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Date Feb. 14, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-31 Title

National Defense: Installation of an Air Force F-15 Aircraft Radar in a Navy P-3A Aircraft for Use by the Customs Service

Reports and Testimonies

UN~TEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND DIVISION B-217247 The Honorable Glenn English Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives The Honorable Dennis DeConcini Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal and General Government ...

Date Feb. 14, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-46 Title

Energy: The Department of Energy Should Improve Its Management of Oil Overcharge Funds

Reports and Testimonies

BY’THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Department Of Energy Should Improve Its Management Of Oil Overcharge Funds Between August 19, 1973, and January 28, 1981, oil companies were subject to federal price control regulations on crude oil and refined petroleum ...

Date Feb. 13, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-26 Title

Financial Management: Examination of the Federal Financing Bank's Financial Statements for the Years Ended September 30, 1983 and 1982

Reports and Testimonies

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Examination Of The Federal Financing Financial Statements For The Years September 30,1983 and 1982 GAO examined the financial statements of the Federal Financing Bank for the years ended September 30, 1983 and 1982. The examinations were made in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. In GAO’s opinion, the ...

Date Feb. 13, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-31 Title

Government Operations: Analysis of Grace Commission Proposals To Change the Civil Service Retirement System

Reports and Testimonies

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Committee On Post Office And Civil Service House Of Representatives RELEASED Analysis Of Grace Commission To Change The Civil Service Retirement System The Commission recommended many changes to the civil service retirement system which it said would reduce costs and make the federal system comparable to private sector retirement programs. ...

Date Feb. 12, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-10 Title

Health: Improved Efforts Needed To Relieve Medicaid From Paying for Services Covered by Private Insurers

Reports and Testimonies

I. . fl. ~26216 BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Improved Efforts Needed To Relieve Medicaid From Paying For Services Covered $v Private Insurers Medicaid, a federally aided, state-administered medical assistance program for lowincome people, should be relieved of healt’h care costs if some other party is legally responsible to pay. Nevertheless, states receive ...

Date Feb. 11, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-33 Title

Government Operations: Block Grants Brought Funding Changes and Adjustments to Program Priorities

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BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Block Grants Brought Funding Changes And Adjustments To Program Priorities Under block grants, states obtarned greafer decrsron-makrng authority to set program priorities and determine the use of funds than they had under the’prror categorical programs. At the same time, federal appropriations to states under the block grants were ...

Date Feb. 8, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-30 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture and Producer Costs To Operate the Tobacco Program

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Comptroller General Department Of Agriculture And Producer Costs To Operate The Tobacco Program For 1983, the Department of Agriculture regulated the production and marketing of eight kinds of tobacco, including the two primary kinds--flue-cured and burley--through acreage allotments, marketing quotas, and price-support loans. While the No Net Cost Tobacco Program Act of 1982 generally provides ...

Date Feb. 7, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-28 Title

Health: Administration of and Veterans' Participation in the VA Beneficiary Travel Program

Reports and Testimonies

BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTI Report To The Chairman Committee On Veterans’ United States Senate Affairs Administration Of And Veterans’ Participation In The VA Beneficiary Travel Program The Veterans Administration (VA) pays transportation expenses of eligible veterans who travel between their residences and medical facilities for treatment and assistance. In fiscal year 1984, these expenses totaled ...

Date Feb. 7, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-44 Title

International Affairs: Issues Affecting U.S. Territory and Insular Policy

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REPORTBY THEus. General Accounting Office Issues Affecting US. Territory And Insular Policy The United States faces a complex set of policy Issues wrth its princtpal territorres-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The issues involve political, economic, and organizational relationships between the federal government and the territories in such ...

Date Feb. 6, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-71 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Delinquent Borrowers in Farmers Home Administration Major Farmer Loan Programs

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1 c 3-@?~ ’ * I l&J52 REPORT B'YTHE US. General Accounting Office *’ information $$h Delinquent Borrowers h Farmers Hohe Administration Major Farmer Loan Programs Farmers Home Administration is the federal government’s lead agency for helping rural Americans improve their farming enterprises. --As of June 30, 1984, there were 267,252 active FmHA borrowers with one or more of the major farmer ...

Date Feb. 6, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-54 Title

Environmental Protection: Clearer EPA Superfund Program Policies Should Improve Cleanup Efforts

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General RELEASED OF THE UNITEDSTATES Clearer EPA Superfund Program Policies Should Improve Cleanup Efforts The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responds to the release or threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment through its Superfund removal and remedial programs. This report focuses on the Superfund removal program at the nation’s worst ...

Date Feb. 5, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-36 Title

Financial Management: Review Groups Not Located in the Offices of Statutory Inspectors General

Reports and Testimonies

UINI~DSTATESGENERALACCOUNTlNGOrriCL WMHINGTGN, D.C. 20548 I B-21 7594 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: 'NReview Groups Not Located in the Offices of 'Statutory Inspectors General (GAO/AFMD-85-36) 1 On May 21, 1984, you asked us to conduct a study of the 19 federal agencies that currently have statutory ...

Date Feb. 5, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-45 Title

Energy: Survey of Oil Company Views on Fair Sharing in an International Oil Supply Disruption

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NATI’ONAL SECW’RITY AND tNTERNATIOWAL APFAIRS DIVISIOW B-217506 The Honorable Mike Synar Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, and Natural Resources Energy, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: 126372 ~ ' :,#/Survey of Oil Company Views on Fair Sharing in an International Oil Supply Disruption (GAO/NSIAD-85-45) mm,, As requested in your August 10, 1984, ...

Date Feb. 4, 1985 Report No. OGC-85-4 Title

Budget and Spending: President's Fourth Special Message for Fiscal Year 1985

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL WA!MlNGTON OF THE UNITED D.C. 20548 STATES February B-216664 4, 1985 I’ To the President of the Senate and the ‘Y.,Speaker of the House of Representatives fourth special On January 4, 1985, the President's message for fiscal year 1985 was submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The special $11,000,000 and message proposes two new deferrals ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-53 Title

Natural Resources: The A-76 Study at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center Could Have Been Compromised by the Disclosure of Certain Information

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COMPTROLLER OENfRAL WAbnINaTon, OF D.C. THE UNtTED STATES SOS48 B-215002 ", Y *v',Rm ?.,

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. 126428 Title

Microcomputers in Auditing: An Overview

Reports and Testimonies

1 .Ill.--.. INSIDE: Uses, Training, Benefits, Requirements -- - --SC676 74-02-l 0 1. 1 -Microcomputers An Overview Frederick Gallegos in Auditing: 1 0 c PA YOFF IDEA. Although microcomputer hardware, software, and communications have improved auditing techniques in many organizations, there is still much to be learned about this new technology. With the proper planning, implementation, and ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-27 Title

Financial Management: Review of the Activities of the House Office Equipment Service for the Year Ended June 30, 1984

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UN’ITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20648 B-114865 FEBRUARY 1.1986 The Honorable Benjamin J. Guthrie Clerk of the House of Representatives Dear Mr. Guthrie: Subject: I, ~ Review of the Activities of the House Office "'Equipment Service for the Year Ended June 30, 1984 (GAO/AFMD-85-27) Pursuant to your May 10, 1984, request, we have examined the schedule of purchased equipment ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-14A Title

Health: Changes Needed in Medicare Payments to Physicians Under the End Stage Renal Disease Program

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c . 1 SUPPLEMENTTOAREPORT BVTHE U.S. General Accounting Office Changes Needed In Medicare Payments To Physicians Under 7”he End Stage Renal Disease Program This supplement contains the results of GAO’s questionnaire used to obtain the views on the End Stage Renal Disease program of its beneficiaries and renal physicians who provide services under it. 126126 GAO/HRD-8514A FEBRUARY 1,1985 * @quest ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-35A Title

Managing the Cost of Government: Building an Effective Financial Management Structure

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Managing The Cost Of Government &,,,!&YJ / Comptroller Building An Effective Financial Management Structure General of the United States Volume II Conceptual Framework February 1985 GAO/AFMD-85-35-A United States General Accounting Ofice TABLEOFCONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7’he conceptual framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. AFMD-85-35 Title

Managing the Cost of Government: Building an Effective Financial Management Structure

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Managing The Cost Of Government &,,,!&YJ / Comptroller Building An Effective Financial Management Structure General of the United States Volume II Conceptual Framework February 1985 GAO/AFMD-85-35-A United States General Accounting Ofice TABLEOFCONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7’he conceptual framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-14 Title

Health: Changes Needed in Medicare Payments to Physicians Under the End Stage Renal Disease Program

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EWTHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Health And Human Services Changes Needed Vb Medicare Payments To Physicians Under The End Stage Renal Disease Program Since July 1973, the Medicare program has covered the cost of treating individuals with end stage renal disease. Total program costs have increased from about $229 million in 1974 to more than $1.8 billion in 1983. ...

Date Feb. 1, 1985 Report No. 127398 Title

Special Publications: Digests of Unpublished Decisions of the Comptroller General, Vol. I, No. 5

Reports and Testimonies

_.. . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE CHARLES A. BOWSHER Comptroller General of the United States VACANT Deputy Comptroller General of the United States HARRY R. VAN CLEVE General Counsel VOLUME: Febrmaxy 1985 Contents TabZe of Decisions Digests : General G o v e m e n t Mattem: Appropriations and MisceZZaneous PersonneZ Law: PersonneZ La#: Procurement La# SpeciaZ Studies & Analysis ...

Date Jan. 31, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-25 Title

Government Operations: Availability of Data Supporting the Postal Service's Claimed Savings and Costs of Cluster Box Deliveries

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RELEASED OENERAL QOVlLRNM DIVISION W JANUARY 31,1985 B-217243 The Honorable Thomas J. House of Representatives The Honorable Carroll House of.Representatives Subject: Downey ,! A. Campbe. Availability of Data Supporting the Postal .,. Service‘s Claimed Savings and Costs of . Cluster Box Deliveries (GAO/GGD-85-25) In your joint request of August 10, 1984, you asked us to determine the existence and ...

Date Jan. 31, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-50 Title

National Defense: Separate Army and Air Force Airborne SINCGARS Programs May Be Uneconomical

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND DIVISION JANUARY 31.1985 B-217341 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Secretary: Separate Programs Army and Air Force May Be Uneconomical Airborne SINCGARS (GAO/NSIAD-85-50) Subject: The Army's Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) is the ...

Date Jan. 31, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-65 Title

Energy: Status of the Department of Energy's Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 as of December 31, 1984

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REPORT THEU.S. BY General Accounting Office ,, Status Oi The Department @f Energy’s lmplemerltation Of The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Of 1982 As Of December 31, 1984 In March 1984 the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested that GAO report quarterly on the status of the Department of Energy’s progress in implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. This second quarterly ...

Date Jan. 30, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-51 Title

Energy: Information on the Energy Information Administration's Financial Reporting System

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UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC OEVELOPMENT DIVISION RESTRICTED - Rot to be released outs’de the Grer*Qd BecWWtiWg; Office except on the basis ot specific a i!I#fYwA RY 30,1985 B- 178 20 5 &Y the Office of Congressional Relation& The Honorable Philip R. Sharp Chairman, Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels Committee on Energy ...

Date Jan. 30, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-16 Title

Government Operations: The Navy Needs To Strengthen Facilities Construction and Maintenance Contracting Practices and Management Controls

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’ . I, BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Defense The Navy Needs To Strengthen Facilities Construction ,.And Maintenance Contracting Practices Knd Management Controls The Naval Facilities Engineering Command is responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of Navy shore facilities worldwide. In reviewing 33 construction and 28 maintenance contracts awarded ...

Date Jan. 28, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-17 Title

Agriculture and Food: Potential Impacts of Tighter Forest Service Log Export Restrictions

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1 *. v ,.&b ' AL~TRETED -Not to be rekamd outside RELEASED f . ficcounting Offke except en the basis of bY the Office of Congressional ReJations. the thnera! approval specific I26136 * REPORT THEI%S. BY General Accounting Office Potential Impacts Of Tighter Forest Service Log Export Restrictions Federal law restricts the export of unprocessed timber cut from national forests in the western half of ...

Date Jan. 23, 1985 Report No. IMTEC-85-4 Title

Government Operations: Review of Allegations Made About the Census Bureau

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w A r NL*, (I \ ; UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 _, .' JANUARY 23.7985 tNFOAMAflON MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION boy- The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Paul S. Sarbanes Senate Sarbanes: km *i -l_ --___. RELEASED : Review of Allegations Made About the Census 'Bureau (GAO/IMTEC-85-4) In response to your July 1, 1983, request and subsequent discussions ...

Date Jan. 22, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-58 Title

Energy: Status of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Activities as of December 31, 1984

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REPORTBY THEUS. General Accounting Office Status Of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Activities As Of December 31, 1984 The Department of Energy reported that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve contained 450.5 million barrels of oil on December 31, 1984. During the first quarter of fiscal year 1985, about 19.4 million barrels of oil were added for a fill rate of 211,000 barrels per day. This report ...

Date Jan. 18, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-40 Title

National Defense: Defense-Arranged Flights for Members of Congress To Vote on the Peacekeeper (MX) Program

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NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AN0 DlVlSlON B-215746 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Proxmire: Defense-Arranged Flights for Members of Congress to Vote on the Peacekeeper (MX) Program '(GAO/NSIAD-85-40) On June 4, 1984, you asked us to answer the following questions about flights that the Department of Defense (DOD) arranged for certain members of Congress so that they ...

Date Jan. 16, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-13 Title

Government Operations: U.S. Postal Service Procurement of Long-Life Delivery Vehicles

Reports and Testimonies

c BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Gerry Sikorski And The Honorable Robert Garcia House Of Representatives RELEASED U.S. Postal Service Procurement Long-Life Delivery Vehicles The Postal Service is planning to buy 99,150 long-life light delivery vehicles equipped with gasoline engines. The Service chose not to use diesel engines in any of these vehicles because there are ...

Date Jan. 16, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-22 Title

Environmental Protection: Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Program Is Behind Schedule

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;;“,:I ,, _B___.,,C-. .- ., . .- mvvwd w . I RESTRICTED - ~CcoUlltin~ tl by the Office i L;iprova# 30rs-5 ’ I . BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ReDort To The Chairman, 1Subcommittee Ov’ersig ht And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives - On OF THE UNITED STATES Vehicle Emissions Inspection And Maintenance Program IS Behind Schedule Air Act, 30 StateS and the District ...

Date Jan. 15, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-18 Title

National Defense: Design and Operation of Special Defense Acquisition Fund Can Be Improved

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BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Committee on Appropriations House Of Representatives Design And Operation Of Special Defense Acquisition Fund Can Be Improved The Special Defense Acquisition Fund finances the acquisition of defense articles for sale to foreign buyers. The purpose of the fund is to reduce delivery times associated with these sales and to reduce the need ...

Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-9 Title

Financial Institutions: An Examination of Concerns Expressed About the Federal Reserve's Pricing of Check Clearing Activities

Reports and Testimonies

Report To The Chairman Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs United States Senate BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES An Examination of Concerns Expressed About The Federal Reserve’s Pricing Of Check Clearing Activities The Federal Reserve System and some of the Nation’s larger commercial banks play major roles in clearing the billions of checks written each year in the ...

Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-9A Title

Financial Institutions: An Examination of Concerns Expressed About the Federal Reserve's Pricing of Check Clearing Activities

Reports and Testimonies

PACS accumulates check clearing costs under four specific activities: processing, adjustments, return items (checks returned unpaid), and fine sort (checks sorted to a specific paying institution). While PACS reported gross expenses for the overall commercial check activity, only intraoffice or local processing expense figures were needed for pricing purposes. Therefore, to obtain the expense data ...

Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-28 Title

National Defense: The U.S. Nuclear Materials Information System Can Improve Service to Its User Agencies

Reports and Testimonies

BYTHEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Energy The U.S. Nuclear Materials Information System Can Improve Service To Its User Agencies The computer-supported information system, the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System, is the most comprehensive transaction data file available on U.S. nuclear materials in domestic and international commerce. Domestically, it ...

Date Jan. 11, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-48 Title

Energy: Natural Gas Price Increases in Detroit

Reports and Testimonies

BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Carl Levin United States Senate And The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. House Of Representatives Natural Gas Price Increases In Detroit Natural gas prices increased an average 38 percent in the Detroit, Michigan, area between January 1981 and January 1983. GAO found that about two-thirds of the price increase was due to (1) the depletion of ...

Date Jan. 10, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-25 Title

Health: Opportunities To Reduce Medicare Payments for Prosthetic Lenses While Enhancing Nationwide Uniformity of Benefits

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BY THE US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Health And Human Services OpportunitiesTo Reduce Medicare Payments For Prosthetic Lenses While Enhancing Nationwide Uniformity Of Benefits Inadequate guidance to Medicare’s claims processing contractors has resulted in unnecessary expenditures for prosthetic lenses and related professional services used after the removal of cataracts ...

Date Jan. 10, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-27 Title

Energy: Department of Energy's Initial Efforts To Implement the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

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Y \ ‘. . I i BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL - Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Department Of Energy’s Initial Efforts To Implement The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Of 1982 The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 establishes a comprehensive national program for the safe management, storage, and permanent disposal of highly radioactive materials accumulating at nuclear power plant sites. This report ...

Date Jan. 8, 1985 Report No. C-NSIAD-85-1 Title

National Defense: Flying Hours for U.S. Air Forces in Europe Exceeded Logistical Support Capability and Reduced Reported Readiness

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UNCLASSIFIED GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE REPORTTO THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE FLYING HOURSFOR U.S. AIR FORCESIN EUROPEEXCEEDED LOGISTICAL SUPPORTCAPABILITY AND REDUCED REPORTED READINESS DIGEST -----(U) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) relies heavily on U.S. tactical air capability to counter the Soviet and Warsaw Pact U.S. Air Forces in Europe air threat in Europe. (USAFE) provide ...

Date Jan. 7, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-43 Title

Agriculture and Food: Government-Owned Surplus Dairy Products Held in Inventory

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHLNGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE RELEASED RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-211447 The Honorable Mary Rose Oakar House of Representatives Dear Ms. Oakar: Subject: Government-Owned Surplus Dairy in Inventory (GAO/RCED-85-43) Products Held In your November 11, 1983, request and in subsequent discussions with your office you asked us to update ...

Date Jan. 7, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-22 Title

Government Operations: Options To Consider for Certain Employee Groups in Designing the New Civil Service Retirement Program

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UNITED STAR GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-217196 JANUARY 7,1985 The Honorable Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Chairman, Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Ted Stevens Chairman, Subcommittee on Civil Service, and General Services Post Office, Committee on Governmental Affairs United ...

Date Jan. 4, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-12 Title

Environmental Protection: The Environmental Protection Agency Should Better Manage Its Use of Contractors

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives On OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Environmental Protection Agency Should Better Manage Its Use Of Contractors The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relies on contractor support to augment its staff. In fiscal year 1983, for instance, EPA spent an ...

Date Jan. 3, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-35 Title

International Affairs: The U.S. Footwear Industries' Ability To Meet Military Mobilization Needs

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Chairmen House And Senate Footwear Caucuses The U.S. Footwear industries’ Ability To Meet Military Mobilization Needs In the event of a major military mobilization, Defense may have problems in meeting its military footwear needs. Its prepositioned war reserve stocks of footwear, which are used during the initial stages of a conflict, are below requirements. Defense reports show that, once these ...

Date Jan. 3, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-34 Title

Transportation: The Outdoor Advertising Control Program Needs To Be Reassessed

Reports and Testimonies

P . ’ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee Environment And Public Works United States Senate On OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Outdoor Advertising Control Program Needs To Be Reassessed The Highway Beautification Act of 1965 required that states control outdoor advertising along federally funded interstate and primary highways. Since the enactment of the act, thousands of outdoor ...

Date Jan. 2, 1985 Report No. OGC-85-3 Title

Budget and Spending: President's Third Special Message for Fiscal Year 1985

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u!,‘a-*~ll ,Ylf COMflROYLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OE THE UNITED D.C. 2064% STATES January R-216664 2, 1985 125965 To the Prasfdent of the Senate and the Speaker of the Bouse of Representatives On Novsmbwz 29, 1984, the President's third special message for fis~cal year 1985 whtsi submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Ingaundment Control Act of 1974. The special message propwes 14 new deferrals ...

Date Jan. 2, 1985 Report No. PEMD-85-5 Title

Education: Use of the Public Law 94-142 Set-Aside Shows Both the Flexibility Intended by the Law and the Need for Improved Reporting

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BY i-it U.S. Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On The Handicapped, Committee On Labor And Human Resources United States Senate Use Of The Public Law 94-l 42 Set-Aside Shows Both The Flexibility Intended By The Law And The Need For Improved Reporting Under the Education for Ail Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-1423, each state may set aside for the payment of administrative and direct and ...

Date Jan. 1, 1985 Report No. 127105 Title

Special Publications: Digests of Unpublished Decisions of the Comptroller General, Vol. I, No. 4

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, TATES GEW WAL ACCOUMTlMG OFFICE CHARLES A. BOWSHER Comptroller General of the United States VACANT Deputy Comptroller General of the United States H A R R Y R. VAN CLEVE General Counsel ,..,-* I YOLIW.I Jcm.mry 1885 No, 4 Contents Page T d Z e of Decis

Date Jan. 1, 1985 Report No. 128750 Title

Special Publications: Software Tools and Techniques

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l ' I INSIDE: Software Tools, Software Techniques, Benefits, Classification of Software Tools and Techniques, Glossaries of Software Tools and Techniques 73-02-1 0 Frederick Gallegos e PAYOFF IDEA. Software tools and techniques are most widely used by systems analysts and programmers for developing and maintaining systems. They can also be valuable aids for the auditor in performing compliance or ...