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Air Traffic Control: FAA's Modernization Investment Management Approach Could Be Strengthened
A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) modernization investment management approach as carried out through the Acquisition Management System (AMS), focusing on the extent to which FAA, through AMS: (1) has established a structured approach for selecting and controlling its investments; (2) incorporates all investments, including those in operation, in the agency's portfolio; and (3) selects, controls, and evaluates its investments with complete and reliable information."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Development: Extent of Federal Influence on 'Urban Sprawl' Is Unclear
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the contribution of federal programs and policies to urban sprawl, focusing on: (1) the origins and implications of urban sprawl; (2) evidence that exists on the influence of federal programs and policies on urban sprawl; and (3) regulatory review and coordination mechanisms evaluating and mitigating the effects of federal actions on urban sprawl."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Energy: Accelerated Closure of Rocky Flats: Status and Obstacles
A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) ability to close the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site by the end of 2006, focusing on: (1) DOE's plans for accelerating the site's closure and challenges that could impede closure; (2) the condition of the site at closure and the activities that will remain after closure; and (3) the costs of closing the site and the savings expected from accelerating its closure."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Land Management Systems: Major Software Development Does Not Meet BLM's Business Needs
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO recommended actions it believes the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) should take to improve its efforts to develop and deploy its Automated Land and Mineral Record System (ALMRS)."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Waste: DOE's Accelerated Cleanup Strategy Has Benefits but Faces Uncertainties
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) Paths to Closure report, which details DOE's strategy to accelerate its hazardous waste cleanup efforts, focusing on the: (1) methodologies and assumptions used to develop the Paths to Closure report and any associated limitations; (2) uncertainties in the Paths to Closure report that may affect its usefulness; and (3) funding implications related to the cost of cleanup."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Waste: Process to Remove Radioactive Waste From Savannah River Tanks Fails to Work
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to clean up nuclear waste at DOE's Savannah River Site in South Carolina, focusing on: (1) the factors causing the project's delays and cost growth; (2) the effect of the in-tank precipitation process project's suspension on the Savannah River Site's cleanup plans and costs; and (3) DOE's plans for developing an alternative technology for separating high-level waste from the liquid."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tennessee Valley Authority: Assessment of the 10-Year Business Plan
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) 10-year business plan, focusing on whether the 10-year plan: (1) addresses key issues facing TVA; (2) takes into consideration all applicable costs and revenue sources; (3) contains goals and assumptions that are achievable or reasonable and in line with industry estimates and expectations; and (4) has been updated to reflect significant changes in key goals and assumptions or actual experience."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000: State Insurance Regulators Face Challenges in Determining Industry Readiness
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the readiness of the insurance industry to meet the year 2000 date change, focusing on: (1) what state regulators were doing to oversee the year 2000 readiness of the insurance industry; (2) how the regulatory oversight of the insurance industry's year 2000 readiness compared with the oversight of the banking and securities industries; (3) the status of the insurance industry's year 2000 readiness; and (4) the nature and extent of year 2000 liability exposures that insurers face and the mitigation efforts taken to address such exposures."
Date:
April 30, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Force Supply: Management Actions Create Spare Parts Shortages and Operations Problems
A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of the Air Force Supply Management Activity Group in meeting its military customers needs, focusing on the: (1) extent and impact of military customers not receiving aircraft spare parts when needed; and (2) reasons why parts were not always available when needed."
Date:
April 29, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Health Program: Reporting of Funding Adjustments Would Assist Congressional Oversight
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the apparent discrepancies between the Department of Defense's (DOD) budget allocations and the actual obligations for direct and purchased care, focusing on: (1) the extent to which the Defense Health Program (DHP) obligations have differed from DOD's budget allocations; (2) the reasons for any such differences; and (3) whether congressional oversight of DHP funding changes could be enhanced if DOD provided notification or budget execution data."
Date:
April 29, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Superfund: Progress Made by EPA and Other Federal Agencies to Resolve Program Management Issues
A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the efforts that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the other federal agencies with major cleanup responsibilities have made to set priorities for spending limited cleanup funds at the hazardous waste sites posing the highest risks to human health and the environment; (2) EPA's actions to recover its expenditures for cleanups from the parties that are legally liable for the contamination; and (3) EPA's efforts to better control contractors' cleanup costs."
Date:
April 29, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Antimicrobial Resistance: Data to Assess Public Health Threat From Resistant Bacteria Are Limited
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the potential threat to the public's health from antimicrobial resistant bacteria, focusing on: (1) what is known about the public health burden--in terms of illnesses, deaths and treatment costs--due to antimicrobial resistance; (2) potential future burden, given what is known about the development of resistance in microbes and usage of antimicrobials; and (3) federal efforts to gather and provide information about resistance."
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: MedPAC's Fiscal Year 1998 Schedules of Expenditures and Budgetary Resources
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reported on the results of the financial-related audit, conducted by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) Schedules of Expenditures and Budgetary Resources for the year ended September 30, 1998."
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: The Agricultural Use of Antibiotics and Its Implications for Human Health
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on antibiotic resistance issues that may stem from the use of antibiotics in agriculture, focusing on the: (1) use of antibiotics in agriculture and the implications of that use for human health; (2) federal roles and responsibilities for overseeing the use of antibiotics in agriculture; and (3) issues surrounding the debate over whether to further regulate or restrict the use of antibiotics in agriculture."
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indian Trust Funds: Interior Lacks Assurance That Trust Improvement Plan Will Be Effective
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Department of the Interior's High-Level Implementation Plan for improving its management of the Indian trust funds and resources under its control, focusing on whether the Interior has reasonable assurance that: (1) the High-Level Plan provides an effective solution for addressing its long-standing problems; and (2) its acquisition of a new asset and land records management service will cost effectively satisfy trust management needs."
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: Information on Former Recipients' Status
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on families no longer receiving welfare, focusing on: (1) the extent to which states have reported information on the condition of families who have left welfare in the following key areas: (a) economic status; (b) family composition; and (c) family and child well-being; (2) generalizable state studies on what is known about the status of former welfare families in the key areas; and (3) federal and state efforts to improve the usefulness of the data obtained through these state efforts."
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Costs and Planned Use of Emergency Funds
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on year 2000 costs and funding at 41 federal agencies and organizations, focusing on the: (1) agency-reported year 2000 costs through fiscal year (FY) 1998 and the agency processes used to track these costs; (2) reported status of FY 1999 obligations for year 2000 activities; (3) estimated year 2000 costs for FY 1999 and the planned uses of emergency funds; and (4) estimated year 2000 costs for FY 2000."
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Development: Weak Management Controls Compromise Integrity of Four HUD Grant Programs
A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether controls are in place to ensure that block grant programs' objectives are being achieved and that funds are being managed appropriately, focusing on whether: (1) the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) on-site monitoring of grantees under the Grants Management System is adequate; and (2) the Integrated Disbursement and Information System provides the data HUD needs to accurately assess grantees' performance."
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Managed Care Plans: Many Factors Contribute to Recent Withdrawals; Plan Interest Continues
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on managed care plans' decisions to leave the Medicare program or to reduce the geographic areas that they serve, focusing on: (1) plans that receive capitated payments; (2) the patterns of plan and beneficiary participation in managed care; (3) factors associated with plans' decisions to enter or leave the Medicare Choice program; and (4) changes in plans' benefit packages and premiums."
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 1998
Annual report of the Texas Racing Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1998
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
Texas Racing Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Year 2000: Financial Institution and Regulatory Efforts to Address International Risks
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the international risks that the year 2000 computer problem poses to U.S. financial institutions, focusing on the extent to which: (1) large, internationally active U.S. financial institutions were addressing international year 2000 risks; (2) U.S. banking and securities regulators were overseeing these risks for the institutions they regulate; (3) large foreign financial institutions and their regulators are addressing the year 2000 risks; and (4) other issues may require attention before 2000 arrives."
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assisted Living: Quality-of-Care and Consumer Protection Issues in Four States
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether consumers are able to make informed choices about their care and about the nature and extent of problems that may be occurring in assisted living, focusing on: (1) residents' needs and the services provided in assisted living facilities; (2) the extent to which facilities provide consumers with information sufficient to help them choose a facility that is appropriate for their needs; (3) state approaches to the oversight of assisted living; and (4) the type and frequency of quality-of-care and consumer protection problems identified by Congress."
Date:
April 26, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mass Transit: FTA's Progress in Developing and Implementing a New Starts Evaluation Process
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) efforts to develop and implement evaluation and rating processes and procedures for evaluating new start transit projects for federal funding, focusing on: (1) the status of FTA's efforts; (2) how FTA implemented the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) requirements for evaluating, rating, and recommending projects; and (3) open issues that FTA needs to resolve to fully satisfy TEA-21 requirements."
Date:
April 26, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Securities Regulation: Actions Taken to Improve Nasdaq Listing Procedures
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. have implemented the recommendations from a previous GAO report, focusing on the status of Nasdaq's: (1) response to recommendations SEC made as part of its oversight of Nasdaq's Listing Qualifications Department (NLQ); and (2) new automated Risk Scoring Compliance System (RSCS)."
Date:
April 26, 1999
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library