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Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America for 1997 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America for 1997

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 Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America for the year ended December 31, 1997, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commitments by the European Union and the United States to Reduce Agricultural Export Subsidies (open access)

Commitments by the European Union and the United States to Reduce Agricultural Export Subsidies

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the European Union's (EU) and the U.S.' agricultural export subsidy programs, focusing on: (1) EU and U.S. compliance with the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture commitments to reduce agricultural export subsidies; and (2) EU and U.S. plans regarding the future use of agricultural export subsidies."
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nursing Home Oversight: Industry Examples Do Not Demonstrate That Regulatory Actions Were Unreasonable (open access)

Nursing Home Oversight: Industry Examples Do Not Demonstrate That Regulatory Actions Were Unreasonable

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed materials from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to determine whether any cases reflected the actions of an overly aggressive regulatory process."
Date: August 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Certification Requirements: Guidance Governing Agency Actions Is Limited (open access)

Certification Requirements: Guidance Governing Agency Actions Is Limited

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the certification requirements of federal agencies, focusing on: (1) the extent and variety of certification activities in the federal government; (2) the extent to which any policies, procedures, or guidance exist governing these activities, either governmentwide or within selected agencies; and (3) an agency certification practice that could serve as an example or best practice for other agencies."
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: New Financial Management System (open access)

District of Columbia: New Financial Management System

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the District of Columbia's new System of Accounting and Reporting (SOAR), focusing on: (1) the training attendance statistics for SOAR; (2) the reported contract costs and total hours by deliverables for SOAR; (3) which applications of the vendor's financial management package the District of Columbia is implementing; (4) the cost of the implementation of SOAR at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC); (5) which agencies will implement SOAR; and (6) what types of resources are dedicated to transition assistance."
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance: Estimates of Effects of Health Insurance Tax Credits and Deductions as Proposed in H.R. 2261 (open access)

Private Health Insurance: Estimates of Effects of Health Insurance Tax Credits and Deductions as Proposed in H.R. 2261

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the health insurance tax credit proposed in H.R. 2261 for individuals who purchased private health insurance, focusing on both the number of people who would potentially be eligible for a tax credit or deduction under this proposal and the potential value of these credits and deductions."
Date: September 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management: Financial Audit Results at GSA, EPA, and DOT (open access)

Financial Management: Financial Audit Results at GSA, EPA, and DOT

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of the financial statement audits of the General Services Administration (GSA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Transportation (DOT)."
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of the Interior's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of the Interior's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan for the Department of the Interior, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Commerce's fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, which was submitted to Congress in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan."
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Personnel: Perspectives of Surveyed Members in Retention Critical Specialities (open access)

Military Personnel: Perspectives of Surveyed Members in Retention Critical Specialities

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the quality of life and retention in the military, focusing on: (1) military personnel's overall intentions to stay or leave the military; (2) military personnel's levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the military; (3) factors that affect dissatisfaction and intent to leave the military; and (4) factors that affect satisfaction and intentions to stay in the military."
Date: August 16, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
At-Risk and Delinquent Youths: Fiscal Year 1998 Programs (open access)

At-Risk and Delinquent Youths: Fiscal Year 1998 Programs

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided updated information on the: (1) number of federal programs that served at-risk or delinquent youths in fiscal year (FY) 1998; (2) amount of FY 1998 appropriations dedicated toward youths in these programs; and (3) services these programs provided."
Date: March 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bankruptcy Reform: Use of the Homestead Exemption by Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Debtors in the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Florida (open access)

Bankruptcy Reform: Use of the Homestead Exemption by Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Debtors in the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Florida

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the average and median amount of all homestead exemptions claimed by debtors in the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Florida, focusing on: (1) information on debtors' use of the homestead exemption in these two districts; and (2) data on the number of personal chapter 7 bankruptcy cases closed in calendar year 1998 in the remaining five districts in Texas and Florida."
Date: July 12, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Small Business Administration: Loan Origination and Debt Collection Processes (open access)

The Small Business Administration: Loan Origination and Debt Collection Processes

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) loan origination and debt collection processes, focusing on the extent to which SBA has established: (1) adequate loan origination procedures and consistently obtains the required documents and data necessary for determining whether loan applicants comply with the program's statutory, regulatory, and eligibility requirements and have any outstanding, delinquent federal debt; and (2) a systematic process for identifying and collecting delinquent debts, including a prompt referral of delinquent debts to the Department of the Treasury for offset and cross-servicing programs."
Date: November 30, 1999
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 United Service Organizations, Incorporated, for 1996 and 1997 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the United Service Organizations, Incorporated, for 1996 and 1997

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 United Service Organizations, Incorporated, for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1997, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: May 10, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeownership: Cancellation and Termination Provisions of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (open access)

Homeownership: Cancellation and Termination Provisions of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, focusing on the: (1) act's cancellation and termination provisions for private mortgage insurance; (2) act's high-risk provisions; (3) effect high-risk provisions would have on mortgage lenders; and (4) number and characteristics of residential mortgage loans that are considered high risk and are therefore excluded from the routine cancellation and termination provisions."
Date: December 10, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration: A Review of SBA's Estimate of Impact of Legislative Proposals for the 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program (open access)

Small Business Administration: A Review of SBA's Estimate of Impact of Legislative Proposals for the 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Small Business Administration's (SBA) estimate of the impact of legislative proposals on the 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program, focusing on: (1) how SBA prepared estimates of H.R. 2615's impact on the average size and number of loans SBA makes; (2) ways that SBA could have improved its estimates; (3) how SBA analyzed the impact of the legislative proposals on the credit subsidy rate for the 7(a) loan program; and (4) ways to improve this analysis."
Date: December 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Administration: EEO Issues in IRS' Midwest District Office (open access)

Tax Administration: EEO Issues in IRS' Midwest District Office

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on equal employment opportunity (EEO) issues in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Midwest District Office."
Date: June 24, 1999
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 American Ex-Prisoners of War, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 1998 (open access)

Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Incorporated, for Fiscal Year 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 American Ex-Prisoners of War Incorporated, for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1998, focusing on whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law."
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Observations on EPA's April 1999 Climate Change Report (open access)

Climate Change: Observations on EPA's April 1999 Climate Change Report

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Change Report, which was submitted to the Senate Committee on Appropriations in April 1999, focusing on the extent to which it: (1) provides a comprehensive explanation of the agency's climate change programs for fiscal year (FY) 2000; (2) justifies requested increases in funding for that fiscal year; (3) explains how the climate change activities are justified independently of the Kyoto Protocol; and (4) includes performance measures and goals and similar elements, as would be required by the Government Performance and Results Act."
Date: July 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of GAO's Findings on the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine (open access)

Summary of GAO's Findings on the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) anthrax immunization program, 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; and (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."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crop Insurance: Additional Actions Could Further Improve Program's Financial Soundness (open access)

Crop Insurance: Additional Actions Could Further Improve Program's Financial Soundness

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) crop insurance program, focusing on whether USDA: (1) has set adequate insurance rates to achieve the legislative requirement of actuarial soundness; (2) appropriately reimburses participating crop insurance companies for their administrative costs; and (3) has established methodologies in the revenue insurance plans that set sound premium rates."
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Criteria: How Five States Budget for Uncertainty (open access)

Emergency Criteria: How Five States Budget for Uncertainty

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how five states budget for uncertainty, focusing on: (1) state criteria designed to control the use of reserve emergency funds; (2) how state criteria compared with criteria being proposed at the federal level; (3) how states determined whether the criteria have been met; (4) whether state criteria contain any escape clauses; and (5) whether states' criteria are useful in controlling costs."
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Independent Counsel: Expenditure and Other Information for the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr (open access)

Independent Counsel: Expenditure and Other Information for the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the expenditures for the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr, focusing on the office's responses to 46 questions grouped into 11 categories."
Date: August 26, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library