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Homeland Security: Department of Justice's Response to Its Congressional Mandate to Assess and Report on Chemical Industry Vulnerabilities

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress passed the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act after a number of testimonies expressing concerns about the vulnerability of chemical facilities to criminal and terrorist attacks. According to the Attorney General's interim report, chemical facilities visited generally had safety and emergency response measures that could mitigate the consequences of a terrorist at… more
Date: October 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Technology Transfer: NNSA Did Not Implement the Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Energy is required to establish a technology infrastructure pilot program to improve technology partnership activities. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in April 2002, reported that it was unable to implement the technology infrastructure pilot program in fiscal year 2001, because of other programming priorities. NNSA also said that it did not have any immediate plans to im… more
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Multifamily Rural Housing: Prepayment Potential and Long-Term Rehabilitation Needs for Section 515 Properties

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Nearly 450,000 elderly and other households depend on federal assistance to live in multifamily rural rental properties that were constructed with subsidized federal loans. Because the properties were built in areas when and where privately financed housing units, affordable by lower income households, were not considered economically feasible, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service (RHS) h… more
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Post-Hearing Questions Related to Federal Human Capital Issues

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This letter answers several questions that arose from a recent GAO testimony (GAO-02-528T) on human capital management. GAO discusses (1) early retirement and early separation incentives, (2) expanded management flexibilities, (3) federal financial management, (4) hiring processes, (5) what federal managers must do to motivate and empower their employees, and (6) what the federal government must do to be compet… more
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Mortgage Financing: Changes in the Performance of FHA-Insured Loans

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans made in recent years have experienced somewhat higher foreclosure rates than loans made in earlier years. However, recent loans are performing much better than loans made in the 1980s. Although economic factors such as house price appreciation are key determinants of mortgage foreclosure, changes in underwriting requirements, as well as changes in the conventional mor… more
Date: July 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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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.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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IRS Contracting: New Procedure Adds Price or Cost as a Selection Factor for Task Order Awards

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is in the midst of a massive effort to reorganize its structure and modernize its technology. To help with this effort, IRS obtains services through task orders under its Treasury Information Processing Support Services (TIPSS-2) contracting program. In this study, GAO reviewed the 6 largest competitive task orders that IRS awarded between July 1, 2001 and December 31, 2001 t… more
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Charitable Choice: Federal Guidance on Statutory Provisions Could Improve Consistency of Implementation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government spends billions of dollars annually to provide services to the needy directly, or through contracts with a large network of social service providers. Faith-based organizations (FBO), such as churches and religiously affiliated entities, are a part of this network and have a long history of providing social services to needy families and individuals. In the past, religious organizations w… more
Date: September 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Tax Administration: Electronic Filing's Past and Future Impact on Processing Costs Dependent on Several Factors

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "From fiscal years 1997 through 2000, the number of individual and business tax returns filed electronically increased from 23 million to 41 million. During the same period, the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) expenditures for submission processing grew from $795 million to $924 million, an increase of 16 percent. Because it costs less to process an electronic return than a paper return, a growth in processing… more
Date: January 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Intellectual Property: Industry and Agency Concerns Over Intellectual Property Rights

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Improperly defined intellectual property rights in a government contract can result in the loss of an entity's critical assets or limit the development of applications critical to public health or safety. Conversely, successful contracts can spur economic development, innovation, and growth, and dramatically improve the quality of delivered goods and services. Contracting for intellectual property rights is difficul… more
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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School Vouchers: Characteristics of Privately Funded Programs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Privately funded voucher programs are a new development in the nation's experiment with school vouchers. These programs, started in the early 1990s, provide low-income families with private, nongovernmental tuition assistance at private schools for kindergarten through grade 12. Although private schools have long offered various forms of financial assistance, many of these privately funded voucher programs are… more
Date: September 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Defense Acquisitions: Testing Needed to Prove SURTASS/LFA Effectiveness in Littoral Waters

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "For decades, the Navy has been striving to improve its ability to detect potential enemy submarines before they can get within effective weapons range of U.S. forces. In 1985, the Navy established the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar program to develop a long-range capability for detecting a new generation of quieter Soviet nuclear and diesel submarines operatin… more
Date: June 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Chemical Weapons: Lessons Learned Program Generally Effective but Could Be Improved and Expanded

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Army has been tasked to destroy 31,500 tons of highly toxic chemical agents by April 2007, the deadline set by an international treaty for the elimination of all chemical weapon stockpiles. To destroy the weapons, the Department of Defense (DOD) established the Army Chemical Demilitarization Program. The Army has destroyed over one-quarter of the U.S. stockpile as of March 2002. Originally, the Chem-Demil … more
Date: September 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Gun Control: Potential Effects of Next-Day Destruction of NICS Background Check Records

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) would be affected if data on the sale of firearms by licensed dealers were destroyed within 24 hours after the transfers were allowed to proceed. Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, licensed dealers are not to transfer firearms to an individual until a NICS search determines that the transfer will … more
Date: July 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Encouraging a clearer and closer link between budgeting and planning 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)--and its two companion studies on the Administration for Children and Families (GAO-03-09) and the Veterans Health Administration (GAO-03-10)--do… more
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Beneficiary Use of Clinical Preventive Services

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Preventive medicine, including immunizations for many diseases and screening for some types of cancer, holds the promise to extend and improve the quality of life for millions of Americans. Medicare now covers three preventive services for immunizations and three for screenings, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sponsors "interventions" to increase the use of preventive services. GAO fou… more
Date: April 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Welfare Reform: States Provide TANF-Funded Work Support Services to Many Low-Income Families Who Do Not Receive Cash Assistance

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant makes $16.5 billion available to states each year, regardless of changes in the number of people receiving benefits. To qualify for their full TANF allotments, states must spend a certain amount of state money, referred to as maintenance-of-effort funds. As states implemented work-focused reforms during the strong economy of the 1990s, welfare caseloads … more
Date: April 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Education Financial Management: Weak Internal Controls Led to Instances of Fraud and Other Improper Payments

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Education has a history of financial management problems, including serious internal control weaknesses, that have affected the Department's ability to provide reliable financial information on its operations. GAO found that significant internal control weaknesses in payment processes and poor physical control over its computer assets led to fraud, improper payments, and lost assets. GAO also ident… more
Date: April 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Welfare Reform: Tribes Are Using TANF Flexibility To Establish Their Own Programs

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Under welfare reform, American Indian tribes have the option to run Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs either alone or as part of a consortium of other tribes rather than receiving benefits and services from state TANF programs. Because of the difficult economic circumstances on many reservations, the law also gives tribal TANF programs more flexibility to design their programs than it gives to … more
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Land Management Agencies: Restoring Fish Passage Through Culverts on Forest Service and BLM Lands in Oregon and Washington Could Take Decades

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO discussed the condition of culverts on fish-bearing streams in Oregon and Washington and the federal efforts to identify and restore culverts that are impeding fish passage on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands. This testimony is based on a November 2001 report (GAO-02-136), which described (1) the number of culverts that may impede fish passage on BLM and Forest Service lands in Oregon and… more
Date: April 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Public Health: Maintaining an Adequate Blood Supply Is Key to Emergency Preparedness

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The terrorist attacks of September 11 underscored the critical importance of a safe and adequate supply of blood for transfusions. In recent years, an average of 8 million volunteers have donated more than 14 million units of blood annually, and 4.5 million patients per year have received life-saving blood transfusions, according to the American Association of Blood Banks. Ninety percent of the U.S. blood supply is … more
Date: September 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Information Security: Corps of Engineers Making Improvements, But Weaknesses Continue

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO tested selected general and application controls of the Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS). The Corps relies on CEFMS to perform key financial management functions supporting the Corps' military and civil works missions. The Corps has made substantial progress in improving computer controls at each of its data processing centers and other Corps sites. The Corps had completed action on 5… more
Date: June 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Veterans Health Administration

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Encouraging a clearer and closer link between budgeting and planning 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 Veterans Health Administration (VHA)--and its two companion studies on the Administration on Children and Families (GAO-03-09) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (GAO-03-258)--d… more
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NASA: Compliance With Cost Limits Cannot Be Verified

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) authorization act for fiscal year 2000 limits expenditures for space station development to $25 billion and for shuttle launches to $17.7 billion. The act also requires NASA to (1) account for and report amounts obligated to date against the cost limits, (2) identify the amounts needed for future development and completion of the space station, and (3) … more
Date: April 10, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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