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Severe Wildland Fires: Leadership and Accountability Needed to Reduce Risks to Communities and Resources

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Dangerous accumulations of brush, small trees, and other vegetation on federal lands, particularly in the western United States, have helped fuel devastating wildfires in recent years. Although a single focal point is critical for directing firefighting efforts by federal, state, and local governments, GAO found a lack of clearly defined leadership at the federal level. Authority and responsibility remain frag… more
Date: January 31, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic Models of Cattle Prices: How USDA Can Act to Improve Models to Explain Cattle Prices

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Concerns have been raised that the economic models used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. International Trade Commission do not account for all the factors that affect cattle prices and producer incomes. GAO reviewed USDA's livestock model to determine whether it incorporates imports, market concentration, marketing agreements, and forward contracts. In reviewing best modeling practice… more
Date: March 15, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: IRS's Fiscal Years 2001 and 2000 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report presents the results of GAO's audits of the financial statements of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for fiscal years 2001 and 2000. GAO was able to provide unqualified opinions on IRS's fiscal years 2001 and 2000 financial statements because IRS senior management and staff made extraordinary efforts to compensate for serious internal control and systems deficiencies. Despite these efforts, IRS f… more
Date: February 27, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Management: Munitions Requirements and Combatant Commanders' Needs Require Linkage

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) planned to spend $7.9 billion on acquiring munitions in fiscal year 2002. Ongoing military operations associated with the global war on terrorism have heightened concerns about the unified combatant commands having sufficient quantities of munitions. Since 1994, the DOD Inspector General and GAO have issued numerous reports identifying weaknesses and expressing concerns about th… more
Date: October 15, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications: Issues in Providing Cable and Satellite Television Services

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television service has grown to become the principal competitor to cable television systems. In October 2001, the two primary DBS companies, EchoStar and DirecTV, proposed a merger plan that is pending before the Department of Justice and that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that it had declined to approve. GAO was asked to examine several issues … more
Date: October 15, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Natural Gas: Analysis of Changes in Market Price

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "During the winter of 2000-2001, the wholesale price of natural gas peaked at a level four times greater than its usual level. Responding to the congressional interest and concern caused by these high prices, GAO undertook a study to address the (1) factors that influence natural gas price volatility and the high prices of 2000-2001; (2) federal government's role in ensuring that natural gas prices are determin… more
Date: December 18, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Overseas Schools: Compensation Adequate for Recruiting and Retaining Well-Qualified Teachers

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) overseas schools educate more than 70,000 children of military service members and DOD civilian employees throughout the world. In order to ensure the continued success of this school system, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 directed GAO to assess whether the DOD overseas teachers' compensation package is adequate to recruit and retain qualified teache… more
Date: December 12, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Managing for Results: Agency Progress in Linking Performance Plans With Budgets and Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report updates GAO's previous assessments of agencies' experiences in linking performance plans and budgets under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). GAO has also included in this report an initial assessment of the approaches used by agencies to link performance plans with their audited annual financial statements. Over the first four years of agency efforts to implement GPRA, GAO … more
Date: January 4, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Export-Import Bank: Energy Financing Trends Affected by Various Factors

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "From 1990 through 2001, the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) of the United States provided export financing commitments totaling $31 billion to promote the export of U.S. goods and services for use in the energy sector. The energy sector is divided into fossil fuel, renewable, and nuclear energy. Financing is provided through a range of products, including loans and guarantees, export credit insurance, and work… more
Date: September 16, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SSA Disability: SGA Levels Appear to Affect the Work Behavior of Relatively Few Beneficiaries, but More Data Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Disability Insurance (DI) program paid $50 billion in cash benefits to more than five million disabled workers in 2000. Eligibility for DI benefits is based on whether a person with a severe physical or mental impairment has earnings that exceed the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) level. SSA terminates monthly cash benefit payments for beneficiaries who return to w… more
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Native American Housing: VA Could Address Some Barriers to Participation in Direct Loan Program

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Several federal programs have been developed to provide homeownership opportunities for Native Americans because private institutions have rarely supplied conventional home loans to Native Americans on trust lands. In 1992, Congress directed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create the Native American Veterans Direct Home Loan Program to assist veterans in purchasing, constructing and improving homes.… more
Date: August 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Direct Student Loans: Additional Steps Would Increase Borrowers' Awareness of Electronic Debiting and Reduce Federal Administrative Costs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1999, the Department of Education (Education) has offered a 0.25 percent interest rate reduction to borrowers who agree to an electronic debit (EDA) program. Borrowers pay a lower interest rate, while the federal government receives fewer late payments. Any revenue loss to the federal government from a reduced interest rate would be more than offset by a gain in revenue because some EDA borrowers who had… more
Date: March 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electronic Government: Selection and Implementation of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 Initiatives

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In the President's Management Agenda, a key element for reforming the federal government is the expansion of electronic government (e-government)--that is, the use of technology, particularly the Internet, to enhance access to government information and services. Accordingly, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established a task force to select and manage strategic e-government initiatives. GAO was aske… more
Date: November 22, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Guide Services' Antiterrorism Efforts at Installations

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, domestic military installations increased their antiterrorism measures to their highest levels. These measures were reduced in the weeks following the attacks, but because of the persistent nature of the threat, the antiterrorism posture at domestic installations remains at a higher than normal level more than 1 year later. The Department of Defense's (DOD) budg… more
Date: November 1, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Technology: DLA Needs to Strengthen Its Investment Management Capability

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) relies extensively on information technology (IT) to carry out its logistics support mission. This report focuses on DLA's processes for making informed IT investment decisions. Because IT investment management has only recently become an area of management focus and commitment at DLA, the agency's ability to effectively manage IT investments is limited. The first step toward… more
Date: March 15, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Children's Health Insurance: Inspector General Reviews Should Be Expanded to Further Inform the Congress

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress created the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997 to reduce the number of uninsured children in families with incomes that are too high to qualify for Medicaid. Financed jointly by the states and the federal government, SCHIP encourages state participation by offering a higher federal matching rate than the Medicaid program. Concerns have been raised that states might inappropriate… more
Date: March 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Science And Technology: Air Force's Planning Process Meets Statutory Requirement

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress and the scientific community are concerned that the Air Force's investment in science and technology may be too low to meet the challenges presented by new and emerging threats. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 requires the Air Force to review its science and technology programs to assess the budgetary resources currently used and those needed to adequately address the chall… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Contamination: Corps Needs to Reassess Its Determinations That Many Former Defense Sites Do Not Need Cleanup

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that cleaning up contamination and hazards at thousands of properties that it formerly owned or controlled will take more than 70 years and cost as much as $20 billion. These formerly used defense sites (FUDS), which can range in size from less than an acre to many thousands of acres, are now used for parks, farms, schools, and homes. Hazards at these properties includ… more
Date: August 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Protection: Overcoming Obstacles to Innovative State Regulatory Programs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues regulations that states, localities, and private companies must comply with under the existing federal approach to environmental protection. This approach has been widely criticized for being costly, inflexible, and ineffective in addressing some of the nation's most pressing environmental problems. The states have used several methods to obtain EPA approval for… more
Date: January 31, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Plans: Plan to Better Use Air Force Squadrons Could Yield Benefits but Faces Significant Challenges

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Air Force expeditionary aerospace force concept seeks to spread deployments more evenly across its forces and increase the predictability of deployments. By dual-tasking some fighter squadrons the Air Force could fulfill two requirements as the 2010 Concept envisions. Although significant challenges could impede the ability to maximize these benefits, the Air Force has not specifically analyzed what is ne… more
Date: April 30, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal-Aid Highways: States Need Guidance on Sales or Leases of Real Property Purchased with Federal Funds

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In 1998, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), authorized the states to retain the federal share of proceeds from the sale or lease of real property that had been purchased with federal-aid funds. It also required the states to use the federal share on other highway projects eligible for funding under the federal-aid highway program. GAO determined (1) the extent to which states are sell… more
Date: December 13, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Airspace System: Status of FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since September 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been developing the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) project to replace the outdated computer equipment that air traffic controllers currently use in some facilities to control air traffic within 5 to 50 nautical miles of an airport. Comparing the currently projected cost and deployment schedule for STARS with the origin… more
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications: GSA Action Needs to Realize Benefits of Metropolitan Area Acquisition Program

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Metropolitan Area Acquisition (MAA) program provides local telecommunications services to federal agencies in certain U.S. cities. The General Services Administration (GSA) began the program in 1997 to achieve immediate, substantial, and sustained price reductions for local telecommunications for agencies; to expand their choices of high-quality services; and to encourage cross-agency sharing of resources.… more
Date: April 4, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Administration for Children and Families

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Encouraging a clearer and closer link between budgeting, planning, and performance is essential to improving federal management and instilling a greater focus on results. Through work at various levels within the organization, this report on the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)--and its two companion studies on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (GAO-03-258) and the Veterans Health Administration … more
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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