Airport Improvement Program: FAA Complying With Requirement for Local Involvement in Noise Mitigation Projects (open access)

Airport Improvement Program: FAA Complying With Requirement for Local Involvement in Noise Mitigation Projects

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must enforce grant assurance as a condition of providing noise mitigation grants to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport."
Date: December 28, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Trade: Status of the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program (open access)

Defense Trade: Status of the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Defense Export Loan Guarantee (DELG) Program, focusing on: (1) the level of program activity to date; (2) the program's financial status; (3) other sources of financing available to borrowing countries; (4) comparing DELG Program characteristics with other U.S. government export financing programs; and (5) examining issues related to the planned fiscal year 1999 transfer of DELG Program responsibilities within DOD."
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Trade: U.S. Contractors Employ Diverse Activities To Meet Offset Obligations (open access)

Defense Trade: U.S. Contractors Employ Diverse Activities To Meet Offset Obligations

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the types of activities undertaken by U.S. contractors to meet offset obligations associated with the sale of defense equipment to various foreign governments."
Date: December 18, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOD Animal Research: Improvements Needed in Quality of Biomedical Research Database (open access)

DOD Animal Research: Improvements Needed in Quality of Biomedical Research Database

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined several issues related to the Department of Defense's (DOD) administration of its animal research programs, focusing on: (1) the extent to which DOD's research using animals addresses validated military objectives, does not unnecessarily duplicate work done elsewhere, and incorporates methods to reduce, replace, and refine the use of animals; and (2) problems with the accuracy of information in the Biomedical Research Database (BRD)."
Date: December 14, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Stamp Program: Information on Employment and Training Activities (open access)

Food Stamp Program: Information on Employment and Training Activities

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the number of able-bodied adults without dependents who are receiving food stamp benefits, the number who are required to meet the work requirements, and the number who are exempted from the requirements; (2) the number of able-bodied adults without dependents participating in qualifying employment and training or Workfare programs; and (3) the amounts of federal grant funds that states spent through the first three quarters of fiscal year 1998 for employment and training or workfare programs for food stamp recipients."
Date: December 14, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazardous Waste Sites: State Cleanup Practices (open access)

Hazardous Waste Sites: State Cleanup Practices

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) identified practices that are both used in selected state programs at sites that may be contaminated enough to qualify for long-term cleanup under the Superfund program and that are believed by state officials to reduce the time and expense of cleanups; and (2) obtained the views of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), environmentalists, and other stakeholders about whether the states' practices may be applicable to the Superfund program."
Date: December 24, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
IRS Systems Security: Although Significant Improvements Made, Tax Processing Operations and Data Still at Serious Risk (open access)

IRS Systems Security: Although Significant Improvements Made, Tax Processing Operations and Data Still at Serious Risk

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) progress in correcting serious computer security weaknesses at five IRS facilities, focusing on: (1) additional security weaknesses identified at the five facilities and at an IRS facility not included in GAO's previous report; and (2) steps IRS has taken or plans to take to implement a service-wide computer security management program."
Date: December 14, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specialty Care: Heart Attack Survivors Treated by Cardiologists More Likely to Take Recommended Drugs (open access)

Specialty Care: Heart Attack Survivors Treated by Cardiologists More Likely to Take Recommended Drugs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the potential differences in treatment patterns for health maintenance organizations (HMO) patients treated by specialists and those treated by generalist physicians, focusing on: (1) the proportion of Medicare heart attack survivors enrolled in HMOs who take cholesterol-lowering drugs, beta-blockers, and aspirin; and (2) whether Medicare heart attack survivors in HMOs regularly treated by a cardiologist are more likely to take cholesterol-lowering drugs, beta-blockers, and aspirin than those who do not have regular cardiology appointments."
Date: December 4, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Administrative Streamlining Is Expected to Continue Through 2002 (open access)

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Administrative Streamlining Is Expected to Continue Through 2002

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 Agriculture's (USDA) progress in streamlining its administrative operations, focusing on USDA's efforts to: (1) reduce the number of administrative staff departmentwide; (2) consolidate and streamline administrative support structures for seven field-based agencies, particularly at the state office level; and (3) measure the savings and efficiencies realized as a result of its departmentwide reorganization and streamlining efforts."
Date: December 11, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library