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Clean Coal Technology: Status of Projects and Sales of Demonstrated Technology (open access)

Clean Coal Technology: Status of Projects and Sales of Demonstrated Technology

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program, focusing on the: (1) status of 13 Clean Coal Technology projects that preliminary information indicated could have over $1 million in unspent funds; and (2) extent to which DOE's participants in completed projects have sold demonstrated Clean Coal technologies to coal users."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures for Updating Arbitrator Disclosure Information (open access)

Procedures for Updating Arbitrator Disclosure Information

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) subsidiary, NASD Dispute Resolution (DR), failed to update its arbitrator disclosure system in a timely manner. As a result, several parties in an arbitration did not receive timely information on their arbitrator. To reduce the potential for further errors, NASD-DRplans to: (1) introduce a form that will allow arbitrators to submit updated information electronically, and (2) centralize processing of the information in itsDepartment of Neutral Management. In 1992 and 1998, NASD-DR also used other measures to ensure that arbitrator background information was current. Because NASD-DR has made these changes and plans to make additional improvements to its procedures for updating arbitrator disclosure information, GAO is not making any further recommendations at this time."
Date: November 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Development: Information on the Efforts by the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Relocate and Compensate Residents of the Logan Triangle Area (open access)

Community Development: Information on the Efforts by the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Relocate and Compensate Residents of the Logan Triangle Area

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the city of Philadelphia's efforts to relocate and compensate Logan Triangle Area residents whose homes are sinking into a landfill, focusing on the: (1) status of relocations of property owners and tenants; and (2) management challenges the Logan Assistance Corporation faces in completing the remaining relocations."
Date: June 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mass Transit: Review of the South Boston Piers Transitway Finance Plan (open access)

Mass Transit: Review of the South Boston Piers Transitway Finance Plan

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report focuses on GAO's review of the South Boston Piers Transitway Finance Plan. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is building a 1.5 mile underground transitway to connect its existing transit system with the South Boston Piers area, which is undergoing significant economic development. The project is experiencing cost increases and schedule delays, which have led to concerns over funding. GAO notes that although MBTA has shown that it has the financial capacity to complete the project, it has not yet clearly demonstrated to the Federal Transit Administration's financial management oversight contractor that funding the transitway project will not impair its ability to operate and maintain its overall transit system."
Date: November 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foster Care: HHS Should Ensure That Juvenile Justice Placements Are Reviewed (open access)

Foster Care: HHS Should Ensure That Juvenile Justice Placements Are Reviewed

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 Health and Human Services' (HHS) approval of the Social Security Act's title IV-E reimbursements for foster care placements, focusing on: (1) the number of title IV-E foster care placements made by juvenile justice agencies in fiscal year (FY) 1998 and the amount of federal care funding expended for these placements; (2) how selected states ensure that title IV-E funds are not used for placements in detention facilities and ensure that procedural requirements to protect the welfare of children in title IV-E funded juvenile cases are met; and (3) HHS' processes for ensuring the appropriate use of funds and compliance with these procedural requirements in title IV-E funded juvenile justice placements."
Date: June 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Open Recommendations: Improving Operations of Federal Departments and Agencies (open access)

Status of Open Recommendations: Improving Operations of Federal Departments and Agencies

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reported on the conclusions and recommendations resulting from its audits and other reviews of federal departments and agencies. GAO provided summary information on the status of all recommendations that have not been fully implemented in the areas of national security, international affairs, community and economic development, health care, human services, justice, general government, and financial and information management for use in congressional review of budget requests."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Development Schedule Should Be Changed to Reduce Risks (open access)

Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Development Schedule Should Be Changed to Reduce Risks

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) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program, focusing on: (1) the program's acquisition strategy; and (2) whether the strategy is being implemented in a manner that will ensure that the acquisition strategy objectives will be achieved."
Date: May 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sugar Program: Supporting Sugar Prices Has Increased Users' Costs While Benefiting Producers (open access)

Sugar Program: Supporting Sugar Prices Has Increased Users' Costs While Benefiting Producers

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO estimated the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) sugar program's: (1) costs to domestic sweetener users; (2) benefits to domestic sugar and high-fructose corn syrup producers; and (3) net effects on the U.S. economy--the differences between the costs to users and the benefits to producers that result from artificially high sweetener prices."
Date: June 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Operation Safe Home] (open access)

[Operation Safe Home]

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the gun buyback program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) under Operation Safe Home, focusing on whether the: (1) OIG has used Operation Safe Home funds for that purpose; and (2) OIG has the legal authority to use funds appropriated for Operation Safe Home for gun buyback programs. GAO noted that: (1) OIG has used $30,000 of Operation Safe Home appropriations to finance a gun buyback program in association with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department; and (2) OIG has the authority to use funds appropriated for Operation Safe Home to fund a gun buyback program in the District of Columbia."
Date: August 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Capital: Strategic Approach Should Guide DOD Civilian Workforce Management (open access)

Human Capital: Strategic Approach Should Guide DOD Civilian Workforce Management

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed civilian personnel downsizing in the Department of Defense (DOD) and a framework that could be useful for approaching its human capital management challenges in the future."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Use of the Social Security Number is Widespread (open access)

Social Security: Use of the Social Security Number is Widespread

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the usage of the social security number (SSN), focusing on: (1) federal laws and regulations directing the number's use; (2) the non-federal purposes for which the number is used; and (3) what businesses and state governments believe the impact would be if federal laws limiting the use of SSNs were passed."
Date: May 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense: Progress in Financial Management Reform (open access)

Department of Defense: Progress in Financial Management Reform

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) financial management reform, focusing on the challenges and initiatives that are in place or planned."
Date: May 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Regulation: Regulatory and Cultural Changes Challenge NRC (open access)

Nuclear Regulation: Regulatory and Cultural Changes Challenge NRC

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed regulatory and cultural challenges facing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), focusing on the: (1) views of NRC staff on the quality of work NRC performs; and (2) status of NRC's efforts to develop a comprehensive strategy to implement a risk-informed regulatory approach."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
On-Line Trading: Better Investor Protection Information Needed on Brokers' Web Sites (open access)

On-Line Trading: Better Investor Protection Information Needed on Brokers' Web Sites

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on on-line trading, focusing on: (1) the growth in on-line trading; (2) the extent to which on-line broker-dealers had experienced trading system delays and outages, including the causes of these problems and their reported effect on investors; and (3) how on-line broker-dealers address investor protection issues related to margin, privacy of information, risk disclosures, best execution, suitability, and advertising."
Date: May 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acid Rain: Emissions Trends and Effects in the Eastern United States (open access)

Acid Rain: Emissions Trends and Effects in the Eastern United States

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on acid rain emissions trends in the eastern United States, focusing on: (1) sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted into the air at the national level; (2) deposition in the eastern United States and in three environmentally sensitive areas; (3) sulfates and nitrates in lakes in the Adirondack Mountains and the prospects for the lakes' recovery from the damage caused by acid rain; and (4) the extent to which utilities in 11 midwestern states used sulfur dioxide allowances originally assigned to utilities in their states, compared with allowances that originated in other states from 1995 through 1998."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Housing: HUD Needs Better Information on Housing Agencies' Management Performance (open access)

Public Housing: HUD Needs Better Information on Housing Agencies' Management Performance

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To improve its oversight of housing agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) implemented its Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). PHAS provides HUD with a system to measure the performance of its housing agencies. GAO found that the effectiveness of HUD's ability to measure housing agencies' performance under PHAS has not been greatly improved for several reasons. First, HUD does not verify the accuracy of self-certified data submitted by the agencies in response to PHAS requirements. According to GAO's survey, in several instances, agencies that certified themselves as "standard" or "high performers" were later found to be troubled. Second, HUD's field offices indicated that they are adequately prepared in some areas to assist troubled housing agencies but that in other areas, such as adequate staffing, they are not. Furthermore, HUD's experience indicated that although the use of sanctions against poor performing agencies can be an effective tool for improving performance, most of its field offices fail to use them."
Date: November 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: Donation of U.S. Planting Seed to Russia in 1999 Had Weaknesses (open access)

Foreign Assistance: Donation of U.S. Planting Seed to Russia in 1999 Had Weaknesses

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on weaknesses in the donation of U.S. planting seed to Russia in 1999, focusing on: (1) how the seed was procured in the United States; (2) how seeds were distributed and monitored in Russia; and (3) what the process was for selling the seed and distributing the proceeds to agricultural development institutions."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Vulnerabilities in DOE's Systems for Unclassified Civilian Research (open access)

Information Security: Vulnerabilities in DOE's Systems for Unclassified Civilian Research

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the security of the Department of Energy's (DOE) unclassified information systems that support its civilian research programs, focusing on: (1) whether DOE's unclassified systems for civilian research are vulnerable to unauthorized access; (2) whether DOE is effectively managing information systems security; and (3) what DOE is doing to address the risk of unauthorized access to unclassified systems for civilian research."
Date: June 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Rescission of District of Columbia Courts Appropriations] (open access)

[Rescission of District of Columbia Courts Appropriations]

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO commented on whether the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) application of a rescission to the District of Columbia Courts appropriations was proper. The District of Columbia Courts stated that the law mandating the rescission applied to federal entities and questioned whether the rescission should apply to it, since the Courts and the federal government were separate legal entities. GAO held that OMB's application of the rescission to the Courts discretionary accounts was reasonable because the Courts were considered an instrumentality of the federal government."
Date: August 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Inventory: Most Excess Property in Panama Was Disposed of Properly, but Some Control Weaknesses Existed (open access)

Defense Inventory: Most Excess Property in Panama Was Disposed of Properly, but Some Control Weaknesses Existed

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Panama Canal Treaty called for the United States to transfer control over the Panama Canal to Panama and withdraw U.S. military forces and equipment from Panama. The treaty allowed the U.S. government to remove or dispose of all equipment and supplies acquired by U.S. forces. U.S. plans for withdrawal from Panama required excess property to be processed using disposal procedures that gave the military services and the federal agencies the first opportunity to receive the property. During 1998 and 1999, the Department of Defense's (DOD) Panama disposal office processed excess property valued at $136.7 million. Of this amount, $691,000 worth of property (less than one percent) was unaccounted for during this period. Disposal office records show that the property was written off as lost. DOD recognizes the need to properly manage and account for its assets and is working on a long-term strategy to provide in-transit control and visibility over excess property through information technology. DOD also has developed a new lesson segment for training its personnel on control procedures, but it has not taken adequate steps to ensure that the appropriate field personnel have …
Date: November 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Postal Issues: The Department of State's International Postal Responsibilities (open access)

Postal Issues: The Department of State's International Postal Responsibilities

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed how the Department of State has implemented its responsibilities for U.S. policy regarding U.S. participation in the Universal Postal Union (UPU)."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Debt Collection: Barring Delinquent Taxpayers From Receiving Federal Contracts and Loan Assistance (open access)

Debt Collection: Barring Delinquent Taxpayers From Receiving Federal Contracts and Loan Assistance

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed issues related to H.R. 4181, which would bar delinquent taxpayers from receiving federal contracts and loan assistance."
Date: May 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: HCFA Faces Challenges to Control Improper Payments (open access)

Medicare: HCFA Faces Challenges to Control Improper Payments

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) efforts to control improper payments in the Medicare program, focusing on the ongoing and emerging challenges HCFA faces in safeguarding Medicare payments."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Capital: Managing Human Capital in the 21st Century (open access)

Human Capital: Managing Human Capital in the 21st Century

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed ways to improve the federal government's approach to managing its people."
Date: March 9, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library