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Date April 19, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-45 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Impact of the Exclusionary Rule on Federal Criminal Prosecutions

Reports and Testimonies

REPORT THE BY Comptroll eneral OF THEUNITED STATES _, 4 2 lusionary Rule I Criminal Prosecutions At the request of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, GAO studied the impact of the exclusionary rule on criminal prosecutions. this rule prohibits the In general, introduction of evidence seized in violation of the fourth amendment--“unreasonable searches and seizures.” ,/ Of the 2,804 cases analyzed during ...

Date April 19, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-32 Title

Financial Management: Audit of the House of Representatives Restaurant Revolving Fund October 9, 1977, to October 7, 1978

Reports and Testimonies

Comptroller General 1 OF THE UNITEDSTATES ti ’ Audit Of The House Of Representatives Restaurant Revolving Fund October 9, 1977, To October 7, 1978 109130 GGD-79-32 APRIL 19, 1979 B-114891 The Honorable Frank Thompson, Jr., Committee on House Administration House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Chairman Mw-6/;;)6@ We audited the House of Representatives Restaurant Revolving Fund for the ...

Date April 19, 1979 Report No. FPCD-79-19 Title

The Tax Status of Federal Resale Activities: Issues and Alternatives

Reports and Testimonies

STUD’ BY THE STAFF THE U’S, OF r. General Accounting Office The Tax Status Of Federal Resale Activities: Issues And Alternatives There are thousands of resale activities in the Federal Government. The largest, Department of Defense commissaries, exchanges, clubs, and liquor stores, are widespread and big business. Because they are considered Federal instrumentalities, they are exempt from most ...

Date April 19, 1979 Report No. CED-79-78 Title

Transportation: Information on U.S. Railway Association Contracts With Law Firms

Reports and Testimonies

STATES (r OF THEUNITED GAO evaluated the U.S. Railway Association’s procedures for contracting with law firms and assuring that charges made are accurate. This report provides the requested information and also shows that the Association is not requiring all law firms to follow its procedures for monitoring contractor expenditures and performance. GAO is making a recommendation to correct the ...

Date April 19, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-30 Title

Learning To Look Ahead: The Need for a National Materials Policy and Planning Process

Reports and Testimonies

c . BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES lOW$ Id I” Report To The Congress Learning To Look Ahead: The Need For A National Materials Policy And Planning Process The United States needs an institutionalized planning and polic process to help assure the future availabi Y ity of materrals needed by American industry. Such a process can help the Nation prevent shocks or offset their severit to ...

Date April 18, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-76 Title

Government Operations: The MX Advanced ICBM Weapon System

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 v 3 PROC”REMENT ACQUISITION AND SYSTEMS DIVISION APR 18 1979 E-163058 The Honorable T'he Secretary Dear Mr. Harold Erown of Defense / ;i 'r,,.. ; g ,* / *i Secretary: We have completed a review of Air Force activities and plans of land for basir,g the relating to the selection and acquisition Our objective was to deterr,ine MX ...

Date April 18, 1979 Report No. FPCD-79-35 Title

Government Operations: Survey of Reserved Management Rights

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ~DL(IuL-IELAun COMPENS)ATION DlVlblON fiPR 18 1979 B-114850 Ronald Haughton, Chairman Federal Labor Relations Authority Alan Campbell, Director Office of Personnel Management w&mqzs' 109156 We recently began a survey of reserved management rights as they applied to labor-management relations in This the Federal service under Executive ...

Date April 18, 1979 Report No. ID-79-3 Title

International Affairs: What Is Being Done To Protect the U.S. Diplomatic Community From Terrorism

Reports and Testimonies

, . -* Comptroller General O THE UNITED S A E F TTS Onshore Oil And Gas Leasing-Who Wins The Lottery? Presently, most of the 114,000 onshore oil and gas leases for over 93 million acres of Federal land are awarded under a lottery system. The Chairman, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, requested that GAO review alleged irregularities in this leasing, administered by the Department of ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. OGC-79-11 Title

Budget and Spending: Deferrals Proposed in President's Eighth Special Message for Fiscal Year 1979

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINCTOFI. Oy.,THE D;fc UNITED ilO¶U STATES tN IILTrY -*~ B-115398 April 17, 1979 h @GO' To The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of On April 4, 1979, we eighth special message for mitted to the Congress Act of 1974. The special message proposed P Development, two/new deferrals President's as follows. DEPARTMENT DEFENSE OF D79-53 Research, Navy 179/01319 ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-39 Title

Government Operations: Estimates of Postal Revenue Losses if Time-Sensitive Business Letters Were Exempted From the Private Express Statutes

Reports and Testimonies

B-114874 APRlL 17, 1070 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Thomas F. Easleton Senate Eagleton: On October 2, 1978, you requeste&hat we’ estimat Potential impact on postal revenuescf time-sensitive business the Private Express Statutes) The exemption was proposed in Section 12 or: f:ne Postal Service Amendments Act-of1978 (H.R. 7700, 95th Congress) as reported by the Senate Committee on ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. B-152075 Title

National Defense: "Wartime Service" Definition

Reports and Testimonies

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. 120182 Title

Transportation: Concerns With NHTSA's Data Collection Systems--NASS and FARS

Reports and Testimonies

1 I I~INITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVYSION April 17, 1979 Ms. Joan Claybrook Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation Dear Ms. Claybrook: # missions of the National Hish~way is to reduce motor vehicle es. Thus, it is essential cident information be collected to 'help the Safety ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-307 Title

Government Operations: The General Services Administration Has Been Lax in Managing the Columbia Plaza Building Lease

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBYTHEU.S. General Accounting Office The General Services Administration Has Been Lax In Managing The Columbia Plaza BuildingLease ?!2? e General Services Administration did not devote enough management attention to the administration of the lease for the Columbia Plaza Building in Washington, D.C. Rather than planning ahead and avoiding problems, it waited too long and reacted to problems ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. CED-79-17 Title

Developing a National Airport System: Additional Congressional Guidance Needed

Reports and Testimonies

0 v 104(3? BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES d 5’ Developing A National Airport System: Additional Congressional Guidance Needed In the next decade, over $10 billion will be needed to develop a national airport system. Of this, about $3 billion is needed to develop some 2,600 general aviation airports to serve business and pleasure flying. However, additional ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-20 Title

Financial Management: More Effective Federal and State Cash Management Would Increase Interest Income of Unemployment Trust Fund

Reports and Testimonies

Report ToThe Congress OFTHEUNITEDSTATES M More Effective Federal And State Cash Management Would Increase Interest Income Of Unemploykent Trust Fund The Deparmnt of Labor’s ineffective rrwnitoring and guidance of State collections and disbursements of unemployment monies causes Federal and State govermnents to lose mil I ions of dollars in interest irwxne annually on Unemployment Trust Fund ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-10 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Problems in Preventing the Marketing of Raw Meat and Poultry Containing Potentially Harmful Residues

Reports and Testimonies

. I 1oq 102 BY THECOMPTROLLERGl?dERAL 4 ..4,: . Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Problems In Preventing The Marketing Of Raw Meat And Poultry Containing Potentially Harmful Residues GAO estimates that 14 percent by dressed weight of the meat and poultry sampled by the Department of Agriculture between 1974 and 1976 contained illegal and potentially harmful residues of animal drugs, ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. 109117 Title

Financial Management: GAO Observations on the District of Columbia's Municipal Bond Program

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 APR17 1979 Ier . Elijah F. Fcgers City Administrator 20004 Washington, C.C. Cear Mr. Eogers: The General Accounting Office studied the I)istrict’s initial efforts to establish a municipal bond Frogram, the related planning for and administration of capital improvements scheduled for bond financing, the criteria for including and the ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-61 Title

Health: Military Hospitals Need Stronger Guidance on Presidential, VIP, and Officer Accommodations

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE I Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Military Hospitals Need Stronger Guidia8nceOn Presidential, VIP, And Ofker Accommodations The Department of Defense has not carried out GAD’s December 1974 recommendations that the Secretary of Defense establish criteria for Presidential and other VIP accommodations in military hospitals and instruct the military departments to discon tinue ...

Date April 17, 1979 Report No. CED-79-39 Title

Information Management: National Bureau of Standards Needs Better Management of Its Computer Resources To Improve Program Effectiveness

Reports and Testimonies

. REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES 7 rLq103 * 4 1 Comptroller General National Bureau Of Standards Needs Better Management Of Its Computer Resources To Improve Program Effectiveness Good planning, management, and use of the National Bureau of Standards computer resources--hardware,*software, information, and personnel--are crrtrcal to agency mission and program objectives. However, the Bureau is ...

Date April 16, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-34 Title

Financial Management: Revenue Sharing Payments to Pitman Township, Illinois

Reports and Testimonies

I. c. i ‘xUNITE~ STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-146285 GG9-19 RELEASED APRIL 16,lwg q f?‘fr The Honorable Paul Findley House of Representatives Dear Mr. Findley: In your letter of October 31, 1978, you advised us of several problems you had in dealing with the Office of Revenue Sharing (ORS) , Department of the Treasury. Most of the problems ...

Date April 16, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-67 Title

Government Operations: Major Deficiencies Disclosed in Testing of the Army's XM-1 Tank Warrant Slower Production

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCURLUENT ACOUlSlTlON AND SYSTEMS DIVISION B-163058 APRIL 16, 1979 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Harold Brown of Defense Assistant for Audit Room 3A336 ASD (Comptroller) Reports Dear Mr. Secretary: We have been reviewing the status of the Army's XM-1 tank. Although our review is not yet complete, we have several concerns we ...

Date April 16, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-56 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Effects of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act on Pension Plans With Fewer Than 100 Participants

Reports and Testimonies

Report To The Congres OF IHE UNITED STATES Effects Of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act On Pension Plans With Fewer Than 100 Participants This report discusses effects of the Employee Retirement income Security Act on about 471,000 pension plans of all types with fewer than 100 participants as of mid-1977. GAO estimates that about 18 percent of the plans terminated and 82 percent ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. ID-79-21A Title

Financial Management: Financial Statements of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for Fiscal Year 1978

Reports and Testimonies

‘I: ‘1, COMPTROUTR @.” I*,I’, WASHINGTON, O.C. OENERAL OF THE UNITED 2M48 STATES E-173240 APRIL 13, 1979 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Attached is our report on the examination of Enancial statements of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for by the Corporation Control Act fiscal year 19782 as required 841 et. seq.). (31 U.S.C. We are ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-51 Title

Government Operations: Consolidation of Mail Processing Operations From Hazelton, Pennsylvania, to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Reports and Testimonies

r - I ,- UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DlVlSlON 3-114874 The Honorable House of Representatives Dear Mr. Flood: " ,. On January 19, 1979, you plan to consolidate of the Hazleton , Pennsylvania Post Office %ii-ot@?~*_ -~----L. .-.--._-..____ ; -. _. ...._. _~ _ __ associ~_E?9~ts~~~~-,~/ at the Area Mail Processing Center, The proposed move, scheduled Wilkes-Barre, ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. ID-79-10 Title

Energy: Energy's Role in United States and Indonesian Relations

Reports and Testimonies

~. . . . ;TUD’ BY THE STAFF THE U.S. OF General Accounting Office Energy’s Role In United States And Indonesian Relations Indonesia has been a dependable source of incremental petroleum imports to the United States. Expectations are that it can continue to be relied upon provided that sufficient new oil reserves are identified and developed in a timely manner, and that political and economic ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-41 Title

Energy: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing--Who Wins the Lottery?

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES ! a Onshore Oil And Gas LeasingWho Wins The Lottery? Presently, most of the 114,000 onshore oil and gas leases for over 93 million acres of Federal land are awarded under a lottery system. The Chairman, House Committee on Interior and insular Affairs, requested that GAO review alleged irregularities in this leasing, administered by the ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-24 Title

Financial Management: Oil and Gas Royalty Collections--Serious Financial Management Problems Need Congressional Attention

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IlUllh 44-0 8, I ,+ ‘, Y BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress@ OF THE UNITEDSTATES Oil And Gas Royalty CollectionsSerious Financial Management Problems Need Congressional Attention The Geological Survey collected about $1.2 billion for oil and gas removed from Federal and Indian lands in 1977. However, the Survey is not collecting all that is owed by the oil and gas industry because ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-3 Title

Health: Reducing Tooth Decay--More Emphasis on Fluoridation Needed

Reports and Testimonies

c BY THECOMPTROLLERGEF\JiRAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES IVWl 4 b Report ToThe Congress Reducing Tooth Decay--More Emphasis On Fluoridation Needed A Federal research-R~ tooth--v A’-” Relatively.. lMle ,,_,_, I,,,” is being~~,,&one, ~tI;L..prama~e ,,,,,, “,,,“--,,.““,-, ,,,,,,,,,,,, “,m’“y”” ffuorrdation,, a,,,proven ,decay preventron tech: nique. ‘The PublKH’ealth Service should place greater emphasis on ...

Date April 13, 1979 Report No. CED-79-69 Title

Natural Resources: Water Resources and the Nation's Water Supply

Reports and Testimonies

Water Resources kxi The Nation’s Water Supply issues And Concerns MD-7999 lllll~~llllllllllillllllll LM109088 As our Nation approaches the 21st century its population growth and industrial development as well as changing water use priorities are placing new demands on our water resources and are leading to increasing water shortages and competition for the limited supply * How bad a water picture ...

Date April 12, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-52 Title

Financial Management: Federal Categorical Assistance to State Governments

Reports and Testimonies

B-145285 .i\pril 12, 1979 The Nonorahle Lloyd Bentsen Economic Committee Cha irnzn , Joint of the United States Congress Dear Nr. Chairman: you requested a list of In your Z;iarch 1, 1979, letter Federal categorical assistance programs which go to State In a discussion with your Committee, we agreed governments. to,provide a list of categorical assistance programs for which States are the only ...

Date April 12, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-69 Title

Health: Implementation of the Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1976

Reports and Testimonies

COh¶PTROL&.ER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED zoam STATES 64031(S) -’ APRIL 12, 1979 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Subcommittee on Qealth and Scientific -Research ... Senate Committee on Labor.an I Human Resources p&k k, The Honorable Alan D. Cranston United States Senate 41;f.,J’ L 4” This report summarizes the information we provided your offices for hearings on February 28, ...

Date April 12, 1979 Report No. CED-79-68 Title

Natural Resources: NPS and HCRS Recreation Technical Assistance Programs

Reports and Testimonies

B-176823 The Xonorable Robert C. Byrd, Chairman Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies c;diPo3/6 Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with the committee's request, printed in Senate Report No. 95-1063 dated August 2, 1978, and subsequent agreements with your office, we have reviewed the feasibility of transferring the recreation ...

Date April 12, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-24 Title

Government Operations: A New Approach Is Needed for Weapon Systems Coproduction Programs Between the United States and Its Allies

Reports and Testimonies

” h &ct-/3 ii,, d @oh-t BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES M A New Approach Is Needed For Weapon Systems Coproduction Programs Between The United States And Its Allies American industrialized allies increasingly have sought and will continue to seek cooperative production arrangements from the United States for their procurement of weapon systems. It is evident, ...

Date April 12, 1979 Report No. CED-79-67 Title

Housing: Review of Selected Contracts Awarded by the Cincinnati Service Office, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE U.S. “’ General Accounting Office Review Of Selected Contracts Awarded By The Cincinnati Service Office, Department Of Housing And Urban Development The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Cincinnati Service Office awarded three contracts at inflated prices for grasscutting, painting apartment interiors, and tiling apartment floors in HUD-owned multifamily housing projects. ...

Date April 12, 1979 Report No. LCD-78-223 Title

National Defense: Progress and Problems in Consolidating Military Support Functions in the Pacific

Reports and Testimonies

REPORTBY THE U.S. I” I” *, General Accounting Office Progress And Problems In Consolidating Military Support Functions In The Pacific Department of Defense efforts to improve interservice support activities still have not resulted in an effective system to consolidate duplicative military support organizations. In two prior reports, GAO recommended that DOD delegate authority to theatre commands ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-44 Title

Energy: TVA's Load Management Activities

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL &XCIUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20948 ENeRQY AND DIVISION MINERAU APRIL 11, 1979 E-114850 Mr. S. David Freeman Chairman, Board of Directors Tennessee Valley Authority Dear Mr. Chairman: began an t evaluation of the Tennessee Valley We recently Authority's m load manaqement activitieg Our primary purpose was to determine the status of various onqoing demonstration projects ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. B-194139 Title

Government Operations: Contract Between the Economic Regulatory Administration, Department of Energy, and Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc.

Reports and Testimonies

. - - . '. . . . . .+Qc The Honorable John 'D.~ Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy ?%re and Power Cormittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce--House of Representa~tives - . . . . .?e /-- ~, :.. ... . ... * - - ,. -, _ - _ . , . .. , - . . .. B-194139 6 arrangement if he determines that it is in the best interests of the United States to d o so and includes appropriate conditions [therein] * ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. FPCD-79-49 Title

Government Operations: Need for Recognition of the Full Cost of Retirement Benefits for Federal Work Force

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTRCLlOR QENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.G. THE UNITED STATES ZOS46 B-179810 The Honorable Edmund S. Muskie Chairman, Committee on Budget &J%@ United States Senate sE1"\ Dear Mr. Chairman: APRIL 11, 1979 certain legislative Last year? the Congress r the significant and actions to express its co ederal retirement sys- # growing financial liabili &',0@38 e adopted-..-- a.."*I I-resol&ion terns. On June ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-30 Title

Government Operations: U.S. Postal Service's Administration of Highway Contract Routes

Reports and Testimonies

Rasira~c~ ‘II Not to be released outside the General Accohhg: Mice except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of Congresriona~ Relationa UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 QLN~RAL QOVMNMCNT OlVlSlON B-114874 The Honorable House of Representatives The Honorable Sam B. Hall, House of Representatives Jr. that we review Your letter dated May 16, 1978 requeste ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. 120244 Title

Income Security: Accuracy of Benefits Paid to Supplemental Security Income Recipients

Reports and Testimonies

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING‘OFFICE WASHINGTQN, D.C.’ 20548 Ht,lMAN RESOURCES DIVISION ._ . Mr. Stanford G. Ross Commissioner of Social Security Departmen t of Health, Education, and Welfare f+&v Dear Mr. Ross; AF'Ri 1.1979 03-2-- . We are furnishing you information on the results of our review of the r accuracy of benefits paid to Supplemental Security Income @YS%$ recipients who also receive ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. 109065 Title

Budget and Spending: Proposed Increase in Funds Authorized for the Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia

Reports and Testimonies

. c I. .p UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,l&C, 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a,m,’ April 11, 1979 STATEMENTOF DONALDL, SCANTLEBURY DIRECTOR FINANCIAL AND GENERALMANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE GOVERNMENTAL ON EFFICIENCY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON INCREASE IN FUNDS AUTHORIZED c PROPOSED ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-216 Title

Government Operations: Air Force Proposal To Increase Staffing of Military Airlift Command Aerial Ports

Reports and Testimonies

RESTRlCTED Offiat Rot b except b OR ruica~ed *he m~sof tilde *pe cifio *e approval genera’ B-13302~~~eun~ng by the Office ot Congressional Relations APRIL 11, 1979 RELEASED The Honorable Jamie L. Whitten Chairman, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to forme letter of September 19, 1978, we have Force> plans to increase staffing at the Military ...

Date April 11, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-59 Title

Income Security: State Programs for Delivering Title XX Social Services to Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries Can Be Improved

Reports and Testimonies

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES am-p? ,* y&j s’::jr”:~l, Report ToThe Congress State Programs For Delivering Title XX Social Services To Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries Can Be Improved GAO reviewed social services programs funded under title XX of the Social Security Act in seven States to determine the extent to wmh the programs were serving elderly Supplemen tal Security ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-50 Title

Energy: Need To Include Mill Losses in Uranium Resource Demand Analyses

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE ENERGY AND MINERALS 01 ViSION APRIL 10, 1979 B-159687 James R. Schle.singeTl-$$ of Energy LO Dear Mr. Secretary: A!h e adequacy of the uranium resource base has become a significant issue in the discussion of the long-term role of nuclear power. The necessity for and timing of reprocessing and breeders are closely related to the ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. 109068 Title

Income Security: Efforts of the Department of Labor To Develop a Computer System To Support the Federal Employees' Compensation Act Program

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTCN, G.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE Oh DELIVERY Expected at 1G:OU a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 1975 STATEMENT OF PHILIF A. BERNSTEIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE Oh' MANPOWERAND HOUSING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON 1 .'() t$.$ ,i;. 9 o- THE EFFORTS OF THE LFPARTMENT OF $fBOR TO ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. 094378 Title

Federal Research Grants: Maintaining Public Accountability Without Inhibiting Creative Research

Reports and Testimonies

-. / =' .- - - U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 205.48 I ADDRESS BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES f/g> TO THE L? NATIONAL GRADUATE UNIVERSITY'S NINETEENTH INSTITUTE ON FEDERAL FUNDING SHOREHAM AMERICANA HOTEL WASHINGTOPJ D. C r . APRIL 10, 1979 FEDERAL RESEARCH GRANTS: MAINTAINING PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT INHIBITING CREATIVE RESEARCH I was happy to ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-53 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Taxpayer Waiting Time at IRS' Walk-In Service Offices

Reports and Testimonies

REPOtiT ii’ THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES ! Taxpayer Waiting Time At IRS’ Walk-in Service Offices At the request of the Operations Subcommittee Consumer and Monetary ducted a nationwide test taxpayers to get help at off ices. House Government on Commerce, Affairs, GAO conof the time it took IRS’ walk-in service Waiting times averaged 9.4 minutes during the first 8 weeks of the 1979 ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-410 Title

National Defense: National Defense Requirements for a Silver Stockpile

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REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES National Defense Requirements For A Silver Stockpile The strategic and critical materials stockpile prevents a dangerous and costly dependence on foreign supplies during a national emergency. Presently, the 139.5 million troy ounces of silver included in the stockpile are not required because the probable wartime supply exceeds projected U.S. ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. CED-79-52 Title

Transportation: Issues Being Faced by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Reports and Testimonies

L REPORTB’i THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES ,. L Comptroller General Issues Being Faced By The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority The cost estimate for constructing the national capital area’s rapid-rail transit system-Metro--has increased from $2.5 billion in 1969 to $6.8 billion as of December 1978. Metro attributes almost one-half of the increased cost to schedule delays and cost escalatron. ...

Date April 10, 1979 Report No. 109036 Title

Veterans Affairs: Fraud, Abuse, Waste and Mismanagement in the Veterans Administration

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 I FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at lo:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, April 10, 1979 109036 STATEMENTOF ELMER B. STAATS * COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS ON HOUSECOMMITTEEON VETERANSAFFAIRS ON r FRAUD, ABUSE, WASTE AND MISMANAGEMENT IN THE VETERANSADMINISTRATION 3 Mr. Chairman and Members of ...