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| Date Jan. 21, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-43 |
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Reports and Testimonies P K, I REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Summary Of GAO Reports Issued Since 1977 Pertaining To Farm BillLegislation GAO has issued over 100 reports pertaining to programs authorized by the Farm Bill since it was renewed in 1977. The reports are organized according to the title and section of the 1977 act, An additional section discusses ongoing GAO work related to Farm Bill ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. ID-81-22 |
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Reports and Testimonies F El-201607 To the Board of Ekirectors Overseas Private Investment Corporation We have examined the balance sheets of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation as of September 30, 1980 and 1979, and-the related statements of income, changes in capiand changes in financial position for the tal and reservefs, Our examinations were made pursuant to the years then ended. Gavernment Corporation ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. ID-81-23 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 INTERNATIONAL OIVISION JANUARY 19,198l B-198641 The Honorable Harold Brown The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: 114163 Subject: Gstionable . Use of Military -Minor Construction and Host . Nation Fundirrg in Transfer of 21st Replacement Battalion by U.S. Army Europt(ID-81-23) B!G05-w As requested by the Chairman of the House ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-41 |
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Reports and Testimonies v * GAO 8 -d *??a < Human Resources United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-201402 Division The Honorable Michael Pertschuk Federal Trade Commission Chairman, Dear Mr. Pertschuk: More Action LMail Order JANUARY 19,lgaq Is Needed on &be Consumer Problem (HRD-81-41) -7 Because many consumers are still subjected to mail order we reviewed the Federal Trade problems, mainly late ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-39 |
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Reports and Testimonies GAO United States General Accountkg Office Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Division B-201406 JANUARY Ilrfl# 19,198l The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Ray Marshall of Labor Secretary: b ccupational Consultations (HRD-81-39) Health Inspections Generally Appear ~lullulll IIll . _. 114164 Subject: and Adequate J We reviewed the adequacy of health inspections and consultations made by the ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-41 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES P Actions Needed To increase Bicycle/ Moped Use In The Federal Community If the Federal Government wants to encourage the use of bicycles and mopeds by itsemployees and others, it will have to take the initiative with programs and funds directed toward eliminating the factors perceived as barriers. Federal departments should actively promote the ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-28 |
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Reports and Testimonies Compt OF THE UNITEDSTATES Use Of Vacant Schools Cbuld Provide Savings To Federal Construction Pro Declining enrollments in public schools have left many schools vacant. A large number of these schools are in good condition and in locations making them potentially suitabie for use in lieu of new construction for projects financed by Federal programs. Because of the substantial cost savings that ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. C-ID-81-3 |
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Reports and Testimonies This is an unclassified digest a report containing classified COMPTROLLERGENERAL REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE CN APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIGEST ------ furnished security in lieu of information. INCREASED COST SHARING FGR U.S. FORCES IN EUROPENEEDS A MORE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH :I,The question of whether North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies should stationing costs and ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. ID-81-18 |
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Reports and Testimonies Report ToThe Conlgress OF THEUNITEDSTATES No Easy Choice: NATO Collaboration And The U.S.Arms Export Control Issue To date, the administration has been willing to make some compromises on third country sales of weapon systems made from U.S. technology to achieve NATO collaboration on standardization of weapons. These compromises have had both positive and negative effects. If arms transfer ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. LCD-81-16 |
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Reports and Testimonies 1 BY THECi3MPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The OF THEUNITEDSTATES Opportunities Still Exist For The Army To Save Millions Annually Through Improved Retail Inventory Management GAO reported to the Secretary of Defense in November 1975 that the Army could save tens of millions of dollars annually through improved retail inventory management. DOD agreed and advised GAO of several corrective actions that ...
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| Date Jan. 19, 1981 |
Report No. AFMD-81-18 |
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Reports and Testimonies Comptroller General 4 Increased Productivity In Processing’ Travel Claims Can Cut Administrative Costs Significantly !>:;e ;;y 4':-. L .; . CI rs;os!;~t - -, ::".y;:c3 k;.L‘ by t&o &+-& 03 CcPi;.pras4;on~;';I~,,~JrJ ->* - " The processing of travel claims for Federal employees is costing Federal agencies millions of dollars more than necessary. GAO believes that productivity can be increased and ...
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| Date Jan. 16, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-43 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 .. B-201676 The Honorable Charles W. Duncan, J r . The Secretary of Energy JANUARY 16.1981 11111111111 111IHII 11 1111 11 11 11 11 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: E m a l l purchase activities at the Department of Energy7 (EMD-81-43) 114149 We have recently completed a limited examination of the Department of Energy's small purchasing ...
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| Date Jan. 16, 1981 |
Report No. 114188 |
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Reports and Testimonies UN~TECI STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFKE WASHINCTCPI, D.C. 20548 . 73 2 ‘* CO.k4WVNlTY AH0 DEVELOPMENT ECQNQMIC DIVl510N MS . Joan Claybrook, Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department Dear Ms. of Transportation Claybrook: 114188 on April 17, 1979, we wrote you expressing several of our concerns about the National Eiyhway Traffic Safety One Administration's accident ...
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| Date Jan. 16, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-50 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERALAIX~IJNT~NG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION January 16, 1981 B-201760 The Honorable Douglas M. Castle Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: &essment of Grant Expenditures to Fund New Jersey Inter ency Toxic Waste Investigations/Prosecutions Program (CED-81-50) 4 At the request of the Chairman, Subcomnittee on ...
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| Date Jan. 16, 1981 |
Report No. B-196981 |
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Reports and Testimonies / A4V i v GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 /\95'6 0 Office of General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-196981 January 16, 1981 2 OCe.r7 e 4/e 4M-1404-, 0 S4G% nc-C e- "oA, The Honorable Mary Eastwood Acting Special Counsel Office of the Special Counsel 1717 H Street, NW. 20414 Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. Eastwood: As you know, the Office of Special Counsel has requested ...
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| Date Jan. 15, 1981 |
Report No. PAD-81-16 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report T The Honorable Carl D. Pursell o United States House O Representatives f O THE UNITED STATES F National Science Foundation Conflict Of Interest Problems With Grants T Short Term Employees o The National Science Foundation augments i t s permanent professional staff with specialists who serve in noncareer positions for 1 to 2 years. Known as "rotators," these ...
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| Date Jan. 15, 1981 |
Report No. LCD-81-9 |
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Reports and Testimonies * I ‘“i * Ifl 167 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL, *Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Supply Support Costs Of Combat Ships Can Be Reduced By Millions And Readiness Enhanced The Navy can save an estimated $101 million over a 5-year period on procurement and repair of shipboard supplies and parts, This can be accomplished, together with an increase in fleet supply readiness, by improving policies ...
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| Date Jan. 14, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-33 |
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Reports and Testimonies B-199297 injury. We found that no criteria exist to objectively assess the-timeliness of swine flu claims processing. However, we identified some claims processing procedures which took a long time. _.I We obtained limited information on the processing of This included lawsuits resulting from the swine flu program. determining Justice's role in swine flu litigation and gathering descriptive data ...
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| Date Jan. 14, 1981 |
Report No. LCD-81-17 |
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Reports and Testimonies s r‘ ‘c U-SC\rr ‘* t 1 rY Pp - BY THE COiv’lPTROLLERGENERAL / Report ToThe Chairman, Committee On Appropriations, House Of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEASED Why Actual Costs Of Military Coristkction Projects Vary From Their Estimates Many military construction projects require additional funding above the original appropriation. GAO found that many of the factors responsible for ...
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| Date Jan. 14, 1981 |
Report No. 114567 |
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Reports and Testimonies ' t UNI& ie-Sf, A T E S L GENERAL ACCOUNTING O F F I C E WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ADDRESS BY HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT D I V I S I O N , T O THE 1 9 8 1 MID-WINTER MEETING A S S O C I A T I O N O F S T A T E AND INTERSTATE POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATORS JANUARY 14, 1 9 8 1 F A T ' S AHEAD FOR THE N A T I O N ' S WATER QUALITY >[ct [ ) 68 2' I WELCOME THE ...
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| Date Jan. 14, 1981 |
Report No. OISS-81-04 |
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Reports and Testimonies Report to the l!Ezzse and Senate Committees on Appropriations by the Comptroller General of the United States THE SUMMARIES OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON OPERATIONS OF CIVIL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES This is a summary of GAO’s conclusions and recommendations resulting from its audii and other review work in the Operations of civil Departments and Agencies on which satisfactory legislative ...
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| Date Jan. 14, 1981 |
Report No. OISS-81-03 |
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Reports and Testimonies Report to the H&e and Senate Committees on Appropriations by the Comptroller General of the United States 1111111 II I 114146 SUMMARIES CONCLUSIONS RJWS~MMENDATIOlSf~ NT OF DE DE PARTIS& OF AND Ov ” This is a summary of GAD’s conclusions and recommendations msdting from its audits and other review work in the Deparbnent of Defense on which satisfactory bgiie or sdministrative actions have not been ...
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| Date Jan. 13, 1981 |
Report No. FPCD-81-17 |
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Reports and Testimonies I 1 UNITEDSMES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 2O!S4 WASHINGTON, /.Fy1z" --NcLAWD coMPcNsATmN DIvl81oN B-200865 The Honorable Patricia Schroeder Chair, Subcommittee on Civil Service. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Chair Subject: Schroeder: JANUARY 13,198l G i.. Federal Impact of Fede al Joint li- roductivity Labor-Management Committees _5 (FPCD-81-17) At ...
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| Date Jan. 12, 1981 |
Report No. ID-81-14 |
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Reports and Testimonies //4r3o c ? * BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL O THE UNITED STATES F w Report T The Congress o Examination Of Fiscal Year 1979 Financial Statements Of T e Panama Canal h Organization And Treaty-Related Issues This report covers the examination of the Panama Canal organization's financial statements for fiscal year 1979. I n carrying out future audits of the new Panama Canal Commission, the Panama Canal ...
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| Date Jan. 8, 1981 |
Report No. FPCD-81-32 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION JANUARY 8,198l B-201543 The Honorable Arlen Erdahl House of Representatives Dear Mr. Erdahl: Gderal Training Agencies' Programs Stress Management (FPCD-81-32) Subject: 3 -This report, presenting the results of our evaluation of selected Federal agencies' stress management training programs,' ...
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| Date Jan. 8, 1981 |
Report No. PSAD-81-18 |
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Reports and Testimonies , BY THE US GENtRAL ACCOUNTI Report To The Administrator, National Aeronautics And . Space Administration NASA’s Standard Parts ProgramAre The Objectives Being Accomplished? I n 1974 NASA initiated its Standard Parts Program to increase the availability of reliable electronic parts meeting the minimum requirements of its programs and projects, reduce overall costs to NASA by standardization, and ...
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| Date Jan. 8, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-29 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THEC Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES New Strategy Required For Aiding Distressed Steel Industry Much of the U.S. steel industry today cannot compete with foreign producers and its production capacity has been shrinking relative to US. demand. As a result, the United States now imports a large share of its domestic needs. Because worldwide steel shortages are a distinct possibility by ...
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| Date Jan. 7, 1981 |
Report No. B-200513 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 2AS4S B-200513 January 7, 1981 Daniel Malachuk, Jr. Deputy Special Assistant for Administration White House Operations Dear Mr. Malachuk: Your letter of September 16 invites our comments on your(proposal to sbe Treasury Department to change Ale administration of -be Compensation of the President account/, You/propose that payments from the ...
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| Date Jan. 7, 1981 |
Report No. FPCD-81-31 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCNNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20&W FCDCNAL COM-Al-ION PERSONNEL AND DIVISION JANUARY 7, t98t B-201646 The Honorable Jule M. Sugarman Deputy Director, Office of Management Personnel Dear Mr. Sugar-man: L Use of Quality Control Circles in e Federal Government FPCD-81-31) 2 completed a limited survey Subjectt We recently quality control (QC) circles in the Federal sector in ...
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| Date Jan. 7, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-35 |
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Reports and Testimonies li~bf 6’3, & BY THECOMPTiOiLER GEtiERli’L ’ Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Further Improvements Are Needed In Amtrak’s Passenger Service Contracts, But They Won’t Come Easily Amtrak has made significant improvements in its contracts with other railroads for services that are essential for operating Amtrak trains. Further revisions in contract provisions are needed to provide better ...
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| Date Jan. 6, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-24 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Audit OfThe Office Of The Attending Physician Revolving Fund-FiscalYear 1980 llllllllllllllll 114104 GGD-81-24 JANUARY 6,198l Request sent to: for copies of GAO reports should be U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone (202) 2756241 The first ...
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| Date Jan. 6, 1981 |
Report No. ID-81-20 |
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Reports and Testimonies c ‘li UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DlVISlON B-200438 Mr. David A. Raymond Acting Director, Trade and Development Program International Development cooperation Agency Dear Mr. Raymond: management action needed K-ncreased help TDP meet its objectivesJ(ID-81-20) JANUARY 6,1981 Subject: We have tion Agency objective of achieving its seas and (2) for ...
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| Date Jan. 6, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-11 |
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Reports and Testimonies ~\f THE ~~IVIPTR~MR < OF THE UNITEDSTATES GENERAL wm3 ’ Report To The Congress Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Operations: More Federal Monitoring Needed To protect public lands, the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was required to abide by federally imposed stipulations designed to prevent or detect oil leaks. With few exceptions, everything has gone smoothly for the pipeline; but the ...
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| Date Jan. 6, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-12 |
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Reports and Testimonies .-1, 9 OF THEUNITED’STATES ,rxl, e 8, I-* I I yU$iZj /, BY‘THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress Federal Examinations Of Financial Institutions: issues That Need To Be Resolved Five Federal agencies are responsible for supervising 41,000 privately owned financial institutions, Onsite examinations are the principal means used by these agencies to carry out their supervisory responsibility. ...
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| Date Jan. 2, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-13 |
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Reports and Testimonies I BY THECOMPTROLLERGiNERAL Report ToThe congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Examinations Of Financial Institutions Do Not Assure Compliance With Consumer Credit Laws Financial regulatory agencies’ programs for enforcing consumer credit protection laws were inconsistent and, for the substantive aspects of some laws, inadequate. As a result, consumers have not been assured consistent protection, and ...
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| Date Jan. 2, 1981 |
Report No. FPCD-81-26 |
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Reports and Testimonies . . I, /60 “ly STUDYBY Ti-E SWFFOF THE US. 1 : General Accounting Office Management And Compensation of Military And Civilian Federal Work Forces: Issues For Planning Federal personnel costs continue to rise-estimated to reach $125 billion in fiscal year 1981 for civilian, military, and postal personneland t:-,e need for more efficient and effective management of people becomes more pressing. ...
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| Date Jan. 2, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-1 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THECOMPTR-9LCERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES I Report ToThe Congress ’ LMI 14088 lllllllllrlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Problems In Assessing The Cancer Risks Of Low-Level ionizing Radiation Exposure Volume 1 of 2 Volumes After decades of research, important questions remain unanswered about the cancer risks of low-level ionizing radiation exposure. With the increasing use of materials and ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 091238 |
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 091239 |
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 091236 |
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 117094 |
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Reports and Testimonies r* * *.- P r The data in this booklet is based on Ohio, which incl the characteristic Ohio with older p To set the stage for this booklet, a brief discussion of the three studies-Ohio, Oregon, and Kentucky-follows. ess of the United States. s General Accounting Office provides this booklet to the delegates to help them in their deliberations. We believe that by knowing about older people in these ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 091235 |
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 114272 |
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Reports and Testimonies 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,~ ' THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION * O F THE UNITED N. 0. STATES C. 20548 ~jy'W ASH INGTO /149/ / A /5 J/ Ag/fyesfi/afs DATE: d m FILE: B-199577 February 9, 1981 MATTER OF: DIGEST: Optimum Systems, Inc. Protest to GAO is untimely when not filed within 10 working days of initial adverse action on protest to agency or, alternatively, when apparent impropriety is not ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. PAD-81-17 |
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Reports and Testimonies J: 2 t -- Y ” FOREWORD -- During the last few years, we have worked with several committees in the Ilouse of Representatives and the Senate on proposals to improve congressional oversight of the Governrnerlt. Several bills introduced during 1979 proposed general measures to strengthen oversight, while others focused on better control of specific functions, such as regulatory activities. As a ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 114607 |
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Reports and Testimonies i Dt4e 7 eglc 4 The "Audit Tolerance Level"
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-76 |
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Reports and Testimonies 1111111111111111111111111111111 11 I 116010 The large number of bills reported out o committee each f year makes it impossible for GAO to provide worthwhile assisf tance on all o them. Because of this, and because the scope of the rule goes well beyond paperwork concerns, we decided the best way GAO could assist the Senate and its committees would be to develop guideline booklets setting out ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. OISS-81-8 |
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Reports and Testimonies * -1 - i GAO United States General Accounting Office A Bibliography of Documents Issued bv the GAO on Matters Related to: llllllllllllllllllllll 1lI 11 11l l l1 Y 115740 Requests for copies o f this publication (OlSS-81-8)should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and In formation Services Facility P. 0. Box 6 0 1 5 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone 12021 275-624 1 The ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 116145 |
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Reports and Testimonies Charles A. Bowsher Sixth Comptroller General of the United States President Ronald Reagan nominated Charles A. Bowsher, a partner in Arthur Andersen & Company, as Comptroller General of the United States. Since 1971, Mr. Bowsher supervised Arthur Andersen’s work for such Federal entities a s the Departments of Interior and Treasury, the Agency for International Development, the Federal Energy ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 117382 |
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Reports and Testimonies . COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES WASHINGTON D . C . 20548 - 1 I a g r e a t l y honored by t h e e x p r e s s i o n s of c o n f i d e n c e of t h e m P r e s i d e n t and t h e Congress i n nominating and c o n f i r m i n g m e a s C o m p t r o l l e r General of t h e United S t a t e s . Undertaking t h i s new p o s i t i o n i s a c h a l l e n g e w i t h o u t p r e c e ...
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| Date Jan. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 091240 |
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Reports and Testimonies .. . . SPRING 1967 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Price 40 cents (single COPY). Subscription price: $1.50 per year; 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. I . THE GAO REVIEW SPRING 1947 Contents The General Accounting Office-How Its Activities Support Better Management of Federal Programs By ELMER B. STAATS.. What is the Role ...
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