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Defense Trade: U.S. Contractors Employ Diverse Activities To Meet Offset Obligations

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the types of activities undertaken by U.S. contractors to meet offset obligations associated with the sale of defense equipment to various foreign governments."
Date: December 18, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Defense Transportation: Efforts to Improve DOD's Personal Property Program

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to improve its program for relocating military personnel and their families, including the Army's Hunter pilot program, focusing on the: (1) evaluation methodology; and (2) Army Audit Agency's validation of the test and baseline data."
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency: Difficulties in Comparing Annual Budgets for Science and Technology

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget justification for its Science and Technology account, and changes among the justifications for fiscal years (FY) 1998, 1999, and 2000, focusing on: (1) difficulties experienced in comparing EPA's Science and Technology budget justification for FY 1999 with those of previous years; and (2) actions that EPA planned an… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Aviation Administration: Financial Management Issues

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the financial management issues at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), focusing on: (1) FAA's financial management weaknesses; (2) fundamental problems which FAA must resolve in order to achieve financial accountability; and (3) corrective measures the agency has under way."
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Nursing Homes: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standards

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the enforcement of federal nursing home standards, focusing on: (1) national data on the existence of serious deficiencies in nursing home compliance with Medicare and Medicaid standards; and (2) the use of sanction authority for homes that failed to maintain compliance with the standards."
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Superfund Program: Activities of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Department of Justice

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the use of Superfund resources by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), focusing on the: (1) amount and purpose of Superfund money provided to ATSDR for fiscal years (FY) 1996 and 1997 and the processes this agency follows to ensure that Superfund funds are used for authorized activities; (2) ways in … more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Airport Improvement Program: Analysis of Discretionary Spending for Fiscal Years 1996-98

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Program discretionary spending for fiscal years (FY) 1996-1998, focusing on: (1) the selection process that FAA used to establish priorities for allocating the Airport Improvement Program's discretionary grant awards; (2) the extent to which the highest priority projects were funded… more
Date: May 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Customs Service Modernization: Actions Initiated to Correct ACE Management and Technical Weaknesses

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Customs Service's efforts to correct the management and technical weaknesses of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system."
Date: May 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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District of Columbia Courts: Financial Related Issues for Fiscal Year 1998

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the issues related to the District of Columbia (DC) Courts' financial operations for fiscal year (FY) 1998, focusing on: (1) identifying DC Courts' total obligations for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998; (2) whether DC Courts had a spending plan for FY 1998, and whether it obligated funds consistent with available resources; (3) why payments to court-appointed atto… more
Date: May 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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U.S. Customs Service: Enforcement Oversight Issues

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed efforts by the Customs Service to interdict drugs, allocate inspectional personnel, and develop performance measures, including information on Customs' action plan for resolving management problems."
Date: May 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Bankruptcy Reform: Use of the Homestead Exemption by Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Debtors in the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Florida in 1998

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the use of the homestead exemption by bankruptcy debtors in Texas and Florida, focusing on statistically valid probability samples of chapter 7 bankruptcy cases that were closed in 1998 in the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Florida. GAO used the data from these samples to estimate for each district the (1) the proportion of chapter 7 per… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Commitments by the European Union and the United States to Reduce Agricultural Export Subsidies

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the European Union's (EU) and the U.S.' agricultural export subsidy programs, focusing on: (1) EU and U.S. compliance with the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture commitments to reduce agricultural export subsidies; and (2) EU and U.S. plans regarding the future use of agricultural export subsidies."
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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District of Columbia: New Financial Management System

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the District of Columbia's new System of Accounting and Reporting (SOAR), focusing on: (1) the training attendance statistics for SOAR; (2) the reported contract costs and total hours by deliverables for SOAR; (3) which applications of the vendor's financial management package the District of Columbia is implementing; (4) the cost of the implement… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Information Security: Subcommittee Questions Concerning the Melissa Computer Virus

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO responded to congressional questions concerning its April 1999 Testimony on the Melissa computer virus and its broader implications, focusing on: (1) how much damage was done by the virus and how many federal agencies were affected; (2) whether there are any safeguards that can detect a computer virus before it has been identified as a virus; and (3) whether Java Applets… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Intercollegiate Athletics: Comparison of Selected Characteristics for Men's and Women's Programs

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) selected characteristics for men's and women's intercollegiate athletics programs, focusing on: (a) the number of athletes; (b) number of teams; (c) sports programs sponsored; (d) average squad size; and (d) the maximum number of athletic scholarships a school may award for each sport; and (2) the number of student athletes and the proportion… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medicare+Choice: Reforms Have Reduced, but Likely Not Eliminated, Excess Plan Payments

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed concerns surrounding the Balanced Budget Act's (BBA) health plan payment changes, focusing on: (1) the extent to which health plans provide additional benefits and whether they could continue to provide additional benefits if payments were reduced; (2) the evidence regarding managed care's effect on Medicare spending; and (3) whether BBA provisions will elimina… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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National Airspace System: Review of FAA's Spending for Operations

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) spending from its operations account, focusing on: (1) the history of funding FAA's operations activities from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; (2) whether FAA has data to allow a determination of whether its spending for operations is cost-efficient and cost-effective; and (3) changes that FAA could institute in its… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Social Security Reform: Administrative Costs for Individual Accounts Depend on System Design

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the costs of administering individual social security accounts and their effect on account accumulations and benefits, focusing on: (1) the factors that influence administrative costs; (2) the estimates that are available for administrative costs associated with individual accounts; and (3) how administrative costs might affect the accumulation of savings in in… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Social Security Reform: Implementation Issues for Individual Accounts

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on social security reform, focusing on issues to consider regarding the design and implementation of an individual account system."
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Technology Transfer: Number and Characteristics of Inventions Licensed by Six Federal Agencies

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the licensing of government-owned inventions created under federally funded research projects, focusing on: (1) government-owned inventions licensed by six federal agencies during fiscal years 1996 through 1998, including the royalties received during that period, and the total number of active licenses these agencies had as of October 1, 1998; (… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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District of Columbia: Authority Needs to Improve Its Procurement Practices

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the procurement practices of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, focusing on whether: (1) applicable procurement regulations and procedures were followed in awarding and administering selected contracts on behalf of the Authority's former Chief of Management Officer and to Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio and Associates… more
Date: August 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Prison Work Programs: Inmates' Access to Personal Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the extent to which inmates in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and state prison systems had access to personal information through correctional industry work programs; (2) prison safeguards and procedures, statutes and regulations, and proposed legislation that addressed correctional industry work programs involving personal information; (3) the… more
Date: August 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Defense Computers: DOD Y2K Functional End-to-End Testing Progress and Test Event Management

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effectiveness of the Department of Defense's efforts to perform year 2000-related end-to-end tests for its major business functions."
Date: October 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Statutes and Executive Orders Applicable to the Public Buildings Service's Leasing Program

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO identified the legislative and administrative requirements that apply to the Public Buildings Service's (PBS) leasing program and provided information on the mechanisms that PBS has established to implement and comply with these federal statutes and executive orders."
Date: October 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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