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Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual: Volume I Financial Statement Audits [Superseded by GAO-09-232G]

Description: Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This document has been superseded by GAO-09-232G. GAO published a manual to provide auditors guidance for evaluating internal controls over the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data maintained in computer-based information systems. The manual's sections provide detailed guidance on evaluating and testing computer-based controls, including guidance on:(1) identifying the auditee's significant computer-s… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Trust and Other Earmarked Funds: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published this report on federal trust and other earmarked funds. GAO developed this report to answer some basic questions that often arise about trust funds and other earmarked funds."
Date: January 1, 2001
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Grant Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Superseded by GAO-01-911G)

Description: Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-01-911G, Grant Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act, September 2001. The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 requires that agencies implement and maintain financial management systems that substantially comply with federal financial management systems requirements. These system… more
Date: January 1, 2001
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High Risk Series: An Update

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report updates GAO's list of federal programs and operations at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. Several high-risk areas have improved enough to be removed from GAO's list. They include the year 2000 computer challenge, the 2000 census, Department of Agriculture's farm loan programs, the Superfund program, and the National Weather Service's information technology modernization. At the… more
Date: January 1, 2001
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International Journal of Government Auditing, January 2001, Vol. 28, No. 1

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This journal of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles regarding (1) the role of Pakistan's Supreme Audit Institution on promoting good national governance, (2) governance issues at the Asian Supreme Audit Institutions' 8th Triennial Assembly and Symposium, (3) the Caribbean Organization of Institutions' 5th Triennial Congress in St. Kitts and Nevis, (4) … more
Date: January 1, 2001
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JFMIP News: A Newsletter for Government Financial Managers, Winter 2001, Vol. 12, No. 4

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program's current financial management initiatives, activities, and practices."
Date: January 1, 2001
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Major Management Challenges and Performance Risks: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). GAO found that NRC must resolve issues related to its risk-informed regulatory approach for commercial power plants. NRC developed the Risk-Informed Regulation Implementation Plan to guide its efforts to transition from its traditional reg… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: A Governmentwide Perspective

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, provides an overview of management challenges and program risks facing the federal government. The series also contains 21 separate reports on individual agencies."
Date: January 1, 2001
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Agriculture

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Agriculture (USDA). These challenges include (1) improving USDA's farm loan programs to reduce its vulnerability to loss, (2) improving delivery of services to farmers, (3) maintaining the integrity of the food assistance programs, (4) minimizing foodborne illne… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Commerce

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Commerce. These challenges include (1) increasing U.S. businesses' access to international markets, (2) ensuring that the United States is secure from proliferation of dual-use commodities and chemical weapons, (3) ensuring that weather forecasts and severe weat… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Defense

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Defense (DOD). DOD has begun several Department-wide reform initiatives and other actions to improve its key business processes in such areas as financial and information management, weapons systems acquisitions, and logistics reengineering. However, problems co… more
Date: January 1, 2001
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Education

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Education. These challenges include (1) ensuring access to postsecondary education, (2) encouraging states to improve performance information, (3) promoting coordination with other federal agencies and school districts, and (4) improving financial management."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Energy

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Energy (DOE) as it seeks to maintain the nation's nuclear weapons capabilities, clean up the contamination resulting from nuclear weapons activities, and foster a reliable and sustainable energy system. Many of the challenges facing DOE are long-standing, and su… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Health and Human Services

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS must improve its administration of the Medicare Program to ensure that it remains fiscally sustainable. GAO found that HHS must address several issues, including frequent changes in leadership and recruitment of qualified per… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These challenges include reducing HUD's single-family insurance risk, improving HUD's rental housing assistance programs, and resolving issues related to information and financial management."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Justice

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Justice (DOJ). These include (1) improving the enforcement of immigration laws and immigration naturalization services, (2) managing programs designed to support state and local efforts to reduce crime, (3) developing measurable performance targets to help the D… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Labor

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Labor (DOL). These challenges include (1) increasing the employment and earnings of America's workforce, (2) protecting the benefits of workers, and (3) fostering safe and healthy workplaces."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of State

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of State. GAO found that the most critical infrastructure need for State is to enhance the protection of U.S. embassies and other overseas facilities in response to the rising threat of terrorism. Other significant challenges that State must address involve improvi… more
Date: January 1, 2001
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of the Interior

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of the Interior. Interior needs to (1) improve its management of national parks, (2) address persistent management problems in the Indian trust fund programs, (3) improve management of ecosystem restoration efforts, and (4) address challenges in managing an expandi… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of the Treasury

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of the Treasury. The primary challenges facing Treasury include (1) modernizing the Internal Revenue Service's tax administration systems; (2) improving Customs Service's regulation of commercial trade; (3) achieving sound financial management; (4) improving the Bu… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Transportation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT has been very successful in achieving its objectives and improving its operations, but it still must address problems in safety standards, financial management, railroad assistance, travel security, and fair competition."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Veterans Affairs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Veterans Affairs. Health care access for veterans, compensation and pension claims processing, and agencywide management strategies are some of the most critical challenges facing the agency."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Environmental Protection Agency

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These challenges include (1) improving environmental performance information management, (2) developing a comprehensive human capital approach, and (3) strengthening working relationships with the states."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). GAO identified the following four areas of concern: contract management, space station costs, space exploration strategies, and human capital management."
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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