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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-109650 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-109650 The Honorable Bob Eckhardt Chairman, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance o Comittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: December 28, 1978 The Toxic Substances Control Act (section 25(a)) (15 U.S.C. 2624) requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency ( ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-192225(BRP) |
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Reports and Testimonies \dL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 OIIINo~~ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE A/(, -`/'(k$ .... 2WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL IN REPLY REFER TO:B B-1922 25 (BRP) December 28, 1978 Ms. Kay Atchison P. 0. Box 6 Stewart, Nevada 89437 Dear Ms. Atchison: Reference is made to your letter of April 24, 1978, with enclosures, addressed to the Director, Federal Personnel and ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-79-22 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 nUMAM Rwumcca DIVIslOn B-192159 9; , DECEMBER 28,1978 ,’ r3 r> II The Honorable The Secretary Harold Brown of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: We have completed a survey of the practices followed by the Army and Air Force in screening the dependents of active duty personnel, who are being assigned overseas, to identify special educational ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-114817 |
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Reports and Testimonies ‘+?HS The Honorable Fred B. Rooney u Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: RELEAS As requested by your office on April 10, 1978, enclosed are our comments on 10 bills--H.R. 1141, 2720, 3581, 4291, 4302, 4553, 4584, 6929, 7390, and 9604--introduced during rement Act of ' the 95th Congress to ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-10 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE B-115369 Y DECEMBER 28.1878 The Honorable Jay Solomon The Administrator of General Services Dear Mr. data Solomon: This letter report discusses our review of the automatic processing equipment (ADPE) interim upgrade acquisition process, which is set forth in Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) 101-35.2 (formerly Federal Management Circular 74-5) and ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-193529 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY ~~~~~~~~~REFER 10: C c0 0ec OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL / Got> K00 ha B-193529 x/jd f Cozl A9GC 7e Po7 _December - 28 1978. The Honorable Barbara Allen Babcock Assistant Attorney General Civil Division Department of Justice Attention: 003 9 E. John Bailey, Attorney * Commercial Litigation Branch Dear Ms. Babcock: Subject: Howard ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-193580 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY REFER TO: a s OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-193580 e.ts75V b / /.~ep/tic~
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-193433 |
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Reports and Testimonies GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 December 28, 1978
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. PAD-79-46 |
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Reports and Testimonies u ._ * L*? > . WASI-iIN!GTON, il+ l~llllllllllllllllllllnllsn LMlllOOl 20548 R-114323 . . ‘ I . i DKC8 f978 .2 . -- r IMr. Dale NcOmbcr Director Assistant * Budget iieview Office of Xanagement and Budget Dear Da3.c: .- . . - 1~ response to your. letter of November 30, 1978, I am providing herein our briefFmments on $IbeQsr "Achieving Better Control over Federal Credo (Ndvernbcr 15, 1978). Because ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-183 |
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Reports and Testimonies 3 ” ) )ii lm47 REPORT BY THE li * - - Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Regulation Of Retailers Authorized To Accept Food Stamps Should Be Strengthened The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has unnecessarily authorized some retailers to accept food stamps even though they sold only token amounts of staple foods. This weakens the primary control for channeling food stamp ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-169 |
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Reports and Testimonies 8. . . I QZr( BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress * OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Labor Department Should Reconsider Its Approach To Employment Security Automation The Department of Labor proposes to spend over $250 million during the next few years to implement automated employment security systems in the States for employment services and unemployment insurance activities. This report ...
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| Date Dec. 28, 1978 |
Report No. B-177806 |
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Reports and Testimonies Af,. f ' COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-177806 The Honorable-Ray Thornton Chairman, Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology ' Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: 0UEC 23 1^7O -C 4s C UrH is 50 I appreciated receiving from you a copy of your SubcommittJ I report on its review of the Office of Technology As ...
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. B-157469(DLG) |
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Reports and Testimonies -~~~ . ---- i;>-~O~_UTI)A~, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY .OFFICEOFGENERALCOUNSEL December 27, 1978 REFERTO: B-157469 (DLG) ~~~~ A 7~~~~~~~~~~~e -- 7a-i~c 7,--rt William E. Foley, Director Administrative Office of the United States Courts Dear Mr. Foley: This Office has received your letter dated February 17, 1978, concerning the applicability of certain ...
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. B-193475 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROI ER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. z0548 M B-193475 B-937 Lt1114el y In A Dcjarrcis 2J D~cember De 2, 19287 he attr o en FdINDING Mot 'i ) ln Roal J. e own7r ofIsan Dp'k-&e In the matter of Ronald J. Montange, owner of Island IHandyman, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Chelsea, Michigan.Section l(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act of August 30, 1935, 49 Stat. 1011, 40 U.S.C. § 276a (1976), ...
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. B-193539 |
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. FPCD-78-75 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FmLRAL CCR8ONNLL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-114859 The ffonorable James T. McIntyre, Director, Off ice of Management and Budget Dear Mr. McIntyre: Jr. I’ DECEMBER 27,1978 Our ing the past S years, we have issued several l/ on problems in the Veterans Administration’s (VA) and-the Department of Defense’s (DOD) administration Current ...
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-79-25 |
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Reports and Testimonies G&&al Accounting Office The Veterans Administration Can Reduce The Time Required To Process Veterans’ And Survivors’ Initial Claims For Benefits Veterans and their survivors making their initial claims for compensation and pension generally wait months while VA processes their claims. Most of the waiting time occurs while VA obtains additional evidence necessary to properly adjudicate the claims. ...
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-434 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Navy Overhaul Policy A Costly Means Of Insuring Readiness For Support Ships The House Committee on Appropriations requested GAO to compare naval maintenance costs and practices for support craft with those of commercial shipping firms. Navy maintenance costs for amphibious and auxiliary shi s and equipment generally greatly excee 8 the ...
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| Date Dec. 27, 1978 |
Report No. 091101 |
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Reports and Testimonies 1979 EEO AcTioN !NERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PIAN COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 2 7 DEC 1978 Dear Employee: As you know, I have been strongly committed to a policy of providing equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons. This affirmative action plan is aimed at achieving that policy objective, but I need your help. The ultimate goal of an equal ...
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| Date Dec. 26, 1978 |
Report No. B-193410 |
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Reports and Testimonies X UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ~
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| Date Dec. 26, 1978 |
Report No. PSAD-79-11 |
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| Date Dec. 26, 1978 |
Report No. CED-79-12 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES ((0 6+ Formulated Grain-Fruit Products: Proposed Restrictions On Use In School Breakfast Program Should Be Reevaluated The Department of Agriculture has proposed to prohibit using the two-component meal of formulated gram-fruit products (fortlfled pastries) and milk in the school breakfast program Although gram fruit products are not used widely or frequently, some ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. GGD-79-20 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20348 B-114874 The Honorable William Postmaster General United States Postal Dear Mr. Bolger: F. Bolger Service . December 22, 1978 We recently completed a limited assessment of the Postal Service’s Area Mail Processing Program--a program designed primarily to reduce labor costs by consolidating While our work supported our mail processing ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-79-27 |
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Reports and Testimonies \lm, ~‘, UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 /* B-164031(4) The Honorable The Secretary and Welfare u Joseph A. Califano, Jr. of Health, Education, H .l.G" December 22, 1978 Dear Mr. Secretary: We are currently examining alternatives to financing student benefits under the Social Security Administration's and Disability Insurance (SSA's) Retirement, Survivors, program, ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. B-153509 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES a ) WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 EC 221978 -2a B-153509 Dr. James T. Bonnen Executive Director Federal Statistical System Project Presidential Reorganization Task Force 1815 Lynn Street Rosslyn, VA 22209 Dear Jim: I want to thank you for the opportunity tosommentSon the issues and gptions paper of the President's Reorganization Project for the Federal tatistical ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-428 |
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Reports and Testimonies 108234 General Accounting Office The Key To Improving Maintenance Of Army Equipment: Commanders Must Motivate Their Personnel The Army’s highest priority is to support and operationally ready force that can perform its combat missions effectively. However, Army units are having difficulty in maintaining their equipment because defiPerciencies are undetected or unreported. sonnel lack motivation to ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. GGD-78-96 |
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Reports and Testimonies BYTHEPTRoLLER OF THE UNITEDSTATES GENERAL Report ToThe Congress A Federal Strategy Is Needed To Help Improve Medical And Dental Care In Prisons And Jails The health care delivery systems of most prisons and jails are inadequate because of deficiencies in assuring adequate levels of care, physical examinations, medical records, staffing, facilities, and equipment. Officials said they lacked funds ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-221 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBYTHEU.S. General Accounting Office Millions Of Dollars Can Be Saved By Improved Management Of Aircraft Carrier inventories The Navy can save over $100 million in future procurement and repair cost on aviation parts for support of aircraft carriers. This can be accomplished together with an increase in supply readiness by improving policies and procedures for establishing and maintaining ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. OGC-79-4 |
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Reports and Testimonies IO 8222 COMCTROUR GENKRAL WASHINOTON. Of D.C. THE UNITED STATES 2OSU H-115398 December 21, 1978 To the President Speaker of the of the House of Senate and the Representatives of the year 1979 to the $75,000 account deferrals previ- On November 30, 1978, we received copies message for fiscal President’s second special that was transmitted to the Congress pursuant Impoundment Control Act of 1974. ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. B-193505 |
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-79-29 |
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Reports and Testimonies ,,qRELEASED WASHINGTON. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20548 B-133044 December 21, 1978 The Honorable United States Dear evaluate Jesse Helms ' Senate Helms: Y-f-. Senator th ,eTwhether (1) addictive and habit-forming drugs are properly (2) maintenance drugs are received by patients 'controlled, in a timely manner and in adequate quantity, and (3) the prescriptions is ascertained. ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. FPCD-79-20 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITEDSTATES GENERALA~COUN~ING'OFF~~ WASHINGT-N, . FEOERAL WMPENBATION W!3?SONNEL DIVISION AND l&C. 20548 . 47 . .I -. 113 OEC$3 1978 =l 1 ” The Honorable James T. McIntyre, Director, Office of Management Dear Mr. McIntyre: Jr. . -~~ At the request of the House SubcoKittee on CompensaCommittee on Post Office and tion and Employee Benefits, Civil Service, the General Accounting Office pvertime ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. ID-78-53 |
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Reports and Testimonies IBYTHE COMP:TROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress 0F THE UNITED STATES Adjustment Assistance To Firms Under The Trade Act Of 1974-Income Maintenance Or Successful Adjustment? Many firms have been hurt by import competition, but so far fewer than 125 have been helped under the Trade Act program which the Congress designed for adjustment assistance. And most of those helped have not adjusted to ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-429A |
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Reports and Testimonies . \ Bi THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES The Navy’s Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Force Is Highly Ready The Navy maintains the submarine launched ballistic missile force in a high state of readi- ‘) ness because of its strategically important deterrent mission. The Navy achieves this favorable readiness posture through special emphasis on management, ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-429 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THE COMPTROLLE OF THE UNITED STATES GC-NERAL Report To The Congress The Navys Submarine Launched Baisti Missile Force IsHighly ReaAd The Navy main:ains the submarine ballistic missile force in a high state launched ness because of its strategically or readiimportant deterrent mission. -he Navy achieves this favorable readiness posture through emphasis on management, staffii:g, special equip. ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-237 |
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Reports and Testimonies IOfW BY ‘THCCOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Need For Uniform Security Measures In Transporting Arms, Ammunition, And Explosives Arms, ammunition, and explosives continue to be sought by terrorist, dissident, and criminal groups. These items receive varying levels of security while being transported. In contrast to shipments for the Department of Defense, shipments to ...
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| Date Dec. 20, 1978 |
Report No. CED-79-28 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Proposed Changes In Meat And Poultry Net Weight Labeling Regulations Based On lnsufficient Data Although the Department of Agriculture has proposed changes in its net weight labeling regulations for meat and poultry products, it has not obtained sufficient data to --support ulations, the need for changing the reg- --decide how to deal with ...
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| Date Dec. 20, 1978 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-8 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 OlVlSlON OLNCR.4L OC FINANCIAL AND rruo~cs MANAGLMCNT B-183363 General George S. Blanchard Commander in Chief United States Army, Europe, and Seventh Army APO U.S. Forces 09403 Dear General Blanchard: DECEMBER 20,1978 II lllllllllllll 108202 This report contains the results of a questionnaire survey wcmack to evaluate the procedures ...
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| Date Dec. 19, 1978 |
Report No. B-90867(LLW) |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY P OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL - 0 '-> DEG 19 I378 ~~~~~~REFER B-90O8 67 (LLW) TO: 8 The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Dear Ms. Norton: This is in response to your letter of May 15, 1978, concerning applicability of the pay limitation imposed by 5 U.S.C. § 5547 to experts and ...
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| Date Dec. 19, 1978 |
Report No. B-192232 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPL-Y I REFER TO: a OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-192 23 2 December 19, 1978 Mr. William T. Underwood, Chairman Board for Correction of Military Records (TGC-20) Office of General Counsel D)epartment of Transportation Dear Mr. Underwood: Reference is made to your letter dated June 20, 1978, with enclosures, wherein you request our ...
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| Date Dec. 19, 1978 |
Report No. CED-79-13 |
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Reports and Testimonies For this officials and take them. to occur, however, Federal, State, and local must recognize that these facilities are needed appropriate action, however unpopular, to secure RECOMMENDATION We recommend that the Administrator, EPA, closely monitor and evaluate the development of State solid waste management plans to (1) identify the magnitude of the problems in locating suitable disposal sites ...
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| Date Dec. 19, 1978 |
Report No. B-161740 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES *aw WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 K B-161740 ggo~ng5,on December 19, 1978 &41c 7' gc Ae0 Ate~y /% 40/7' A fof 7e5'~t Mr. Robert C. Holland, President Committee for Economic Development 1700 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Bob: We have now had a chance to review CED's October 26 draft "Improving Public Policy and the Market System" in some detail. The ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. 107960 |
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| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. 107962 |
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Reports and Testimonies DOCMEINT REBSUE 07962 - (C35386351 lmproving Government Collection of Amounts Owed by the fui-lic. December 18, 1978. 19 pp. + enclosure (3 pp.). Testimony before the Senate Comittee on Finance: Taxaticn and Debt Management Generally Subcommittee; hy Bluer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Office of the Comptroller Genera., Orqanization Concerned: Department of the Treasury; Veterans ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. EMD-78-105 |
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Reports and Testimonies BY THECOIvlP-TROLLER GENERAL I* ISport ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES The United States And International Energy Issues This report identifies within a comprehensive framework 11 international energy issues, all of which relate to one central theme, namely: -Are US. international energy and related policies consistent with domestic energy goals and national security, economic performance, and ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. 094687 |
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Reports and Testimonies uyj4cm’. f 09ycr -1 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DE&VERY EXPECTED BY 9:30 EST MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1978 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TAXATION AND DEBT MANAGEMENT GENERALLY OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING GOVERNMENT COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS OWED BY THE PUBLIC Mr. Chairman ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-78-155 |
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Reports and Testimonies WG---. B’Y’ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Labor Needs To Manage Its Workplace Consultation Program Better Workplace consultations can help employers, especially small or high.risk businesses, to comply with safety and health standards and prevent occupational injuries and illnesses. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1978 |
Report No. HRD-79-14 |
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Reports and Testimonies T . * I WUl9’ BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Liberal Deposit Requirements Of States’ Social Security Contributions .-Adversely Affected Trust Funds /A-Y dP The Social Security Administration c‘ou Id have earned about $1.1 billion in interest for the years 1961 through 1979 if States had been required to make more frequent deposits of Social Security ...
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| Date Dec. 14, 1978 |
Report No. LCD-78-422 |
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Reports and Testimonies DOCUEBNT RESUME 07932 - [C35286151 (Secret) Army's Requirements for War Rejarve fl.eteriel Can Be Reduced without Impairing Combat Effectiveness. LCD-78-422; B-133396. December 14, 1978. Report to Sen. John C. Stennis, Chaizman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staata, Comptroller General. roc unclassified digest see. 0793/ Issue Area: Balance of War Reserves, ...
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| Date Dec. 14, 1978 |
Report No. FPCD-79-4 |
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Reports and Testimonies DOCUKIINT RESUBS 07933 - [C3538636] What Are the Capabilities of the Selective Service System? FPCD-79-4; B-162111, December 14, 1978. 14 pp. Report to the Congress; by EBler B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Federal Personnel management and Compensation: All Volunteer Force, the National Guard and Reserve Components (3181 . Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div. Budqet ...
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