Federal Government Information Technology Policy: Selected Issues (open access)

Federal Government Information Technology Policy: Selected Issues

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Date: January 5, 1999
Creator: McLoughlin, Glenn J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance (open access)

Emerging Infectious Diseases: Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the nation's infectious diseases surveillance network, focusing on the: (1) extent to which states conduct public health surveillance and laboratory testing of selected emerging infectious diseases; (2) problems state public health officials face in gathering and using laboratory-related data in the surveillance of emerging infectious diseases; and (3) assistance that the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides to states for laboratory-related surveillance and the value of this assistance to state officials."
Date: February 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: Status of Awards and Selected States' Use of Welfare-to-Work Grants (open access)

Welfare Reform: Status of Awards and Selected States' Use of Welfare-to-Work Grants

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about: (1) welfare-to-work formula and competitive grants awarded to, or declined by, states for fiscal year (FY) 1998; (2) how selected grantees are planning to use these funds; and (3) how selected grantees plan to meet welfare-to-work requirements to better integrate the states' workforce development services with other human services for welfare recipients."
Date: February 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress in Preparing for the Year 2000 Date Problem (open access)

Progress in Preparing for the Year 2000 Date Problem

Summary sheet describing the findings of an internal audit by the Texas Department of Health regarding the year 2000 date problem, including findings and recommendations.
Date: March 5, 1999
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Schools And Libraries Program: Actions Taken to Improve Operational Procedures Prior to Committing Funds (open access)

Schools And Libraries Program: Actions Taken to Improve Operational Procedures Prior to Committing Funds

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Schools and Libraries Corporation's progress in implementing GAO's July 16, 1998, recommendations for improving its procedures and internal controls."
Date: March 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Trade: Changes Made to Market Access Program, but Questions Remain on Economic Impact (open access)

Agricultural Trade: Changes Made to Market Access Program, but Questions Remain on Economic Impact

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's implementation of legislative reforms to the Market Access Program (MAP) and their impact on program participation."
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Access to Home Oxygen Largely Unchanged; Closer HCFA Monitoring Needed (open access)

Medicare: Access to Home Oxygen Largely Unchanged; Closer HCFA Monitoring Needed

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on Medicare beneficiaries' access to home oxygen equipment, focusing on: (1) changes in access to home oxygen for Medicare patients since the payment reduction mandated by the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 took effect; and (2) actions taken by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to fulfill the BBA requirements and respond to GAO's November 1997 recommendations."
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Service Privatization: Ethics and Accountability Challenges in State Contracting (open access)

Social Service Privatization: Ethics and Accountability Challenges in State Contracting

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on states' social service contracting, focusing on: (1) the extent to which state government employees have moved to positions at social service contractors and the impact such movement has had on the management of publicly provided social services; (2) determining the relative success in winning contracts by contractors who hired state employees and contractors who did not; (3) state ethics laws, policies, and enforcement approaches that address the employment of former state employees and other related issues; and (4) state practices for holding contractors accountable for achieving program results through contracted services."
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Commodity Exchange Act: Issues Related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Reauthorization (open access)

The Commodity Exchange Act: Issues Related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Reauthorization

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on issues related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) reauthorization, focusing on issues related to derivatives that are traded on-exchange as well as those that are privately negotiated off-exchange, or over-the-counter (OTC)."
Date: May 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
IRS Customer Service: Management Strategy Shows Promise But Could Be Improved (open access)

IRS Customer Service: Management Strategy Shows Promise But Could Be Improved

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) efforts to improve customer service."
Date: May 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
San Antonio Monthly Reports: July 1999 (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: July 1999

Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.
Date: August 5, 1999
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Social Security: Issues in Comparing Rates of Return With Market Investments (open access)

Social Security: Issues in Comparing Rates of Return With Market Investments

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) examined the estimates of social security's implicit rates of return for different birth years, earning levels, household configurations, and other demographic groupings; (2) examined rates of return available on private market investments; and (3) discussed the issues that arise from comparing social security and market investment returns."
Date: August 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Agencies' Reporting of Mission-Critical Classified Systems (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Agencies' Reporting of Mission-Critical Classified Systems

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federal agencies' reporting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the year 2000 status of their classified systems, focusing on: (1) whether agencies are including classified systems in their quarterly reports to OMB; (2) whether agencies are separately reporting to OMB on the status of their classified systems; and (3) for those agencies not reporting to OMB, the status of those systems."
Date: August 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export Controls: Statutory Reporting Requirements for Computers Not Fully Addressed (open access)

Export Controls: Statutory Reporting Requirements for Computers Not Fully Addressed

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the executive branch's report on high performance computer export controls, focusing on: (1) whether the July 1999 report to Congress satisfied the requirements of the Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Authorization Act; (2) whether the report was factually supported; and (3) how many high performance computers at the current control levels have been approved for export to certain sensitive countries."
Date: November 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library