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Date April 9, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-48 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: How Effective Are OSHA's Complaint Procedures?

Reports and Testimonies

BY THE&h’i’TROLLER Gi!f-JERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES / orolct;3,i., Report To The Congress How Effective Are OSHA’s Complaint Procedures? Virtually every complaint the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and States receive alleging workplace hazards results in an inspection. However, inspectors find that most of these a,lleged hazards do not violate safety or health standards and involve ...

Date April 9, 1979 Report No. 109035 Title

Income Security: GAO Recommendations for Improving the Management of Social Security Administration Programs

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m., EST Monday, April 9, 1979 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE ~&4/64//3 ON LGAO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Al-eooo26 PROGRAMS ...

Date April 9, 1979 Report No. B-194235 Title

National Defense: [Allegation That Nonresponsibility Determination by Army Was Improper]

Reports and Testimonies

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Office of General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B- 1942 35 rZ1 71;&74 //O/?re5,Aodg. S A April 9, 1979 Aerofab Company, Inc. AxiZ9 2355 Goodrich Street Ferndale, Michigan 48220 Attention: Gentlemen: Arthur S. Watkins A-' /ry"%' 7 X We have received your letter of February 22, 1979, which was sent to the General Accounting Office (GAO) ...

Date April 9, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-6 Title

Energy: The Congress Needs To Redirect the Federal Electric Vehicle Program

Reports and Testimonies

‘” 1,. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES c Report To The CongressslI, ~ The Congress Needs To Redirect : The Federal Electric Vehicle Program Electric vehicles represent a technology meriting continued development. Today’s vehicles, however, have limited commercial potential because they cost more and perform poorly compared with conventional vehicles. As a result of considerable ...

Date April 8, 1979 Report No. 095381 Title

Energy: Energy Measures to Reduce U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil

Reports and Testimonies

ENERGY MEASURES TO REDUCE U. S. DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL PRESENTED BY F. KEVIN BOLAND, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 AT THE CONFERENCE ON THE UNITED STATES AND OPEC SWARTH14ORE COLLEGE APRIL 8, 1979 I appreciate your invitation to participate in the Conference on The United States and OPEC.. I hope my discussion ...

Date April 8, 1979 Report No. 109116 Title

Energy: Energy Measures To Reduce U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil

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ENERGY MEASURES TO REDUCE U. A.DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL PRESENTED BY F. KEVIN BOLAND, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 AT THE4 CONFERENCE ON THE UNITED STATES AND OPE SWARTHMORE COLLEGE APRIL 8, 1979 I appreciate your invitation to participate in the Conference on The United States and OPEC. I hope my discussion will ...

Date April 6, 1979 Report No. CED-79-22 Title

Environmental Protection: Health Effects of Exposure to Herbicide Orange in South Vietnam Should Be Resolved

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Date April 6, 1979 Report No. 109020 Title

Health: The 1978-79 Flu Program

Reports and Testimonies

,. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 a.m. EST FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1979 STATEMENT OF A. BERNSTEIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE +fwqlvA ON@HE 1978-79 FLU PROGRmJ PHILIP Mr. Chairman and Members to appear ...

Date April 6, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-49 Title

Information Management: Views on the Benefits of the Federal Trade Commission's Line-of-Business Form and Assessment of the Benefits of the Program

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ~COUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE GgNERAL GOVERNMBNT DIVISION - B-180229 I/iews brl Y4C &fi4Pm' JJ 4F 7% April 6, 1979 F-&&d fistrlc diw!aim& -& P,;,M,r . The Honorable Michael Pertschuk Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Dear Mr. Pertschuk: *iq Lf# 0 P On January 10, 1979, we accepted your agency's rgquest,/ xtension without change of for review and clearance of the ...

Date April 6, 1979 Report No. FPCD-79-41 Title

Government Operations: Practices and Procedures for the Effective Management and Operation of Executive Branch Legislative Liaison Offices

Reports and Testimonies

B-194300 RELEASED #SF055@ / ' APRIL 6, 1979 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Select Committee on Congressional Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: LM109643 In response to yourrequest of October 31, 1978, we reviewed the operations of 10 executive branch legislative In addition to determining the liaison offices (LLOs). roles and tunctions of LLOs ...

Date April 6, 1979 Report No. FGMSD-79-17 Title

Government Operations: Federal Productivity Suffers Because Word Processing Is Not Well Managed

Reports and Testimonies

t , . . .* f ,,,, 0-1 49OL3 w I BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES Report ToThe Congress Federal Productivity Suffers Because Word Processing Is Not Well Managed Word processing systems can increase Government office productivity--provided the people, equipment, and procedures are managed properly. Most Federal departments and agencies, however, are not complying with regulations ...

Date April 6, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-24 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Better Use of Currency and Foreign Account Reports by Treasury and IRS Needed for Law Enforcement Purposes

Reports and Testimonies

.n.nendati3ns on ,Government the Treasury foreign bank EnEorceinent made by Operations Department: the in a account data ;Jo:n3unications i>rr:,ble~ns 1976. 7Jnit. --Apparently caused --Estabhishe.l (See pp. Having should foreign it has by c;3solve:l :liscl:)~;~~fe the Tax Reform Act a Reports 21 to 25.) %;l%ly5is of taken monitor bank other th.lie ir\~:tio:l3~ TC~?~JIIC~ nou~ the use of ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. OGC-79-10 Title

Budget and Spending: Release of Budget Authority and Comments on a Revision to a Previously Proposed Rescission

Reports and Testimonies

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHIN6TON. OF THE MW UNITED STATES D.C. To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 3 This letter both regort.&e-r.!Zle..ase of budcle$Z&&ority -required to bm avuable for obligation I_---- .-,,, ,,l."l, -111 ,","pursuant to ".", ,11"111,,, l--lM.",.l. secti'o%s-"jm8??2(b) and 1013(b) of the Impoundment Control Act and pro~~..~lcs.n~ss...~~. ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-65 Title

Education: Allegations of Program Mismanagement at Service Employment Redevelopment Jobs for Progress, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINC; OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 APRIL 5, 1979 RELEASED The Honorable United States Dear Senator William Senate Proxmire: Proxmire Wisconsin. The complaints related primarily to'program mismanagement and the misuse of Federal funds. The SER program is authorized under Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) SER-jobs for Progress, Inc., as amended). through a grant ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-51 Title

Comments on Report Entitled "Cleaning Up Commingled Uranium Mill Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary?"

Reports and Testimonies

“. . . UNITEXI STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 EWEROY AND MINEICAUI DIVISION APRIL 5, 1979 B-164052. The Honorable John., W. Wydler House of Representatives Dear Mr. Wydler: IH I Ill 109013 a report entitled Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary?” (EMD-79-29). In that report, we recommended that the Congress provide assistance to active mill owners to share the cost of ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. CED-79-73 Title

Environmental Protection: Waste Disposal Practices for Infectious Wastes at Hospitals, Laboratories and Veterinary Establishments

Reports and Testimonies

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Date April 5, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-68 Title

Income Security: Need for HEW To Recover Federal Funds in Uncashed AFDC Checks

Reports and Testimonies

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RBSOURCES DIVISION B-164031(4) The Honorable The Secretary Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr. of Health, Education, ‘, APRIL 5, 1979 I Ill II Dear Mr. Secretary: 109012 We recently completed a review of the requirements and practices for refunding or crediting the Federal Government's portion of checks that were issued to Aid to Families with Our Dependent Children (AFDC} ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. FPCD-79-47 Title

National Defense: Air Force Procedures on Garnishment

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UNI'TU)SIATESGENERA~ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHlNCTCiN; D.C. 20548 . 6 . .. B-183433 *he Honorable Jack Edwards Rouse of Representatives Dear Mr. Edwardsr .: This is in response to your letter of November.21, 1978, in which you forwarded a lef-2:er from George L. Boyle, Major, U.S.A.F. (Retired) for our r.:>nsideration. In his letter, Major Boyle raised certain questions about the garnishment of his ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. 094380 Title

Special Publications: Ethics in Federal Procurement

Reports and Testimonies

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. 109016 Title

Transportation: Federal Response to Consumer Fraud in the Travel Industry

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENmER%'i'hCCOUNTING 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE OR DELIVERY EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING APRIL 5, 1979 109016 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE DIVISION FEDERAL cMR. CHAIRMAN BEFORE THE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER AND MONETARY AFFAIRS OF THE /t&-a/*/ COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON RESPONSE TO CONSUMER FRAUD IN THE ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. 109022 Title

Budget and Spending: Federal R&D Budget

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United States General Accounting Washington, 0. C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.mrc EST Thursday, April 5, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE/~EDERAL -' Mr. Chairman Of all the broadest and Members the of the R&D BUDGET 3 Committee: this Committee has 0 f-$,y (CS42 ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. CED-79-8 Title

Government Operations: Allegations Regarding the Small Business Set-Aside Program for Federal Timber Sales

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REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Allegations Regarding The Small Business Set-Aside Program For Federal Timber Sales The small business set-aside program for sales of Federal timber is administered jointly by the Small Business Administration and--primarily--the U.S. Forest Service and Bure’ of au Land Management. GAO found that: --There is no record that SBA considered the ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. 094379 Title

Government Operations: Federal Research and Development Budget

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United States General Account'ins O f f icr -Washington,D. C. 20548- l 1 1 1 1 1 lr 1 1 1 1 1 l Il 1i 094379 ~ FOR RkLEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m., EST Thursday, April 5, 1979 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY j ' ON THELFEDERAL R&D BUDGET] \' 1 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: O f all the ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. 109021 Title

National Defense: Navy's Strategic Communications System

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, April 5, 1979 109021 STATEMENT OF JEROME H. STOLAROW, DIRECTOR PROCUREMENTAND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE c, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE d \ ON THE ;;;;VY'S I Mr. Chairman We are STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM 3 and Members of ...

Date April 5, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-311 Title

Financial Management: Procedures and Practices of GSA and OMB for Following-Up on GAO Report Recommendations

Reports and Testimonies

B-115392 April 5, I.979 The Honorable Lawton M. Chiles Chairman, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: office on March 1, use in the upcoming and practices of the Office of Ilanagereport recommenda- In response to the request of your 1979, this report contains material for appropriations hearings on the ...

Date April 3, 1979 Report No. 120174 Title

Health: Implementation of Reimbursement Procedures for Outpatient Dialysis Treatments Under the End Stage Renal Disease Program of Medicare

Reports and Testimonies

- ~EDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DC. 20.548 \ WASHINGTON, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION April 3, 1979 Mr. Leonard Schaeffer, Health Care Financing Department of Health, Welfare Dear Mr. Schaeffer: Administrator Administration Education, Ne have recently completed a survey of the implementation of reimbursement procedures for outpatient dialysis treatments under the end stage renal disease program/ ...

Date April 3, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-49 Title

Health: Review of the Use of Additional Resources Provided to Forest Haven To Correct Medicaid Deficiencies

Reports and Testimonies

B-118638 The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia Committee on Appropriations -,do United States Senate 5'" Dear Mr. Chairman: 03O 4 that we review the On June 6, 1978, of the additional District of Columbia rovided by the Congress in $2,738,600 A/ and 188 idential facility for fiscal year 1977 to Specifithe care and treatment of the mentally retarded. ...

Date April 3, 1979 Report No. B-189176 Title

National Defense: [Waivers of First Article Requirements by Defense Logistics Agency]

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE , WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 , 1N REPLY OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL REFER TO. B-_ Ogl76 e P n oAPR 3 O 1979 e 7i¢ (, Philip J. Corso Vice President of Marketing ~ Mars Signal Light Company 1224 Industrial Road Naples, FL 33942 Dear Mr. Corso: CO v X LAri E >,fc4%/3 Your October 30, 1978, letter to the Comptroller General has been forwarded to this Office for ...

Date April 3, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-35 Title

Energy: Loan Guarantees for Alternative Fuel Demonstration Facilities

Reports and Testimonies

,COMPTROCLER CBNERAL WAsnlNOTON. OP’hiE O.C. UNITED 70548 STATE? APRIL 3, 1979 B-178205 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy 5 and Natural Resources / h") United States Senate s$ The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology r%5e3>* House of Representatives The Department of Energy Act of 1978--Civilian Applications (Public Law 95-238), among other ...

Date April 3, 1979 Report No. 108960 Title

Natural Resources: Endangered Species Program

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:OO A.M. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGF, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESOURCE PROTECTION SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM WORKS J' "* risr ...

Date April 3, 1979 Report No. CED-79-57 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Fishery Conservation and Management Act's Impact on Selected Fisheries

Reports and Testimonies

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES RELEASED .. . mwdtlOn# tskh the General ific approval And Mangement Act’s Impact On Selected Fisheries In response to a joint request from the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and its Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, GAO assessed the impact of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act ...

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

Transportation: Evaluation of Programs in the Department of Transportation--An Assessment

Reports and Testimonies

BY THECOMPTROLLERGCNERAL s Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES w I Evaluation Of Programs In The Department Of TransportationAn Assessment This report suggests better ways for the Department of Transportation to serve the oversight needs of the Congress and executive branch policymakers through improved evaluation of its programs. The Department needs to --continue Program System; its ...

Date April 2, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-36 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Automatic Savings-to-Checking Transfer Service

Reports and Testimonies

B-114831 B-118535 B-168904 B-114827 APR 2 t979 The Honorable Benjamin S. Rosenthal Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: I Ill llllll 114369 By letters dated December 14, 1978, and December 22, 1978, you requested that we demonstrate whether the automatic savings-to-checking transfer service ...

Date April 2, 1979 Report No. 108991 Title

Energy: Nuclear Regulatory Commission's System for Acquiring and Using Outside Assistance and Expertise

Reports and Testimonies

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected Monday, 108991 at l:.OO April 2, p.m. 1979 EST STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE o 6q” SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR REGULATION $Lv OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S r SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING ...

Date April 2, 1979 Report No. B-194265 Title

Government Operations: Contention That Nonjudicial Punishment Was Improperly Imposed

Reports and Testimonies

-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~J 04s I-I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY REFER TO.B OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-194265 APR 2 ION 11 The Honorable Barbara Allen Babcock Assistant Attorney General Do not make available to public readirp Civil Division Department of Justice "Foo Attention: LeRoy Southmayd, Jr., Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch ...

Date April 2, 1979 Report No. CED-79-45 Title

Transportation: Conrail's Track Abandonment Program

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REPORT THE BY $’OF THEUNITED STATES i Conrail has not abandoned any rail lines to date, even though it considers several lines unprofitable. Conrail informed the Interstate Commerce Commission on November 30, 1978, that it would defer abandoning any active rail lines for 1 year to allow the Government to consider changing the way it regulates the rail industry. GAO found that the methods Conrail ...

Date April 1, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-58A Title

Government Operations: Opportunities for Improving Hospital Purchasing, Inventory Management and Supply Distribution. Part I

Reports and Testimonies

C o n t e n t s -------& Paqe i FOREWORD ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION CHAPTER 1 2 INTRODUCTION ii 1 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROL COSTS THROUGH CENTRAL PURCHASING Planning and scheduling Competition Value analysis and standardization Group purchasing Accountability and control weaknesses Conclusions and suggestions OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROL COSTS THROUGH CENTRALIZED ...

Date April 1, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-58B Title

Government Operations: Opportunities for Improving Hospital Purchasing, Inventory Management and Supply Distribution. Part II

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P _. Page FOREWORD ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES FOR USING CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATION MATERIALS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING MATERIALS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS Authority and responsibility Purchasing Inventory management Supply distribution - Medical Surgical Supplies Pharmaceutical purchasing ...

Date April 1, 1979 Report No. 094389 Title

Special Publications: Covariability of Industrial Concentration and Employment Fluctuations

Reports and Testimonies

Date April 1, 1979 Report No. 110119 Title

Special Publications: The OGC Adviser, Vol. 3, No. 3

Reports and Testimonies

t t>> J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OfficeGeneral Counsel of thie VOLUME 3 APRIL 1979 ARTICLES' Working with OGC Milton J. Socolar 7 Dealing with Fraud and Abuse in Federal Programs Raymond J. Wyrsch 6 NUMBER- 3 I oD 6 3 0 0 0 (ol 35 Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Robert L. Rissler, Michael R. Volpe and Charles F. Roney 9 S,-OMMENT ReviewingAudit Reports 14 00 1 3 , ierenck's Civil War Claim Jessica Laverty ...

Date March 31, 1979 Report No. CED-79-71a Title

Government Operations: Historic Preservation Program of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED STATES 20548 March 31, 1979 B-l I$638 Ullllll II 111ao7 The Honorable Morris K. Udall Chairman, Commlttee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: By lette dated February 26, 1979, you requested that we review the lstorlc preservatl n program of the Pennsylvania Avenue Deve c opment Corporation 3 (PADC), focusing on ...

Date March 30, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-51 Title

Health: Operations of the National Cancer Institute's Carcinogenesis Programs

Reports and Testimonies

I a ho+ to be rs?ll@ased outside the aeneril I]NlTED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, b.C. HUMAN RCSOURCSS DIVISION 20545 RELEASED MARCH 30, 1979 B-164031( 2) The Honorable Henry A. Waxman House of Representatives Dear Mr. Waxman: you asked us to review In your May 2, 1977, letter certain aspects of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) to In our July 26, 1978, report carcinogenesis ...

Date March 30, 1979 Report No. CED-79-64 Title

Housing: Improvements Needed in Selecting and Processing Urban Development Action Grants

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REPOl-?T THE U.S. BY ' General Accounting Offke Improvements Needed In Selecting And Processing Urban Development Action Grants GAO has reservations about the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s use of Urban Development Action Grant funds, The purposes of certain grants could not be related to the action grant program’s objectives nor the broad descriptive material HUD has given to the ...

Date March 30, 1979 Report No. EMD-78-110 Title

Energy: Areas Around Nuclear Facilities Should Be Better Prepared for Radiological Emergencies

Reports and Testimonies

L Srvo of BY THE COtiPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress4 OF THE UNITED STATES Areas Around Nuclear Facilities Should Be Better Prepared For Radiological Emergencies GAO visited 11 nuclear facilities and sent questionnaires to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto prepared nuclear Rico to find out how well activities and the areas around them are for a ...

Date March 30, 1979 Report No. FPCD-78-52 Title

AWOL in the Military: A Serious and Costly Problem

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, BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress* OF THEUNITEDSTATES AWOL In The Military: A Serious And Costly Problem Absence without leave is a breach of discipline which the military says cannot be tolerated in developing and maintaining an effective fighting force. But, during the 4 years ended June 30, 1977, the military services reported 608,000 AWOLs exceeding 24 hours which GAO estimates ...

Date March 29, 1979 Report No. 108959 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Immigration and Naturalization Service's Survey of Illegal Aliens and Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunication System

Reports and Testimonies

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY .Expected at 9:30 March 29, 1979 a.m., EST STATEMENTOF ALLEN R. VOSS, DIRECTOR III 108959 GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION U.S. I I.1 GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES,AND INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMITTEEON THE JUDICIARY HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES13s" ON _o*. 66 L IMMIGRATION AND ...

Date March 29, 1979 Report No. 120151 Title

National Defense: Procurement Practices at Fort Lewis

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. , .- . UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE REGIONAL ROOM ZOl.41S FIRST OFFlCE AVENUE NORTH SEATTLE. WASHINGTON 98109 MAR 9 1979 2 Major General Richard E. Cavaz& Corrmanding Officer Fort Lewis, Washington 98433 Dear General Cavazos: d I 120151 ently completed a limited survey of r procurement practices at Although we found no improper payments or significant weaknesses In procurement practices ...

Date March 29, 1979 Report No. 108906 Title

Employment: Department of Energy Personnel Management Activities

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UNITEC STATES GENE2AL ACCOUNTING @?FICE 20348 ~ASHINGTCS, D.C. STATEMENT SUBMITTED FOR THE RECCRD §Y J. DEXTER PEACH DI,SECT(SR, ENERGY AXD XINEMLS G;'JISION EEFGRE TES SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE CF THE HGUSZ COMMITTEE ON PGS" OFFICE .4ND CIVIL SERVICE fig brcpd7 Yadam C!?airwoman GAO welcomes record Of and Members of the cpportunity the Subcommittee: to submit results comments of our for the ...

Date March 29, 1979 Report No. FPCD-79-33 Title

Government Operations: National Science Foundation Standards of Employee Conduct Need Improvement

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General Accounting Office 4 ’ National Science Foundation Standards of Employee Conduct Need Improvement Standards of ethical conduct for Federal employees of the National Science Foundation do not adequately address certain issues with which employees must deal in carrying out their official duties. Also, the Foundation could improve its programs for making employees more aware of their ...

Date March 29, 1979 Report No. ID-79-9 Title

International Affairs: U.S. Development Assistance to the Sahel--Progress and Problems

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BY THECOMPTROLLER GfNEnAL Report ToThe Congress @’ OF THEUNITEDSTATES e U.S.Development Assistance To The Sahel--Progress And Problems The United States has increased its assistance and upgraded its missions in the droughtstricken and impoverished countries of Central and West Africa--the Sahel, Progress has been made but AID .-.. should --guard against the commitment of too much financial help ...