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Research Summary: September 18, 2000 (open access)

Research Summary: September 18, 2000

Research summary looking at the students of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. Information on demographics, student satisfaction, computer use, regression analyses for admission variables, DAT data analyses, GPA-based group comparison, group differences for admission variables, and descriptive data is included.
Date: September 18, 2000
Creator: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Counterdrug Sites Being Developed (open access)

Drug Control: International Counterdrug Sites Being Developed

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "With the closing of Howard Air Force Base in Panama, the Department of Defense (DOD), the Coast Guard and the Customs Service began searching for alternate sites from which to conduct counterdrug operations close to drug producing zones. The United States has secured 10-year agreements for the use of four such sites. However, each site requires some construction to support a designated mix of aircraft. In response to concerns over the costs to develop and operate these four sites and whether these sites would meet the needs of interagency users, GAO briefed members of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control on (1) the process used to select these sites, (2) the estimated costs to develop and maintain these sites, and (3) issues that might affect operational capabilities at the sites. GAO found that the United States used a reasonable process to locate and secure four sites for its counterdrug efforts in foreign countries. DOD estimated that it would cost about $136.6 million to build airfields at these sites. Several issues might affect the capabilities of these sites, including (1) the unavailability of certain U.S. aircraft to …
Date: December 20, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
World Trade Organization: U.S. Experience to Date in Dispute Settlement System (open access)

World Trade Organization: U.S. Experience to Date in Dispute Settlement System

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement system, focusing on: (1) how WTO members have used the new system, primarily on cases involving the United States; and (2) the impact of these cases on foreign trade practices and U.S. laws and regulations, and their overall commercial effects."
Date: June 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Headquarters: Status of Efforts to Redefine and Reduce Headquarters Staff (open access)

Defense Headquarters: Status of Efforts to Redefine and Reduce Headquarters Staff

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) progress on reducing its headquarters staff, focusing on DOD efforts to: (1) implement the revised management headquarters directive and provide a more accurate report on the number of personnel in headquarters activities; and (2) reduce positions in headquarters and achieve the reductions mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000."
Date: September 6, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: A Land Acquisition Plan Would Help Identify Lands That Need to Be Acquired (open access)

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: A Land Acquisition Plan Would Help Identify Lands That Need to Be Acquired

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the importance of land acquisition to the success of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Initiative, focusing on: (1) what the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force did to identify and acquire lands needed to accomplish the goals of the initiative from 1996 through 1999; and (2) what the Department of the Interior did to help ensure that it maximized the acreage purchased--that is, bought as much land as possible, with $200 million in Farm Bill grants."
Date: April 5, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Health Care: Factors Affecting Contractors' Ability to Schedule Appointments (open access)

Military Health Care: Factors Affecting Contractors' Ability to Schedule Appointments

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on TRICARE centralized appointment scheduling, focusing on the: (1) proportion of appointments scheduled by TRICARE contractors for beneficiaries in the four TRICARE regions with centralized systems; and (2) factors that affect the contractors' ability to schedule appointments."
Date: July 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's 1999 and 1998 Financial Statements (open access)

Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's 1999 and 1998 Financial Statements

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the financial statements of the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Resolution Fund for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998. GAO also reviewed: (1) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) management's assertions regarding the effectiveness of its internal controls as of December 31, 1999; and (2) FDIC's compliance with laws and regulations during 1999."
Date: May 26, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mass Transit: Implementation of FTA's New Starts Evaluation Process and FY 2001 Funding Proposals (open access)

Mass Transit: Implementation of FTA's New Starts Evaluation Process and FY 2001 Funding Proposals

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the implementation of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program's evaluation process and fiscal year (FY) 2001 funding proposals, focusing on the: (1) refinements made to FTA's evaluation and rating process since 1999; (2) means by which New Starts projects were selected for FTA's FY 2001 New Starts report and budget request; and (3) impact of FTA's recommendations on its New Starts commitment authority."
Date: April 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control: Implementation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (open access)

Gun Control: Implementation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on a wide variety of topics related to the permanent provisions (phase II) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, focusing on: (1) statistics on background checks, denials, and appeals; (2) enforcement actions; (3) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System's (NICS) operations; and (4) pawnshop issues."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: Howitzer Program Experiencing Cost Increases and Schedule Delays (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: Howitzer Program Experiencing Cost Increases and Schedule Delays

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Marine Corps' development of the 155mm lightweight howitzer, focusing on: (1) whether the program is on schedule; (2) whether costs have increased and if there is sufficient funding; (3) what the extent of design changes is and how these changes have affected system testing; and (4) what effect the exclusive production of the howitzer by a foreign contractor could have on the Marine Corps' and Army's ability to maintain the weapon following its procurement, particularly during wartime."
Date: July 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adverse Drug Events: The Magnitude of Health Risk Is Uncertain Because of Limited Incidence Data (open access)

Adverse Drug Events: The Magnitude of Health Risk Is Uncertain Because of Limited Incidence Data

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO summarized from available research what is known about adverse drug events (ADE), focusing on the: (1) different types and causes of ADEs; (2) evidence on the overall incidence and cost of ADEs in the United States; and (3) measures that have been proposed to reduce the number and severity of ADEs."
Date: January 18, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Ignition Facility: Management and Oversight Failures Caused Major Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays (open access)

National Ignition Facility: Management and Oversight Failures Caused Major Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Ignition Facility (NIF), focusing on the: (1) magnitude of NIF's cost and schedule overruns; (2) reasons for these cost and schedule problems; (3) effects of NIF's cost and schedule on other weapons and science programs; and (4) DOE's and Lawrence Livermore's actions to correct these problems."
Date: August 8, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Health Care: Changes in Medical Residency Slots Reflect Shift to Primary Care (open access)

VA Health Care: Changes in Medical Residency Slots Reflect Shift to Primary Care

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) changes in medical residency slots, focusing on: (1) VA's goals in realigning its residency program and the goals accomplished so far; (2) the reasons for changes in the number of graduate medical education residency slots; and (3) the views of VA facility and medical school officials on the effect of the changes on resident training and on the potential to train residents at VA community-based outpatient clinics."
Date: April 12, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tongass National Forest: Process Used to Modify the Forest Plan (open access)

Tongass National Forest: Process Used to Modify the Forest Plan

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Tongass National Forest's revised forest plan, focusing on the: (1) process used by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to modify the management direction in the 1997 plan and decide the appeals on the basis of the modified plan; (2) reasons the administration chose to use the process; and (3) reactions to the modifications and the process."
Date: April 17, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Competitive Contracting: Agencies Upheld Few Challenges and Appeals Under the FAIR Act (open access)

Competitive Contracting: Agencies Upheld Few Challenges and Appeals Under the FAIR Act

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed agencies' handling of appeals and challenges within the broader context of the initial implementation of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998, focusing on: (1) the 24 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agencies' inventories and the number of challenges and appeals that interested parties filed; (2) issues raised in challenges and appeals by interested parties and agencies' responses to them; and (3) six agencies' plans for reviewing or using their inventories and how agencies could use information contained in the inventories to help ensure that activities are effectively aligned and efficiently performed."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Inventory: Implementation Plans to Enhance Control Over Shipped Items Can Be Improved (open access)

Defense Inventory: Implementation Plans to Enhance Control Over Shipped Items Can Be Improved

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, the Department of Defense (DOD) ships inventory worth billions of dollars to locations around the world. DOD has had longstanding difficulty tracking this inventory from origin to destination. GAO reviewed six draft plans developed by the four military services, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the U.S. Transportation Command to overcome this problem. The six draft plans have significantly improved on DOD's original plan for tracking inventory. They are, however, inconsistent in content and do not reflect a coordinated, DOD-wide approach to correcting the lack of visibility over inventory being shipped. These draft plans also lack detailed performance measures for monitoring progress and determining the effectiveness of the actions after they are implemented. They do not address how DOD will ensure appropriate coordination among the military services and DOD commands in the implementation of the corrective actions or how DOD will monitor future progress. Lastly, the Office of the Secretary of Defense has not established a deadline for when the plans should be finalized."
Date: November 15, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acquisition Reform: DOD's Guidance on Using Section 845 Agreements Could be Improved (open access)

Acquisition Reform: DOD's Guidance on Using Section 845 Agreements 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 Department of Defense's (DOD) authority, which was established under Section 845 of the Fiscal Year 1994 National Defense Authorization Act, to use nonstandard contracting approaches to procure research and development services, focusing on: (1) the extent to which DOD has used Section 845 agreements; (2) the benefits reported from their use; (3) how DOD tailored these agreements to address issues normally governed by standard contract provisions; and (4) recent DOD efforts to provide additional guidance on their use."
Date: April 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Administration: IRS' Implementation of the Restructuring Act's Personnel Flexibility Provisions (open access)

Tax Administration: IRS' Implementation of the Restructuring Act's Personnel Flexibility Provisions

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) Restructuring and Reform Act's personnel flexibility provisions, focusing on: (1) IRS' implementation of these provisions; and (2) any tax administration concerns that may have arisen in relation to implementation."
Date: April 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: F/A-18E/F Aircraft Does Not Meet All Criteria for Multiyear Procurement (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: F/A-18E/F Aircraft Does Not Meet All Criteria for Multiyear Procurement

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Navy's F/A-18E/F aircraft program, focusing on whether the operational tests: (1) validated the Department of Defense's (DOD) statements that the F/A-18E/F will provide performance capabilities that are superior to existing F/A-18 aircraft; and (2) raised issues that could impact aircraft cost or the upcoming decision on whether the Navy should award a multiyear procurement contract for full-rate production of the aircraft."
Date: May 26, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civil Air Patrol: Proposed Agreements With the Air Force Are Intended to Address Identified Problems (open access)

Civil Air Patrol: Proposed Agreements With the Air Force Are Intended to Address Identified Problems

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Civil Air Patrol, focusing on the: (1) nature of the relationship between the Air Force and the Patrol; (2) Air Force's oversight of the Patrol; (3) Patrol's management and oversight of its own activities; and (4) plans to resolve identified problems."
Date: June 5, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Technology Management: SBA Needs to Establish Policies and Procedures for Key IT Processes (open access)

Information Technology Management: SBA Needs to Establish Policies and Procedures for Key IT Processes

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Small Business Administration's (SBA) management of information technology (IT), focusing on the five key IT process areas--investment management, architecture, information security, software development and acquisition, and human capital management."
Date: May 31, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
IRS' 2000 Tax Filing Season: IRS Measures Show Tax Processing Systems Performed Slightly Better Than in 1999 (open access)

IRS' 2000 Tax Filing Season: IRS Measures Show Tax Processing Systems Performed Slightly Better Than in 1999

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the performance of the information systems that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to process tax returns for individual taxpayers, focusing on: (1) IRS' tax processing systems performance in the 2000 filing season as reported by IRS compared to the 1999 filing season; and (2) whether IRS had taken actions to address problems affecting individual taxpayers."
Date: June 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: Improvements Needed in Military Space Systems' Planning and Education (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: Improvements Needed in Military Space Systems' Planning and Education

A chapter 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) approach to implementing the U.S. Space Command's long-range plan for expanding military space systems, focusing on the extent to which: (1) plans for expanding military space systems conform to national and defense space policies; (2) funding projections support planned military space programs and desired capabilities; and (3) actions are being taken to educate military personnel to support future military space operations."
Date: May 18, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Higher Education: Trustee Arrangements Serve Useful Purpose in Student Loan Market (open access)

Higher Education: Trustee Arrangements Serve Useful Purpose in Student Loan Market

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on student loan trustee arrangements, focusing on the: (1) number and cost of trustee arrangements and their shared characteristics; (2) benefits and protections afforded the federal government through use of trustee arrangements; and (3) effect of trustee arrangements on market participation and the availability of student loans."
Date: September 25, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library