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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-24 |
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Reports and Testimonies . * t ,@ a’ IPfogrr REPORT BY THE US. General Accounting Office I “I,, Ways To Improve Federal Management And Use Of Productivity Based Reward Systems Productivity based reward systems have proven to be a successful technique for improving employee productivity in some job situations. Certain OPM actions would stimulate increased usage and improve the operations of Federal agency systems. 114082 ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-41 |
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Reports and Testimonies ’ 7 UNITEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D-C. 20548 OLNCRAL aovERuMm4T 0IV18loN B-201644 DECEMBER 3f, 1980 The Honorable The Honorable United States Subject: Henry L. Bellman Pete V. Domenici Senate grant L--ssessment of whether the Federal during process is be' g politicized election yea 27 (GGD-81-41) s you reque'sted that September 15, 1980, letter, possible politicization of the ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-38 |
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Reports and Testimonies U~mis !STATES GENERAL AccOUN~NG Oma WASHING7’ON. D.C. 2US48 Mr. Carroll B. Harvey Department of General Services Director, District of Columbia Government 613 G Street, NW. Washington, D.C. 20001 Dear Mr. Harvey? Subject: . RlHlllll Ill ll 114373 , E- tion Needed To Bring Minority Business Awards Int Compliance With 1980 Amendment (GGD-81-38) 4 The purpose of this letter is to brine to your ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-33 |
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Reports and Testimonies l F 1 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20348 cloFCNSONNCL AN0 COMCCHUTION 0IVIsloN B-157371 DECEMBER 31,198O The Honorable Sam Nunn Chairman, Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: of Career FPCD-81-33) Non-Commissioned Officers Subject: Recently, in the Congress and the press, concerns have been expressed ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-34 |
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Reports and Testimonies E- 19'3589 RELEASED DECEMBER 31,1980 The Honorable Richardson Preyer Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear t r Chairman: i. Subject: 111Ill1 1 1 1 I I 114153 TheGiional Endowments for the Arts and Humanities Compliance with %Ee Freedom of Information Act a d th-e Federal Advisory Committee Act (GGD-81 ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-21 |
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Reports and Testimonies . REPORT TkiEUS. BY p-3 1 I I General Accounting Office Preliminary Analysis Of Military Compensation Systems In The United States And Five Other Countries This study of the military pay systems and practices in the United States and five other countries--Australia, Canada, France, West Germany, and the United Kingdom--indicates that there are major differences among these countries. United States ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-14 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBYTHEU.S. General Accounting Office Better Use Can Be Made Of Federal Professional Staff The Federal Government is not realizing the full potential of its professional staff. About 57 percent of the professionals GAO surveyed said they spend a substantial portion of their time on tasks which should be delegated if support staff were available. When professionals must do work which does not ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-37 |
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Reports and Testimonies /., BY THECOMPTRtlLLER GENE!RiL lM-+16 *A hida ‘k&port ToThe Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Implementing GAO’s Recommendations On The Social Security Administration’s Programs Could Save Billions This report summarizes actions taken on GAO’s recommendations in 27 previous reports on the Social Security Administration’s income security programs. GAO believes the savings which would result from fully ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-36 |
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Reports and Testimonies l / p&p& wm? REPORT IY THE Comptroller General OF I-&i ~lA--TE Acco~ntht Office Offh Of @XCept RELEASED to bethe basis of spec& the Genera, rcloasecg appmval on Otdtfde Relati ons. . .-. Congressiorml bY the The Multi-State Regional Intelligence Projects--Who Will Oversee These Federally Funded Networks? The :Department of Justice funds seven regional intelligence projects, which, when fully ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. CED-81-19 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THE COMPiROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Committee On Appropriations United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES Further Federal Action Needed To Detect And Control Environmental Contamination Of Food The Food Safety and Quality Service and the Food and Drug Administration took much longer than necessary to identify the presence and source of chemical contamination in a case involving ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. PAD-81-22 |
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Reports and Testimonies # L -e-ee!T BY THE C M T O L R GENERAL O P R LE O THE UNITED S A E F TTS T q Is1: Report ToThe Congress Federal Budget Totals Are Understated Because Of Current Budget Practices The Government’s practice is to offset (subtract) certain types of revenues when computing and reporting budget outlay and revem e totals. This understatesoutlayand revenue totals since they are reported on a net rather ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-19 |
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Reports and Testimonies . Eb’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES More Effective Internal Controls Needed To Prevent Fraud And Waste In Military Exchanges Military exchanges purchase over $3 billion in goods annually to meet the needs and improve the well-being of military service members. Like other large retail organizations, exchanges are susceptible to fraud, waste, and abuse. Numerous ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-8 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THE COblPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Voluntary Early Retirements In The Civil Service Too Ofta h&used Under the civil service retirement system, employees with 30 years’ service can elect to retire at age 55. In certain circumstances, they can voluntarily retire earlier. The Office of Personnel Management is permitting too many employees to retire earlier than ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-36 |
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Reports and Testimonies Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Programs To Control Prescription Drug Costs Under Medicaid~ And Medicare Could Be Strengthened In August 1976 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put into effect two programs to control the costs of prescription drugs under Medicaid and Medicare. One program--Maximum Allowable Cost (or MAC)--was designed to take advantage of competition in t- ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. CED-81-24 |
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Reports and Testimonies Report To The Chairman Committee On The Judiciary United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES --- ICC Needs To Eliminate Improper Leasing Practices By Certificated Motor Carriers Independent truckers (owner-operators) often lease their trucks and services to Interstate Commerce Commission-certificated carriers in return for a percentage of the shipment’s revenue. They may also contract for shipments ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-31 |
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Reports and Testimonies Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEAS Public Representation On Boards And Blue Shield Allowances: Important Relationship Not Found G s here an artainable differance in costcontainment efkts between Blue Shield plans with boards of dfqctors apparently controlled by public reprkentativw versus those wi majority of health care provider members 3 A though influance or control is difficult to ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. CED-81-26 |
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Reports and Testimonies /A THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL “’ ’ BY Report To The Chairman, Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation United States Senate Two Federal Agencies Have Potential For Duplication Two Federal agencies--the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration--provide business management and technical assistance through universitybased centers. To a large degree, both ...
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Date Dec. 31, 1980 |
Report No. 114596 |
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Reports and Testimonies i I ____- i ___ . . CONTENTS Comptroller General Reports t o the Congress and Federal Agencies ........................................... How to Obtain Reports...................................... Indexed by Subject ......................................... Indexed by Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 5 9 --4 54 Congressional Testimony ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. OGC-81-2 |
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Reports and Testimonies ‘.. 1. c Iwm STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF D.C. THE UNITED ZO!M B-200685 December 30, 1980 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the four and ing On December 2, 1980, the resident's second special message Dztm981" pursuant to Impoundment Control. Act of 19743 ial message proposed ing $2,770.8 million new deferrals of budget authority total ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-25 |
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Reports and Testimonies FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION OWlSION DECEMBER 30,199O B-201335 The Honorable Harrison A. W illiams, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate The Honorable United States Subject: Alan Cranston Senate E mplementation of Affirmative Planning J (FPCD-81-25) Action / j i This responds to your May 23, 1980, letter asking whether the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-18 |
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Reports and Testimonies ces B-197656 DECEMBER 30,198O The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Subcommittee on Health Chairman, and Scientific Research Commxttee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Research Planning and Evaluation at the r-National Institutes of Health and Aspects of AdVlsOry Council Operations (~~~-81-18) -7 This IS the second of three reports we agreed to provide you regarding ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-10 |
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Reports and Testimonies General Accounting Office The Office Of The Special Counsel Can Improve Its Management Of Whistleblower Cases The Office of the Special Counsel within the Merit Systems Protection Board was established to provide Federal employees a safe channel for reporting Government illegalities, mismanagement, waste, abuse of authority, or danger to public health or safety. The Congress considered this ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. CED-81-38 |
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Reports and Testimonies STUDYBY THE STAFF THE U.S. OF General Accounting Office Environmental Protection Issues In The 1980s In recent years the need to protect human health and the environment from pollution has become clearly evident. The Federal Government has responded to this need by enacting far-reaching legislation which could cost an estimated half a trillion dollars over the next decade. Questions have been ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-4 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Work Force Planning: Time For Renewed Emphasis The size and cost of the Government--5 million civilian and military employees costing $120 billion a year--is an issue that requires the Congress and the executive branch to give more attention to the methods and procedures used to determine and manage human resource needs. However, these ...
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Date Dec. 30, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-7 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY’THE CdMPTROLLER GENEWL OF THE UNITEDSTATES //um ’ Report To The Congress Guyana Tragedy Points To A Need For Better Care And Protection Of Guardianship Children About one-third of the 913 individuals who died in the 1978 Peoples Temple tragedy in Guyana were children, few of whom were wards of adult members of the Peoples Temple. The tragedy raised many questions about the adequacy of ...
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Date Dec. 29, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-30 |
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Reports and Testimonies a --* G*AO The Honorable Alan Cranston Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: 11I IllI1I I 1I4139 *&terans Administration Life Insurance Claims Processing (HRD-81-30) You requested that we review life insurance claims processing by the Veterans Administration (VA) t o determine claims processing time frames and to make further inquiries of claims ...
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Date Dec. 29, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-26 |
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Reports and Testimonies Report T The Subcommittee o On Oversight, House Committee On WaysAnd Means EASED O THE UNITED STATES F Department O Health And f Human ServicesShouId Improve MonitoringOf Professional Standards Review Organizations Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSROs) are designed to assure that health care services provided under Medicare and Medicaid are delivered as effectively, effi ciently, and ...
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Date Dec. 24, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-40 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATE~&LACCOUNT~N~ WASHINGTON, . D.C., 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION The Honorable Eula Bingham Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health . Department-of Labor Dear Ms. Bingham: Some Work Done by OSHA% Maintenance rand CalibrationLaboratory Appears Unnecessary (HRD-81-40) .J We visited the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA'S) Maintenance and Calibration ...
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Date Dec. 24, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-28 |
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Reports and Testimonies . REPORT BY THE Comptroller General O THE UNITED S A E F TTS Procedures T Adjust I980 o Census Counts Have Limitations The 1980 Decennial Census results will affect the distribution of seats in the Congress and many billions of dollars in Federal and State assistance. Incorrect counts could cause inequities. The Census Bureau acknowledges that in each census there is a net undercount. I t conducts ...
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Date Dec. 24, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-13 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES jjyo3j Report ToThe Congress Proposals For improving The Management OfFederaITraveI Federal employees must travel to effectively manage Government programs. While recognizing this, the Congress has expressed concern about the agencies’ ineffective management of travel and the resulting abuses. Agency officials need to make sure that travel by their ...
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Date Dec. 24, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-29 |
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Reports and Testimonies . /I qoq BYTHECOk'lkLLER GEiE;IAL Report ToThe Congress OFTHEUNITEDSTATES An Assessment Of 1980 Census ResultsIn 10 Urban Areas Congressional representation and the distribution of billions of Federal dollars will be influenced by 1980 Decennial Census results. GAO’s review focused on detecting any improprieties in taking the census. Its tests of the major processes showed that --population counts ...
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Date Dec. 23, 1980 |
Report No. 120259 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACC~UNTUG REGIONAL SUITE 300-D, 2420 W. ~OFFKE OFFICE 26Ti-l AVENUE T)ENVER, COLORADQ Mr. Jeff M. Sirmon Regional Forester Intermountain Region Federal Office Building 324 25th Street Ogden, Utah S4401 Dear Mr. Sirmon: 80211 Accounting Office recently coup e ed.a limited survey of practices and procedures of 't%e "ii~n~~&%untain Regionprocedures for determining needs, ...
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Date Dec. 23, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-81-2 |
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Reports and Testimonies , . . 6Y THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL ’ c ! Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Improved Data And Procedures Needed For Development And implementation Of Building Energy Performance Standards Building Energy Performance Standards are intended to increase the energy efficiency of new buildings. However, problems in the program’s development and implementation have prevented the Department of Energy ...
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Date Dec. 23, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-22 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES I , Comptroller General Information On Personnel And Travel At The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation GAO did not identify any unusual trends or problems in its review of the Federal Crop insurance Corporation’s travel costs, type and number of personnel, personnel actions, and grade structure. GAO concluded that the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector ...
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Date Dec. 23, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-7 |
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Reports and Testimonies / ,‘ : 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. ...
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Date Dec. 23, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-20 |
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Reports and Testimonies co eneral OF THE UNITEDSTATES Reissuing Tamper-Resistant Cards Will Not Eliminate isuse Of Social Security Numbers The social security number has become a wldespread means of ldentlflcatton in the United States As Its use as an identifier has grown, so has the opportunity for Its misuse often to fraudulently obtain employment or monetary benefits However, relssu mg tamper resistant social security ...
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Date Dec. 22, 1980 |
Report No. LCD-81-18 |
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Reports and Testimonies a + -’ .. RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the Qenerd Accounting Office except omthe basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relatbns. I \ww GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-201506 DECEMBER 22,199O RELEASED Logktics and Communications Division The Honorable Robert C. Byrd Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Committee on ...
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Date Dec. 22, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-23 |
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Reports and Testimonies 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 ...
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Date Dec. 22, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-81-37 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLIZR GENERAL 0~ THE uNITED sFATEs RELEASED B-200355 December 22, 1980 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, CommIttee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Harley 0. Staggers Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Forexgn Commerce House of Representatives 114214 Status of Strategic Petroleum Reserve L-Activities-December 1980 (EMD-81-37) J This 1s the thxrd ...
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Date Dec. 22, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-33 |
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Reports and Testimonies UMTEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFI~E WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 B-171019 DECEMBER 22,199O The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairmant m,* 1 State Exclusionary Subject: "( GGD-81-33) 114008 Rule Procedures 3 You requested us to develop empirical data on the impact of the exclusionary rule on State criminal prosecutions similar to a previous ...
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Date Dec. 22, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-81-10 |
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Reports and Testimonies Irwl? m EIc1 “I, BY THECOMPkCiLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES. Management Problems impede Success Of DOE’s Solar Energy Projects Despite Department of Energy efforts to improve management of its solar energy research and development projects, GAO found that these projects are continuing to experience cost increases, schedule slippages, and scope reductions. Stronger controls ...
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Date Dec. 19, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-35 |
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Reports and Testimonies 4 (* 0,. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ’ The Honorable John G. Hutc House of Representatives Dear Mr. Hutchinson: Personnel management practices and leasing of office space, Postal Service Mountaineer District Office and Charleston, West Virginia, Post Office ,;GGD-81-35) Subject: to your September 9, 1980, letter, we have reviewed certain matters at the Postal ...
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Date Dec. 19, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-30 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FLDERALPERIIONNELANO COMPLNSATION DIVISION B-201499 Deoembe~ 19, l%o The Honorable William Proxmire Chairman, Subcommittee on HUD and Independent Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Sam Nunn Chairman, Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable ...
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Date Dec. 19, 1980 |
Report No. AFMD-81-19 |
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Reports and Testimonies ACCOUNTING AN0 PiNANCtAL MANAGEMENT OIVIQON B-201196 DECEMBER 19,199O The Honorable The Secretary Harold Brown of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Survey of the Standard Army Intermediate c eve1 Supply System 31(AFMD-81-19) We have surveyed the Standard Army Intermediate Level Supply System at selected locations and are pleased to inform the financial inventory you that, at the locations surveyed, ...
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Date Dec. 19, 1980 |
Report No. ID-81-6 |
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Reports and Testimonies t t ~‘Y’THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL m/ I IIYlsf Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Limitations 3f Contracted And Delegated Authority, Senate Committee On The Judiciary OF THE UNITED STATES RELEASED Competition Among Suppliers In The P.L.480 Concessional Food Sales Program Smce fiscal year 1969, seven major gram firms have supplied most of the gram sold under the federally financed P L 480 program ...
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Date Dec. 18, 1980 |
Report No. FPCD-81-6 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCWNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE FEDERAL l COMPSNSATION LRSONNLL OIVIStON AND B-198317 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Harold Brown of Defense DECEMBER 18,!980 Secretary: c 114005 in and Female Distribution Patterns c Minority the Military Services (FPCD-81-6) /J The increasing debate about the viability of the the All-Volunteer Force has raised many questions ...
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Date Dec. 18, 1980 |
Report No. B-197686 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-197686 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives A, t Dear Mr. Chairman: bE 88 9 ~e;-alati-oo to put.La rolaie S!L;$s i This is in response to your furtherLirnquiries concerning interor intra-agency order under section 601 of the Economy Act of 1932, as amended, 31 U.S.C. § 686. ...
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Date Dec. 18, 1980 |
Report No. 114017 |
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Reports and Testimonies . . IlYOl “I .wY UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 2C548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 3:15 p.m. THURSDAY, DECEMBER18, 1980 STATEMENTOF II J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION IIL 11.m ,111, 1.1 11.1111111,,1,, BEFORE THE 114017 SUBCOMMITTEEON ENERGY AND POWER HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE Mr. Chairman and Members of the ...
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Date Dec. 18, 1980 |
Report No. PAD-81-24 |
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Reports and Testimonies I HO16 *B n 7 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 December 18, 1980 mQOlUMANnLYsls DIVISION B-201214 The Honorable John B. Anderson House of Representatives Dear Mr. Anderson: Reporting Requirements lit!sing Congressional in the Budget Process (PAD-81-24) J In your March 27, 1980, letter, you asked us to find out whether specific due dates for congressionally mandated ...
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Date Dec. 18, 1980 |
Report No. CED-81-29 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBYTHEU.Sa llY~3 General Accounting Office Administrative ProceduresAndControIs Need Strengthening To Reduce Losses To HUD’sMortgage Insurance Fund The Department of Housing and Urban Development could save millions of dollarsannually by changing its procedures to eliminate paying interest on reimbursable foreclosure expenses before the expenditures are made. Additional savings are available ...
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