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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
Environmental Information: EPA Is Taking Steps to Improve Information Management, but Challenges Remain (open access)

Environmental Information: EPA Is Taking Steps to Improve Information Management, but Challenges Remain

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) information management systems, focusing on: (1) recent initiatives designed to help EPA improve the accuracy, completeness, and compatibility of its data; (2) the impact of data gaps and inconsistencies on EPA's ability to evaluate and report on the results of its programs under the Government Performance and Results Act; and (3) the major management challenges facing EPA's new central information office."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service Priorities: Evolving Mission Favors Resource Protection Over Production (open access)

Forest Service Priorities: Evolving Mission Favors Resource Protection Over Production

A letter 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 evolving mission, focusing on the: (1) priorities that Congress set in enacting the National Forest Management Act of 1976, which guides the development of plans for managing national forests; (2) Forest Service's mission and funding priorities and how they have evolved over the past 2 decades; and (3) effect of these priorities on the availability of timber and on the costs of and receipts from timber sales."
Date: June 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Analysis of Budgets, Fiscal Years 1999-2000 (open access)

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Analysis of Budgets, Fiscal Years 1999-2000

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) appropriation for fiscal year (FY) 1999 and its budget request for FY 2000 for selected programs and initiatives."
Date: June 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Controls: Matters Regarding Certain Transactions Processed by FMS (open access)

Internal Controls: Matters Regarding Certain Transactions Processed by FMS

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the effectiveness of the Financial Management Service's (FMS) internal controls, focusing on the processes for: (1) recording adjusting journal entries (adjustments) needed to accurately reflect FMS' records of agencies' cash receipts and disbursements; (2) opening, amending, or closing agency location codes (ALC) which identify agencies and individual reporting locations within agencies on monthly reports of cash receipts and disbursements; and (3) assigning or discontinuing account symbols, which are used to identify individual appropriations or spending authorizations."
Date: May 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rural Utilities Service: Status of Electric Loan Portfolio (open access)

Rural Utilities Service: Status of Electric Loan Portfolio

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Rural Utilities Service's (RUS) generation and transmission (G&T) borrowers and assessed the likelihood of the federal government incurring losses in the future on loans to G&T borrowers."
Date: August 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisition: Best Commercial Practices Can Improve Program Outcomes (open access)

Defense Acquisition: Best Commercial Practices Can Improve Program Outcomes

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the best practices that can improve the way the Department of Defense (DOD) buys major weapon systems."
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Student Loans: Overpayments During the Department of Education's Conversion to a New Payment System (open access)

Direct Student Loans: Overpayments During the Department of Education's Conversion to a New Payment System

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed reports of erroneous Department of Education payments to schools participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) during the conversion to a new computerized payment system, focusing on: (1) the transition from the old payment system to the new payment system; and (2) whether the Department erroneously disbursed $400 million to schools participating in the direct loan program during the conversion."
Date: February 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Credits: The Use of Tenant-Based Assistance in Tax-Credit-Supported Properties (open access)

Tax Credits: The Use of Tenant-Based Assistance in Tax-Credit-Supported Properties

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on several issues that the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research is studying in connection with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, focusing on: (1) the number of properties and households that received rental assistance through the program; (2) the characteristics of households that received tenant-based rental assistance, property-based rental assistance, and no rental assistance; and (3) properties in which at least one household received tenant-based rental assistance."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research: Peer Review Practices at Federal Science Agencies Vary (open access)

Federal Research: Peer Review Practices at Federal Science Agencies Vary

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO studied the peer review and other quality assurance processes that federal agencies use in conducting scientific research and development, focusing on: (1) defining what is meant by peer review; (2) describing the federal government's peer review policy; (3) describing the peer review practices of 12 federal agencies that conduct scientific research; (4) describing other agencies' quality assurance reviews; and (5) identifying which research is not subject to review."
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Station: Russian Commitment and Cost Control Problems (open access)

Space Station: Russian Commitment and Cost Control Problems

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of Russian involvement in the International Space Station (ISS) program, focusing on: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) progress in developing contingency plans to mitigate the possibility of Russian nonperformance and the loss or delay of other critical components; (2) NASA's efforts to ensure that Russian quality assurance processes meet the station's safety requirements; and (3) the effectiveness of cost control efforts regarding the prime contract and nonprime activities."
Date: August 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Headquarters: Status of Efforts to Reduce Headquarters Personnel (open access)

Defense Headquarters: Status of Efforts to Reduce Headquarters Personnel

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) efforts to reduce the size and cost of its headquarters activities, focusing on DOD's: (1) efforts to reduce headquarters positions and associated costs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Washington Headquarters Services, as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997; (2) efforts to reduce headquarters positions across DOD as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998; and (3) reporting of personnel on temporary assignment to OSD from other DOD components."
Date: February 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Atlantic Command: Challenging Role in the Evolution of Joint Military Capabilities (open access)

U.S. Atlantic Command: Challenging Role in the Evolution of Joint Military Capabilities

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to improve joint operations, focusing on: (1) the U.S. Atlantic Command's (USACOM) actions to establish itself as the joint force trainer, provider, and integrator of most continental U.S.-based forces; (2) views on the value of the Command's contributions to joint military capabilities; and (3) recent expansion of the Command's responsibilities and its possible effects on the command."
Date: February 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Child Restraint Systems, and Child Restraint Anchorage Systems (open access)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Child Restraint Systems, and Child Restraint Anchorage Systems

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) new rule on federal motor vehicle safety standards for child restraint systems. GAO noted that: (1) the rule establishes a new federal standard that requires motor vehicle manufacturers to provide motorists with a new way of installing child restraints; (2) vehicles will be equipped with child restraint anchorage systems that are standardized and independent of the vehicle's seat belts; and (3) NHTSA complied with the applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: Issues Regarding Reconciliations of Fund Balances with Treasury Accounts (open access)

Financial Audit: Issues Regarding Reconciliations of Fund Balances with Treasury Accounts

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the: (1) overall effectiveness of federal agencies' reconciliation processes for Fund Balances with Treasury accounts; and (2) Department of the Treasury's actions to improve its assistance to agencies in their reconciliaiton efforts."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: Questionable Practices Boost Federal Payments for School-Based Services (open access)

Medicaid: Questionable Practices Boost Federal Payments for School-Based Services

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the rise in claims for administrative costs associated with school-based health services, focusing on: (1) trends in Medicaid's spending for administrative costs; (2) the distribution of Medicaid payments for administrative claims to schools and other entities; and (3) the adequacy of federal oversight in approving school districts' claims for reimbursement."
Date: June 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Service: Concerns About the Implementation of Its Employee Housing Policy (open access)

National Park Service: Concerns About the Implementation of Its Employee Housing Policy

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the National Park Service's employee housing program, focusing on: (1) what the Park Service's efforts to implement the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996--one purpose of which was to move the agency to eliminate unnecessary government housing and rely more on the private sector to supply housing for employees; and (2) what impact the action is likely to have."
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness Improving Yet Essential Actions Remain to Ensure Delivery of Critical Services (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness Improving Yet Essential Actions Remain to Ensure Delivery of Critical Services

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the progress being made in addressing the year 2000 computing challenge, focusing on: (1) the federal government's progress and the challenges that remain in correcting its systems; (2) state and local government year 2000 issues; and (3) the readiness of key public infrastructure and economic sectors."
Date: August 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Patrol Hiring: Despite Recent Initiatives, Fiscal Year 1999 Hiring Goal Was Not Met (open access)

Border Patrol Hiring: Despite Recent Initiatives, Fiscal Year 1999 Hiring Goal Was Not Met

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Border Patrol hiring, focusing on: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) ability to meet its 5-year goal to increase the Border Patrol's onboard strength by 1,000 agents each year from fiscal years (FY) 1997 through 2001; (2) INS' efforts to improve its recruiting efforts and hiring process; (3) changes in the years of experience and level of supervision of Border Patrol agents during INS' increased hiring; and (4) the ability of INS' basic training program to support the pace at which Border Patrol agents have been hired, including whether the Border Patrol Academy anticipates having the capacity to meet future growth."
Date: December 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Readiness: Full Training Benefits From Army's Combat Training Centers Are Not Being Realized (open access)

Military Readiness: Full Training Benefits From Army's Combat Training Centers Are Not Being Realized

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the training provided to active Army units at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, California, the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the Combat Maneuver Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany, focusing on: (1) whether units training at the centers are adequately prepared for the exercises; (2) whether training exercises are realistic in terms of expected battlefield conditions; (3) whether pre-positioned equipment adequately supports the training mission; (4) how units use lessons learned at the centers; and (5) how the Army uses the results of the exercises to help revise training and improve the Army's training doctrine."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: The District Has Not Adequately Planned for and Managed Its New Personnel and Payroll System (open access)

District of Columbia: The District Has Not Adequately Planned for and Managed Its New Personnel and Payroll System

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's management of the development of the Comprehensive Automated Personnel and Payroll System (CAPPS), focusing on whether the District has effectively planned and managed CAPPS."
Date: December 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contract Management: DOD Is Examining Opportunities to Further Use Recovery Auditing (open access)

Contract Management: DOD Is Examining Opportunities to Further Use Recovery Auditing

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) expanded programs concerning recovery auditing."
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Level Radioactive Wastes: States Are Not Developing Disposal Facilities (open access)

Low-Level Radioactive Wastes: States Are Not Developing Disposal Facilities

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of the management and disposal of commercially generated low-level radioactive wastes, including the progress of states and compacts of states in developing new disposal facilities."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Managed Care: Four States' Experiences With Mental Health Carveout Programs (open access)

Medicaid Managed Care: Four States' Experiences With Mental Health Carveout Programs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how states design and monitor Medicaid mental health programs, and how, at the federal level, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) exercises its oversight of the Medicaid program, focusing on: (1) the extent of beneficiary choice in capitated mental health carveouts, the range of covered mental health services, and access to these services; (2) the states' approaches to monitoring the quality of care in their Medicaid mental health carveouts; and (3) HCFA's oversight of states' mental health carveouts."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library