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Foster Children: HHS Guidance Could Help States Improve Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions [Reissued on December 15, 2011] (open access)

Foster Children: HHS Guidance Could Help States Improve Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions [Reissued on December 15, 2011]

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found"
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taxpayer Privacy: A Guide for Screening and Assessing Proposals to Disclose Confidential Tax Information to Specific Parties for Specific Purposes (open access)

Taxpayer Privacy: A Guide for Screening and Assessing Proposals to Disclose Confidential Tax Information to Specific Parties for Specific Purposes

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) receives a great deal of personal information about individuals and businesses. While taxpayers are required to provide this information to IRS under penalty of fine or imprisonment, confidentiality of information reported to IRS is widely held to be a critical element of taxpayers’ willingness to provide information to IRS and comply with the tax laws. As a general rule, anything reported to IRS is held in strict confidence—Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 6103 provides that federal tax information is confidential and to be used to administer federal tax laws except as otherwise specifically authorized by law."
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Enhanced Monthly Benefits: Recipient Population Is Changing, and Awareness Could Be Improved (open access)

VA Enhanced Monthly Benefits: Recipient Population Is Changing, and Awareness Could Be Improved

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "According to VA data during fiscal years 2000 to 2010, most enhanced monthly benefit recipients were veterans, over age 65, and receiving the A&A enhancement as part of their pension benefit. The recipient population is changing, however. In particular, the percentage of enhanced monthly benefit recipients age 65 or younger increased from 18 percent to 24 percent over the decade. Also, the percentage of recipients paid benefits under the disability compensation program increased from 15 percent to 26 percent. The cost of enhanced monthly benefits has increased from $124 million in fiscal year 2000 to $409 million in fiscal year 2010; however, VA does not know what portion of these costs was paid specifically for A&A and Housebound benefits. VA maintains data on enhanced monthly benefit recipients’ total payments but does not separately identify the amount awarded as an A&A or Housebound benefit. VA officials stated that under its current system, separately tracking the costs of these benefits would be complicated and difficult."
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Lending Fund: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability (open access)

Small Business Lending Fund: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found"
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Action Needed to Address NNSA's Program Management and Coordination Challenges (open access)

Nuclear Nonproliferation: Action Needed to Address NNSA's Program Management and Coordination Challenges

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found:"
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library