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Observations on the Department of the Interior's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of the Interior's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan for the Department of the Interior, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Commerce's fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Criteria: How Five States Budget for Uncertainty (open access)

Emergency Criteria: How Five States Budget for Uncertainty

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how five states budget for uncertainty, focusing on: (1) state criteria designed to control the use of reserve emergency funds; (2) how state criteria compared with criteria being proposed at the federal level; (3) how states determined whether the criteria have been met; (4) whether state criteria contain any escape clauses; and (5) whether states' criteria are useful in controlling costs."
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of State's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of State's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan for the Department of State, which was submitted to Congress as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over its FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Improvements Needed to Enhance Protection of Confidential Health Information (open access)

Medicare: Improvements Needed to Enhance Protection of Confidential Health Information

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed four areas related to the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) use of personally identifiable health information, focusing on: (1) HCFA's need for personally identifiable health information to manage the Medicare program and accomplish other purposes; (2) HCFA's policies and practices regarding disclosure of information on Medicare beneficiaries; (3) the adequacy of HCFA's safeguards for protecting the confidentiality of electronic information and HCFA's monitoring of others' protection of beneficiary information; and (4) the effect on HCFA of state restrictions on the disclosure of confidential health information."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: Experiences of Four Countries in Consolidating Their Food Safety Systems (open access)

Food Safety: Experiences of Four Countries in Consolidating Their Food Safety Systems

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the experiences of foreign countries that are consolidating their food safety responsibilities, focusing on the: (1) reasons for and approaches taken to consolidation, the costs and savings, if any, associated with consolidation, and efforts to assess the effectiveness of the revised food safety systems; and (2) lessons that the United States might learn from these countries' experiences in consolidating their food safety functions."
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of the Treasury's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of the Treasury's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of the Treasury's fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan that was submitted to Congress as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on the: (1) usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Pollution: Proposed Pretreatment Standards for Industrial Laundries (open access)

Water Pollution: Proposed Pretreatment Standards for Industrial Laundries

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the industrial laundry industry regarding EPA's cost benefit analyses of its proposed pretreatment standards, focusing on: (1) EPA's implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA); (2) the significant differences between EPA's and the industry's cost estimates of this proposed regulation; (3) ascertaining how EPA estimated the benefits of the proposed rule and disclosed the uncertainties associated with the accuracy of its estimates; and (4) how EPA's analysis supports its belief that the agency has chosen the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome regulatory alternative."
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Education's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Education's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan for the Department of Education, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over its FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Fisheries: Information on Federally Funded Buyback Programs (open access)

Commercial Fisheries: Information on Federally Funded Buyback Programs

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federally funded fishery buyback programs, focusing on the: (1) number, objectives, and key features of federally funded buyback programs since 1976; (2) costs, sources of funds, and results of these programs; and (3) key features and estimated costs of proposed federally funded buyback programs."
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foster Care: Increases in Adoption Rates (open access)

Foster Care: Increases in Adoption Rates

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined the source of information states used to derive both the fiscal year (FY) 1998 and the base numbers of finalized foster care adoptions, and identified factors that contributed to the increases in foster care adoptions in 5 states--Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, and Texas."
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inter-American Foundation: Allegations of Improper Contracting and Personnel Actions at the Foundation (open access)

Inter-American Foundation: Allegations of Improper Contracting and Personnel Actions at the Foundation

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated the allegations that Adolfo Franco, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), violated contracting regulations and personnel policies in his attempts to hire Carlos Urquidi for the auditor position at IAF, focusing on if IAF violated: (1) Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) in procuring the services of Mr. Urquidi; and (2) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations or personnel policies in its attempts to fill the auditor position."
Date: May 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Personnel: Actions Needed to Better Define Pilot Requirements and Promote Retention (open access)

Military Personnel: Actions Needed to Better Define Pilot Requirements and Promote Retention

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the reasons for the reported military pilot shortages, focusing on: (1) the services' reported and projected estimates of their pilot shortages; (2) the basis for the services' pilot requirements; (3) key factors that account for the reported pilot shortages; and (4) concerns that are causing pilots to consider leaving the military."
Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Paperwork: General Purpose Statistics and Research Surveys of Businesses (open access)

Federal Paperwork: General Purpose Statistics and Research Surveys of Businesses

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the federal paperwork burden, focusing on the: (1) paperwork burden associated with federal agencies' general purpose statistics and research (GPS/R) surveys that are directed towards businesses; (2) nature, use, and burden of selected GPS/R surveys; and (3) agencies' efforts to reduce the burden associated with the selected surveys."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act, focusing on the: (1) usefulness of HUD's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) degree of improvement HUD's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Health and Human Services' Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Health and Human Services' Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on the: (1) usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the U.S. Agency for International Development's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the U.S. Agency for International Development's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
HUD: Allegations of Conflict of Interest and Misrepresentations Regarding GAO Review of Bucklin Report Are Unfounded (open access)

HUD: Allegations of Conflict of Interest and Misrepresentations Regarding GAO Review of Bucklin Report Are Unfounded

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the allegations of a conflict of interest for GAO personnel in their examination of a report prepared by Donald T. Bucklin regarding an equal employment opportunity complaint against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the General Services Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the General Services Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the General Services Administration's (GSA) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act, focusing on the: (1) usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library