Environmental Protection Agency: Comparing Annual Budgets for Science and Technology (open access)

Environmental Protection Agency: Comparing Annual Budgets for Science and Technology

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget justification for the Science and Technology account; and (2) presented observations on EPA's budget justifications for fiscal years (FY) 1999, 2000, and 2001."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export Controls: National Security Risks and Revisions to Controls on Computer Systems (open access)

Export Controls: National Security Risks and Revisions to Controls on Computer Systems

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its recent reports concerning the export controls for high performance computers, focusing on how the executive branch: (1) assesses the national security risks associated with the export of high performance computers going to countries of concern; and (2) determines when the exports of computers at existing performance levels can no longer be controlled."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality: Identification and Remediation of Polluted Waters Impeded by Data Gaps (open access)

Water Quality: Identification and Remediation of Polluted Waters Impeded by Data Gaps

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states have for making critical water quality decisions required by the Clean Water Act, focusing on: (1) the adequacy of the data for identifying waters for states' 303(d) lists; (2) the adequacy of data for developing total maximum daily loads (TMDL) for those waters; and (3) key factors that affect the states' abilities to develop TMDLs."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Disability Insurance: Raising the Substantial Gainful Activity Level for the Blind (open access)

Social Security Disability Insurance: Raising the Substantial Gainful Activity Level for the Blind

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the substantial gainful activity (SGA) level established for blind beneficiaries of Social Security Disability Insurance (DI), focusing on the: (1) differences in employment circumstances affecting people with blindness compared with those affecting people with other disabilities; and (2) potential impact of changes in SGA levels on the DI program and on the Social Security trust funds."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care Access: Programs for Underserved Populations Could Be Improved (open access)

Health Care Access: Programs for Underserved Populations Could Be Improved

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the effectiveness of the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) two safety-net programs--the Community and Migrant Health Center program and the National Health Service Corps--to improve access to medically underserved populations."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Contractors: Further Improvement Needed in Headquarters and Regional Office Oversight (open access)

Medicare Contractors: Further Improvement Needed in Headquarters and Regional Office Oversight

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) recent efforts to address weaknesses in how the central office and regional offices work together to oversee Medicare contractors, and the continuing management challenges HCFA faces."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Capital: Observations on EPA's Efforts to Implement a Workforce Planning Strategy (open access)

Human Capital: Observations on EPA's Efforts to Implement a Workforce Planning Strategy

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to determine the workforce it needs to meet its strategic goals and objectives, focusing on: (1) how EPA determines the number of employees and competencies needed to carry out its strategic goals and objectives; and (2) what actions, if any, EPA is taking to improve its workforce planning activities."
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library