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

Observations on the Department of the Interior'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 the Interior's (DOI) fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report and FY 2001 performance plans required by the Government Performance and Results Act."
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Core Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Superseded by GAO-05-225G) (open access)

Core Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Superseded by GAO-05-225G)

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-05-225G, Core Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act, February 2005. GAO published a guide to assist agencies and internal auditors in maintaining their financial management systems in compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996."
Date: February 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Guide: Maximizing the Success of Chief Information Officers (Exposure Draft) (Superseded by GAO-01-376G) (open access)

Executive Guide: Maximizing the Success of Chief Information Officers (Exposure Draft) (Superseded by GAO-01-376G)

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-01-376G, Executive Guide: Maximizing the Success of Chief Information Officers: Learning From Leading Organizations, February 2001. GAO published a guide: (1) to assist federal agencies in maximizing the success of chief information officers (CIO); and (2) to offer concrete suggestions on what agency executives can do to ensure the effectiveness of their CIO organizations."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Real Property Maintenance: Management Improvements are Needed to Ensure Adequate Facilities (open access)

Military Real Property Maintenance: Management Improvements are Needed to Ensure Adequate Facilities

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 Defense's (DOD) and the military services' management of real property assets, focusing on: (1) principle findings on DOD's strategy for management of real property and how the services determine and prioritize maintenance needs and allocate resources to them; (2) promising practices in facilities maintenance by nonmilitary entities; (3) some barriers that the services face in implementing such practices; (4) GAO's recommendations on how DOD could improve its real property management; and (5) the steps DOD has told GAO it is taking in response to GAO's testimony."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Capital: A Self-Assessment Checklist for Agency Leaders (open access)

Human Capital: A Self-Assessment Checklist for Agency Leaders

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a self-assessment checklist to assist agency leaders in designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective human capital strategy. GAO's approach to self assessment: (1) emphasizes investment in enhancing the value of individual employees and of the agency workforce as a whole; and (2) asks whether the agency has established and clearly defined and communicated a shared vision and aligned its components and systems to support them."
Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Property Management Systems Requirements (open access)

Property Management Systems Requirements

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a functional requirements document for property management systems. This document is intended for financial analysts, systems accountants, systems developers, property managers, program managers, and others who design, develop, implement, operate, and maintain or audit financial management systems."
Date: October 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Euro: Implications for the United States--Answers to Key Questions (open access)

The Euro: Implications for the United States--Answers to Key Questions

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the euro, focusing on: (1) what the euro is and why Europe is moving to it now; (2) what the potential effects of the euro are on the dollar; (3) what are the potential monetary policy and exchange rate effects of the euro; (4) what are the euro's implications for U.S. trade and investment with Europe; and (5) what are the implications of the euro for international economic policymaking. GAO noted that: (1) the euro is the new currency being used by 11 of the 15 countries that are members of the European Union (EU); (2) the euro is part of an initiative known as the European Economic and Monetary Union and is designed to more closely link EU's economic policies; (3) a variety of factors will determine whether the emergence of the euro will have a significant impact on the international role of the dollar; (4) over the longer term, several analysts believe that the comparative status of the dollar and euro as international currencies may be affected by potential developments in the euro area payments …
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt's Fiscal Years 1999 and 1998 Schedules of Federal Debt (open access)

Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt's Fiscal Years 1999 and 1998 Schedules of Federal Debt

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO audited the Bureau of the Public Debt's (BPD) Schedules of Federal Debt for the fiscal years that ended September 30, 1999 and 1998."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title I Program: Stronger Accountability Needed for Performance of Disadvantaged Students (open access)

Title I Program: Stronger Accountability Needed for Performance of Disadvantaged Students

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) Title I services at schoolwide and targeted assistance schools; (2) state efforts to hold schools and districts accountable for student achievement; and (3) research and evaluations of Title I and schoolwide programs."
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumer Price Index: Update of Boskin Commission's Estimate of Bias (open access)

Consumer Price Index: Update of Boskin Commission's Estimate of Bias

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index's (CPI) updated estimate of CPI bias, focusing on the: (1) methodological changes the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) made to the CPI since December 1996, when the Advisory Commission (also referred to as the Boskin Commission) issued its final report; and (2) opinions of the five former Boskin Commission members on how much of the bias in the CPI that the Commission estimated in its December 1996 report remains after recent methodological changes to the CPI."
Date: February 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: Amendments To Accounting Standards For Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees: Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 18 (open access)

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: Amendments To Accounting Standards For Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees: Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 18

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's statement of federal financial accounting standards (SFFAS). The statement presents amendments to SSFAS No. 2 and provides accounting standards for direct loans and loan guarantees."
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Government Auditing, January 2000, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spanish Version) (open access)

International Journal of Government Auditing, January 2000, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spanish Version)

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 America 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.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining Performance and Accountability Challenges and High Risks (Exposure Draft) (open access)

Determining Performance and Accountability Challenges and High Risks (Exposure Draft)

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published an exposure draft on government programs and functions that GAO has identified as "high risk" because of their greater vulnerabilities to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement."
Date: August 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management: Education Faces Challenges in Achieving Financial Management Reform (open access)

Financial Management: Education Faces Challenges in Achieving Financial Management Reform

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the challenges the Department of Education faces in achieving financial management reform, focusing on: (1) Education's fiscal year (FY) 1999 financial audit results in the context of related work GAO has performed; (2) the relationship between the audit findings and the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse; and (3) the status of GAO's ongoing study of the department's grantback account."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities Pricing: Progress and Challenges in Converting to Decimals (open access)

Securities Pricing: Progress and Challenges in Converting to Decimals

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its recent reports on the securities industry's progress toward implementing decimal trading, focusing on the: (1) progress made to date toward converting to decimals; and (2) challenges that remain."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
FASAB News, Issue 61, April-May 2000 (open access)

FASAB News, Issue 61, April-May 2000

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's recent actions, meetings, and practices."
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Government Auditing, July 2000, Vol. 27, No. 3 (open access)

International Journal of Government Auditing, July 2000, Vol. 27, No. 3

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) the Food and Agriculture Organization's audit, management, and governance; (2) fighting corruption and fraud; (3) INTOSAI's conference on internal controls; (4) Romania's Court of Audit; (5) reports in print on auditing; and (6) activities inside INTOSAI."
Date: July 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
JFMIP News: A Newsletter for Government Financial Managers, Summer 2000, Vol. 12, No. 2 (open access)

JFMIP News: A Newsletter for Government Financial Managers, Summer 2000, Vol. 12, No. 2

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program's current financial management initiatives, activities, and practices."
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Government Auditing, October 2000, Vol. 27, No. 4 (German Version) (open access)

International Journal of Government Auditing, October 2000, Vol. 27, No. 4 (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 Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles concerning: (1) auditing in the Iceland; (2) improving public service; (3) news in brief; (4) the audit directorate of Bahrain; (5) reports in print; and (6) activities within INTOSAI."
Date: October 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Workforce Mix: Phased-In Conversion of Some Support Officer Positions Would Produce Savings (open access)

Coast Guard Workforce Mix: Phased-In Conversion of Some Support Officer Positions Would Produce Savings

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Coast Guard's phased-in conversion of some support officer positions, focusing on: (1) how the Coast Guard's current workforce mix compares with the workforce mix of other military services and how the workforce mix has changed since 1991; (2) how many military commissioned officer positions in administrative and support functions offer opportunities for conversion to civilian positions; and (3) what the advantages and disadvantages are of converting those military positions to civilian positions."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Health: Summary of Conference on Immunization in Developing Countries (open access)

Global Health: Summary of Conference on Immunization in Developing Countries

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO issued a report on factors that limit access to vaccines for children in developing countries, focusing on: (1) shifting donor priorities; (2) inadequate infrastructure and insufficient information for decision-making; and (3) the relatively high cost of newer vaccines."
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Communications Commission: Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2000 (open access)

Federal Communications Commission: Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2000

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new rule on the assessment and collection of regulatory fees for fiscal year (FY) 2000. GAO noted that: (1) the rule revises the regulatory fee schedule to bring it into compliance with the amount of such fees Congress has required FCC to collect for FY 2000; (2) the amount to be recovered is $185,754,000, or almost 7.67 percent more than was required for FY 1999; (3) the purpose of the fees is to recover the costs of regulation in the areas of enforcement, policy and rulemaking, international and user information activities; and (4) FCC complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: August 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Monetary Fund: Status of Efforts to Strengthen Safeguards Over Lending (open access)

International Monetary Fund: Status of Efforts to Strengthen Safeguards Over Lending

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided a status report on whether the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) policies provide reasonable assurances that financial resources provided to member countries are adequately safeguarded, focusing on the: (1) appropriate use of IMF resources by borrowers; and (2) accuracy of economic and financial information reported by borrowers, and upon which the IMF makes lending decisions."
Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Government Auditing, July 2000, Vol. 27, No. 3 (German Version) (open access)

International Journal of Government Auditing, July 2000, Vol. 27, No. 3 (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 Institutions (INTOSAI) includes articles regarding: (1) the Food and Agriculture Organization's audit, management, and governance; (2) fighting corruption and fraud; (3) INTOSAI's conference on internal controls; (4) Romania's Court of Audit; (5) reports in print on auditing; and (6) activities inside INTOSAI."
Date: July 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library