures Overseas Department Depart-ment of Defense of State 8.133267 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES D jO?67// 1. ;,1972 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-133267 To ...

Date Jan. 6, 1972 Report No. 089411 Title

Financial Management: Administrative Operations and Related Financial Transactions of the Southeast Region, Immigration and Naturalization Service

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Y~a/9O REGIONAL OFFICE ROOM 226, 870 NORTH MILITARY HIGHWAY / i. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23502 Mr. Robert E. Schoenenberger Regional Commissioner, Southeast Region Immigration and Naturalization Service Department of Justice Room 6226, Federal Building Richmond, Virginia 23240 Dear Mr. Schoenenberger: We have reviewed selected adminsttrative operations and related ...

Date Jan. 5, 1972 Report No. B-160233 Title

Government Operations: Proposed Machine Tool Production Control System

Reports and Testimonies

. - - L COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D. B-160233 > Dear Mr. Kemp: J/m 5 m’is3 \ On February 23, 1971, you sent us information concerning a proposed machine tool production control system and asked that we determine whether Federal agencies (1) could use the system to improve their management of public funds and (2) would be forced to buy foreign-made machine tools if the U.S. machine tool ...

Date Jan. 4, 1972 Report No. 092461 Title

Government Operations: Payroll Matters for Selected Civilian Employees of the Naval Air Facility

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091016 Title

Financial Management: Accrual Accounting Benefits to Government and Nonprofit Activities

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091004 Title

Government Operations: Should the Government Buy Insurance?

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090898 Title

National Defense: Reporting on Major Weapon Systems

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090991 Title

The Audit Team: An Organizational Innovation

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090901 Title

Special Publications: Delphi--Systematic Opinion-Gathering

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091003 Title

Special Publications: The Environment in Governmental Accounting in the Seventies

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090895 Title

Special Publications: Hearings and Legislation

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Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090999 Title

Special Publications: Hearings and Legislation

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Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091002 Title

Special Publications: Improved Inventory Management Through Computer Simulation

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Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091017 Title

Special Publications: A Method and Format for Proposal Studies

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091001 Title

The Problems of Management Information Systems: Why They Fail

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090899 Title

Special Publications: Using Test Decks in Financial Audit Work

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090902 Title

Special Publications: Utilizing Engineering Principles in Auditing

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091005 Title

The GAO: Government Watchdog, Analyst, Critic

Reports and Testimonies

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090904 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Spring 1972

Reports and Testimonies

SPRING 1972 4 . 4 THE GAO REVIEW Contents :A0 Auditing in the Seventies ELMER 6. SJAAJS filliOc/U3 ...................... 1 Utilizing Engineering GERARD J . MARKS .......... I Delphi-Systematic JAMES P. WRIGHT .......... 1 Using the Time-sharing Computer in Management Reviews GREG DONNELLON AND GINGER EASTIN . . . . . . . . . w ’i”s7/a/f 28 O(?Oc)OO Using Test Decks in Financial Audit Work DANIEL ...

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 090998 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Summer 1972

Reports and Testimonies

111 1 1111 II~IIIl1 111lI1 lI1 I lI111 I 1 l 090998 . 1 . . ‘, A T h e United States General Accounting Office, established in 1921, i an independent, nons political, nonpartisan audit organization in the legislative branclr nf the r e d e r d Government. Directed by the Comptroller Genernl of the United States, it is responsible solely to the Congress and serves a k c j role in the Federal sjstem ...

Date Jan. 1, 1972 Report No. 091031 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Winter 1972

Reports and Testimonies

WINTER 1972 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U S . Gobernmrnt Printing Office, Washington. D.C. 20402. Price 40 cents (single c o p y ) . Subscription price: S1.50 per ) e a r ; 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. THE GAO REVIEW Contents Papers of the 7th International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recruitment and Training of Personnel of ...

Date Dec. 30, 1971 Report No. B-169968 Title

Government Operations: Management, Acquisition, and Utilization of Warehouse Space Controlled by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Supply Agency, and Various Civil Agencies in the Seattle and San Francisco-Sacramento Areas

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL Accou WASHINGTON,D.C. OEFENSE DIVISION 20548 f The HonoraFle Tke Secretary Attention: Dezr Pk. of Defense Assistant / .J Secretary (Conp-troller) oB Defense llnllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllll llllllll LM095444 Secretary: _ -7 and.utilization of warehouse 3ie surveyed the management. acquisition, SpEC; co-trolled 'cy tll~k??i>-~N&$-.' -- ,Force, Defense Supply Agency. ar@ ...

Date Dec. 30, 1971 Report No. B-117604(7) Title

Education: Office of Education Should Improve Procedures To Recover Defaulted Loans Under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program

Reports and Testimonies

Offtce of Educatron Departmentof Health, Education, and Welfare BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UN1 STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-117604(7) L To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatlve s 1 v This IS our report entltled “Office of Education Should Improve Procedures to Recover Defaulted Loans Under the Guaranteed Student ...

Date Dec. 29, 1971 Report No. 092462 Title

Financial Management: Tinker AFB, Audit of Accounts for the Period July 1, 1970, Through March 31, 1971

Reports and Testimonies

Date Dec. 29, 1971 Report No. B-167324 Title

International Affairs: Activities of the Research and Development Center - Thailand, Advanced Research Projects Agency

Reports and Testimonies

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 7 LM095445 -Activities Of The Research And Development Center - Thailand, Advanced Research Projects Agency 8-167324 Department of Defense UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE UNITED STATES GENERAL ACXCXJNT!NG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DEFENSE DIVISION B- 167324 Dear Mr. Secretary: 7 report on activities Advanced Research of the Research Projects ...

Date Dec. 28, 1971 Report No. B-159463 Title

Government Operations: Government Contract Requirement of Jewel Bearings From Specific Company

Reports and Testimonies

.$ COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C THE *B-ii59463 tg CF. Dear Mr. Eshleman: Your letter of October 21, 1971, requested that we furnish information on the requirement of a Government ccz-n-. ! 3c.11 that the Hamilton Watch Company purchase jewel b0eg.r_ings D ““” i> :yj1 I(* J- from the William Langer *Jewel Bearing Plant, Rolla, North /” Dakota. The Government-owned, contractor-operated ...

Date Dec. 28, 1971 Report No. B-174248 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Need for Long-Range Planning for Avionics Development Programs

Reports and Testimonies

Need For Long-Range Avionics Development 8.174248 Department of the Army BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNlTED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B - 174248 q / To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This avionics is our report development on the need for long-range programs of the Department planning of the for Army. ...

Date Dec. 27, 1971 Report No. 092463 Title

Financial Management: Disbursing Transactions, U.S.S. Ellison

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE 20o6 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD BUILDING 234 STATE STREET DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226 Commanding Officer U.S.S. ELLISON (DD-864) FPO New York Dear Sir: We have,examined pay and travel expenditures made on the ELLISON in the 6 months ended June 1971, to test the effectiveness of your disbursing activity and the related system of internal controls. Our ...

Date Dec. 27, 1971 Report No. B-66927 Title

National Defense: Revenues From the Operation of Naval Petroleum Reserve No.3, and the Administration of the Naval Oil Shale Reserves in Colorado and Utah

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENEI~ALACC~UNTF~G WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DEFENSE DIVISION 3-6@w Dear Mr, Sanders: lllllll1l Ill11 4 I llllllll 11111111 Ill11 lllllllllllllll 23 A!% LM095464 As paxt of our examination into the conservation and management _ J of natural resources by the Department of Defense (Code 862C9), we ', have reviewed certain matters relating to revenues from the operation of Naval Petroleum ...

Date Dec. 23, 1971 Report No. B-130515,B-161297 Title

Government Operations: Allegations Concerning Funds Granted by the Office of Economic Opportunity

Reports and Testimonies

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Date Dec. 22, 1971 Report No. 089412 Title

Employment: Review of the Work Incentive Program

Reports and Testimonies

u f UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION DEC 2 2 1971 Dear Mr. Zarb: Our recent report to the Congress on problems in accomplishing the objectives of the Work Incentive Program (WIN) (B-164031(3), September 24, 1971), contained our findings on the results of WIN operations and problems in the designs of WIN and the Aid to Families with Dependent Children ( ...

Date Dec. 22, 1971 Report No. B-172768 Title

Government Operations: Review of the Alterations and Refurnishing of Office Space Occupied by ACTION

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER _ GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. T B-172768. .,c-I R Dear Mr. Chairman: 7 Pursuant to the request contained in your letter dated October 8, 1971, and subsequent discussions with our representatives, we have reviewed the alterations and refurnishing” 1 of office space occupied by ACTION~Yependent agency’ established by-organization Plan 1 of 1971, effective July 1, 1971, to bring together, ...

Date Dec. 22, 1971 Report No. B-174701 Title

Government Operations: Review of the General Services Administration Operation of Heating Plants

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF T D.C. B-174701 Dear Mr. Kunzig: LM095469 llllIlHllllllIllllllllllllllll ’ ’ . ..I I Our review of the General Services Administration (GSA) operation. of heating plants in the Washington, D.C., area shGwed that the rate charged for steam sold did not include factors for denreciation and repair and improvement costs for the heating plants. The unrecovered costs ...

Date Dec. 22, 1971 Report No. 089413 Title

Health: Medicare Cost Reimbursements to Extended Care Facilities in the State of New York

Reports and Testimonies

.- . 'UNITED STATES GE&?+ _~ WASHINGTON, AKOUNT~NG DC. 20545 LM089413 Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll December 22, 1971 CIVIL DIVISION . . Dear Mr. Ball: , We have made a review of the reasonableness of selected c Medicare cost reimbursements to extended care facilities in the State of New York During the review we examined into the extent that ECFs rent their 3 facilities from organizations in ...

Date Dec. 22, 1971 Report No. B-169857 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Benefits From Centralized Management of Leased Communications Services

Reports and Testimonies

l~ll~lllll~llllllllllllllll~l~~lll 21 LMO95448 7 Benefits From Centralized Management Of Leased Communications Services,.,,,,,, Department of Defense UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING B OFFICE UNITED STATES GENERAL AG~~UNT~NG WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE DEFENSE DIVISION B- 169857 Dear Mr. Secretary: on the benefits services. from centralized management This is our report of leased communications ...

Date Dec. 21, 1971 Report No. 089790 Title

Budget and Spending: Revolving Fund Activities of the Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions)

Reports and Testimonies

CIVIL DlViSiON -. llMMllllllllllilllllllliljill& ; LMO89790 . Czar Ger;efal Clarke: The General Accowting Office has reviewed certain activities of the revolving fund of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. Our review included an examination of accounting axd billing procedures; calculation of replacement charges; equipment and facil,ity utilization' , cznd the overall management ...

Date Dec. 21, 1971 Report No. 092465 Title

Financial Management: Audit of Civilian Pay at the Naval Construction Battalion Center

Reports and Testimonies

Date Dec. 20, 1971 Report No. B-156106 Title

National Defense: Review of the Management of Contracts for Maintenance Painting of Facilities by the Army, Navy, and Air Force

Reports and Testimonies

DEFENSE DIWISIOM B-156106 s- Dear Mr. Secretary: - 11111111111111111 Ill11 11111111111111 LM095471 The General Accounting Office (GAO)has made a'review of the management".gfcontracts for maintenance painting.of facilities by our major th%-&'my, Navy; &d Air Force; This letter smizes fLndings and reccxmnendations together tith commentsdated May 6, 1971, of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense ...

Date Dec. 20, 1971 Report No. B-117604(12) Title

Financial Management: Administration of Debt and Payment Claims

Reports and Testimonies

Administration Of Debt And Payment claims 80177604(72) United States Coast Guard UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DEC.20,1971 UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCWNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, R.C. 20548 CLAIMS DIVISION IN REPLY PLEkSE QUOTE ,jii7 / B- 117604(12) Dear Admiral Bender: This is our report on the administration of debt and payment claims at the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, ...

Date Dec. 20, 1971 Report No. B-142142 Title

Transportation: Analysis of the Proposed Survey by the Civil Aeronautics Board of Claims Against Air Carriers for Cargo Lost or Damaged

Reports and Testimonies

(. I ‘. REPORT TO THL (j fo WJ OF THE SELECT CbGMI?TEE / ON SMALL 3USINESS UNITEW STATES SENATE (‘, ;j- “/(, 1 .-d lj’ j Id’ d -.- BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL .. OF THE UNITED iSTATES . ..-- - COMPTROLLER GENERAL?JF WASHINGTON. THE D.C. UNiTED 20548 STATES B-142142 L d I c d/0 ’. I -. Dear Mr. Chairman: !r We have examined the plans for the Civil _.,,_,,“.,“l*,,ll”^*~.l Aeronautics,.fi ” Board’s ...

Date Dec. 16, 1971 Report No. 089414 Title

Employment: Job Placement Activities of Manpower Programs in Newark, New Jersey

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. CIVIL DIVISION 20548 DEC 1 6 1971 Dear Mr. Zarb: We have reviewed job placement activities carried out by the various federally assisted manpower programs operating in Newark, New Jersey. During the past several years substantial financial and manpower resources have been directed toward improving the employability of and providing ...

Date Dec. 16, 1971 Report No. B-114891 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Audit of the House of Representatives Restaurant for the Period June 28, 1970, to June 26, 1971

Reports and Testimonies

. . . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D.C. B-114891 Dear Mr. Chairman: This is our report on the audit of the House of Representatives Restaurant for the period June 28, 1970, to June 26, 1971. The audit was made pursuant to section 208(c)(2) of the act of October 9, 1940 (40 U.S.C. 174-k). Copies of this report are being Committee on the House Restaurant, of Repre ...

Date Dec. 15, 1971 Report No. B-173432 Title

National Defense: Construction of TNT Lines and Related Facilities at the Newport, Indiana, and Joliet, Illinois, Army Ammunition Plants

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHtNGTON. OF DC. THE UNI 20548 B-173432 ‘1 Dear Mr. Chairman : 12 This is in further reference to your request of June 17, 1971, that we investigate certain charges against the Chicage District of the Army Corps of Engineers made in a letter to you dated March 31, 1971. These charges, pertaining to costruction facilities at the New“--.“~---=“,~~*of TNT lines and related port, ...

Date Dec. 13, 1971 Report No. 092467 Title

Budget and Spending: Coast Guard Military Pay and Allowances

Reports and Testimonies

. UNBRED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DlVlSlON G Dear Admiral Bender: We have completed an examination of a statistical sample of the pay records of Coast Guard members who were separated from active duty .during the period July 1 to December 31, 1970. Final pay and allowances to members who are separated includes cash settlement for unused leave and travel allowances to their home of ...

Date Dec. 10, 1971 Report No. B-164515 Title

Income Security: Review of the Implementation of the Coordinated Federal Wage System in Selected Wage Survey Areas

Reports and Testimonies

iiilllllllllilllllllllllllllll!llill LM095453 3 Review Of The Implementation Coordinated Federal Wa In Selected Wage Survey Ar 8.164515 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE .- . _ WTED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNT~MG OFFEE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIV1StON B-164515 Dear Mr. Hampton: of areas Penn- This is our report on the review of the implementation the Coordinated Federal Wage System in the ...

Date Dec. 9, 1971 Report No. 092468 Title

Financial Management: Audit of Civilian Payrolls at Hickam Air Force Base

Reports and Testimonies

DEC 9 ConQlander 'lacific Air Forces BRae Com:mand 15th Aii IBase tng hiickam Air Force rase, ilawaii 1971 60 96553 Attention;: Dear Sir: Comptroller We have completed our : dit of civilian pryrolls at Ilickam Air Forco Bals 7 JIaaii. Of the 2,911 civilians paid by the Civilian Payroll O-ice, a random Eamr,.o of lC0 employees was selacted for review. · ,'ttention%as focused on those accountn, tith ...

Date Dec. 9, 1971 Report No. 092469 Title

Financial Management: Opportunity To Revise Some Accounting Practices and Recover Full Costs of Service

Reports and Testimonies

(0S( "4: ,:~o7 EUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL D!VISION Dear Dr. Brown: We reviewed the accounting system of the Bureau of the Census (Bureau), Department of Commerce, to ascertain whether the system in operation, as approved by the Comptroller General on May 4, 1966, continues to be an effective and efficient accounting system. Our review was made on a test ...

Date Dec. 9, 1971 Report No. B-162222 Title

Government Operations: Coordinated Consideration Needed of Buy-National Procurement Program Policies

Reports and Testimonies

f I I I - . & F i COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. of DC THE UNfTED XL%8 STATES I B-162222 15 To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives consideration policies by the needed Office of 1 , This is our report on coordinated of buy-national procurement program Management and Budget. Our . ._ review was made pursuant to the Budget 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53), and the ...

Date Dec. 9, 1971 Report No. B-125067 Title

Information Management: Management of Selected Aspects of the Strategic and Critical Stockpile

Reports and Testimonies

T TO LM095495 \~ll~~llllll~lu~I\I\Iluul~ lllll~ rategic And Critical Office of Emergency Preparedness General Services Administration BY THE CQMPTROLLER GENERAL CC’ THE UNITED STATES c- .C COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D.C. B- 125067 jd ‘f / To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the gency tion, This is our report on ...