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Southwest Retort, Volume 52, Number 8, April 2000 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 52, Number 8, April 2000

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: April 2000
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inspectors General: Information on Resources and Selected Accomplishments of 18 Inspectors General (open access)

Inspectors General: Information on Resources and Selected Accomplishments of 18 Inspectors General

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about the resources and selected accomplishments of inspectors general at 18 federal departments and agencies."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Loan System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (open access)

Direct Loan System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a checklist to assist: (1) agencies in implementing and monitoring their direct loan systems; and (2) management and auditors in reviewing their direct loan systems to determine if they are in substantial compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act."
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Systems Security: Information System Controls at the VA Maryland Health Care System (open access)

VA Systems Security: Information System Controls at the VA Maryland Health Care System

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO assessed the effectiveness of information system general controls at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS)."
Date: April 19, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Report of the United States Government, 1999 (open access)

Financial Report of the United States Government, 1999

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO presented the United States government's 1999 financial report. The report includes: (1) audited financial statements that cover the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; and (2) GAO's audit of the financial report."
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balkans Security: Current and Projected Factors Affecting Regional Stability (open access)

Balkans Security: Current and Projected Factors Affecting Regional Stability

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Balkans security issues, focusing on: (1) the current security situation in the Balkans, particularly in Kosovo and Bosnia; (2) the projected security in the region over the next 5 years; (3) factors in the decision to withdraw Yugoslav security forces from Kosovo; and (4) how the executive branch has defined U.S. interests in the region in the National Security Strategy and public statements."
Date: April 24, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Education and Care: Overlap Indicates Need to Assess Crosscutting Programs (open access)

Early Education and Care: Overlap Indicates Need to Assess Crosscutting Programs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO updated its 1994 report federally funded programs that provide or support education or child care for children under age 5, focusing on: (1) what portion of the budget authority for these programs was used for education and care for children under age 5 and how many children in this age group participated in the programs; (2) what types of children these programs target and what services are provided to these children; and (3) what information is needed to assess whether the current array of federal programs is duplicative and what issues should be considered to improve overall efficiency of early childhood education and care programs."
Date: April 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: Issues Related to the Youngstown Prison Report and Lorton Closure Process (open access)

District of Columbia: Issues Related to the Youngstown Prison Report and Lorton Closure Process

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues related to the closing of the Lorton correctional facilities that house felon inmates from the District of Columbia and the transfer of these inmates to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), focusing on: (1) the D.C. Department of Corrections' response to the Office of the Corrections Trustee's 1999 recommendations on the Youngstown prison facility; (2) BOP's efforts to comply with the privatization requirements of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997; and (3) any challenges concerning the closing of Lorton faced by the District of Columbia and BOP as December 31, 2001, the statutory date for closing all of Lorton, nears."
Date: April 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral Health: Dental Disease Is a Chronic Problem Among Low-Income Populations (open access)

Oral Health: Dental Disease Is a Chronic Problem Among Low-Income Populations

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the: (1) dental health status of Medicaid beneficiaries and other vulnerable populations; and (2) extent to which these groups have dental coverage and use dental services."
Date: April 12, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Gambling: Economic Effects More Measurable Than Social Effects (open access)

Impact of Gambling: Economic Effects More Measurable Than Social Effects

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's (NGISC) case study on gambling, focusing on: (1) the economic effects of gambling, particularly on employment, bankruptcy, and tax revenues and community investment; (2) the social effects of gambling; (3) the prevalence of pathological gambling; and (4) whether communities offer incentives to attract gambling establishments."
Date: April 27, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 1999 and 1998 (open access)

Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 1999 and 1998

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the financial statements of the Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for the period ended September 30, 1999 and 1998. GAO contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to conduct the audit."
Date: April 12, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation and the Environment: FAA's Role in Major Airport Noise Programs (open access)

Aviation and the Environment: FAA's Role in Major Airport Noise Programs

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on airport-related noise, focusing on the: (1) types of projects that are eligible for federally authorized funding to reduce airport-related noise or mitigate its effects; (2) differences in the major methods for measuring the impact of airport-related noise; (3) Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) noise standards for civil subsonic turbojets and the reasons some of those aircraft are not required to comply with these or earlier standards; and (4) status of FAA's Land Use Planning Initiative and the major issues the initiative has raised about how best to address airport-related noise."
Date: April 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seized Property and Forfeited Assets System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Exposure Draft) (Superseded by GAO-01-99G) (open access)

Seized Property and Forfeited Assets System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Exposure Draft) (Superseded by GAO-01-99G)

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-01-99G, Seized Property and Forfeited Assets Systems Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act, October 2000. GAO published a functional requirements document for seized property and forfeited assets systems that will provide the capability for financial managers and others to control and account for seized property and forfeited assets."
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (open access)

Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved to adjust their status to legal permanent residence under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA) of 1998."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Safety Board: Realigned Management Faces Serious Challenges (open access)

Chemical Safety Board: Realigned Management Faces Serious Challenges

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the fiscal year (FY) 2001 budget for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, focusing on determining the status of the Board's: (1) organization; (2) operations; and (3) efforts to update and develop plans, policies, and procedures for accomplishing the Board's mission."
Date: April 12, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: U.S. Response to Transnational Crime Involving Sub-Saharan Africa (open access)

Foreign Assistance: U.S. Response to Transnational Crime Involving Sub-Saharan Africa

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the various activities that Department of State, Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of the Treasury, and the Agency for International Development (AID) have undertaken to address transnational crime involving sub-Saharan Africa and their efforts to enhance anticrime coordination among U.S. agencies."
Date: April 19, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DC Courts: Processing Fiscal Year 1999 Defender Services Vouchers (open access)

DC Courts: Processing Fiscal Year 1999 Defender Services Vouchers

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the District of Columbia (DC) Courts' payment processing procedures for defender services."
Date: April 20, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library