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Migrant Children: Education and HHS Need to Improve the Exchange of Participant Information (open access)

Migrant Children: Education and HHS Need to Improve the Exchange of Participant Information

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 Education's Migrant Education Program (MEP) and the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Migrant Head Start Program (MHS), focusing on: (1) the goals of the MEP and MHS programs, how they operate, who they serve, and what services they provide; (2) the extent to which Education and HHS facilitate the coordination of MEP and MHS services within each of their programs and between the two programs; and (3) how well Education and HHS determine whether MEP and MHS achieve their goals and objectives."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice: Effects of Varying Laws in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (open access)

Medical Malpractice: Effects of Varying Laws in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effects of laws in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, focusing on: (1) the rationale behind selected reforms states have made to their medical malpractice tort law; (2) whether selected tort reforms have reduced malpractice insurance costs and the costs associated with defensive medicine; (3) the extent to which the District, Maryland, and Virginia have adopted selected tort reforms; and (4) comparing malpractice claim payments, insurance premiums, and numbers of physicians in the District; Baltimore, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mass Transit: 'Mobility Improvements' Is One of Many Factors Used to Evaluate Mass Transit Projects (open access)

Mass Transit: 'Mobility Improvements' Is One of Many Factors Used to Evaluate Mass Transit Projects

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on how the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) considers mobility improvements as it evaluates proposed new starts projects, focusing on: (1) how a proposed project's rating for mobility improvements affects its likelihood for selection; and (2) FTA's proposed changes in how it will evaluate mobility improvements."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Depot Maintenance: Army Report Provides Incomplete Assessment of Depot-Type Capabilities (open access)

Depot Maintenance: Army Report Provides Incomplete Assessment of Depot-Type Capabilities

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's report on the proliferation of depot maintenance-type activities at non-depot facilities for completeness and adequacy, focusing on the: (1) the total amount of depot maintenance-type work conducted at local maintenance facilities and the cost efficiency of such work in view of the Army's overall requirements; and (2) plans for consolidating fragmented maintenance operations."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Health: Factors Contributing to Low Vaccination Rates in Developing Countries (open access)

Global Health: Factors Contributing to Low Vaccination Rates in Developing Countries

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined some of the key issues involving vaccine availability for children in developing countries, focusing on the: (1) locations where shortfalls in immunization coverage are most prevalent; and (2) factors that impede vaccine availability in these locations."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Management Reform: Elements of Successful Improvement Initiatives (open access)

Management Reform: Elements of Successful Improvement Initiatives

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed efforts to improve the management and performance of the federal government."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Endangered and Threatened Species--Threatened Status for Two Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units in California (open access)

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Endangered and Threatened Species--Threatened Status for Two Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units in California

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new rule on the threatened status for two chinook salmon evolutionarily significant units (ESU) in California. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would list two additional ESUs as a threatened species; and (2) NOAA complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Fish Hatcheries: Classification of the Distribution of Fish and Eggs Needs Refinement (open access)

National Fish Hatcheries: Classification of the Distribution of Fish and Eggs Needs Refinement

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the activities of the National Fish Hatchery System, focusing on: (1) the funding level for the National Fish Hatchery System since 1992 and the funding level's impact on operations; (2) the production level at federal hatcheries; (3) the portion of production that is used for recovery and restoration efforts; (4) the distribution of total hatchery production into federal, state, and other waters; and (5) the issues related to health and disease problems at these hatcheries that pose problems for introducing their fish into the wild."
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library