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Medicare+Choice: Payments Exceed Cost of Fee-for-Service Benefits, Adding Billions to Spending (open access)

Medicare+Choice: Payments Exceed Cost of Fee-for-Service Benefits, Adding Billions to Spending

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Medicare Choice program payment issues, focusing on: (1) whether program spending for Medicare Choice plan enrollees has exceeded what Medicare-covered care for these beneficiaries would have cost in the fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare program; and (2) the extent to which payments to individual plans differ from expected FFS costs."
Date: August 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Relief Fund: FEMA's Estimates of Funding Requirements Can Be Improved (open access)

Disaster Relief Fund: FEMA's Estimates of Funding Requirements Can Be Improved

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determines current and future funding requirements for the Disaster Relief fund, focusing on the: (1) accuracy and timeliness of FEMA's estimates of costs for past disasters; (2) reasonableness of FEMA's approach to estimating the timing and cost of future disasters; and (3) impact of FEMA's initiatives on the rate of obligating disaster relief funds."
Date: August 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Reform: Improving Rural Development's Credit Program Cost Estimates (open access)

Credit Reform: Improving Rural Development's Credit Program Cost Estimates

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development (RD) mission area's progress in improving its credit program cost estimates."
Date: August 22, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Responses to Questions From May 18th Hearing on Uses of Social Security Numbers (open access)

Responses to Questions From May 18th Hearing on Uses of Social Security Numbers

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO responded to congressional questions regarding the May 18th hearing on the uses of social security numbers (SSN), focusing on the following questions: (1) what problems are caused when necessary SSNs are not included on tax forms submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (2) what actions federal agencies are taking in the area of using biometrics to identify individuals."
Date: August 21, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service: Funding Allocations to Region 4 (open access)

Forest Service: Funding Allocations to Region 4

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Forest Service's Washington Office funding allocations to Region 4, focusing on: (1) funds allocated to Region 4 during fiscal years 1995-2000 for budget line items under the National Forest System (NFS) appropriation; (2) reasons for trends and year-to-year changes in NFS' funding allocations to Region 4; (3) how budget line item amounts in the budget requests Region 4 submitted for fiscal years 1998-2000 differed from the final allocations it received; and (4) funds allocated to all regions during fiscal years 1995-2000 for the Fire Preparedness budget line item under the Wildland Fire Management appropriation."
Date: August 24, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for Little League Baseball, Incorporated, for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for Little League Baseball, Incorporated, for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the audit report covering the financial statements of the Little League Baseball, Incorporated, for the years ended September 30, 1998 and 1999, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements for 1998 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements for 1998

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the audit report covering the financial statements of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 1999 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 1999

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the audit report covering the financial statements of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Incorporated, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Controls: Disbursement Processing Controls Need Improvement (open access)

Internal Controls: Disbursement Processing Controls Need Improvement

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Financial Management Service's (FMS) controls over safeguarding of assets and documenting disbursements and reconciliation of reports as well as the results of previously suggested improvements."
Date: August 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Performance and Results Act: Information on Science Issues in EPA's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (open access)

Government Performance and Results Act: Information on Science Issues in EPA's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) performance reports on its science programs, focusing on: (1) whether EPA links science issues in its performance report for fiscal year (FY) 1999 with performance plans for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 and whether the agency's funding request for FY 2001 is linked to specific science activities in its performance plan for that year; (2) whether EPA's performance plan for FY 2001 addresses weaknesses in the agency's science program that GAO previously identified; and (3) the extent to which EPA's draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2000-2005, complies with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 requirements."
Date: August 31, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Performance and Results Act: Information on the National Science Foundation's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (open access)

Government Performance and Results Act: Information on the National Science Foundation's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Science Foundation's (NSF) fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report and FY 2000 and 2001 performance plans, focusing on the: (1) extent to which the FY 2000 and 2001 performance plans presented a consistent and coherent story regarding the agency's support of basic research efforts; (2) goals and results as reported in its FY 1999 performance report; (3) extent to which NSF's FY 1999 performance report and FY 2000 and 2001 performance plans link to its FY 2000 and 2001 budget requests; and (4) limitations with NSF's FY 1999 performance report and FY 2001 performance plan."
Date: August 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Blinded Veterans Association for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Blinded Veterans Association for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the audit report for the Blinded Veterans Association for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1998 and 1999, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ryan White CARE Act: Title I Funding for San Francisco (open access)

Ryan White CARE Act: Title I Funding for San Francisco

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on funding for San Francisco under the Ryan White CARE Act, focusing on: (1) comparing San Francisco's fiscal (FY) 2000 title I grant award, which was determined using the act's hold-harmless provision, with what the award would have been had deceased acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases been included in the calculation; and (2) how funding for San Francisco that was based on the inclusion of deceased AIDS cases would have compared with the amount San Francisco would have received if the FY 2000 hold-harmless level had been reduced by 25 percent."
Date: August 24, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Technology: VA Actions Needed to Implement Critical Reforms (open access)

Information Technology: VA Actions Needed to Implement Critical Reforms

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) efforts to address GAO's recommendations to improve VA's information technology (IT) program."
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile Fuel Economy: Potential Effects of Increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (open access)

Automobile Fuel Economy: Potential Effects of Increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program standards, focusing on: (1) the impact of increasing CAFE standards on oil consumption, the environment, and automobile safety in the United States; and (2) other issues that affect the CAFE discussion."
Date: August 15, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Application of Anti-Lobbying Restrictions to HUD Report Losing Ground] (open access)

[Application of Anti-Lobbying Restrictions to HUD Report Losing Ground]

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO determined whether certain anti-lobbying restrictions applied to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) publication of "Losing Ground: The Impact of Proposed HUD Budget Cuts on America's Communities." GAO held that after careful consideration and analysis, neither the Losing Ground report itself, nor the Secretary in issuing it, violated applicable anti-lobbying laws."
Date: August 17, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial and Legal Issues Facing the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund (open access)

Financial and Legal Issues Facing the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Combined Benefit Fund, focusing on: (1) the status of the Fund's financial position and its financing mechanism; (2) the impact of major court decisions on the assignment of beneficiaries; and (3) significant litigation and its related costs."
Date: August 15, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Inventory: Status of Navy Initiatives to Improve Its In-Transit Inventory Process (open access)

Defense Inventory: Status of Navy Initiatives to Improve Its In-Transit Inventory Process

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided a status report on the Navy's initiatives to address a number of in-transit inventory problems that GAO identified in previous reports."
Date: August 24, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
NASA's Administrative Review of a Patent Infringement Claim (open access)

NASA's Administrative Review of a Patent Infringement Claim

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) administrative review of a patent infringement claim, focusing on: (1) whether NASA adhered to established procedures in conducting its administrative review of the inventor's infringement claim; and (2) what criteria NASA used in reaching its decision."
Date: August 8, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Performance and Results Act: Information on Science Issues in the Department of Energy's Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (open access)

Government Performance and Results Act: Information on Science Issues in the Department of Energy's Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001

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) accountability report for fiscal year (FY) 1999 and performance plans for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, focusing on whether the report: (1) conveyed a coherent picture of the Department's science programs; and (2) clearly links to its budget."
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Performance and Results Act: Information on FAA's Science Activities in DOT's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999, Performance Plan for FY 2001, and July 2000 Draft Strategic Plan (open access)

Government Performance and Results Act: Information on FAA's Science Activities in DOT's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999, Performance Plan for FY 2001, and July 2000 Draft Strategic Plan

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) science activities, in the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Performance report, focusing on: (1) how fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report/FY 2001 performance plan addresses FAA's science activities; (2) the extent to which FAA's science activities in the President's FY 2001 budget request are linked to DOT's FY 2001 performance plan; and (3) the extent to which DOT's FY 2001 performance plan addresses weaknesses regarding FAA's science activities."
Date: August 18, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., National Memorial, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 1999 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., National Memorial, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 1999

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the financial statement audit report for the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., National Memorial, Incorporated, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: Accounting and Internal Control Issues Identified During GAO's 1999 FDIC Financial Statement Audits (open access)

Financial Audit: Accounting and Internal Control Issues Identified During GAO's 1999 FDIC Financial Statement Audits

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on internal control weaknesses identified during GAO's audits of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) 1999 financial statements."
Date: August 11, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
HCFA: Medicare Program--Provisions of the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 and Hospital Inpatient Payments and Rates and Costs of Graduate Medical Education (open access)

HCFA: Medicare Program--Provisions of the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 and Hospital Inpatient Payments and Rates and Costs of Graduate Medical Education

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) new rule on hospital inpatient payments and rates and costs of graduate medical education. GAO noted that: (1) the interim rule implements provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 relating to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services; (2) these provisions relate to reclassification of hospitals from urban to rural status, reclassification of certain hospitals for purposes of payment during federal fiscal year 2000, critical access hospitals, payments to hospitals excluded from the hospital inpatient prospective payment system, and payments for indirect and direct graduate medical education costs; and (3) HCFA complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: August 15, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library