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Reducing Wildfire Threats: Funds Should Be Targeted to the Highest Risk Areas
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the efforts to reduce the future risk of catastrophic wildfires to human lives and property, focusing on (1) why conditions on federal forests and rangelands have reached the point that they pose a significant risk to nearby communities and to the ecological sustainability of lands and natural resources; (2) the history and status of efforts by the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to reduce the risk; and (3) budget-related issues that should be addressed to better ensure that the agencies spend effectively and account accurately for funds appropriated to reduce hazardous fuels."
Date:
September 13, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
VA Research: System for Protecting Human Subjects Needs Improvement
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system for protecting the rights and welfare of veterans who volunteer to participate in research at VA medical centers."
Date:
September 28, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Creation of a Single Housing GSE Regulator
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the regulation of the housing government-sponsored enterprises (GSE)."
Date:
September 12, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nursing Homes: Success of Quality Initiatives Requires Sustained Federal and State Commitment
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the quality of care in nursing homes, focusing on: (1) progress in improving the detection of quality problems during annual surveys; (2) how the prevalence of identified problems has changed; (3) the status of efforts to strengthen states' complaint investigation processes and federal enforcement policies; and (4) additional activities occurring at the federal level to improve oversight of states' quality assurance activities."
Date:
September 28, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management: USDA Continues to Face Major Financial Management Challenges
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed Department of Agriculture (USDA) financial management issues, focusing on USDA's challenges in: (1) implementing the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 and related accounting standards; (2) reconciling its Fund Balance with Treasury accounts; (3) addressing weaknesses in the Forest Service's financial accounting and reporting; and (4) correcting certain other material internal control weaknesses."
Date:
September 27, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: More Beneficiaries Use Hospice; Many Factors Contribute to Shorter Periods of Use
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed issues related to the use of Medicare's hospice benefit, focusing on: (1) the patterns and trends in hospice use by Medicare beneficiaries; (2) factors that affect the use of the hospice benefit; and (3) the availability of hospice providers."
Date:
September 18, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intercity Passenger Rail: Decisions on the Future of Amtrak and Intercity Passenger Rail Are Approaching
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's (Amtrak) intercity passenger rail, focusing on: (1) Amtrak's progress toward achieving operating self-sufficiency; (2) its capital investment needs and how these capital needs compare with expected federal funding; and (3) the future of Amtrak and intercity passenger rail."
Date:
September 26, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Slotting Fees: Effort to Study the Use of These Payments in the Grocery Industry
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its effort to study the use of slotting fees in the grocery industry, focusing on GAO's: (1) planned approach and methodology; and (2) reasons for not being able to perform the study."
Date:
September 14, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FAA Computer Security: Actions Needed to Address Critical Weaknesses That Jeopardize Aviation Operations
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer security weaknesses, focusing on: (1) FAA's history of computer security weaknesses; (2) the adequacy of FAA's efforts to prevent unauthorized access to data--specifically focusing on personnel security, facilities' physical security, systems security, security program planning and management, and service continuity; and (3) the effectiveness of processes implemented by the agency for detecting, responding to, and reporting anomalies and computer misuse."
Date:
September 27, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Appearance of Improper Influence in Certain Contract Awards
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated alleged contracting irregularities at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), focusing on allegations that PBGC's Director of Insurance Operations, Bennie Hogan, improperly influenced the award of two contracts to Myrna Cooks."
Date:
September 21, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nursing Homes: Aggregate Medicare Payments Are Adequate Despite Bankruptcies
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the causes of the bankruptcies of large corporations owning nursing homes and the implications for nursing home residents, focusing on: (1) the adequacy of Medicare's payment rates for skilled nursing services furnished in nursing homes; (2) the relationship between the changes wrought by the Balanced Budget Act and recent nursing home bankruptcies; and (3) what exists to protect patients."
Date:
September 5, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mortgage Financing: Financial Health of the Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the financial health of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, focusing on: (1) the activities of the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) home mortgage insurance program; (2) how the reserves of the Fund are estimated; (3) GAO's views on determining an adequate level of reserves; (4) actions that Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have taken or could take to influence the level of reserves; and (5) the impact that actions affecting the level of reserves could have on the federal budget."
Date:
September 12, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Management Challenges: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the management challenges facing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), focusing on: (1) HUD's progress in addressing the major management challenges identified in the past and GAO's plans for updating the risk status of HUD's programs; (2) issues HUD faces in ensuring that the reforms it has implemented are sustainable and will result in its becoming a high-performing federal agency, including GAO's plans for monitoring HUD's activities; and (3) the importance of congressional oversight in ensuring that federal agencies like HUD, successfully manage for results in the 21st century."
Date:
September 26, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control: Experience of U.S. Industry With Chemical Weapons Convention Inspections
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed companies in the chemical, agricultural, and brewing industries inspected under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention), focusing on: (1) how companies protect proprietary information during inspections; (2) any adverse publicity for companies as a result of being inspected; and (3) the costs to companies of being inspected."
Date:
September 13, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DOD Personnel: More Accurate Estimate of Overdue Security Clearance Reinvestigations Is Needed
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) backlog of overdue personnel security reinvestigations, focusing on: (1) how DOD estimates estimates the backlog; (2) the soundness of DOD's backlog estimates; and (3) DOD's plans to address the backlog problem."
Date:
September 20, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service: Electronic Commerce Activities and Legal Matters
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the U.S. Postal Services' (USPS) electronic commerce (e-commerce) initiatives, focusing on USPS': (1) e-commerce initiatives that have been implemented or are being developed; (2) goals and strategies for the e-commerce area; (3) processes for approving these initiatives; and (4) expected performance and results to date related to e-commerce initiatives."
Date:
September 7, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Care Insurance: Better Information Critical to Prospective Purchasers
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the challenges the baby boom generation and society face in planning for and financing its future long-term care needs, and the role that private long-term care insurance may play in meeting those challenges, focusing on: (1) the increased demand the baby boom generation will likely create for long-term care; (2) an overview of current spending for long-term care of the elderly, including recent changes in Medicaid and Medicare financing of long-term care; and (3) the potential role of private long-term care insurance in helping finance this care, including who buys this insurance, its affordability, and the critical need for consumer information and protections."
Date:
September 13, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Contract Management Needs Improvement
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) management of its contracting responsibilities, focusing on: (1) the basis for PBGC's decisions regarding the use of contractors versus government personnel to address its workloads; (2) PBGC's processes and procedures for selecting contractors; and (3) how effective PBGC has been in monitoring the performance of its contractors."
Date:
September 21, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: Lack of Haitian Commitment Limited Success of U.S. Aid to Justice System
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the preliminary results of its review of U.S. assistance provided to Haiti's justice system, focusing on the: (1) results of the U.S. assistance provided to the Haitian police and judicial sector and the major problems that continue to affect these justice institutions; and (2) primary factors that have affected the success of the assistance."
Date:
September 19, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fish and Wildlife Service: Weaknesses in the Management of the Endangered Species Program Workload at the Carlsbad, California Field Office
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the implementation of the Endangered Species Act by the Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) field office in Carlsbad, California, focusing on: (1) how the Carlsbad office tracks its workload of consultations and habitat conservation plans (HCP); (2) to what extent the office is complying with FWS guidelines for completing formal consultations and HCP processing; and (3) the causes for delay when time frames are exceeded."
Date:
September 14, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: Source of Funding for Needle Exchange Programs
Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether the funds used for the needle exchange program in the District of Columbia complied with provisions of the Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act for the District of Columbia prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for such programs."
Date:
September 15, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation and the Environment: Federally Authorized Funding for Noise-Related Projects
Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) funding for noise-related projects, focusing on: (1) the total historical funding of noise-related projects through both the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) programs, by FAA region; and (2) comparing the amount of AIP funds set aside for noise-related projects in the AIP appropriation for fiscal year (FY) 2000 and the authorized amounts for the AIP for fiscal years 2001 through 2003 with the projected costs of noise-related projects planned in the current National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)."
Date:
September 27, 2000
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of 1995 has been taken as a starting point. Since 1995 many new observations and reports have become available. Much of the information on observations and studies on climate change and its impacts can be found through the Internet. Where possible we have made references, such that the reader can easily verify and review our sources. This study addresses three main questions: To what extent can the human influence on the climate system presently be measured? What can we expect for the short term and long-term future? To what extent will measures to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions affect the future climate?
Date:
September 2000
Creator:
Vellinga, P. & Verseveld, W. J. van
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Bill No. 1771
An act to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 42800) to Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, and to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 25730) to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to air pollution.
Date:
September 2000
Creator:
Secretary of State
System:
The UNT Digital Library