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Follow-up Information on the Operations of the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In response to concerns about the professionalism and conduct of some Department of Justice attorneys, as well as the process of holding them accountable to ethical standards, this report provides information on Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). GAO obtained information on the types of allegations OPR was able to substantiate against attorneys, the source of the allegations, the specific al… more
Date: January 19, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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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.
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Federal Judiciary Space: Update on Improvement of the Long-Range Planning Process

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reported on the Administrative Office of the United States Courts' (AOUSC) progress in implementing six GAO recommendations to improve its long-range space planning process. AOUSC has fully implemented five of the six recommendations and partially implemented one. Specifically, AOUSC began (1) using a statistical classification technique, known as cluster analysis, to create groups of federal districts with… more
Date: January 25, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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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
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Food Stamp Program: States Seek to Reduce Payment Errors and Program Complexity

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In fiscal year 2000, the Department of Agriculture's Food Stamp Program, administered jointly by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the states, provided $15 billion in benefits to an average of 17.2 million low-income persons each month. FNS, which pays the full cost of food stamp benefits and half of the states' administrative costs, promulgates program regulations and oversees program implementation. T… more
Date: January 19, 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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Embassy Construction: Better Long-term Planning Will Enhance Program Decision-making

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The State Department has determined that about 80 percent of overseas U.S. diplomatic facilities lack adequate security and may be vulnerable to terrorist attack. In September 1998, State expanded its capital construction program to accelerate replacing its most vulnerable embassies and consulates by acquiring sites and preparing plans at 10 priority locations. This report summarizes (1) the status of the 10 p… more
Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Department of the Navy: Unauthorized Activity Codes Used to Requisition New and Excess DOD Property

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO examined Navy inventory management activities to determine whether any unauthorized activity codes had been used to requisition new and excess property. GAO found that as of June 2000, the Navy maintained 2,002 activity codes identified as unauthorized to requisition government property. However, during the last five years, 663 of these codes were used to requisition more than $2 billion in new and excess g… more
Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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IRS Telephone Assistance: Opportunities to Improve Human Capital Management

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determines the staffing level for its toll-free telephone customer service operations. GAO found that IRS lacks a long-term telephone customer service goal that reflects the needs of taxpayers and the costs and benefits of meeting that goal. Rather, IRS annually determines the level of funding it will seek for its customer service workforce, using its judgment of h… more
Date: January 30, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Farm Service Agency: Updated Status of the Multibillion-Dollar Farm Loan Portfolio

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Farm Service Agency (FSA) within the Department of Agriculture provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who are unable to obtain commercial credit at reasonable rates and terms. FSA provides direct government-funded loans and repayment guarantees on farm loans made by commercial lenders. During the 1990s, GAO issued a series of reports highlighting the substantial financial risk associated wit… more
Date: January 10, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Potential Questions to Elicit Nominees' Views on Agencies' Management Challenges

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided a list of potential questions that Senate committees could use to help determine the leadership and management experiences and capabilities of nominees to leadership posts in major executive branch agencies. These questions cover a wide range of management-related issues in different organizations within each agency and, therefore, would not be relevant to all nominees. GAO suggests that these qu… more
Date: January 18, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Defense Trade: The Use of Intellectual Property Generated at Department of Energy's Laboratories to Satisfy Offset Requirements

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report discusses the use of intellectual property generated at the Department of Energy's (DOE) laboratories to satisfy defense contractors' offset requirements. GAO found that DOE's laboratory offset requirements have been limited. GAO's discussions with DOE and laboratory management contractors uncovered only 14 instances in which the laboratories' intellectual property were involved in offset projects. … more
Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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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
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Heroin Signature and Domestic Monitor Programs

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO examined the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Heroin Signature Program and Domestic Monitor Program to determine why there were apparent discrepancies in the 1999 statistical data generated by these two programs, particularly in the data on Southwest Asia heroin. GAO focused on why the program data showed heroin seizure information for only one U.S. Pacific Coast international airport. In addition, G… more
Date: January 12, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Drug Safety: Most Drugs Withdrawn in Recent Years Had Greater Health Risks for Women

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves drugs for sale in the United States when it determines that the clinical benefits of a drug outweigh its potential health risks. To make this decision, FDA reviews supporting data collected from several thousand patients during the drug's development. Once a drug is approved for marketing and used by potentially thousands of patients, however, the type, rate, and … more
Date: January 19, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Department of Education: Key Aspects of the Federal Direct Loan Program's Cost Estimates

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Education runs two major federal student loan programs, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Under FDLP, students or their parents borrow money directly from the federal government through the schools the students attend. Under FFELP, money is borrowed from private lenders, and the federal government guarantees repayment… more
Date: January 12, 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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Navy Aviation Spare Parts Billing Transaction Issues

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "During its review of the Navy's aviation spare parts billing transactions, GAO compared the prices that customers were billed for to the prices they should have paid according to the parts catalog maintained by the Naval Inventory Control Point-Philadelphia. GAO found thousands of transactions in which the customers' price did not match the catalog price. Also, thousands of additional transactions were discover… more
Date: January 11, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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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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Title III, Older Americans Act: Carryover Funds Are Not Creating a Serious Meal Service Problem Nationwide

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Under Title III of the Older Americans Act, the Administration on Aging (AoA) distributes grants to states on the basis of their proportional share of the total elderly population in the United States. These grants are then disbursed to more than 600 area agencies nationwide, and are used to fund group and in-home meals, as well as support services, including transportation and housekeeping. The grants are fur… more
Date: January 9, 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: U.S. Agency for International 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 Agency for International Development (AID). GAO identified weaknesses in AID's management of its human capital. AID has, however, made efforts to improve this area, including hiring additional foreign service employees, establishing a recruitment program, and improving employ… more
Date: January 1, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Definition and List of Community Land Grants in New Mexico (Exposure Draft)

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which formally ended the Mexican-American War, the United States assumed control over vast new territories, including much of what is now the state of New Mexico. The United States agreed to recognize ownership of property, including the ownership of land grants, in the ceded areas. Whether the United States carried out the provisions of the treaty, especially wit… more
Date: January 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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