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USDA Graduate School: Revenue Reporting Needs to Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Graduate School provides extensive training opportunities to government employees and others. As a nonappropriated fund instrumentality, the Graduate School relies solely on income from the training it offers. During fiscal year 1999, the federal agencies GAO reviewed had 20 interagency agreements with the Graduate School totaling about $5.7 million. The agencies also had 5… more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Management: FFMIA Implementation Critical for Federal Accountability

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Effective management of the government's day-to-day operations has been hampered by a lack of necessary data. The Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 calls for the modernization of federal financial management systems, including the systematic measurement of performance; the development of cost information; and the integration of program, budget, and financial information. The Federal Financial Manageme… more
Date: October 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Following the 2000 presidential election, concerns were raised about the election process, including the ability of some voting equipment to render a complete and accurate vote count. Furthermore, minorities and disadvantaged voters were seen as more likely to have their votes not counted because they may have used less reliable voting equipment than affluent white voters. GAO found that although the state in … more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Private Health Insurance: Small Employers Continue to Face Challenges in Providing Coverage

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Many small employers--those with 50 or fewer workers--do not offer health benefits to their employees. This is particularly true for employers with fewer than 10 workers. The families of workers employed by small employers are about twice as likely to be uninsured as households with a worker at a large employer. Despite efforts by Congress and the states to help small employers buy coverage, many small employe… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Sharing: Practices That Can Benefit Critical Infrastructure Protection

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Information sharing and coordination are key elements in any defense against cyber attacks. The organizations GAO reviewed identified factors they considered critical to their success in building successful information-sharing relationships with and among their members. All of the organizations identified trust as essential to successful relationships. They said that trust could only be built over time and thr… more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electronic Commerce: Small Business Participation in Selected On-line Procurement Programs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government has been pursuing electronic initiatives to strengthen its buying processes, reduce costs, and create a competitive "virtual" marketplace. Small businesses, however, may have difficulty participating in federal on-line procurement programs. Furthermore, the government's business outreach and education programs related to electronic commerce may not be adequately coordinated. For the thre… more
Date: October 29, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Practice Expense Payments to Oncologists Indicate Need For Overall Refinements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Medicare's physician fee schedule establishes payments for more than 7,000 different services, such as office visits, surgical procedures, and treatments. Before 1992, fees were based on charges physicians billed for these services. Since then, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which runs Medicare, has been phasing in a new fee schedule on the basis of the amount of resources used to provide tha… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Mature Critical Technologies Needed to Reduce Risks

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSFP), the military's most expensive aircraft program, is intended to produce affordable, next-generation aircraft to replace aging aircraft in military inventories. Although JSFP has made good progress in some technology areas, the program may not meet its affordability objective because critical technologies are not projected to be matured to levels GAO believes would indica… more
Date: October 19, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigative Techniques: Federal Agency Views on the Potential Application of 'Brain Fingerprinting'

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies are seeking to add new techniques to their arsenal of investigative tools. "Brain fingerprinting" measures brain wave responses to determine whether an individual recognizes certain details of an event or activity. Because the technique requires specific information about the event that would be known only to the perpetrator and the investigator, Brain Fingerpr… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Voters With Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal law requires that disabled persons have access to polling places on election day. State political subdivisions must ensure that polling places used in federal elections are accessible. Exceptions are allowed if all potential polling places have been surveyed, no accessible place is available, and the political subdivision cannot make one temporarily accessible. In these cases, disabled voters must eith… more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Logistics: Actions Needed to Overcome Capability Gaps in the Public Depot System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense's (DOD) policy and practices for developing core depot maintenance capabilities are creating gaps between actual capabilities and those needed for future national defense emergencies and contingencies. If the existing policy is not clarified and current practices continue, the military depots will not have the equipment, facilities, and trained personnel to provide logistics support o… more
Date: October 12, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid: HCFA Reversed Its Position and Approved Additional State Financing Schemes

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Some states have taken advantage of the flexibility that Congress built into the Medicaid program by devising schemes that inappropriately boost the federal share of program expenditures. These schemes were adding billions of dollars a year to federal Medicaid costs without the states paying their statutorily specified share of program costs. Moreover, some of the federal funds were being spent for non-Medicai… more
Date: October 30, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare+Choice Audits: Lack of Audit Follow-up Limits Usefulness

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spent about $35 billion in 2000 on the Medicare+Choice program--the managed care alternative to Medicare's fee-for-service program. During that time, almost 6.3 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in health plans offered by managed care organizations (MCO) that participate in the Medicare+Choice program. Each year, any MCO choosing to participate i… more
Date: October 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Environmental Issues: Improved Guidance Needed for Reporting on Recovered Cleanup Costs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The cleanup of contaminated Department of Defense (DOD) sites could cost billions of dollars. Private contractors or lessees that may have contributed to such contamination may also be responsible for cleanup costs. DOD and other responsible parties either agree to a cost sharing arrangement with the responsible parties conducting the cleanup or DOD conducts the cleanup and attempts to recover the other partie… more
Date: October 26, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Relations: Migration From Micronesian Nations Has Had Significant Impact on Guam, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Migration from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau has had a significant impact on Guam, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The health and education needs of these migrants have particularly affected the budgetary resources of Guam and the CNMI. The budgetary impact on Hawaii is smaller but is expected to grow as Hawaii absorbs h… more
Date: October 5, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Anti-Money Laundering: Efforts in the Securities Industry

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To disguise illegally obtained funds, money launderers have traditionally targeted banks, which accept cash and arrange domestic and international fund transfers. However, criminals seeking to hide illicit funds may also be targeting the U.S. securities markets. Although few documented cases exist of broker-dealer or mutual fund accounts being used to launder money, law enforcement agencies are concerned that … more
Date: October 10, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coast Guard: Update on Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement system is an information system to track marine safety and law-enforcement activities involving commercial and recreational vessels. In 1999, after spending about four years and $26 million, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) terminated a contract to acquire the system and will instead develop the system at its operation systems center. USCG has made prog… more
Date: October 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications: Characteristics and Competitiveness of the Internet Backbone Market

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Although most Americans are familiar with Internet service providers that give consumers a pathway, or "on-ramp," to the Internet, few are familiar with Internet backbone providers and backbone networks. At the Internet's core are many high-capacity, long-haul "backbone" networks that route data traffic over long distances using high-speed fiber lines. Internet backbone providers compete in the marketplace and… more
Date: October 16, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Events surrounding the 2000 presidential election raised concerns about the reliability of various types of voting equipment, the role of election officials, the disqualification of absentee ballots, and the accuracy of vote counts and recounts. As a result, public officials and various interest groups have proposed reforms to address perceived shortcomings. This report discusses: (1) voter registration; (2) … more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Protection: Federal Incentives Could Help Promote Land Use That Protects Air and Water Quality

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Americans have become increasingly concerned about the downside of growth and development--increasing dependence on automobiles; worsening traffic congestion; and the loss of farmland, forests, and open space. Some are also concerned that "urban sprawl" can increase air and water pollution, endanger their health, and even threaten their livelihood. Most local transportation planners and state air quality mana… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Small Business: Workforce Development Consortia Provide Needed Services

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Small businesses often have serious difficulty finding skilled employees, upgrading the skills of their existing employees, and identifying strategies to meet future workforce needs. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 seeks to address these workforce development issues and give federal training programs a greater employer focus. Although these problems are common throughout the country, small businesses in s… more
Date: October 30, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Events surrounding the last presidential election raised concerns about the people, processes, and technology used to administer elections. GAO has already reported on the scope of congressional authority in election administration and voting assistance to military and overseas citizens. This report focuses on the status and use of federal voting equipment standards, which define minimum functional and perform… more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Emergency Medical Services: Reported Needs Are Wide-Ranging, With A Growing Focus on Lack of Data.

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Local emergency medical systems (EMS) have reported substantial needs in such areas as personnel, training, equipment, and the availability of doctors to advise emergency personnel in the field. Federal agencies have supported EMS improvements by acting as facilitators rather then by establishing requirements or providing significant funding. The agencies provide technical assistance, set voluntary standards f… more
Date: October 12, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Small Business Administration: Current Structure Presents Challenges for Service Delivery

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's recent performance and accountability series report on the Small Business Administration (SBA) described major management challenges and program risks to efficient delivery of services. However, that report did not discuss how well SBA's organization was aligned to achieve its mission. GAO found that SBA's current structure contributes to the challenges SBA faces in delivering services to the small busin… more
Date: October 26, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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