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Federal Management: Observations on the National Science Foundation

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 24, 1997
Report No. T-RCED/AIMD-97-168
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Summary:

This testimony discusses management and program issues at the National Science Foundation (NSF) as recently reported by the NSF Office of Inspector General and GAO. GAO focuses on measures to address some of these systemic problems, which are receiving varying levels of attention. GAO discusses (1) duplicate funding in the Small Business Innovation Research Program at NSF and elsewhere; (2) challenges for NSF in implementing the Government Performance and Results Act; (3) the status of NSF's efforts to prepare and have audited agencywide financial statements as mandated by the Chief Financial Officers Act; and (4) a framework for assessing NSF's readiness to overcome the Year 2000 computer problem.

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