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| Date Sept. 24, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-152 |
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Reports and Testimonies 5-l 71630 SEP‘“iisllllllllllllll~llllllll~llllllllll 24 /f I The Honorable liitited States Dear Senator William Senate Scott: L. Scott LM092528 9 In accordance :;iIn your request of June 7, 1976, +nd the agreement reached with your office on June 21,' 1976, I^ havia reviewed !e the Depaxment of Housing and brban Dcvelopmcntts .tx~sideration ot S-trawbr'idge-jrl~iare--a housing project proposed for ...
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| Date Sept. 24, 1976 |
Report No. 094669 |
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Reports and Testimonies . - * IllllllllllI111111I 1111111 l 094669 ADDRESS 'OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE' THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT-CONFERENCE. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SEPTEMBER 24, 1976 Conferences such as this, which provide a forum for o f f i c i a l s from a l l levels of government t o examine and seek solutions t o problems i n our intergovernmental system, will ...
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| Date Sept. 23, 1976 |
Report No. 089042 |
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| Date Sept. 23, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-150 |
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Reports and Testimonies ?---.-.. .--_.,_ REPORT TO THE CONGRESS 04361;) BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Industry Capability To Produce Rail And Crossties For Nationwide Railroad Track Rehabilitation This report discusses industry’s capability to produce rail and crossties needed to rehabilitate all the Nation’s railroad track over IO-, 15-, and ZO-year periods. The computation of industry’s capability ...
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| Date Sept. 22, 1976 |
Report No. 094030 |
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| Date Sept. 22, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-86 |
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Reports and Testimonies 1% kc;.“; by ihe Xst;hutivn Sactim, GENERAL WASHINGTON. Of i%t!icatkms l-HE UNITED EQM4 D.C. Orsmcpt, ‘ETA- 68.3 CDMFI-ROLLER B-132255 SEP 2 2 1976 1.I ii The Honorable Gillis W. Long rhairman, Subcommittee on Inter-American Economic Relationsn’ps Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States Dear Mr. Chairman: 7 $ -: -. 1 4 j. L’ :.-;-;> Your letter of July 19, 1576, asked us to address ...
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| Date Sept. 21, 1976 |
Report No. B-186105 |
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Reports and Testimonies R GENERAL OF THE WhSHttiGTON. 0.C ZOS45 RELEASED B-186105 SEP 2 1 1976 ll~~l~~lllulllllllllllll *: LM095799 i ** .p i -' To the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, and Demnnstration (Fossil Fuels), Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, and to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Conserc 3 vation,. Energy, and Natural Resources, ‘- Committee on Government ...
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| Date Sept. 21, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-103 |
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Reports and Testimonies ,’ : Dear the Mr. Evans: we/reviewed Pursuant to your October 21, 1975, request, quality of mail service in Pueblo, Colorado-? I In April 1974 a new statewide mail distribution plan known as the Colorado State Simplified Distribution System was implemented. Under this system, Pueblo’s outgoing mail is processed in Colorado Springs to achieve better mail service at less cost through use of ...
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| Date Sept. 21, 1976 |
Report No. EMD-76-11 |
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Reports and Testimonies the Chairman, Scbcommittee cr, Energy , 035yo/v Research, Deve%opment, and De~~onstration (p [Fossil Fuels), Committee on Science and ;:p and Technology, House of Representatives, on Conser-to the Cl~airman, Subcommittee vation, Energy, and Natural Resources, Operations, House Ccmmittee on Governrxnt of RepresentatiQes f&&%4 &9J3r-(~>Lyy 6fj--~@~~~ We ha'ire reviewed cert.ax~\ aspects of a ...
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| Date Sept. 21, 1976 |
Report No. PSAD-76-135 |
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Reports and Testimonies , ational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration epartment of Commerce Completion of the two-phase Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study is needed to resolve environmental impact questions which may arise when mining of manganese nodules starts on the deep seabed. U.S. firms will begin prototype mining in 1977, and phase I I of the study must be done simultaneously. The Department of Commerce ...
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| Date Sept. 20, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-144 |
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Reports and Testimonies r4 i -i . REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES @,RARY SYSTEM i t Private Land Acq u isition In National Parks:. Improvements Needed National Park Service Department of the Interior The National Park Service began a land acquisition program in fiscal year 1969, the Opportunity Inholding Program, to acquire private lands within the boundaries of certain national parks. Prices the ...
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| Date Sept. 17, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-170 |
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Reports and Testimonies RELEASED The Honorable ,,auoe Pepper Chairman, Subcommittee TV. !:calth and Long-Term Care Select Committee or, Aging House of Representatives Dear Mr. I ,'hairman: _j I .'I' : ;-' r 1 On May 71, 1976, you asked us to revieu the health facilities surveyor training program funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), particularly in view of HEW's plans to discontinue support of ...
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| Date Sept. 17, 1976 |
Report No. 089047 |
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Reports and Testimonies Mr. Julian R. Du:;as City A?min:istrator District Of COlillTlbi~ Government Waslllq,tton, D:C. 20004 IlolllallIIIIIlllolllllnllnlolllllllll LMO89047 We have been si:udying the 3istrict’s motor -vchl’cl*~ managcmcrt activiti c:s to ,!ot~ rr;;inl- hi)b) effectively and econoq:icniLy the city acyulres and maintains its v~llicles L During our study, which is not yet complete, two ai:lbulanc,ts for use ...
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| Date Sept. 17, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-171 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE D.C. W UNITED SPATES .a-----~--- .~ > September B-173741 The Honorable Vance Hartke Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ United States Senate !(- Dear tir . Chairman: 17, 1976 Affairs In your April 24, 1975, letter you requested that we determine whether the Veterans Administration (VA), State approving agencies, and part,icipating schools were pro1 perly ‘ ...
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| Date Sept. 16, 1976 |
Report No. 089053 |
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Reports and Testimonies CQmander, egdeanAir Logissi~s ccmter HilB Force 9eJtaPl Air Ba.se 84.4.06 llnlllcllll~llllllolnllnlslnllllllllll LIMO89053 .
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| Date Sept. 15, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-149 |
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Reports and Testimonies Information received frorn 18 Federal organizations showed that about $11.3 million, in contracts and grants, had been spent for cable teievision and that about $9.7 million, in guaranteed loans, had been approved. in most cases neither specific guidelines for using the funds nor formal coordination among the agencies were reporteda CED-76?49 GOMFWtOLISR GENERAL W~~~~NGTON, OF THE UNITED t3.c. ...
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| Date Sept. 14, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-154 |
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Reports and Testimonies HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-165430 \/ L I a4 e Honorable William House of Representatives Dear Mr. Clay: L. Clay This report responds to your March 27, 1975, letter, which requested!.information concerning the funds management of the nutrition project administered by the Mayor's Office 1 for Senior Citizens in St. Louis, Missouri. About this project, authorized by title VII of the Older-Americans ...
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| Date Sept. 14, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-60 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORT TOOTH-E CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 3 111111111111 LM098169 Assessment Of US. And International Controls Over The Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Energy Worldwide development of peaceful nuclear technology is of urgent concern because of the corresponding potential for nuclear weapons proliferation. What steps can the U.S. Government take to improve international, as ...
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| Date Sept. 10, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-145 |
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Reports and Testimonies -' s- I csmmi ttee .?F! Asrchant house of he;re5entatives Chart-man: Dear Mr. k%rine and Fisheries . ,-,.; , I ; c )I, ; !-, 3 ,. I we halve developed information on the Japanese The enclosure siimrzrizss the highlights oT bdhe JdpdWSe 8~'J~,U~ttl~-S program and djicusses the proposed expansfi,n of t?e grograii under Japan's Fisheries /igeilCy'i 7-year, $X07 mi?!ion for &yeJopiq its co;lsta; fjspr ...
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| Date Sept. 10, 1976 |
Report No. B-130961.140-O.M. |
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Reports and Testimonies 276 a, ,TAT GOVEi R.ENT GENERAL .- ICOUNTING OFFICE Sj orandum W' SU- og1976 ~Rector, EMD * US General Counsel Paul G. ITembling .s 4 - mstribution of nuclear energy pamphlet by Energy Research and >Development Administration - B-130961-0o.M. *Q^s m~emorandum is in reference to two congressional requests concerning L ~prietY ofithe publication and distribution of a.pamphlet entitled g Light on ...
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| Date Sept. 10, 1976 |
Report No. 089052 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 COMMUNITY GNELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION September 10, 1976 I The Honorable Robert M White Admlnlstrator, Natlonal Oceanic Atmospheric Admlnlstratson Department of Commerce Dear Dr. White and cc We recently completed a review of the coastal zone management program pursuant to a joint request of the ChaIrmen, Senate Committee ron ...
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| Date Sept. 10, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-151 |
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Reports and Testimonies A “I1 ,@ :-. 4 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, &c-f (+pQj’ Cal-7 b- /s/I/ -’ /‘57.AI-ES OF 0.C. THE UNlTED 20348 “740-7-6 RELEASED B-164497 (3) Chairman, Committee on Labor c( ‘7 United States Senate -t Public Welfare v Dear Mr. Chairman: and ’ Your letter of June 2, lq76, requested our Office to examine certain facets of thelimplementation of Federal Notor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 121--Air ...
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| Date Sept. 9, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-161 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL - "'2, , OF THE UNITED STATES ' br States' Protection Of Workers Needs Improvement Occupational Safety and Health Administration Department of Labor State safety and health enforcement activities are deficient because the Occupational Safety and Health Act permits States to operate during a "developmental" period using criteria less effective than ...
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| Date Sept. 8, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-143 |
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Reports and Testimonies ‘B-125035 SEP8 1976 / The Honorable Alan Steelman House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steelman: -’ - d 31,s ‘/ I In January 1976 you expressed concern aboutglleged damage being done to the Big Thicket National Preserve in eastern Texasyand asked if anything could have been done by the National Park Service to help prevent additional damage. Accordingly, you asked us to review the Park Servi.ce ...
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| Date Sept. 8, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-99 |
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Reports and Testimonies / United States Senate GGD-76-99 CFPT COMi=TRO&LER GENERAL Wr41SI-iINt~Otd.O.c. OF THE UNITED !3-i-ATES 20548 H-125079 The Honorable F. wordy Sergeant at Arms united States Senate / Dear Mr. I Hoffman: the Senate Recording Studio Revolving period ended March 31, 1976, pursuant March 5, 1976. i’b”? We have audited Fund for the 9-month to your request’dated GENERAL COMMENTS ---The Senate Recording ...
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| Date Sept. 8, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-106 |
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Reports and Testimonies GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION . The’ ffonorabic Wa 1 Lrr Em Washington Mayor of the Dislrict. of Columbia Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Mayor IJaslliugton: \ 04% . z > - Ve have hecn studyin& the District’s xlotor vehicle nanagmcnt nctivitics to dc,tcrnitle how cffcctivcly and cconon~icafly the ciLy acquires and nsinlains it.s vehicles. Durir.;; our study, +:?lich Is not yet. complete, WC iIOtc?tf ...
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| Date Sept. 8, 1976 |
Report No. 098172 |
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Reports and Testimonies THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IN ENERGY INFORMATION -AND DATA PROGRAMS Presented by Monte Canfield, Jr. Director, Energy and Minerals Division U.S. General Accounting Office Before Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Accounting Southwestern Legal Foundation was, Texas September 8, 1976 Twelfth The question and otherwise-to you about to provide the issues of adequate is recurrent ...
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| Date Sept. 7, 1976 |
Report No. B-178205.80 |
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Reports and Testimonies COMPTROLLER GENECZAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED STA;ES 20548 t lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll~lll LM098177 Your letter states in part: "fh March 30, the Director of these additimnl 2ot sized 31; !;lre For the reasms sat out below, we camot agee tha"; EZ2.A has violated section 305 of Pub, L, 110, 94-187 since it app&ixs t&n t the instant contracts du wt., in fact, represent a reprogranning ...
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| Date Sept. 7, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-153 |
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Reports and Testimonies EL .I Department of Commerce The Department of Commerce solicited proposals for a new contract to provide technical assistance to minority businesses because of dissatisfaction with the existing contractor’s performance. Before awarding a contract the Department canceled this solicitation and issued a new one. The Department later awarded the new contract to the existing contractor. GAO found -- ...
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| Date Sept. 7, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-137 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Progress And Problems In Giving Rural Areas First Priority When Locating Federal Facilities M ultiagency The report discusses: --The lack of compliance by many eral agencies with the requirement section 901(b) of the Agricultural of 1970, as amended, that policies procedures be established giving priority to locating Federal ...
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| Date Sept. 7, 1976 |
Report No. EMD-76-9 |
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Reports and Testimonies V'Do13 REPORT OF THE "R OFoH . ' :.a$ Coout~ COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Management Improvements Needed In The Federal Power Commission's Processing Of ElectricRate- Increase Cases The Commission took over 5 years to process a Boston Edison Company wholesale electricrate-increase case and three additional Edison rate cases are still in process. Edison may have collected about $8.7 ...
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| Date Sept. 7, 1976 |
Report No. FOD-76-16 |
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Reports and Testimonies 0i REPORT TO THE CONGRESS uCCr, Sr4TAlES BY THE COMPTROLLER GENAIF9Ict OF THE UNITED STATES 1976 IBR'S"' a,$£p Examination Of Financial Statements Government Printing Office Fiscal Year 1975 This report comments on the need for GPO to. improve certain aspects of its finan6ial operations. More specifically, GAO recommends that the Public Printer --establish a system that would enable GPO to ...
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| Date Sept. 3, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-78 |
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Reports and Testimonies . . IC COUT ' -4c,', REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES a ' /' 9,. Executive-Legislative Communications And The Role Of The Congress During International Crises This report contains the results of a survey of Members of Congress. The survey disclosed that a large majority of Members seem to believe the Congress must assume a more assertive role in the management of ...
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| Date Sept. 3, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-128 |
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Reports and Testimonies REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Factors That Impede Progress In Implementing The Health Maintenance Organization Act Of 1973 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare c This report discusses factors which have : impeded, and continue to impede, the carrying out of the Federal Health Maintenance Organization program. Information is pro” vided on the need ...
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. 089049 |
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. 089048 |
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. 089050 |
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. FGMSD-76-34 |
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Reports and Testimonies I'EI'()fl0 ' (t/2 7'1ii.: ( ()I '().111'1'H()l ¢;i'\'.\:iA I. 1-l7.: 7 I-,' 1.'A1i'II) TT. I ''tES Improvemnents Needed In Accounting System Operations ill Wh;t.1 :t,': .. , i"-' '~:',d ! i :j .. . , ... The .- i I . - . ., ':R.- .: r 6, ,: . . ,: fGi .... " AAAt : 7 i 'IlTHE RE., DI)ER: , 'S EER4 L P.A 1;ES' OF' 7I1E FOLLO WiVIG M.4 T;ERI.4A L .1.4 B1E IILE,;IBLE BEC.A USE OF THE POOR QI A LITY ...
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-153 |
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Reports and Testimonies Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Although the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for regulating medical diathermy devices, it has not established an effective program to insure that these devices meet Federal requirements. The devices, which produce various levels of deep heat in human tissue, are used by medical practitioners and physical ...
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-60 |
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Reports and Testimonies Before the national permit program can become the key to cleaning up the Nation’s waterways, the Agency needs to overcome major problems, including --having to issue thousands permits, of additional --resolving lawsuits challenging a majority of the industrial effluent limitation guidelines, --adjudicating appeals of permit tions by many dischargers, condi- --tracking adherence to permit ...
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| Date Sept. 2, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-135 |
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Reports and Testimonies UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE :.: ~ d' UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFIC LIBRARY SY-.TE. j Public Service Employment In Southwestern New York State Department of Labor GAO reviewed the use of public service employment funds under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act by the Chautauqua Consortium, which is composed of the counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany in ...
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 094916 |
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Reports and Testimonies The Honorable c. United States I , Dear Senator Paul Laxalt Senate Laxalt: 111111111111111111 LM094916 This i-s in response o your ti review \ ing that we independently / of an alternative mail processing Stephenson of Las Vegas, Nevada. In brief, Mr. Stephenson March 15 , -1976, letter requestthe Postal Service!s evaluation system? proposed by Mr. John F. that of the location current on proposes ...
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 109292 |
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Reports and Testimonies ' I11l111llIIIIII11111III1111 I l l 109292 - , ... I . . ... c Page OBJECT1 YE BACKGROUM D 1 1 1OCilTI:ON OF MOR!! ALJDIT GUIDELINES A. 3 3 . . - . t - Inadequate support f a r estizztzs i n the p r i c e proposal . Inadequate Government cost and technical eval uati oils o f - c o s t o r p r i ci ng data subrriissions o r ineffective us2 o f the data and evaluations i n n e g o t i a t i ons . - ...
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 090131 |
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Reports and Testimonies GErlr;RAL GOVERNMLNDIVISION b Mr Jukan R Dugas City Admnlstrator Dlstrlct of Columbxa Government Washmgton, D i ZOO04 Dear rvlr Dugas L We '3ave been studylng the Dls?;rict+s motor Jehlcle management actlvltles to determlne how effectively and economrcally the city During our study, which is not acquires and malntalns Its ve'?lcles -4 yet complete, we noted that the Department of Hurran ResoLirces ...
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. EMD-76-8 |
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Reports and Testimonies IllIIllIIIIlllIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIlll LM098184 Plans For Construction Of A Magnetohydrodynamics Test Facility In Montana Energy Research And Development Administration This is GAO’s analysis on matters conccrniny the ccmstrticticm md opcrntion of ;i nkqW0 hydrodyndnws test fm!tty in hlont;,na and Its concIuso9 tt:;ii thu Coil
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. PAD-76-30 |
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Reports and Testimonies .... i I -* ... 1 evaIuating federal programs : an overview for the congressional user September 1976 .. II contents foreword why evaluate ? deciding what to evaluate who will do the study? getting useful results realistic expectations ~ foreword t: There are neither ready nor easy means for measuring or predicting the results of most Federal programs. Yet, legislators need this kind of ...
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-112 |
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Reports and Testimonies u REPORT 8 EiVERAL COMPTROLL QF THE UNITED STATES Operation Emergent Medical Community Services gram Administration The Emergency Food and Medical Services Program was established to counteract starvation and malnutrition among those segments of the poor difficult to reach through other Federal programs. The Community should Services Adminstration --develop better data on the population served by ...
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| Date Sept. 1, 1976 |
Report No. 095116 |
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Reports and Testimonies L the general accounting off ice I : 3 answers to frequently asked questions SEPTEMBER 1976 CONTENTS * Question Page OBJECTIVES OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE . . . . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ...... 1 ........ 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 1 2Y3 4 5 6 7Y8 9 10y11y12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Purposes and responsibilities . . . . . . . . . GAO’s basic purposes and responsibilities . . . . . . . ...
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| Date Aug. 31, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-141 |
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Reports and Testimonies , . %-. Many of the Department’s single-family properties in the Chicago area have not been preserved and protected and have deteriorated badly. Many are now health and safety hazards in their communities. This situation contributes to the $14,025-average loss the Department experiences on every Chicago property sold. Although better supervision by area managers under contract to preserve and ...
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| Date Aug. 31, 1976 |
Report No. PSAD-76-161 |
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Reports and Testimonies P . REPORT TO THE CONGRES BY THE COMPTROLLEl#i%@!V #%g AccoW,&Q OF THE UNITED STATES %iC[ j,,d 7 %I lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Cost, Schedule, And Performance Problems Of The Lake Pontchartrain And Vicinity, Louisiana, Hurricane Protection Project LM098195 Corps of Engineers Department (Civil Functions) of the Army The cost of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana, Hurricane ...
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