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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
[Comments on Whether a Federal Employee Can Use Government Resources To Support Reserve Activities] (open access)

[Comments on Whether a Federal Employee Can Use Government Resources To Support Reserve Activities]

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on whether a federal employee on official duty, who is also a member of the National Guard or the armed forces Reserves, may conduct, and use agency office equipment to support, Guard or Reserve business. GAO held that: (1) agencies may permit their employees to use a limited amount of official time and agency resources to support the Guard or Reserves; (2) employees who are not in active military status and receiving military pay at the time that they perform the limited incidental service for their Guard or Reserve organization are not prohibited from using agency resources and official time to support those activities; (3) all agencies would appear to have some interest in furthering the governmental purpose of, and national interest in, the Guard and Reserves; (4) thus, some use of employee time and agency equipment to carry out limited, incidental Guard or Reserve functions falls within the parameters of activities that an agency may permit; and (5) it may be advisable for the Office of Personnel Management to provide general guidelines as to the amount of time and types of agency …
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Independent Counsels: GAO Audit Responsibilities After OIC Termination (open access)

Independent Counsels: GAO Audit Responsibilities After OIC Termination

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on its audit responsibilities for independent counsels who have completed their investigations or whose offices have been officially terminated."
Date: June 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equal Employment Opportunity: Data Shortcomings Hinder Assessment of Conflicts in the Federal Workplace (open access)

Equal Employment Opportunity: Data Shortcomings Hinder Assessment of Conflicts in the Federal Workplace

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the nature and extent of workplace conflicts that underlie the rising number of discrimination cases, focusing on: (1) the statutory bases (e.g., race, sex, or disability discrimination) under which employees filed complaints; (2) the kinds of issues (e.g., nonselection for promotion, harassment) that were cited in these complaints; and (3) why the data collected and reported by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) were not helpful in answering the questions raised."
Date: May 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weaponry: .50 Caliber Rifle Crime (open access)

Weaponry: .50 Caliber Rifle Crime

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how .50 caliber semiautomatic rifles have been used in domestic and international criminal activity."
Date: August 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Assistance: Information on the Cost-Effectiveness of Hazard Mitigation Projects (open access)

Disaster Assistance: Information on the Cost-Effectiveness of Hazard Mitigation Projects

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ensures the cost-effectiveness of projects funded under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program."
Date: March 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Review of Disability Representatives (open access)

Social Security: Review of Disability Representatives

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on disability representatives, focusing on: (1) the extent to which disability representatives contribute to Social Security Administration's (SSA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) decisional delays; (2) other potential reasons for decisional delays; and (3) additional options available to SSA to ensure that disability decisions are reached in a timely manner."
Date: March 4, 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
Food Stamp Program: Relatively Few Improper Benefits Provided to Individuals in Long-Term Care Facilities (open access)

Food Stamp Program: Relatively Few Improper Benefits Provided to Individuals in Long-Term Care Facilities

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the extent to which individuals residing in long-term care facilities are improperly included as members of food stamp households, focusing on: (1) how many individuals were included as members of food stamp households while they were residing in long-term care facilities and the estimated value of the overpayments to those households; and (2) whether computer matching is a practical means for identifying such overpayments."
Date: June 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Subvention Demonstration: DOD Experience and Lessons for Possible VA Demonstration (open access)

Medicare Subvention Demonstration: DOD Experience and Lessons for Possible VA Demonstration

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Medicare subvention demonstration program, focusing on: (1) the early phases of implementing the DOD demonstration; (2) issues raised by that experience for DOD subvention; and (3) lessons from the DOD demonstration for a possible Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) demonstration."
Date: May 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Assistance: FEMA Can Improve Its Cost-Effectiveness Determinations for Mitigation Grants (open access)

Disaster Assistance: FEMA Can Improve Its Cost-Effectiveness Determinations for Mitigation Grants

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the states, ensures the cost-effectiveness of projects funded under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program."
Date: August 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deceptive Mail: Consumers' Problems Appear Substantial (open access)

Deceptive Mail: Consumers' Problems Appear Substantial

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed matters related to deceptive mail marketing practices, focusing on the extent and nature of consumers' problems with deceptive mail and the initiatives various federal agencies and other organizations have made to address deceptive mail problems and educate consumers."
Date: August 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recreation Fees: Demonstration Program Successful in Raising Revenues but Could Be Improved (open access)

Recreation Fees: Demonstration Program Successful in Raising Revenues but Could Be Improved

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the recreational fee demonstration program, focusing on: (1) ensuring that future revenues can be applied to the agencies' highest priority unmet needs; (2) coordinating fees between agencies at demonstration sites that are close to each other; (3) being more innovative in setting fees; and (4) assessing the effect of fees on specific segments of the population."
Date: February 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Management: Observations on OMB's Management Leadership Efforts (open access)

Government Management: Observations on OMB's Management Leadership Efforts

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its observations on the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) efforts to carry out its responsibilities to set policy and oversee the management of the executive branch, focusing on: (1) OMB's wide-ranging management responsibilities and the question of whether to integrate or separate management and budget functions; (2) the effectiveness of OMB's management leadership; and (3) the factors that appear to contribute to progress in sustaining improvements in federal management."
Date: February 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: Update on U.S.-Mexican Counternarcotics Activities (open access)

Drug Control: Update on U.S.-Mexican Counternarcotics Activities

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the counternarcotics efforts of the United States and Mexico, focusing on: (1) Mexico's efforts in addressing the drug threat; and (2) the status of U.S. counternarcotics assistance provided to Mexico."
Date: March 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Department: Major Management Challenges and Program Risks (open access)

State Department: Major Management Challenges and Program Risks

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of State."
Date: March 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Evaluating Reform Proposals (open access)

Social Security: Evaluating Reform Proposals

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the potential budgetary and economic effects of several Social Security reform proposals."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Infrastructure: Improved Performance Measures Would Enhance Defense Reform Initiative (open access)

Defense Infrastructure: Improved Performance Measures Would Enhance Defense Reform Initiative

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Defense Reform Initiative (DRI), focusing on: (1) the types of performance measures used to track progress toward achieving DRI program goals; (2) opportunities to add or improve on existing performance measures; and (3) performance measurement limitations."
Date: August 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research: Evaluation of Small Business Innovation Research Can Be Strengthened (open access)

Federal Research: Evaluation of Small Business Innovation Research Can Be Strengthened

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, focusing on: (1) the distribution of awards by company and geographic area, with special emphasis on the share of awards received by the 25 most frequent winners; (2) the extent to which federal agencies are considering commercial potential and the program's other goals in making their awards; and (3) previous evaluations of the SBIR program to identify opportunities to improve measurements of the program's outcomes."
Date: June 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inspectors General: Information on Operational and Staffing Issues (open access)

Inspectors General: Information on Operational and Staffing Issues

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO surveyed inspectors general (IG) to obtain: (1) information on their organizational structure, staffing, and workload; and (2) their views on current policy issues affecting them."
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airline Deregulation: Changes in Airfares, Service Quality, and Barriers to Entry (open access)

Airline Deregulation: Changes in Airfares, Service Quality, and Barriers to Entry

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed and updated its previous work on airfares and service and reexamined the effect that certain barriers have had on these measures, focusing on: (1) how airfares have changed since 1990 for travel to and from 171 airports serving various U.S. communities; (2) how the quality of air service has changed since 1978 for travel to and from these airports; and (3) the extent to which certain barriers to entry--restrictive gate-leasing arrangements, controls on the number of allowable takeoffs and landings at some airports, and the limits on the distance that flights from some airports can be--influence competition at affected airports."
Date: March 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Assistance: Opportunities to Improve Cost-Effectiveness Determinations for Mitigation Grants (open access)

Disaster Assistance: Opportunities to Improve Cost-Effectiveness Determinations for Mitigation Grants

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the states, ensures the cost-effectiveness of projects funded under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, focusing on: (1) the approaches FEMA and the states use to ensure that program grants are targeted to cost-effective mitigation projects; and (2) whether the approaches ensure that the mitigation measures are cost-effective."
Date: August 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (open access)

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) new rule on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. GAO noted that: (1) the rule contains key provisions of the new welfare block grant program enacted in 1996 by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the TANF program; (2) this program replaces the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program and the related programs known as the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program and the Emergency Assistance program; and (3) ACF complied with the applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: May 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library