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Federal Communications Commission: Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution Ownership Rule (open access)

Federal Communications Commission: Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution Ownership Rule

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new rule on FCC's regulations governing attribution ownership rule. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would amend FCC's broadcast, broadcast cable cross-ownership, and cable/Multipoint Distribution Service cross-ownership attribution rules; (2) according to FCC, the final rule improves the precision of the attribution rules, avoids disruption in the flow of capital to broadcasting, affords clarity and certainty to regulatees and markets, and facilitates application processing; and (3) FCC complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: October 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DC Courts: Improvements Needed in Accounting for Escrow and Other Funds (open access)

DC Courts: Improvements Needed in Accounting for Escrow and Other Funds

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the District of Columbia (DC) Courts' management of its escrow and other bank accounts, focusing on whether DC Courts: (1) properly reconciled its bank accounts; (2) had adequate controls over fines and fees collected; and (3) had authority to retain amounts deposited into the Crime Victims Fund account."
Date: October 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Assessment of Water Quality: Trinity River Basin (open access)

Regional Assessment of Water Quality: Trinity River Basin

The purpose of this study is "to identify significant issues affecting water quality" within the Trinity River watershed, located in the eastern half of Texas, "and to provide sufficient information for the Commission, river authorities, and other local government bodies to take appropriate corrective action necessary to maintain and improve the quality of [the] state's water resources" (p. [1]).
Date: October 1992
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
2000 Census: Information on the Implications of a Post Census Local Review Program (open access)

2000 Census: Information on the Implications of a Post Census Local Review Program

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how census operations and data accuracy could be affected if the Bureau of the Census were to include a coverage improvement program known as Post Census Local Review (PCLR) in the 2000 census."
Date: October 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reported Y2K Readiness of State Employment Security Agencies' Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Tax Systems (open access)

Reported Y2K Readiness of State Employment Security Agencies' Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Tax Systems

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on year 2000 readiness of State Employment Security Agencies' (SESA) unemployment insurance benefits and tax systems and determined the reported status of whether these systems have been independently verified and validated for year 2000 compliance. GAO also determined whether SESAs have submitted contingency plans for continuity of business operations."
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Customs Service: Update on the Merchandise Processing Fee (open access)

U.S. Customs Service: Update on the Merchandise Processing Fee

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Custom Service's Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) that is charged on certain imports, focusing on the relationship between the fee and the cost of services provided."
Date: October 7, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Systems: The Status of Computer Security at the Department of Veterans Affairs (open access)

Information Systems: The Status of Computer Security at the Department of Veterans Affairs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reported on the status of computer security throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)."
Date: October 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management Service: Significant Weaknesses in Computer Controls (open access)

Financial Management Service: Significant Weaknesses in Computer Controls

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the general and application computer controls over key financial systems maintained and operated by the Financial Management Service (FMS), focusing on the results of GAO's fiscal year (FY) 1998 tests of the effectiveness of general and application controls that support key FMS automated financial systems and GAO's follow up on the status of FMS' corrective actions to address weaknesses identified in its FY 1997 audit."
Date: October 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: FBI Needs to Complete Business Continuity Plans (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: FBI Needs to Complete Business Continuity Plans

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) plans and controls for year 2000 business continuity planning, focusing on: (1) the status of and plans for completing the FBI's contingency planning for continuity of operations; and (2) whether the FBI's contingency planning efforts satisfy the key processes in GAO's year 2000 business continuity and contingency planning guide."
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Computers: DOD Y2K Functional End-to-End Testing Progress and Test Event Management (open access)

Defense Computers: DOD Y2K Functional End-to-End Testing Progress and Test Event Management

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effectiveness of the Department of Defense's efforts to perform year 2000-related end-to-end tests for its major business functions."
Date: October 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service: A Framework for Improving Accountability (open access)

Forest Service: A Framework for Improving Accountability

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Forest Service's progress in improving its accounting and financial reporting, focusing on Forest Service's efforts to: (1) achieve financial accountability; (2) become more accountable for its performance; and (3) better align its budget with its strategic goals and objectives."
Date: October 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness of Key State-Administered Federal Programs (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness of Key State-Administered Federal Programs

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 readiness of state-administered federal programs, focusing on: (1) the reported year 2000 readiness of 10 key state-administered federal human services programs; and (2) federal activities to assess states' readiness for these 10 programs."
Date: October 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drinking Water Research: Better Planning Needed to Link Needs and Resources (open access)

Drinking Water Research: Better Planning Needed to Link Needs and Resources

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) drinking water research program, focusing on: (1) a comparison of EPA's budget requests for drinking water research during fiscal years 1997 through 2000 with: (a) the amounts authorized for such purposes by the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996; and (b) the amounts estimated by EPA to be needed to support the regulations and regulatory determinations required under the amendments; (2) the views of stakeholders--those involved with supplying and ensuring the safety of drinking water--regarding the likelihood that EPA will be able to complete the research necessary to support new regulations and regulatory decisions over the next 10 years and the potential consequences if the research is not completed; and (3) an assessment of EPA's drinking water research plans, including the tasks, projected funding, and anticipated accomplishments, to support the development of new regulations and regulatory decisions over the next 10 years."
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: State and USAID Need to Strengthen Business Continuity Planning (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: State and USAID Need to Strengthen Business Continuity Planning

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of State and the Agency for International Development's (AID) efforts: (1) to increase worldwide awareness of the year 2000 problem, assess international preparedness, and inform American citizens of risks; (2) to report progress in remediating their internal computer systems; and (3) to prepare business continuity and contingency plans to ensure that they can continue to provide critical services."
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthrax Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy Issues (open access)

Anthrax Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy Issues

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of its ongoing examination of the safety and efficacy of the anthrax vaccine, focusing on the: (1) need for a six-shot regimen and annual booster shots; (2) long- and short-term safety of the vaccine; (3) efficacy of the vaccine; (4) extent to which problems the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found in the vaccine production facility in Michigan could compromise the safety, efficacy, and quality of the vaccine; and (5) effects of the anthrax vaccine on children, pregnant women or lactating women."
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Archives: The Challenge of Electronic Records Management (open access)

National Archives: The Challenge of Electronic Records Management

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the challenges that face the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and federal agencies in their efforts to manage the rapidly increasing volume of electronic records."
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intercity Passenger Rail: Amtrak Faces Challenges in Improving Its Financial Condition (open access)

Intercity Passenger Rail: Amtrak Faces Challenges in Improving Its Financial Condition

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed Amtrak's overall financial condition, its progress in becoming free of operating subsidies, its use of the Taxpayer Relief Act (TRA) of 1997 funds, and its need for capital investment to improve quality of service."
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Competitive Contracting: Preliminary Issues Regarding FAIR Act Implementation (open access)

Competitive Contracting: Preliminary Issues Regarding FAIR Act Implementation

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its observations on the initial implementation of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998, focusing on: (1) the progress to date in developing and releasing agencies' FAIR Act inventories; (2) the status of the initial steps taken to implement the FAIR Act; and (3) issues related to the Department of Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the General Services Administration FAIR Act inventories."
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood Insurance: Information on Financial Aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program (open access)

Flood Insurance: Information on Financial Aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the financial condition of the National Flood Insurance Program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Federal Insurance Administration, focusing on the: (1) financial results of the program's operations since fiscal year 1993; (2) major factors contributing to the financial difficulties faced by the program; and (3) actions taken by and plans of the Federal Insurance Administration that may affect the program's financial health."
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Y2K Computing Challenge: Nuclear Power Industry Reported Nearly Ready; More Risk Reduction Measures Can Be Taken (open access)

Y2K Computing Challenge: Nuclear Power Industry Reported Nearly Ready; More Risk Reduction Measures Can Be Taken

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 readiness of the nation's nuclear power industry, focusing on: (1) the year 2000 status of the nation's nuclear power industry; (2) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) oversight of the industry's year 2000 readiness; (3) an overview of the industry's contingency planning; and (4) the international readiness of nuclear power plants."
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Heavy Fuel Oil Delivered to North Korea Under the Agreed Framework (open access)

Nuclear Nonproliferation: Heavy Fuel Oil Delivered to North Korea Under the Agreed Framework

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the status of heavy fuel oil delivered to North Korea under the October 1994 U.S./North Korean Agreement Framework, focusing on the: (1) status of heavy fuel oil funding and deliveries to North Korea; and (2) controls in place to detect the diversion of heavy fuel oil from heating and electricity generation to other purposes not specified in the Agreed Framework and any limitations in these controls that would allow North Korea to divert heavy fuel for unintended uses."
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mental Health: Extent of Risk From Improper Restraint or Seclusion Is Unknown (open access)

Mental Health: Extent of Risk From Improper Restraint or Seclusion Is Unknown

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the effect of improper restraint and seclusion on some of the country's most vulnerable citizens--people with serious mental illness or mental retardation."
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Disability: SSA Has Had Mixed Success in Efforts to Improve Caseload Management (open access)

Social Security Disability: SSA Has Had Mixed Success in Efforts to Improve Caseload Management

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) management of its disability caseload, focusing on: (1) the status of SSA's efforts to improve its claims process; (2) lessons learned from the agency's efforts to date that can be applied to its current and future claims processing improvement plans; and (3) SSA's efforts to review the continuing eligibility of its beneficiaries."
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Controls: Oversight of Longshore Special Fund Needs Improvement (open access)

Internal Controls: Oversight of Longshore Special Fund Needs Improvement

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues concerning financial reporting and internal controls related to the Special Fund established by the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), focusing on: (1) the feasibility of actuarially calculating the unfunded liability of the LHWCA Special Fund; (2) whether controls exist to prevent inappropriate claims from being referred to the Special Fund; (3) whether recipient data are matched against other agencies' databases to reduce the risk of payments being made to ineligible recipients; (4) whether there are equitable distributions of assessments among the insurance carriers/self-insured employers as compared to their claim levels; and (5) the status of changes to the Longshore computer systems."
Date: October 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library