Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo

GAO Report Search

Full-text search of 51,979 reports from the Government Accountability Office
From To
Reset
New: Set up an email Lightning Alert! First you must .

Search Results: Sort by relevance

Date Report No. Title
Date June 17, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-75 Title

Employment: Need To Ensure Nondiscrimination in CETA Programs

Reports and Testimonies

rt To Th Need To Ensure Nondiscrimination In CETAPrograms State and local governments acting as prime sponsors of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act programs are required to ensure that programs are free of discrimination based on race, color: national origin, sex, or handicap. However, prime sponsors GAO visited generally did not adequately serve women, the handicapped, people age 45 and ...

Date June 17, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-70 Title

National Defense: Navy Has Opportunities To Reduce Ship Overhaul Costs

Reports and Testimonies

Report To The Secretary Of Defense Navy Has Opportunities Ship Overhaul Costs The Navy can save several million dollars annually in ship overhaul costs by using the component remove-and-replace concept. Under this concept, damaged parts are removed and sent to an overhaul point for future repair or scrapped. This permits components to be processed economically in batches and avoids unnecessary ...

Date June 17, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-76 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Disclosure and Summons Provisions of 1976 Tax Reform Act--An Analysis of Proposed Legislative Changes

Reports and Testimonies

. REPORT B’ THE Y’ Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Disclosure And Summons Provisions Of 1976 Tax Reform Act--An Analysis Of Proposed Legislative Changes Legislative changes are needed in the 1976 Tax Reform Act, which currently hampers the Government’ s ability to detect and prosecute criminals. The act’ disclosure and summons s provisions afford taxpayers increased privacy with respect ...

Date June 16, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-56 Title

National Defense: Air Force Justification for Storing Its Advanced Medium Short Takeoff and Landing Prototype Aircraft

Reports and Testimonies

--.v UNITED STATES G~NERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHiNGTON, D.C. 20548 ---- --- PROCUREMENT ACQUISITION AND SYSTEMS DIVISION B-199037 JUNE t6,t980 -- ._-.-.~~ L' The Honorable Robert 3. Lagomarsino House of Representatives Dear Mr. Lagomarsino: I I 112609 Subject: r Force Justification for Storing Its t Takeoff and Landing vanced Medium S PSAD-80-56) Prototype Aircraf 3;, 1980, letter, we have In ...

Date June 16, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-65 Title

Financial Management: Audit of the House Recording Studio Revolving Fund for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1979

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Audit Of The House Recording Studio Revolving Fund For The Fiscal Year Ended Decembei 31, 1979 112565 GGD-80-65 JUNE 16,1980 Single copies of GAO reports are available free of charge. Requests (except by Members of Congress) for additional quantities should be accompanied by payment of $1 .OO per copy. (Do not send cash). Requests for free ...

Date June 16, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-39 Title

Federal Disaster Assistance: What Should the Policy Be?

Reports and Testimonies

BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman And Ranking Minority Member Senate Committee On The Budget United States Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Disaster Assistance: What Should The Policy Be? creases the Government’ s disaster budget scrutiny. risk while escaping two In formulating Federal disaster policy, economic principles should be considered: --equity--consistency of assistance ...

Date June 16, 1980 Report No. CED-80-35 Title

Agriculture and Food: Major Factors Inhibit Expansion of the School Breakfast Program

Reports and Testimonies

Single copies of GAO reports are available free of charge. Requests (except by Members of Congress) for additional quantities should be accompanied by payment of $1 .OO per copy. (Do not send cash). Requests for free single copies should be sent to: U.S. General Distribution 441 G Street, Washington, Requests for multiple or money orders to. Accounting Office Section, Room 1518 NW DC 20548 copies ...

Date June 13, 1980 Report No. B-199182 Title

Health: Federal Employees' Health Benefit Program

Reports and Testimonies

Date June 13, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-55 Title

Energy: How the Petroleum Refining Industry Approaches Energy Conservation--A Case Study

Reports and Testimonies

01 T n The U.S. petroleum refining industry accounts For about 4 percent of total domestic energy consumption and over IQ percent of all energy consumed hy the indus?rial sector. The Qepartmene of Energy ~porrs 2P1,:rt the industry has made significant strides irl increasing its energy efficIene;y. ~fWllJ~!iFi~j its Fsnergy requiremelrltr; to refine a b;arwl :3f crrrde oil by 19.5 percenl between ...

Date June 12, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-82 Title

Financial Management: More Flexibility Needed in Setting Revenue Sharing Adjustment Reserves

Reports and Testimonies

COMI’TROUPR GENERAL WAsHINOTON. OF THE DUI UNITED STATES D.C. JUNE 12,198O E-199053 The Honorable L. 8. Fountain Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Committee on Government House of Representatives The Resources Operations /6%G0/$~5; Chairman, Honorable Bill Bradley Subcommittee on Revenue Sharing, Intergovernmental Revenue Impact, and Economic Problems Committee United ...

Date June 12, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-93 Title

Health: Questions About the Cost-Benefit Analyses of the Professional Standards Review Organization Program

Reports and Testimonies

Division B-199164 JUNE 12,198O ’ i/The Honorable George M. O'Brien House of Representatives Dear Mr. O'Brien: uestions About ssional the Cost-Benefit Analyses of Standards Review Organization Subject: Your to the Review .sid tHuman i these of the enclosed. :A May 20, 1980, letter, asked four questions related cost -benefit analyses of the Professional Standards (y 4 d'Cc Organization (PSRO) ...

Date June 12, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-43 Title

National Defense: Issues Identified in 21 Recently Published Major Weapon System Reports

Reports and Testimonies

i ‘TtiECOMPTROLLERGENERAL port ToThe ongress OF I-HEUNlTEDSTATES ssues Identified In 21 Recently Published Major Weapon System Reports Billions of dollars are requested each year by the Department of Defense to acquire and modernize its major weapon systems. GA0 annually reviews selected weapon systems to advise the Congress on program issues and problems. During January and February 1980, GAO ...

Date June 12, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-62 Title

National Defense: Adjustments Recommended in Army's Ammunition Procurement and Modernization Programs

Reports and Testimonies

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee On Appropriations. House Of Representatives OF THE UNITED STATES Adjustments Recommended In Army’s Ammunition Procurement And Modernization Programs The Army requested $1,158.4 million for 52 conventional ammunition items and $251.2 million for modernizing and expanding the Army’s production base for ammunition for fiscal year 1981. GAO ...

Date June 11, 1980 Report No. 112532 Title

Making Public Buildings Accessible to the Handicapped: More Can Be Done

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, D-C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 1980 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM DEPUTY J. MCCORMICK DIRECTOR DIVISION FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION THE BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE UNITED STATES ON SELECT ON EDUCATION EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAKING PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HANDICAPPED: ...

Date June 11, 1980 Report No. 112559 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Space Industrialization Act of 1980

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY 10:00 A. M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1980 STATEMENT OF DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY DIRECTOR FINANCIAL AND GENERAL MANAGEMENTSTUDIES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON TEE1 SPACE INDUSTRIALIZATION INTRODUCTION Mr. Chairman, the ...

Date June 11, 1980 Report No. 112531 Title

Veterans Affairs: Activities of the Veterans Administration's Office of the Inspector General

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 A.M. Wednesday June 11, 1980 STATEMENT OF GREGORYJ. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS / ON ACTIVITIES OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL J Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, we are pleased 4x-[ today to ...

Date June 11, 1980 Report No. CED-80-94 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Issues for Planning

Reports and Testimonies

!ZJdDYBY THESTAFF TPE U.S. OF I=93 General Accounting Office ’ + Food.,Agriculture, And Nutrition Issues For Planning National and global factors which affect the food system are becoming increasingly uncertain, and our ability to respond to this uncertainty will depend largely on how effectively we manage the food system. Higher consumer food prices, unstable farm prices, limits on the resources ...

Date June 11, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-9 Title

Financial Management: The Impact of Tiering and Constraints on the Targeting of Revenue Sharing Aid

Reports and Testimonies

,, 2, BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The Impact Of Tiering And Constraints On The Targeting Of Revenue Sharing Aid The General Revenue Sharing Program (G RS), first authorized in 1972 and extended through fiscal year 1980, has distributed aid to State and local governments based on a distribution formula that has remained unchanged throughout the history of the ...

Date June 11, 1980 Report No. ID-80-29 Title

Cooperation in Agricultural Assistance: An Elusive Goal in Indonesia

Reports and Testimonies

I. ~WY BY THECOMPTROLLER‘GENERAL ‘* I Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Cooperation In Agricultural Assistance: An Elusive Goal In Indonesia From 1970 to 1978,17 members of the donor assistance consortium for Indonesia have provided the Indonesian Government with about $10 billion in overall assistance. An additional $1.9 billion was providedin 1979. Much of this assistance has been aimed ...

Date June 10, 1980 Report No. B-195391.2 Title

Government Operations: Recommendation With Respect to a Renewal Option

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-195391.2 June 10, 1980 The Honorable clarion S. Barry, Jr. Mayor of the District of Columbia 20001 Washington, D.C. Dear Mayor Barry: enclosWe refer to our March 10, 1980 letter to yov ing our decision B & W Stat Laboratory, Inc., -- 9_5391, March 10, 1980, 80-1 CPD 184. In that letter we recc..mended that the option to renew the ...

Date June 10, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-71 Title

National Defense: Transportation Vehicles Available in Europe for Medical Evacuations

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20948 LOCl#“TIC$ ANO CC)MMUNIUTIONS DIVISION B-199835 JUNE 10.1980 the Honorable The Secretary Dear Nr. Harold Brown of Defense II 113191 Secretary: r ,Tran~sportation Vehicles Available in Europe for Medical Evacuation&' (LCD-80-71) - I,n, 3 This report summarizes the results of our review of Army and Air Force medical transportation ...

Date June 10, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-77 Title

Health: States Should Intensify Efforts To Promptly Identify and Recover Medicaid Overpayments and Return the Federal Share

Reports and Testimonies

BY THE US GENERALACCOUNTING OFFIC~E Report To The Secretary Of Health And Human Services States Should Intensify Efforts To Promptly Identify And Recover Medicaid Overpayments And Return The Federal Share The Health Care Financing Administration had not established consistent policies and guidelines for States to use in identifying and recovering Medicaid overpayments. Also, States had not ...

Date June 10, 1980 Report No. 113741 Title

Special Publications: Computers in Civil Engineering in the World of Today and Tomorrow

Reports and Testimonies

ADDRESS BY ELMER B . STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL O F T H E U N I T E D STATES BEFORE T H E AMERICAN S O C I E T Y O F C I V I L EiJGINEERS SECOND CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS I N C I V I L E N G I N E E R i N G * ' THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER BALTIMORE , EiARYLAND J U N E 10, 1 9 8 0 a COMPUTERS I N C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G I N THE WORLD O F TODAY AND I am pleased to have the opportunity to ...

Date June 10, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-69 Title

Financial Management: Changes in Revenue Sharing Formula Would Eliminate Payment Inequities; Improve Targeting Among Local Governments

Reports and Testimonies

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL WH Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Changes In Revenue Sharing Formula Would Eliminate Payment Inequities; improve Targeting Among Local Governments Widespread inequities exist in revenue sharing payments to local governments. Similar governments within a State receive different revenue sharing payments, primarily because of their geographic location. To ...

Date June 10, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-49 Title

The Marine Corps Military Pay System: Too Many Errors and Inefficiencies

Reports and Testimonies

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress * OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Marine Corps Military Pay System: Too Many ErrorsAnd lneff iciencies The Marine Corps Joint Uniform Military Pay System/Manpower Management System was authorized in 1966 and implemented in 1973. Although millions of dollars have been spent on the system, as a central system to compute Marine Corps members’ pay accurately and ...

Date June 9, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-67 Title

Financial Management: Improvements Needed in the Management of Federal Prison Industries' Factories

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATS GENERALACCOUNTING0mcE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 JUNE 9,198O Mr. Norman A. Carlson Federal Commissioner, Industries, Inc. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Carlson: Prison Subject: Needed in the r Improvements Federal Prison Industries' tGGD-80-67) Management Factories J of During our recent examination of the fiscal year 1979 financial statements of Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), we ...

Date June 9, 1980 Report No. 112530 Title

National Defense: Intransit Visibility and Performance Evaluation Systems Need Improvement

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 General John R. Guthrie Commanding General Army Materiel Development Readiness Command Dear General Subject: and Guthrie: Intransit G ys terns Visibility and Performance E?eed Improvement This report discusses the need to improve the quality of data going into the Army's Logistic Intelligence File (LIF), The report a supply and ...

Date June 9, 1980 Report No. FPCD-80-46 Title

Government Operations: First-Year Activities of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of the Special Counsel

Reports and Testimonies

B’Y’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES First-Year Activities Of The Merit Systems Protection Board And The Off ice Of The Special Counsel The Merit Systems Protection Board and the Special Counsel were established to safeguard merit systems from political and other abuses and to protect the rights of Federal employees. Transition and startup problems--funding, ...

Date June 9, 1980 Report No. CED-80-71 Title

Transportation: Managerial Changes Needed To Speed Up Processing Permits for Dredging Projects

Reports and Testimonies

ES’THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee On Merchant Marine And Fisheries House Of Representatives GF THEUtilTED STATES RELEASED The current process for issuing Army Corps of Engineers dredging permits is complex and lengthy. The Chairman, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, asked GAO to find out where delays and problems arise and how they could be alleviated. ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-66 Title

National Defense: Controls Over Property in Custody of Military Units Can Be Improved

Reports and Testimonies

BY THEUS. GENERALA6iIO”NTlNG OFFICES Report TCJ Secretary Of Defense The Controls Over Property In Custody Of Military Units Can Be Improved Weaknesses in controls over property in the custody of military units have allowed much material to be lost. If more emphasis were placed on property accountability, losses could be substantially reduced. Responsible parties are rarely identified and held ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-55 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Answers to Questions on Selected FDA Bureau of Biologics' Regulation Activities

Reports and Testimonies

Comptroller General FDA Bureau Of Biologics’ Regulation Activities The Food and Drug Administration’s Bureau of Biologics regulates certain drugs, including those used to diagnose and treat allergies and to vaccinate people against a number of communicable diseases. This report answers questions by several Senators concerning --allergenic product regulation; safety, --biological tests to ensure ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. FPCD-80-51 Title

Making Public Buildings Accessible to the Handicapped: More Can Be Done

Reports and Testimonies

1,. p9$&$&‘l24fil il’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Making Public Buildings Accessible To The Handicapped: More Can Be Done The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 requires federally funded buildings to be accessible to handicapped persons. To oversee the actions of Federal agencies and insure that buildings are barrier free, the Architectural and Transportation ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-69 Title

Energy: Status of Efforts To Clean Up the Shut-Down Western New York Nuclear Service Center

Reports and Testimonies

1 BY THE LrOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Chairman, Subcommittee On Energy And Power, Committee On Interstate And Foreign Commerce, House Of Representatives Status Of EffortsTo Clean- Up The Shut-Down -... _ erations at West Valley, New York, neither the industrial operator, the State of New York, nor the Federat Government has accepted responsibility for dealing with 600,000 gallons of high- ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-52 Title

Health: Discussion of Selected Issues Affecting Federal Immunization Activities

Reports and Testimonies

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Discussion Of Selected IssuesAffecting Federal Immunization Activities The Department of Health and Human Services provides financial grants and other services to State and local health departments to provide childhood disease and flu immunizations. This report discusses certain issues raised by a number of Senators concerning immunization program ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-45 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Poor Management Identified at the Bureau of Prisons

Reports and Testimonies

B,'THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations, Committee On Governmental Affairs, United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES Poor Management Identified At The Bureau Of Prisons NO* to be rele%ed outs;& the cenero, Aetounting G?fir ‘ -,c-?t C‘ )4ae k3-b ? s Of P.uecif!c approval bY the Office u: i c. :.t r&&o;rs. Federal prisons do not adequately Plan or ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-65 Title

National Defense: Operational and Support Costs of the Navy's F/A-18 Can Be Substantially Reduced

Reports and Testimonies

B’r’THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Operational And Support Costs Of The Navy’s VA-18 Can Be Substantially Reduced The Navy’s logistics support planning for the F/A-18 aircraft is comprehensive; however, its operational and support costs could be substantially reduced if the Navy would adopt the following alternative concepts: --Use multiport --Consolidate avionics ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. CED-80-91 Title

Child Care Food Program: Better Management Will Yield Better Nutrition and Fiscal Integrity

Reports and Testimonies

c BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Child Care Food Program: Better Management Will Yield Better Nutrition And Fiscal Integrity The Department of Agriculture’s Child Care Food Program has grown from a $1.2 million pilot program in 1969 to a $250 million program in 1980. In 1979 over 650,000 of the Nation’s children were served about 400 million meals. While the ...

Date June 6, 1980 Report No. CED-80-59 Title

Housing: Section 8 Subsidized Housing--Some Observations on Its High Rents, Costs, and Inequities

Reports and Testimonies

. .. BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Section 8 Subsidized HousingSome Observations On Its High r Rents, Costs, And Inequities Like the subsidized housing programs which preceded it, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 Rental Assistance Program is costly and serves only a fraction of the millions of households in need. Since its inception in ...

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. CED-80-104 Title

Agriculture and Food: Grain Subterminal Facilities

Reports and Testimonies

$jjqj@ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, CI D.C. 20548 ll2sy COMMUNITY OEVE~OPMEM AND ECONOMIC DIVISION B-196314 JUNE 5,198O The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Ma Senate Baucus: -. -“Q/ --IC appt Grain Subterminal Facilities J (CED-80-104) O%J This report is in response to your May 13, 1980, letter reauestinq certain information on grain subterminals. Your letter ...

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. 112454 Title

Economic Development: Comprehensive Audit at Council for Economic Opportunity in Greater Cleveland

Reports and Testimonies

‘. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 &24sy 112454 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1980 '> u WC STATEMENT OF ci2 DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY, DIRECTOR $4 \ FINANCIAL AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL ‘i” SPENDING PRACTICES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT 40 L! -I 0 7 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES ...

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. ID-80-44 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements of Inter-American Foundation for FY Ended September 30, 1979

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHlHGTOf4, OF OS. THE ZlwIs UNITED STATES B-197968 JUNE 5,198O To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report provides our opinion on our examination the financial statements of the Inter-American Foundation for ffscal years 1979 and 1978, as required by the Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 847 et. seq.). of We are ...

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. 091119 Title

Government Operations: Financial Implications of a Proposed Water Service Repayment Change Under the Federal Reclamation Act

Reports and Testimonies

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. ID-80-45 Title

International Affairs: Examination of Financial Statements of Overseas Private Investment Corporation, FY 1979 and 1978

Reports and Testimonies

COMf=TROJAER GENERAL WAsHINOTOu OP tPlE UNITED D.C. ZOSM rirATES B-197701 JUNE 5,198O Speaker of the House of Representatives examination of financial Investment Corporation required by the Government 841 et. seq.). Attached is our report on the statements of the Overseas Private for fiscal years 1979 and 1978, as Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. We are sending copies of this report to the ...

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-49 Title

Transportation: Development Status of Rapid Transit/System of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PfWCUREMM ACOUISiTION AND SYSlZh4S DIVISION B-197932 JUNE 5,198O The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Neil E. Goldschmidt of Transportation 111 llIIIIllIlllll 112452 Secretary: Status of +he Rapid Transit/System r-Development of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida -3 (PSAD-80-49): Subject: We have reviewed the development status of the ...

Date June 5, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-53 Title

Financial Management: Major Deficiencies in Army's Washington, D.C., Finance and Accounting Operation

Reports and Testimonies

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Major Deficiencies In Army’s Washington, D.C. Finance And Accounting Operation Over the past several years, employees of the Military District of Washington’s Finance and Accounting Office have been found guilty of or have confessed to fraudulent actions involving over $50,000. Also, within a short period of time, the Office made ...

Date June 4, 1980 Report No. OGC-80-13 Title

Budget and Spending: Rescission of Budget Authority Proposed in President's Eighth Special Message for FY 1980

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20248 IN REPLY RPER x): B-196797 June To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of f~;fi.5-/Lb/1 OF &Ige~~~7/Ufi+ On May 13, 1980, for fiscal-year 1980 was transmitted to to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. proposes a rescission of budget authority million and two new deferrals of budget $19.8 million as follows: 4, ...

Date June 4, 1980 Report No. B-198830 Title

Government Operations: [Views on S. 2506]

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-198830 FPC-96-2-37 JUN 4 1980 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Committee A Governmental Affairs, United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of May 6, 1980, requested our views on S. 25063 a bill to amend section 3109 of title 5, Unites States Code, to clarify the authority for appointment and compensation of experts ...

Date June 4, 1980 Report No. 112490 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: H.R. 7178, the Research and Development Authorization Estimates Act

Reports and Testimonies

.. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 a.m. JUNE 4, 1980 Statement Elmer Comptroller General Before Committee House on of Science B. of of Staats the the and Technology Ohs,, United States Representatives on 112490 Mr . Chairman Over to to think, focus such the the and Members of the Committee: encouraged the perspective national ...

Date June 4, 1980 Report No. FGMSD-80-46 Title

Financial Management: The Law Enforcement Education Program Is in Serious Financial Disarray

Reports and Testimonies

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The Law Enforcement Education Program Is In Serious Financial Disarray The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, through its Law Enforcement Education Program, gave $278 million in loans and grants for higher education to individuals working or planning to work in law enforceInadequate controls and inaccurate ment. records ...

Date June 4, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-42 Title

Transportation: FAA Has Not Gone Far Enough With Improvements to Its Planning and Acquisition Processes

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES With Improvements To its Planning And Acquisition Processes In 1977 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told a congressional subcommittee that FAA was well along with actions to correct deficiencies in its planning and acquisition processes. However, GAO found that the planning directive FAA issued as part of these ...