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Budget Issues: Budget Enforcement Compliance Report

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed compliance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) with the requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, focusing on OMB and CBO reports issued for legislation enacted during the 2nd session of the 105th Congress, which ended on October 21, 1998."
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Compendium of Budget Accounts: Fiscal Year 2000

Description: A staff study issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO presented a compendium of fiscal year (FY) 2000 budget accounts to give users a convenient way to: (1) sort through the fiscal structure of the federal government; and (2) determine the level of budgetary resources--used, estimated, or requested by fiscal year--for individual accounts."
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Injury Data Insufficient to Assess the Effect of the Changes to the Children's Sleepwear Safety Standard

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the data available on burn injuries to children and the implications of these data for the effect of the recent amendments to the children's sleepwear standard, focusing on: (1) how many burn injuries involving children's sleepwear occurred annually before and after the amendments; and (2) what conclusions, if any, can be drawn from these data about the effec… more
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: Over-the-Counter Human Drugs and Labeling Requirements

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new rule on over-the-counter human drugs and labeling requirements. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would establish a standardized format and standardized content requirements for the labeling of over-the-counter drug products; (2) the final rule has an announced effective date of April 16, 1999, which is less than … more
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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DOE Management: Opportunities for Saving Millions in Contractor Travel Costs

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 Department of Energy's (DOE) contractor travel costs, and DOE's efforts to reduce these costs, focusing on the: (1) travel costs incurred by DOE contractors and their primary destinations during fiscal years (FY) 1996 through 1998; (2) purpose of this travel; and (3) success that DOE has had in reducing contractor travel costs and additional … more
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Homeless Veterans: VA Expands Partnerships, but Homeless Program Effectiveness Is Unclear

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of efforts to assist homeless veterans, focusing on: (1) describing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless programs; (2) determining what VA knows about the effectiveness of its homeless programs; and (3) examining promising approaches aimed at different groups of homeless veterans."
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Human Resources and Payroll Systems Requirements

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a functional requirements document for human resource and payroll systems for U.S. civilian personnel. This document concerns human resources and payroll financial systems analysts, system accountants, and others who design, develop, implement, operate, and maintain financial management systems."
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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International Journal of Government Auditing, April 1, 1999, Vol. 26, No. 2 (French Version)

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This French-language edition of the journal of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles regarding: (1) changes in international auditing personnel; (2) audit planning; (3) implementing guidelines for INTOSAI auditing standards; (4) recognizing fraud indicators; (5) the Royal Audit Authority of Bhutan; (6) reports in print on auditing; and (7) activities ins… more
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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International Journal of Government Auditing, April 1, 1999, Vol. 26, No. 2 (German Version)

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This German-language edition of the journal of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles regarding: (1) changes in international auditing personnel; (2) audit planning; (3) implementing guidelines for INTOSAI auditing standards; (4) recognizing fraud indicators; (5) the Royal Authority of Bhutan; (6) reports in print on auditing; and (7) activities inside IN… more
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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International Journal of Government Auditing, April 1, 1999, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spanish Version)

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This Spanish-language edition of the journal of the International Organization of the Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles regarding: (1) changes in international auditing personnel; (2) audit planning; (3) implementing guidelines for INTOSAI auditing standards; (4) recognizing fraud indicators; (5) the Royal Audit Authority of Bhutan; (6) reports in print on auditing; and (7) activitie… more
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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National Gallery of Art: Free Admission Policy and Special Exhibition Ticket Distribution Policies

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the free admission policy of the National Gallery of Art and its contract for the distribution of tickets for major exhibitions held at the Gallery."
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Public-Private Partnerships: Terms Related to Building and Facility Partnerships

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a glossary describing the most commonly used terms, practices, and techniques currently employed by the government and private sector asset management community."
Date: April 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Future Role of the Cost Accounting Standards Board

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a summary of recommendations made by the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board Review Panel regarding the CAS Board and the CAS system. The panel believes that reforms are needed to encourage the participation of new commercial companies in government procurement and to reduce the burden of government unique accounting requirements on smaller companies. The panel believes that: (1) there sh… more
Date: April 2, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Illegal Aliens: Significant Obstacles to Reducing Unauthorized Alien Employment Exist

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Attorney General's strategy for enforcing workplace immigration laws, focusing on: (1) the effectiveness of the employment verification process in preventing employers from hiring unauthorized aliens; (2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) efforts to improve the employment verification process; (3) the level of effort INS and the Departmen… more
Date: April 2, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Regulatory Flexibility Act: Agencies' Interpretations of Review Requirements Vary

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO updated its previous reports on agencies' use of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions to publish final rule notices, focusing on: (1) how many agencies had no Agenda entries that were characterized as Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) of 1980, section 610 reviews, whether agencies are interpreting the review requirements consistently, and why… more
Date: April 2, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Western National Forests: A Cohesive Strategy is Needed to Address Catastrophic Wildfire Threats

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the extent and seriousness of forest-health-related problems in national forests in the interior West; (2) the status of efforts by the Forest Service to address the most serious of these problems; and (3) barriers to successfully addressing these problems and options for overcoming them."
Date: April 2, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Agricultural Trade: Changes Made to Market Access Program, but Questions Remain on Economic Impact

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's implementation of legislative reforms to the Market Access Program (MAP) and their impact on program participation."
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medicare: Access to Home Oxygen Largely Unchanged; Closer HCFA Monitoring Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on Medicare beneficiaries' access to home oxygen equipment, focusing on: (1) changes in access to home oxygen for Medicare patients since the payment reduction mandated by the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 took effect; and (2) actions taken by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to fulfill the BBA requirements and respond to GAO's … more
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Social Service Privatization: Ethics and Accountability Challenges in State Contracting

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on states' social service contracting, focusing on: (1) the extent to which state government employees have moved to positions at social service contractors and the impact such movement has had on the management of publicly provided social services; (2) determining the relative success in winning contracts by contractors who hired state employees an… more
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness of the Electric Power Industry

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the electric power industry's vulnerability to year 2000 problems and the reported status of the industry's year 2000 readiness."
Date: April 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Agriculture In Transition: Farmers' Use of Risk Management Strategies

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to educate farmers about risk management, focusing on: (1) the extent of farmers' use of risk management tools; and (2) educational programs and projects USDA has directed or initiated to prepare farmers for managing risks and determining the groups or individuals who have participated in or been served by these pr… more
Date: April 7, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency: Phase 2 Emission Standards for New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Nonhandheld Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule on emission standards for new nonroad spark-ignition nonhandheld engines. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would control emissions from new nonroad spark-ignition nonhandheld engines at or below 19 kilowatts, which are principally used in lawn and garden equipment; and (2) EPA complied with applicable req… more
Date: April 7, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Endangered and Threatened Species of Salmonids

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new rules on endangered and threatened species of salmonids. GAO noted that: (1) the rules would impart threatened status on several species of salmonids; and (2) NOAA complied with the applicable requirements in promulgating the rules."
Date: April 7, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Management Letter: American Battle Monuments Commission's Financial Statement Audit for Fiscal Year 1998

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided suggestions for improving internal controls and operations at the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). The suggestions are provided by KPMG LLP, an independent public accounting firm GAO contracted with to conduct the audit of ABMC's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998. GAO concurs with KPMG's suggestions."
Date: April 8, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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