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Information Technology: Numerous Federal Networks Used to Support Homeland Security Need to Be Better Coordinated with Key State and Local Information-Sharing Initiatives

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "A key challenge in securing our homeland is ensuring that critical information collected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) is shared in a timely manner with federal, state, and local governments and the private sector. It is important that federal networks and associated systems, applications, and data facilitate this vital information sharing. GAO was aske… more
Date: April 16, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Management: Additional Information Needed to Improve Military Departments' Strategies for Corrosion Prevention and Control

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The military departments' Corrosion Control and Prevention Executives (Corrosion Executives) coordinated with the Department of Defense's (DOD) Corrosion Policy and Oversight Office (Corrosion Office) on reviews of their respective strategic plans. GAO's prior work has found that linking the goals of component organizations to departmental strategic goals is a practice that, if consistently applied, sho… more
Date: May 16, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International Affairs: Information on U.S. Agencies' Efforts to Address Islamic Extremism

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U.S. government and other experts have reported that Islamic extremism is on the rise and that the spread of Islamic extremism is the pre-eminent threat facing the United States. In addition, various sources alleged that Saudi Arabia is one source that has supported and funded the spread of Islamic extremism globally. GAO was asked to determine (1) what efforts U.S. government agencies are implementing … more
Date: September 16, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Farmer Mac: Some Progress Made, but Greater Attention to Risk Management, Mission, and Corporate Governance Is Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In the late 1990s, GAO found that the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), a federal government-sponsored enterprise, had significant assets in nonmission investments and analyzed its long-term viability. Recently, Congress asked GAO to report on Farmer Mac's (1) financial condition, (2) mission, (3) corporate governance, and (4) oversight provided by the Farm Credit Administration (FCA)."
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water Infrastructure: Information on Financing, Capital Planning, and Privatization

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and water utility industry groups, communities will need as much as $1 trillion during the next 20 years to repair, replace, or upgrade aging drinking water and wastewater facilities; accommodate a growing population; and meet new water quality standards. GAO found that the amount of funds obtained from user charges and other local sources of revenue was … more
Date: August 16, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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IRS' 2000 Tax Filing Season: IRS Measures Show Tax Processing Systems Performed Slightly Better Than in 1999

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the performance of the information systems that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to process tax returns for individual taxpayers, focusing on: (1) IRS' tax processing systems performance in the 2000 filing season as reported by IRS compared to the 1999 filing season; and (2) whether IRS had taken actions to address problems affecting individual taxpayers… more
Date: June 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EPA Paperwork: Burden Estimate Increasing Despite Reduction Claims

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 Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) paperwork burden, focusing on: (1) the general dimensions of EPA's paperwork requirements and the agency's progress toward reducing the burden that those requirements impose; (2) the process that EPA used to develop paperwork burden-hour estimates for its largest information collections as of September … more
Date: March 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Budget Issues: Budgetary Implications of Selected GAO Work for Fiscal Year 2000

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the budgetary implications of selected program reforms discussed in its work but not yet implemented or enacted."
Date: April 16, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Equal Employment Opportunity: SSA Region X's Changes to Its EEO Process Illustrate Need for Agencywide Procedures

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Employees at the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Region X--which covers Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington--expressed concern about the Region's equal employment opportunity (EEO) process for employment discrimination complaints. GAO was asked to (1) provide information for fiscal years 1997 through 2001 on the composition of the Region X workforce and for personnel actions such as promotions, awards… more
Date: July 16, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Veterans' Benefits: Quality Assurance for Disability Claims and Appeals Processing Can Be Further Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "For fiscal year 2002, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will pay $25 billion in cash disability benefits to 3.3 million disabled veterans and their families. Veterans who are dissatisfied with VA's 57 regional offices' decisions may file appeals with VA's Board of Veteran's Appeals. In about half of such appeals, the Board has either granted the benefits denied or returned the cases to regional offices f… more
Date: August 16, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Insular Areas: Opportunities Exist to Improve Interior's Grant Oversight and Reduce the Potential for Mismanagement

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. insular areas of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) face serious economic and fiscal challenges and rely on federal funding to deliver critical services. The Department of the Interior (Interior), through its Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), provides roughly $70 million in grant funds annually to increase insular are… more
Date: March 16, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food Safety in the 111th Congress: H.R. 2749 and S. 510

Description: This report discusses whether the current food safety system has the resources, authority, and structural organization to safeguard the health of American consumers, who spend more than $1 trillion on food each year. Also at issue is whether federal food safety laws, first enacted in the early 1900s, have kept pace with the significant changes that have occurred in the food production, processing, and marketing sectors since then.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Johnson, Renée; Lister, Sarah A.; Williams, Erin D. & Burrows, Vanessa K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Army has issued soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan personal body armor, comprising an outer protective vest and ceramic plate inserts. GAO observed Preliminary Design Model testing of new plate designs, which resulted in the Army's awarding contracts in September 2008 valued at a total of over $8 billion to vendors of the designs that passed that testing. Between November and December 2008, the Army c… more
Date: October 16, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Homeland Security: DHS's Actions to Recruit and Retain Staff and Comply with the Vacancies Reform Act

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since its inception in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has faced numerous human capital challenges related to recruiting, retaining, and managing its workforce of nearly 171,000 employees. As requested, this report analyzes DHS's attrition, efforts to recruit and retain staff, use of external employees, and compliance with certain provisions of the Vacancies Reform Act, which requires ag… more
Date: July 16, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Base Closures: Management Strategy Needed to Mitigate Challenges and Improve Communication to Help Ensure Timely Implementation of Air National Guard Recommendations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations affected 62 percent of the flying units in the Air National Guard (ANG) with 14 units losing their flying mission, and others converting from one type of aircraft to another, or increasing or decreasing assigned aircraft. To implement the recommendations, ANG must relocate hundreds of aircraft and retrain or recruit about 15,000 personnel by 2… more
Date: May 16, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Private Health Insurance: Data on Application and Coverage Denials

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The large percentage of Americans that rely on private health insurance for health care coverage could expand with enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010. Until PPACA is fully implemented, some consumers seeking coverage can have their applications for enrollment denied, and those enrolled may face denials of coverage for specific medical services. PPACA required GAO… more
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Internet Infrastructure: DHS Faces Challenges in Developing a Joint Public/Private Recovery Plan

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the early 1990s, growth in the use of the Internet has revolutionized the way that our nation communicates and conducts business. While the Internet was originally developed by the Department of Defense, the vast majority of its infrastructure is currently owned and operated by the private sector. Federal policy recognizes the need to prepare for debilitating Internet disruptions and tasks the Dep… more
Date: June 16, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Livestock Agriculture: Increased EPA Oversight Will Improve Environmental Program for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress is concerned that waste from animal feeding operations continues to threaten water quality. In light of this concern, GAO was asked to review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) administration of its regulatory program for animal feeding operations and to determine the potential challenges states and EPA may face when they begin to implement the revisions to this program. GAO surveyed all EPA … more
Date: January 16, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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World Trade Organization: Status of China's Trade Commitments to the United States and Other Members

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO followed up on its previous report on the status of China's World Trade Organization (WTO) membership negotiations, focusing on the: (1) results of the November 1999 bilateral Agreement on Market Access between China and the United States; and (2) status of China's ongoing multilateral negotiations in the WTO."
Date: May 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Best Practices: DOD Training Can Do More to Help Weapon System Programs Implement Best Practices

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the role the Department of Defense (DOD) training is playing in implementing best practices in weapon system programs, focusing on the: (1) contribution DOD training makes to program offices' ability to apply best practices; (2) different methods used by DOD and leading commercial firms in training on best practices; and (3) strategic approaches that underlie… more
Date: August 16, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical and Biological Defense: Program Planning and Evaluation Should Follow Results Act Framework

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the extent to which the Department of Defense (DOD) has applied the Government Performance and Results Act's outcome-oriented principles to the Chemical and Biological (CB) Defense Program, focusing on whether: (1) CB Defense Program goals are explicit and measurable; (2) the CB Defense Program has performance measures that assess outcomes and impacts rather th… more
Date: August 16, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical and Biological Defense: Coordination of Nonmedical Chemical and Biological R&D Programs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the coordination of federal research and development (R&D) efforts to develop nonmedical technology related to chemical and biological (CB) defense, focusing on: (1) federal programs that conduct nonmedical CB defense-related R&D; and (2) the existing mechanisms for coordinating these programs."
Date: August 16, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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World Bank Group: Important Steps Taken on Internal Control but Additional Assessments Should Be Made

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Congress passed Public Law 106-429 because it was concerned about the sufficiency of external audits of the financial operations of the World Bank Group, a set of multilateral development banks. This law provides that GAO report on the sufficiency of such audits of each Bank Group entity. GAO addressed (1) the extent that the external auditor was providing assurance on internal control over financial repor… more
Date: June 16, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Department of Labor: Further Management Improvements Needed to Address Information Technology and Financial Controls

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Labor (Labor) plays a vital role in promoting the welfare of American workers through administering and enforcing more than 180 federal laws that cover some 10 million employers and 125 million workers. Since the recent economic downturn, Labor's role has become even more critical as its programs provide additional employment and training supports. As such, GAO was asked to determine h… more
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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