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- 2000 Census : best practices and lessons learned for more cost-effective nonresponse follow-up : report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- 2000 Census : coverage evaluation matching implemented as planned, but Census Bureau should evaluate lessons learned, United States General Accounting Office
- 2000 census : complete costs of coverage evaluation programs are not available
- 2000 census : lessons learned for planning a more cost-effective 2010 census
- 2000 census : refinements to Full Count Review program could improve future data quality
- A model of strategic human capital management, United States General Accounting Office
- Accounting profession : oversight, auditor independence, and financial reporting issues
- Acquisition workforce : Department of Defense's plans to address workforce size and structure challenges
- Acquisition workforce : agencies need to better define and track the training of their employees
- Acquisition workforce : status of agency efforts to address future needs
- Agricultural conservation : State Advisory Committees' views on how USDA programs could better address environmental concerns, United States General Accounting Office
- Agricultural conservation : survey of USDA state technical committee members, United States General Accounting Office
- Air Force aircraft : preliminary information on Air Force tanker leasing, United States General Accounting Office
- Air Force depot maintenance : management improvements needed for backlog of funded contract maintenance work
- Air pollution : emissions from older electricity generating units
- Air pollution : meeting future electricity demand will increase emission of some harmful substances
- Air pollution : meeting future electricity demand will increase emissions of some harmful substances : report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office
- Air quality : TVA plans to reduce air emissions further, but could do more to reduce power demand, United States General Accounting Office
- Air traffic control : FAA needs to better prepare for impending wave of controller attrition
- Air traffic control : impact of revised personnel relocation policies is uncertain
- Airport finance : using airport grant funds for security projects has affected some development projects
- Airport infrastructure : unresolved issues make it difficult to determine the cost to serve new large aircraft : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Alaska's North Slope : requirements for restoring lands after oil production ceases
- Answers to key questions about private pension plans
- Anthrax vaccine : GAO's survey of Guard and Reserve pilots and aircrew
- Applying agreed-upon procedures : airport and airway trust fund excise taxes, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Applying agreed-upon procedures : federal unemployment taxes, United States General Accounting Office
- Architect of the Capitol : management and accountability framework needed to lead and execute change, statement for the Record by J. Christopher Mihm, Director, Strategic Issues
- Army logistics : report on manpower and workload system inadequate and system interface untested
- Assessing the reliability of computer-processed data : applied research and methods
- Aviation finance : distribution of airport grant funds complied with statutory requirements
- Aviation safety : FAA and DOD response to similar safety concerns : report to the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, and the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Aviation safety : better guidance and training needed on providing files on pilots' background information
- Aviation security : Transportation Security Administration faces immediate and long-term challenges, statement of Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Aviation security : registered traveler program policy and implementation issues
- Aviation security : vulnerabilities and potential improvements for the air cargo system : report to congressional requesters
- Bank regulation : analysis of the failure of Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, Illinois : statement of Thomas J. McCool, Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office
- Benefit system requirements : checklist for reviewing systems under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
- Best practices : capturing design and manufacturing knowledge early improves acquisition outcomes
- Best practices : taking a strategic approach could improve DOD's acquisition of services : report to the Chairman and ranking minority member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management support, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Bone marrow transplants : despite recruitment successes, national program may be underutilized
- Border security : implications of eliminating the Visa Waiver Program
- Budget issues : budget enforcement compliance report
- Budget issues : long-term fiscal challenges, United States General Accounting Office
- Budget process : extending budget controls, statement of Susan J. Irving, Director, Federal Budget Analysis
- Building security : Interagency Security Committee has had limited success in fulfilling its responsibilities
- Building security : security responsibilities for federally owned and leased facilities
- Bureau of Prisons contract payments, United States General Accounting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation : opportunities exist to improve managerial cost information and cost recovery
- Business systems modernization : IRS needs to better balance management capacity with systems acquisition workload, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Business tax incentives : incentives to employ workers with disabilities receive limited use and have an uncertain impact
- Cambodia : governance reform progressing, but key efforts are lagging
- Canada Lynx survey : unauthorized hair samples submitted for analysis, United States General Accounting Office
- Canceled DOD appropriations : improvements made but more corrective actions are needed
- Catastrophe insurance risks : the role of risk-linked securities and factors affecting their use
- Catastrophe insurance risks : the role of risk-linked securities, statement of Davi M. D'Agostino, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment
- Charitable choice : federal guidance on statutory provisions could improve consistency of implementation
- Charitable choice : overview of research findings on implementation : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Chemical and biological defense : observations on DOD's risk assessment of defense capabilities, statement of Raymond J. Decker, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
- Chemical safety : emergency response community views on the adequacy of federally required chemical information
- Chemical weapons : Lessons Learned Program generally effective but could be improved and expanded
- Chemical weapons : Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons needs comprehensive plan to correct budgeting weaknesses
- Child care : states exercise flexibility in setting reimbursement rates and providing access for low-income children
- Child care : states have undertaken a variety of quality improvement initiatives, but more evaluations of effectiveness are needed
- Child labor : Labor can strengthen its efforts to protect children who work
- Child support enforcement : clear guidance would help ensure proper access to information and use of wage withholding by private firms, United States General Accounting Office
- Child support enforcement : most states collect drivers' SSNs and use them to enforce child support, United States General Accounting Office
- Childhood vaccines : challenges in preventing future shortages, statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care--Public Health Issues
- Childhood vaccines : ensuring an adequate supply poses continuing challenges
- Children's health insurance : inspector general reviews should be expanded to further inform the Congress, United States General Accounting Office
- Civil fines and penalties debt : review of U.S. Customs Service's management and collection processes
- Clinical research : NIH has implemented key provisions of the Clinical Research Enhancement Act
- Coast Guard : budget and management challenges for 2003 and beyond, United States General Accounting Office
- Coast Guard : strategy needed for setting and monitoring levels of effort for all missions
- Coast Guard : vessel identification system development needs to be reassessed
- Collective bargaining rights : information on the number of workers with and without bargaining rights
- Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead : federal agencies' recovery responsibilities, expenditures and actions : report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate
- Combating child pornography : federal agencies coordinate law enforcement efforts, but an opportunity exists for further enhancement
- Combating terrorism : Department of State programs to combat terrorism abroad
- Combating terrorism : actions needed to guide services' antiterrorism efforts at installations
- Combating terrorism : actions needed to improve force protection for DOD deployments through domestic seaports
- Combating terrorism : critical components of a national strategy to enhance state and local preparedness, United States General Accounting Office
- Combating terrorism : enhancing partnerships through a national preparedness strategy, United States General Accounting Office
- Combating terrorism : funding data reported to Congress should be improved
- Combating terrorism : intergovernmental cooperation in the development of a national strategy to enhance state and local preparedness, United States General Accounting Office
- Combating terrorism : intergovernmental partnership in a national strategy to enhance state and local preparedness, United States General Accounting Office
- Combating terrorism : key aspects of a national strategy to enhance state and local preparedness, United States General Accounting Office
- Commercial Activities Panel : improving the sourcing decisions of the federal government, statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States and Chair of the Commercial Activities Panel
- Commercial Activities Panel : improving the sourcing decisions of the federal government, statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States and Chair of the Commercial Activities Panel
- Commercial aviation : air service trends at small communities since October 2000, United States General Accounting Office
- Commercial aviation : financial condition and industry responses affect competition, statement of JayEtta Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Community investment : information on selected facilities that received environmental permits
- Compact of Free Association : an assessment of current U.S. proposals to extend assistance, statement of Susan S. Westin, Managing Director, International Affairs and Trade
- Competitive sourcing : challenges in expanding A-76 governmentwide, United States General Accounting Office
- Computer security : progress made, but critical federal operations and assets remain at risk
- Container security : current efforts to detect nuclear materials, new initiatives, and challenges, statement of JayEtta Z. Hecker, before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, House Committee on Government Reform
- Contract management : DOD needs better guidance on granting waivers for certified cost or pricing data
- Contract management : answers to hearing questions regarding the Service Acquisition Reform Act, United States General Accounting Office
- Contract management : government faces challenges in gathering socioeconomic data on purchase card merchants
- Contract management : guidance needed for using performance-based service contracting
- Contract management : interagency contract program fees need more oversight
- Contract management : roles and responsibilities of the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service
- Contract management : roles and responsibilities of the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service, statement of David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
- Contract management : taking a strategic approach to improving service acquisitions, United States General Accounting Office
- Contract reform : DOE has made progress, but actions needed to ensure initiatives have improved results
- Cooperative Threat Reduction program annual report
- Courthouse construction : information on courtroom sharing
- Critical infrastructure protection : commercial satellite security should be more fully addressed
- Critical infrastructure protection : federal efforts require a more coordinated and comprehensive approach for protecting information systems
- Critical infrastructure protection : significant challenges need to be addressed, statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues
- Critical infrastructure protection : significant homeland security challenges need to be addressed, statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues
- Current law limits the State Department's authority to manage certain overseas properties cost effectively
- Customs Service : acquisition and deployment of radiation detection equipment, statement of (Ms.) Gary L. Jones, Director, National Resources and Environment and Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Tax Administration and Justice
- Customs Service modernization : management improvements needed on high-risk automated commercial environment project, United States General Accounting Office
- Customs Service modernization : third expenditure plan meets legislative conditions, but cost estimating improvements needed
- D.C tuitiuon assistance grants : program may increase college choices, but a few program procedures may hinder grant receipt for some residents : report to congressional committees and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, United States General Accounting Office
- D.C. family court : additional actions should be taken to fully implement its transition
- D.C. family court : progress made toward planned transition and interagency coordination, but some challenges remain, statement of Cornelia M. Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues
- D.C. family court : progress made toward planned transition, but some challenges remain, statement of Cornelia M. Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues
- DC courts : disciplined processes critical to successful system acquisition, United States General Accounting Office
- DCPS : attorneys' fees for access to special education opportunities
- DOD contract management : overpayments continue and management and accounting issues remain
- DOD financial management : important steps underway but reform will require a long-term commitment, statement of Gregory D. Kutz, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, Randolph C. Hite, Director, Information Technology Architecture and Systems Issues, and David R. Warren, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
- DOD financial management : integrated approach, accountability, transparency, and incentives are keys to effective reform, United States General Accounting Office
- DOD financial management : integrated approach, accountability, transparency, and incentives are keys to effective reform, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- DOD management : examples of inefficient and ineffective business processes, statement of Gregory D. Kutz, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, David R. Warren, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
- DOD overseas schools : compensation adequate for recruiting and retaining well-qualified teachers
- DOD's standard procurement system : continued investment has yet to be justified : statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology Issues, before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- DOE contractor management : opportunities to promote initiatives that could reduce support-related costs
- DOE weapons laboratories : actions needed to strengthen EEO oversight
- Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 : Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service has not yet fully implemented certain key provisions, United States General Accounting Office
- Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 : HHS's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services faces challenges to fully implement certain key provisions, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 : major data sources inadequate for implementing the debtor bar provision, United States General Accounting Office
- Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 : status of selected agencies' implementation of administrative wage garnishment, United States General Accounting Office
- Debt ceiling : analysis of actions during the 2002 debt issuance suspension periods
- Debt collection : Agriculture making progress in addressing key challenges, statement of Gary T. Engel, Director, Financial Management and Assurance
- Debt collection improvement act of 1996 : Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency has not yet fully implemented certain key provisions, United States General Accounting Office
- Defense acquisitions : DOD faces challenges in implementing best practices, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Defense acquisitions : DOD has implemented Section 845 recommendations but reporting can be enhanced
- Defense acquisitions : Navy needs plan to address rising prices in aviation parts
- Defense acquisitions : collection and reporting of information technology purchases : report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Defense acquisitions : factors affecting outcomes of Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations
- Defense acquisitions : status of Defense Logistics Agency's efforts to address spare part price increases
- Defense acquisitions : steps to improve the Crusader program's investment decisions, United States General Accounting Office
- Defense acquisitions : testing needed to prove SURTASS/LFA effectiveness in littoral waters
- Defense budget : contingency operations in the Balkans may need less funding in fiscal year 2003
- Defense budget : need to strengthen guidance and oversight of contingency operations costs
- Defense commissaries : additional small business opportunities should be explored : report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Senate
- Defense health care : health care benefit for women comparable to other plans
- Defense health care : most reservists have civilian health coverage but more assistance is needed when TRICARE is used
- Defense infrastructure : fire protection at Philadelphia Naval Business Center meets response standards
- Defense infrastructure : greater management emphasis needed to increase the Services' use of expanded leasing authority
- Defense infrastructure : most recruit training barracks have significant deficiencies
- Defense inventory : Air Force needs to improve control of shipments to repair contractors
- Defense inventory : better reporting on spare parts spending will enhance congressional oversight
- Defense inventory : control weaknesses leave restricted and hazardous excess property vulnerable to improper use, loss, and theft : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Defense inventory : improved industrial base assessments for Army war reserve spares could save money
- Defense inventory : trends in services' spare parts purchased from the Defense Logistics Agency
- Defense logistics : better fuel pricing practices will improve budget accuracy
- Defense logistics : improving customer feedback program could enhance DLA's delivery of services
- Defense logistics : opportunities to improve the Army's and the Navy's decision-making process for weapons systems support, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Defense management : industry practices can help military exchanges better assure that their goods are not made by child or forced labor : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office
- Defense management : munitions requirements and combatant commanders' needs require linkage
- Defense management : new management reform program still evolving
- Defense management : proposed lodging policy may lead to improvements, but more actions are required, United States General Accounting Office
- Defense plans : plan to better use Air Force squadrons could yield benefits but faces significant challenges
- Defense trade : lessons to be learned from the country export exemption, United States General Accounting Office
- Defense trade : mitigating national security concerns under Exon-Florio could be improved
- Delaware River deepening project : comprehensive reanalysis needed
- Department of Agriculture : Hispanic and other minority farmers would benefit from improvements in the operations of the civil rights program, statement of Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Department of Agriculture : improvements in the operations of the civil rights program would benefit Hispanic and other minority farmers
- Department of Commerce : compliance with the Inflation Adjustment Act
- Department of Defense's compliance with statutory requirements for funding military operations where funds were not provided in advance
- Department of Education : Guaranteed Student Loan Program vulnerabilities
- Department of Energy : NNSA restructuring and progress in implementing Title 32, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of Energy : contractor litigation costs, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of Energy : observations on externally regulating nuclear and worker safety in DOE's science laboratories, statement by (Ms.) Gary L. Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services : Medicare program : update to the prospective payment system for home health agencies for FY 2003
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicaid Program : modification of the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-state government-owned or operated hospitals, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration : class exemption for cross-trades of securities by index and model-driven funds, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of Transportation report on transporting hazardous materials
- Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration : aviation security infrastructure fees, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration : civil aviation security rules, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of Transportation, Transportation Security Administration : security programs for aircraft 12,500 pounds or more, United States General Accounting Office
- Department of the Interior : Office of Aircraft Services and bureaus can more fully recover and further reduce aviation program costs
- Depot maintenance : change in reporting practices and requirements could enhance congressional oversight
- Desktop outsourcing : positive results reported, but analyses could be strengthened, United States General Accounting Office
- Developing countries : switching some multilateral loans to grants lessens poor country debt burdens
- Developing countries : switching some multilateral loans to grants would lesson poor country debt burdens, statement of Joseph A. Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade
- Dietary supplements for weight loss : limited federal oversight has focused more on marketing than on safety, statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care, Public Health Issues
- Diffuse security threats : technologies for mail sanitization exist, but challenges remain
- Direct student loans : additional steps would increase borrowers' awareness of electronic debiting and reduce federal administrative costs, United States General Accounting Office
- Distance education : growth in distance education programs and implications for federal education policy : testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate
- District of Columbia : D.C. public schools' modernization program faces major challenges, statement of David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
- District of Columbia : fiscal structural balance issues
- District of Columbia : more details needed on plans to integrate computer systems with the family court and use federal funds
- District of Columbia : performance report reflects progress and opportunities for improvement
- District of Columbia : status of the New Convention Center Project : statement of Jeanette M. Franzel, Acting Director, Financial Management and Assurance, before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Drinking water : key aspects of EPA's revolving fund program need to be strengthened : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office
- Drinking water : revisions to EPA's cost analysis for the radon rule would improve its credibility and usefulness, United States General Accounting Office
- Drinking water infrastructure : information on estimated needs and financial assistance : testimony before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, statement of David G. Wood, (electronic resource)
- Drinking water infrastructure : information on estimated needs and financial assistance, statement of David G. Wood, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Drug control : DEA could improve its heroin signature and domestic monitor programs' geographic source data, United States General Accounting Office
- Drug control : difficulties in measuring costs and results of transit zone interdiction efforts : report to the Honorable Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Drug control : efforts to develop alternatives to cultivating illicit crops in Colombia have made little progress and face serious obstacles : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Drug courts : better DOJ data collection and evaluation efforts needed to measure impact of drug court programs
- Earned income credit : opportunities to make recertification program less confusing and more consistent
- Economic models of cattle prices : how USDA can act to improve models to explain cattle prices, United States General Accounting Office
- Education financial management : weak internal controls led to instances of fraud and other improper payments, United States General Accounting Office
- Education financial management : weak internal controls led to instances of fraud and other improper payments, statement of Linda Calbom, Director, Financial Management and Assurance
- Education research : Education should improve assessments of R & D centers, regional labs, and comprehensive centers : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Electronic government : challenges to effective adoption of the Extensible Markup Language
- Electronic government : proposal addresses critical challenges, statement of Linda D. Koontz, Director, Information Management Issues
- Electronic government : selection and implementation of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 initiatives
- Electronic transfers : use by federal payment recipients has increased but obstacles to greater participation remain
- Electronic warfare : comprehensive strategy still needed for suppressing enemy air defenses
- Employee privacy : computer-use monitoring practices and policies of selected companies
- Endangered species : research strategy and long-term monitoring needed for the Mojave Desert tortoise recovery program
- Endangered species program : information on how funds are allocated and what activities are emphasized
- Energy markets : concerted actions needed by FERC to confront challenges that impede effective oversight
- Environmental cleanup : better communication needed for dealing with formerly used defense sites in Guam
- Environmental contamination : Corps needs to reassess its determinations that many former Defense sites do not need cleanup
- Environmental contamination : many uncertainties affect the progress of the Spring Valley cleanup
- Environmental contamination : uncertainties continue to affect the progress of the Spring Valley cleanup, statement of David G. Wood, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Environmental health risks : information on EPA's draft reassessment of dioxins
- Environmental protection : MTBE contamination from underground storage tanks, statement of John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Environmental protection : improved inspections and enforcement would ensure safer underground storage tanks, statement of John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk and Waste Management, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate
- Environmental protection : issues for consideration in the reorganization of EPA's ombudsman function, statement of David G. Wood, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Environmental protection : issues for consideration in the reorganization of EPA's ombudsman function, statement of John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Environmental protection : issues raised by the reorganization of EPA's ombudsman function
- Environmental protection : observations on elevating the Environmental Protection Agency to cabinet status, United States General Accounting Office
- Environmental protection : overcoming obstacles to innovative state regulatory programs : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Environmental protection : the federal government could help communities better plan for transportation that protects air quality, statement for the Record by John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Executive guide : best practices in achieving consistent, accurate physical counts of inventory and related property, United States General Accounting Office
- Export controls : Department of Commerce controls over transfers of technology to foreign nationals need improvement
- Export controls : issues to consider in authorizing a new Export Administration Act, United States General Accounting Office
- Export controls : more thorough analysis needed to justify changes in high performance computer controls
- Export controls : processes for determining proper control of defense-related items need improvement
- Export controls : rapid advances in China's semiconductor industry underscore need for fundamental U.S. policy review
- Export promotion : Export-Import Bank and Treasury differ in their approaches to using tied aid
- Export promotion : mixed progress in achieving a governmentwide strategy
- Export-Import Bank : energy financing trends affected by various factors
- FAA Alaska : weak controls resulted in improper and wasteful purchases
- FBI reorganization : initial steps encouraging but broad transformation needed, statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- FDIC information security : improvements made but weaknesses remain
- Farm Credit Administration : oversight of special mission to serve young, beginning, and small farmers needs to be improved, United States General Accounting Office
- Farm Credit Administration : safety and soundness oversight of the Farm Credit System, United States General Accounting Office
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Federal Reserve System : the surplus account
- Federal Reserve System : update on GAO's 1996 recommendations
- Federal Trade Commission : study needed to assess the effects of recent divestitures on competition in retail markets
- Federal employees : OPM data do not identify if temporary employees work for extended periods, United States General Accounting Office
- Federal employees' health plans : premium growth and OPM's role in negotiating benefits
- Federal funding for selected surveillance technologies, United States General Accounting Office
- Federal housing assistance : comparing the characteristics and costs of housing programs : report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Federal pensions : Judicial Survivors' Annuities System costs
- Federal procurement : government agencies' purchases of recycled-content products, statement for the Record by David G. Wood, Director, Natural Resource and Environment Issues
- Federal real property : better governmentwide data needed for strategic decisionmaking
- Federal real property : views on real property reform issues, statement of Bernard L. Ungar, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Federal student aid : additional management improvements would clarify strategic direction and enhance accountability
- Federal student aid : progress in integrating Pell Grant and Direct Loan systems and processes, but critical work remains
- Federal student loans : flexible agreements with guaranty agencies warrant careful evaluation : report to the Honorable James M. Jeffords, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Federal-aid highways : states need guidance on sales or leases of real property purchased with federal funds : report to the ranking minority member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the Agricultural Hall of Fame for 2000 and 1999, United States General Accounting Office
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the Former Members of Congress for 2000 and 1999
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the National Academy of Public Administration for fiscal year 2000
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum for 2000
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the National Tropical Botanical Garden for 2000 and 1999
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit reports for the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association for fiscal years 2000 and 1999
- Federally Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit reports for the Naval Sea Cadet Corps for 2000 and 1999
- Federally chartered corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated, for 2000 and 1999, United States General Accounting Office
- Federally chartered corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the American Council of Learned Societies for fiscal year 2000, United States General Accounting Office
- Federally chartered corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the American Society of International Law for 2000, United States General Accounting Office
- Federally chartered corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America for 2000, United States General Accounting Office
- Federally chartered corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the Disabled American Veterans for 2000, United States General Accounting Office
- Federally-Chartered Corporation : review of the financial statement audit report for the Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United States of America, Incorporated, for 2000 and 1999
- Financial Management Service : significant weaknesses in computer controls continue : report to the Secretary of the Treasury, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Financial audit : Capitol Preservation Fund's fiscal years 2001 and 2000 financial statements, United States General Accounting Office
- Financial audit : Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation funds' 2001 and 2000 financial statements
- Financial audit : IRS's fiscal years 2001 and 2000 financial statements, United States General Accounting Office
- Financial audit : IRS's fiscal years 2001 and 2000 financial statements, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Financial audit : independent and special counsel expenditures for the six months ended September 30, 2001, United States General Accounting Office
- Financial audit : independent counsel expenditures for the six months ended March 31, 2002
- Financial management : FFMIA implementation necessary to achieve accountability
- Financial management : coordinated approach needed to address the government's improper payments problems
- Financial management : effective implementation of FFMIA is key to providing reliable, useful, and timely data, statement of Sally E. Thompson Director, Financial Management and Assurance
- Financial management : extending the financial statements audit requirement of the CFO act to additional federal agencies, United States General Accounting Office
- Financial management : strategies to address improper payments at HUD, Education, and other federal agencies, statement of Linda Calbom, Director, Financial Management and Assurance
- Financial management : survey of capitalization threshold and other policies for property, plant, and equipment
- Financial privacy : status of state actions on Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's privacy provisions
- Financial statement restatements : trends, market impacts, regulatory responses, and remaining challenges
- Fiscal year 2003 budget request : U.S. General Accounting Office, statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- Flood insurance : extent of noncompliance with purchase requirements is unknown
- Food aid : experience of U.S. programs suggests opportunities for improvement, statement of Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade
- Food and Drug Administration : effect of user fees on drug approval times, withdrawals, and other agency activities
- Food safety : continued vigilance needed to ensure safety of school meals
- Food stamp program : implementation of electronic benefit transfer systems : report to the ranking minority member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Food stamp program : states' use of options and waivers to improve program administration and promote access, United States General Accounting Office
- Foot and mouth disease : to protect U.S. livestock, USDA must remain vigilant and resolve outstanding issues
- Force structure : Air Force needs a periodic total force assessment
- Force structure : review of B-1B process identifies opportunity to improve future analysis
- Foreign assistance : Global Food for Education Initiative faces challenges for successful implementation, United States General Accounting Office
- Foreign assistance : USAID relies heavily on nongovernmental organizations, but better data needed to evaluate approaches
- Foreign assistance : disaster recovery program addressed intended purposes, but USAID needs greater flexibility to improve its response capability
- Foreign assistance : effectiveness and accountability problems common in U.S. programs to assist two Micronesian nations : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Foreign assistance : reporting of Defense articles and services provided through drawdowns needs to be improved
- Foreign languages : human capital approach needed to correct staffing and proficiency shortfalls : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Foreign languages : workforce planning could help address staffing and proficiency shortfalls, United States General Accounting Office
- Foreign relations : Kwajalein Atoll is the key U.S. defense interest in two Micronesian nations : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Foster care : recent legislation helps states focus on finding permanent homes for children, but long-standing barriers remain
- Fruits and vegetables : enhanced federal efforts to increase consumption could yield health benefits for Americans
- GAO's agency protocols
- GAO's congressional protocols, Addendum 1
- Genetically modified foods : experts view regimen of safety tests as adequate, but FDA's evaluation process could be enhanced
- Genetically modified foods : experts view regimen of safety tests as adequate, but FDA's evaluation process could be enhanced
- Gifts of goods and services to the government, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Government auditing standards : answers to independence standard questions
- Government auditing standards : exposure draft, by the Comptroller General of the United States, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Government auditing standards, Amendment no. 3, Independence, by the Comptroller General of the United States, United States General Accounting Office
- Government contracting : adjudicated violations of certain laws by federal contractors
- Government purchase cards : control weaknesses expose agencies to fraud and abuse, statement of Linda M. Calbom, Director, Financial Management and Assurance
- Great Lakes : EPA needs to define organizational responsibilities better for effective oversight and cleanup of contaminated areas
- Group purchasing organizations : pilot study suggests large buying groups do not always offer hospitals lower prices, statement for the Record by William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care Issues
- Gulf War illnesses : similarities and differences among countries in chemical and biological threat assessment and veterans' health status : statement of Nancy Kingsbury, Managing Director, Applied Research and Methods, before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Gulf War illnesses : similarities and differences among countries in chemical and biological threat assessment and veterans' health status, statement of Nancy Kingsbury before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, (electronic resource)
- Gun control : opportunities to close loopholes in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
- Gun control : potential effects of next-day destruction of NICS background check records
- HIPAA standards : dual code sets are acceptable for reporting medical procedures
- HUD human capital management : comprehensive strategic workforce planning needed
- HUD management : HUD's high-risk program areas and management challenges, statement of Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director, Physical Infrastructure
- HUD management : actions needed to improve acquisition management
- HUD management : impact measurement needed for technical assistance
- HUD management : impact measurement needed for technical assistance, statement of Thomas J. McCool, Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment
- Hazard mitigation : proposed changes to FEMA's multihazard mitigation programs present challenges
- Head Start and Even Start : greater collaboration needed on measures of adult education and literacy, United States General Accounting Office
- Health insurance : states' protections and programs benefit some unemployed individuals
- High-skill training : grants from H-1B visa fees meet specific workforce needs, but at varying skill levels
- Higher education : activities underway to improve teacher training, but reporting on these activities could be enhanced
- Highlights of GAO's corporate governance, transparency and accountability Forum, United States General Accounting Office
- Highlights of a GAO forum : mergers and transformation : lessons learned for a Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies
- Highlights of a GAO roundtable : the chief operating officer concept : a potential strategy to address federal governance challenges
- Highway Trust Fund : overview of Highway Trust Fund financing : statement for the record of JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Highway financing : factors affecting highway funding fluctuations and revenue trends, United States General Accounting Office
- Highway financing : factors affecting highway trust revenues, statement of JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Highway infrastructure : interstate physical conditions have improved, but congestion and other pressures continue
- Highway infrastructure : physical conditions of the Interstate Highway System have improved, but congestion and other pressures continue, statement of Katherine Siggerud, Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Highway infrastructure : preliminary information on the timely completion of highway construction projects, statement of Katherine Siggerud, Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Highway research : systematic selection and evaluation processes needed for research program
- Homeland Security : responsibility and accountability for achieving national goals, statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- Homeland security : CDC's oversight of the Select Agent Program
- Homeland security : INS cannot locate many aliens because it lacks reliable address information
- Homeland security : OMB's temporary cessation of information technology funding for new investments, statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology Issues
- Homeland security : Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, statement of (Ms) Gary L. Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Homeland security : critical design and implementation issues, statement of David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- Homeland security : effective intergovernmental coordination is key to success : statement of Patricia A. Dalton, Director, Strategic Issues, before the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives
- Homeland security : effective intergovernmental coordination is key to success, statement of Paul L. Posner, Managing Director, Federal Budget Issues, Strategic Issues
- Homeland security : effective intergovernmental coordination is key to success, statement of Paul L. Posner, Managing Director, Federal Budget Issues, Strategic Issues
- Homeland security : information sharing activities face continued management challenges, statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- Homeland security : information technology funding and associated management issues : report to the chairman and ranking minority member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Homeland security : intergovernmental coordination and partnership will be critical to success
- Homeland security : intergovernmental coordination and partnership will be critical to success, statement of JayEtta Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure
- Homeland security : key elements to unify efforts are underway but uncertainty remains
- Homeland security : management challenges facing federal leadership
- Homeland security : new department could improve biomedical R&D coordination but may disrupt dual-purpose efforts, statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care, Public Health Issues
- Homeland security : new department could improve coordination but may complicate priority setting, statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care, Public Health Issues
- Homeland security : new department could improve coordination but may complicate public health priority setting, statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care, Public Health Issues
- Homeland security : new department could improve coordination but transferring control of certain public health programs raises concerns, statement for the Record by Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care, Public Health Issues
- Homeland security : progress made ; more direction and partnership sought, United States General Accounting Office
- Homeland security : proposal for cabinet agency has merit, but implementation will be pivotal to success, statement of David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- Homelessness : improving program coordination and client access to programs, United States General Accounting Office
- Human capital : effective use of flexibilities can assist agencies in managing their workforces
- Human capital : major human capital challenges at SEC and key trade agencies, statement of Richard J. Hillman, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, and Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade
- Human capital legislative proposals to NASA's fiscal year 2003 authorization bill
- Human services : federal approval and funding processes for states' information systems, statement of David L. McClure, Director, Information Technology Management Issues
- Human services integration : results of a GAO cosponsored conference on modernizing information systems : report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- INS Forensic Document Laboratory : several factors impeded timeliness of case processing, United States General Accounting Office
- IRS and terrorist-related information sharing
- IRS contracting : new procedure adds price or cost as a selection factor for task order awards
- IRS guidance on economic analyses in investment business cases
- IRS's 2002 tax filing season : returns and refunds processed smoothly, quality of assistance improved
- Identity fraud : prevalence and links to alien illegal activities, statement of Richard M. Stana, Director, Justice Issues
- Identity theft : available data indicate growth in prevalence and cost : statement of Richard M. Stana, Director, Justice Issues, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Identity theft : greater awareness and use of existing data are needed
- Identity theft : prevalence and cost appear to be growing, United States General Accounting Office
- Immigration benefit fraud : focused approach is needed to address problems : report to congressional requesters, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Immigration enforcement : challenges to implementing the INS interior enforcement strategy, statement by Richard M. Stana, Director, Justice Issues
- Indian issues : basis for BIA's tribal recognition decisions is not always clear, statement of Barry T. Hill, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- Indian issues : more consistent and timely tribal recognition process needed : statement of Barry T. Hill, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Indian trust funds : individual Indian accounts, statement of McCoy Williams, Director, Financial Management and Assurance
- Indian trust funds : tribal account balances : statement of McCoy Williams, Acting Director, Financial Management and Assurance, before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Individual fishing quotas : better information could improve program management
- Information management : challenges in managing and preserving electronic records
- Information management : selected agencies' handling of personal information
- Information management : update on implementation of the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act amendments
- Information resources management : comprehensive strategic plan needed to address mounting challenges, United States General Accounting Office
- Information security : Corps of Engineers making improvements, but weaknesses continue
- Information security : additional actions needed to fully implement reform legislation
- Information security : comments on the proposed Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues
- Information technology : DLA needs to strengthen its investment management capability, United States General Accounting Office
- Information technology : DOD needs to improve process for ensuring interoperability of telecommunications switches
- Information technology : Defense Information Systems Agency can improve investment planning and management controls, United States General Accounting Office
- Information technology : Justice plans to improve oversight of agency projects
- Information technology : OMB leadership critical to making needed enterprise architecture and e-government progress, statement of Randolph C. Hite and David L. McClure
- Information technology : enterprise architecture use across the federal government can be improved, United States General Accounting Office
- Information technology : greater use of best practices can reduce risks in acquiring Defense health care system
- Information technology : inconsistent software acquisition processes at the Defense Logistics Agency increase project risks : report to congressional committees, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Information technology : issues affecting cost impact of Navy Marine Corps Intranet need to be resolved
- Information technology services : agencies complying with revision to federal acquisition regulation
- Inspectors general : comparison of ways law enforcement authority is granted
- Inspectors' General : office consolidation and related issues, United States General Accounting Office
- Intellectual property : federal agency efforts in transferring and reporting new technology
- Intellectual property : industry and agency concerns over intellectual property rights, statement of Jack L. Brock, Jr., Managing Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
- Intellectual property : information on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's past and future operations
- Intercity passenger rail : Amtrak needs to improve its decisionmaking process for its route and service proposals
- Intercity passenger rail : Congress faces critical decisions in developing a national policy, statement of JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Intercity passenger rail : potential financial issues in the event that Amtrak undergoes liquidation : report to the Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives
- Internal Revenue Service : assessment of budget request for fiscal year 2003 and interim results of 2002 tax filing season, statement of James R. White, Director, Tax Issues and Randolph C. Hite, Director, Information Technology Architecture and Systems Issues
- Internal Revenue Service : efforts to identify and combat abusive tax schemes have increased, but challenges remain
- Internal Revenue Service : enhanced efforts to combat abusive tax schemes--challenges remain, statement by Michael Brostek, Director, Tax Issues
- Internal Revenue Service : improving adequacy of information systems budget justification
- Internal Revenue Service : status of recommendations from financial audits and related financial management reports
- International electronic commerce : definitions and policy implications, United States General Accounting Office
- International environment : U.S. actions to fulfill commitments under five key agreements, statement for the Record by John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
- International trade : advisory committee system should be updated to better serve U.S. policy needs
- International trade : critical issues remain in deterring conflict diamond trade
- International trade : federal action needed to help small businesses address foreign patent challenges
- International trade : significant challenges remain in detering trade in conflict diamonds : statement of Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, United States General Accounting Office, (electronic resource)
- Internet cigarette sales : giving ATF investigative authority may improve reporting and enforcement
- Internet gambling : an overview of the issues
- Internet management : limited progress on privatization project makes outcome uncertain, statement of Peter Guerrero, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Invasive species : clearer focus and greater commitment needed to effectively manage the problem
- Issues in implementing international peace operations