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Survey of NASA's Lessons Learned Process

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) procedures and guidelines require that program and project managers review and apply lessons learned from the past throughout a program's or project's life cycle. Managers must also document and submit any significant lessons learned in a timely manner. NASA's principal mechanism for collecting and sharing lessons learned from programs, projects, and mi… more
Date: September 5, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oil and Gas Royalties: Litigation over Royalty Relief Could Cost the Federal Government Billions of Dollars

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Oil and gas production from federal lands and waters is critical to meeting the nation's energy needs. This production provided about 31 percent of all oil and 29 percent of all natural gas produced in the United States in fiscal year 2007. Every five years, the federal government decides the areas in the offshore waters of the United States it will offer for leasing and establishes a schedule for indivi… more
Date: June 5, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Early Learning and Child Care: Federal Funds Support Multiple Programs with Similar Goals

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The federal investment in early learning and child care is administered through 45 programs that provide or may support related services to children from birth through age 5, as well as five tax provisions that subsidize private expenditures in this area. Among the 45 programs, 12 have an explicit program purpose of providing early learning or child care services. These programs differ in size, target populat… more
Date: February 5, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "We have performed the procedures contained in this report, which we agreed to perform and with which the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Transportation concurred, solely to assist that office in ascertaining whether the net excise tax revenue distributed to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, is supported by the underlying records. We evaluat… more
Date: November 5, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Management: Need to Fully Recognize Ammunition Demilitarization Liability

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Last year, GAO reported that the demilitarization liability for excess ammunition was not reflected in the Department of Defense's (DOD) financial statements although required by federal financial accounting standards. The Army, as the single manager for conventional ammunition, calculated a liability of $1.2 billion and prepared a voucher recognizing this amount. Although consistent with GAO's recommendation t… more
Date: April 5, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Decennial Censuses: Historical Data on Enumerator Productivity Are Limited

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed census data to better clarify the relationship between the Census Bureau's data collection workload and the time and work force needed to complete it. These factors--used to calculate productivity--are some of the largest drivers of census costs, and the Bureau developed its budget for the 2000 Census using a model that contained key assumptions about expected workload and enumerator productivity. … more
Date: January 5, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery Act: California's Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) specifies several roles for GAO, including conducting bimonthly reviews of selected states' and localities' use of funds made available under the act. This testimony is based on GAO's bimonthly work in California, where the Recovery Act provided more than $85 billion--or about 10 percent of the funds available nationally--for program funding an… more
Date: March 5, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hazardous Waste: EPA's Cleanup of the Eagle-Picher Henryetta, Oklahoma, Site

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "From 1996 to 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a cleanup action on a former zinc smelter operated by Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting, Inc. and other areas contaminated by materials from this site near Henryetta, Oklahoma. EPA's cleanup focused on removing the immediate health threat posed by lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil transported from the Eagle-Picher site to residential a… more
Date: September 5, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conservation Reserve Program: Funding Requirements for the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Technical Assistance

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the funding requirements for the technical assistance that the Natural Resources Conservation Service provides to the Conservation Reserve Program, focusing on: (1) the nature and costs of the Conservation Service's technical assistance; (2) the reasons the Conservation Service suspended its technical assistance for the program; (3) budgetary auth… more
Date: August 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Highlights of a Forum: Participant-Identified Leading Practices That Could Increase the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities in the Federal Workforce

Description: Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act) requires agencies to take proactive steps to provide equal opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities, but their rate of employment with the federal government remains low. GAO was asked to identify barriers to the employment of people with disabilities in the federal workforce and leading practices that could be used to overcome thes… more
Date: October 5, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NASA: Projects Need More Disciplined Oversight and Management to Address Key Challenges

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) oversight and management of its major projects. As you know, in 1990, GAO designated NASA's contract management as high risk in view of persistent cost growth and schedule slippage in the majority of its major projects. Since that time, GAO's high-risk work has focused on identifying a number of causal factors, including antiq… more
Date: March 5, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Management: Challenges Continue in Meeting Requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Improper payments are a long-standing, widespread, and significant problem in the federal government. The Congress enacted the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) to address this issue. Fiscal year 2005 marked the second year that agencies were required to report improper payment information under IPIA. One result of IPIA has been increased visibility over improper payments by requiring executive… more
Date: April 5, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Communications Commission: Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new rule on the implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would: (a) establish a minimum set of system security and integrity requirements that all telecommunications carriers must follow to ensure compliance with section 105 of the Communications A… more
Date: October 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Highlights of GAO's Corporate Governance, Transparency and Accountability Forum

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The recent sudden and largely unexpected bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, and financial difficulties experienced by several other large corporations have resulted in substantial losses to employees and shareholders. Many believe that the decline of Enron and other instances of financial statement earnings restatements and bankruptcies have seriously undermined investor confidence in the nation's fina… more
Date: March 5, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimated Adjusted Medicaid Funding Allocations Related to the Proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress asked GAO to estimate the state allocations that would likely occur if an across-the-board percentage point increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) replaced Section 5001 of the proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, while maintaining the same funding level that the Congressional Budget Office estimated for this section. This correspondence responds to your … more
Date: February 5, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Report for the American National Theatre and Academy for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2003

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the audit reports covering the financial statements of the American National Theatre and Academy for fiscal years 2004 and 2003. GAO found no reportable instances of noncompliance. The audit reports included the auditors' opinions that the financial statements of the corporation were presented fairly in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles."
Date: April 5, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Fund for Medical Education for Fiscal Year 2004

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the audit reports covering the financial statements of the National Fund for Medical Education for fiscal year 2004. GAO found no reportable instances of noncompliance. The audit reports included the auditors' opinions that the financial statements of the corporation were presented fairly in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles."
Date: April 5, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Small Business Tax Compliance Burden

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the tax compliance burdens of small business taxpayers, focusing on: (1) why the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) compliance burden estimates are not reliable; (2) why the relationship of the no-change rates to audit rates for small businesses and other individuals is difficult to determine; and (3) why IRS has limited information on its interactions with small … more
Date: May 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery Act: GAO's Efforts to Work with the Accountability Community to Help Ensure Effective and Efficient Oversight

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses GAO's efforts to coordinate with the accountability community--the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (the Board), the Inspectors General (IGs), and state and local government auditors--to help ensure effective and efficient oversight of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds. The Recovery Act assigns GAO a range of responsibilities including bimonthly… more
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Amendment to Rule Filing Requirements for Self-Regulatory Organizations Regarding New Derivative Securities Products

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new rule on filing requirements for self-regulatory organizations (SRO) regarding derivative securities products. GAO noted that: (1) the new rule would permit a SRO to list and trade new derivative securities products pursuant to existing self-regulatory organization trading rules; and (2) SEC complied wit… more
Date: January 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid and CHIP: Reports for Monitoring Children's Health Care Services Need Improvement

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)--two joint federal-state health care programs for low-income families and children--play a critical role in addressing the health care needs of children. In 2008, more than 36 million children in the United States received health care coverage through Medicaid or CHIP. Like all children, children covered by Medicaid and CHIP may have health care… more
Date: April 5, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Afghanistan's Security Environment

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In March 2009, out of concern that the overall security situation in Afghanistan had not improved after more than 7 years of U.S. and international efforts, the administration completed a 60-day strategic review of U.S. policy and the security environment in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Based on this review, and recognizing the vital U.S. interest in addressing security threats posed by extremists in Afghan… more
Date: November 5, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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