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Observations on the Department of Transportation's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Transportation's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Transportation's (DOT) fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report and FY 2001 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Administration: Subcommittee Questions Concerning Current and Future Service Delivery Challenges (open access)

Social Security Administration: Subcommittee Questions Concerning Current and Future Service Delivery Challenges

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Social Security Administration's (SSA) efforts to prepare its workforce to meet future service delivery challenges, focusing on: (1) SSA's reasons for the 7-year delay in developing a service delivery vision; (2) what SSA's decision not to issue a detailed service delivery plan means for customer service; (3) the differences between a service vision and a service delivery plan; (4) effect the absence of a detailed plan will have on SSA's information technology and its workforce; (5) benefits from SSA's investments in its computer modernization; (6) special challenges SSA will face as a result of the changing needs of its customers; (7) reasons why customers cannot apply for Social Security benefits on-line and the effect on-line applications for benefits will have on SSA's service delivery; and (8) various technology initiatives being implemented."
Date: May 11, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: The U.S. Export-Import Bank's Financing of Dual-Use Exports (open access)

Export-Import Bank: The U.S. Export-Import Bank's Financing of Dual-Use Exports

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Export-Import Bank's financing of dual-use exports during fiscal years 1998-2000."
Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report and FY 2001 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Independent Counsel: Expenditure and Other Information for the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr/Robert W. Ray (open access)

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

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/Robert W. Ray, focusing on: (1) the office's responses to 46 questions; (2) whether the expenditures were incurred under Independent Counsel Starr's or Independent Counsel Ray's tenure; and (3) the total costs of the investigation to date."
Date: August 22, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructure Protection: National Plan for Information Systems Protection (open access)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: National Plan for Information Systems Protection

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed national security legal authorities related to infrastructure protection, focusing on the administration's National Plan for Information Systems Protection."
Date: February 11, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contract Management: New Authority for Severable Service Contracts (open access)

Contract Management: New Authority for Severable Service Contracts

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) authority to award severable service contracts in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 under section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, focusing on: (1) the extent to which DOD used the authority in the last month of the fiscal year; and (2) whether contracts reportedly valued at about $1 million or more and whose work was performed entirely in the following fiscal year were abuses of section 801."
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Additional Information about the Scope and Limits of Sanction Data Provided in Recent GAO Report on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (open access)

Additional Information about the Scope and Limits of Sanction Data Provided in Recent GAO Report on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO followed up on its previous report on the scope and limits of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program's 1998 sanction data, focusing on: (1) whether the number of full-family sanctions in an average month in 1998 can be annualized and used to determine the impact full-family sanctions had that year on caseload size; and (2) what constitutes the combined number of full-family and partial sanctions in an average month during 1998."
Date: June 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care: State Requirements for Background Checks (open access)

Child Care: State Requirements for Background Checks

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information for each state about the background checks it requires to be conducted on its regulated child care providers."
Date: February 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of Labor (open access)

Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of Labor

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed software change controls at the Department of Labor (DOL), focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in agency policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval complied with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for Year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and involved foreign nationals in these efforts."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Responses to Questions Concerning Long-Term Capital Management and Related Events (open access)

Responses to Questions Concerning Long-Term Capital Management and Related Events

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information concerning Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), its near failure, and its subsequent recapitalization in September 1998."
Date: February 23, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Acquisitions: Selected Agencies' Use of Criminal Background Checks on Contractor Principals to Prevent Fraud (open access)

Civilian Acquisitions: Selected Agencies' Use of Criminal Background Checks on Contractor Principals to Prevent Fraud

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on selected agencies' use of criminal background checks to help prevent contractor fraud, focusing on: (1) policies and practices for making contractor responsibility determinations and conducting criminal background checks on contractor principals; (2) efforts to suspend, debar, or otherwise prevent firms or contractor principals that have violated relevant federal laws and regulations from receiving government contracts; and (3) Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed contractor fraud investigations involving principals and whether the principals who committed fraud had criminal histories."
Date: September 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Financial Reports for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (open access)

Medicare: Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Financial Reports for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program financial reports for fiscal years (FY) 1998 and 1999 as required by the the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996."
Date: July 31, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of Veterans Affairs (open access)

Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of Veterans Affairs

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Veteran Affairs' (VA) software change controls, focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in agency policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval complied with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and involved foreign nationals in these efforts."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Office of Personnel Management's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Office of Personnel Management's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report and FY 2001 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of the Interior (open access)

Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of the Interior

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed software change controls at the Department of the Interior, focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in agency policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval complied with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and involved foreign nationals in these efforts."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection: Grants for International Activities and Smart Growth (open access)

Environmental Protection: Grants for International Activities and Smart Growth

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) grants for international activities and smart growth, focusing on the: (1) number, dollar amount, and recipients of international and smart growth grants; (2) purposes of and the activities pursuant to the grants; and (3) statutory bases that EPA cites for awarding these grants."
Date: May 31, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control: Improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (open access)

Gun Control: Improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the establishment and operation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), focusing on: (1) system availability and responsiveness; (2) type of information available under NICS compared to that available to state and local law enforcement agencies prior to NICS; (3) advantages and disadvantages of NICS background checks being conducted by designated state agencies rather than the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (4) the extent to which transactions under NICS have resulted in firearms being sold to persons ineligible to possess a firearm."
Date: June 21, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Government Auditing, April 2000, Vol. 27, No. 2 (German Version) (open access)

International Journal of Government Auditing, April 2000, Vol. 27, No. 2 (German Version)

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This journal of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institution (INTOSAI) includes articles concerning: (1) auditing in the South Pacific; (2) new training infrastructure in the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions; (3) national responsibilities and international activities of selected Supreme Audit Institutions; (4) the office of the Auditor General of Mexico; (5) reports in print; and (6) activities within INTOSAI."
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Government Auditing, January 2000, Vol. 27, No. 1 (open access)

International Journal of Government Auditing, January 2000, Vol. 27, No. 1

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This journal of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles regarding: (1) issues concerning auditing in the new century as discussed at the 17th Commonwealth Auditors-General Conference held in Sun City, South Africa in October 1999; (2) efforts to encourage public health services, public works, and technical assistance at the Organization of African Supreme Audit Institutions' 8th General Assembly held in Burkina Faso in October 1999; (3) discussions held by the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions' 9th General Assembly in Paraguay; (4) an audit profile on Sierra Leone; and (5) activities within INTOSAI."
Date: January 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of Energy (open access)

Information Security: Software Change Controls at the Department of Energy

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed software change controls at the Department of Energy (DOE), focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in agency policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval complied with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and involved foreign nationals in these efforts."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Program Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Performance Plan (open access)

Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Program Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Annual 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) 1999 annual program performance report and FY 2001 annual performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA)."
Date: June 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DC Courts: Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request and Financial Information (open access)

DC Courts: Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request and Financial Information

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the District of Columbia Courts' (DC Courts) fiscal year (FY) 2001 budget request and related issues, focusing on: (1) whether DC Courts' FY 2001 budget was reasonable; (2) what were DC Courts' obligations and payments for FY 1999 operations, including totals charged for the Criminal Justice Act, Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect, and the Guardianship programs; and (3) what are the DC Courts' obligations and payments related to its court operations and defender services to date for FY 2000."
Date: July 31, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Numbers: Subcommittee Questions Concerning the Use of the Number for Purposes Not Related to Social Security (open access)

Social Security Numbers: Subcommittee Questions Concerning the Use of the Number for Purposes Not Related to Social Security

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the usage of the social security number (SSN) for purposes not related to social security and the implication of restricting such usage, focusing on: (1) whether the SSN should become a national identifier; (2) whther it is feasible to enact, administer, and enforce a law that restricts the use of SSNs; (3) how have SSN proof requirements changed over time; (4) does the public benefit from the widespread use of SSNs and the sharing of personal information; (5) whether a private business can decline to provide service to someone who refused to disclose his or her SSN; (6) what are the possible effects on businesses of restricting their use of SSNs; (7) how has the high-tech economy affected SSN use; (8) why information brokers need people's SSNs; and (9) whether another identifier would take its place should the use of SSNs be restricted by federal law."
Date: July 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library