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Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Its Ability to Monitor and Determine the Extent of Competition in Dedicated Access Services (open access)

Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Its Ability to Monitor and Determine the Extent of Competition in Dedicated Access Services

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Government agencies and businesses that require significant capacity to meet voice and data needs depend on dedicated access services. This segment of the telecommunications market generated about $16 billion in revenues for the major incumbent telecommunications firms in 2005. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has historically regulated dedicated access prices. With the Telecommunications Act of 1996, FCC reformed its rules to rely on competition to bring about cost-based pricing. Starting in 2001, FCC granted pricing flexibility on the basis of a proxy measure of competition. GAO examined (1) the extent that alternatives are available in areas where FCC granted pricing flexibility, (2) how prices have changed since the granting of pricing flexibility, and the effect on government agencies, and (3) how FCC monitors competition. GAO's work included analyzing data on competitive alternatives, list prices, and average revenue, and interviewing FCC officials and industry representatives."
Date: November 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Pensions: Low Defined Contribution Plan Savings May Pose Challenges to Retirement Security, Especially for Many Low-Income Workers (open access)

Private Pensions: Low Defined Contribution Plan Savings May Pose Challenges to Retirement Security, Especially for Many Low-Income Workers

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Over the last 25 years, pension coverage has shifted primarily from "traditional" defined benefit (DB) plans, in which workers accrue benefits based on years of service and earnings, toward defined contribution (DC) plans, in which participants accumulate retirement balances in individual accounts. DC plans provide greater portability of benefits, but shift the responsibility of saving for retirement from employers to employees. This report addresses the following issues: (1) What percentage of workers participate in DC plans, and how much have they saved in them? (2) How much are workers likely to have saved in DC plans over their careers and to what degree do key individual decisions and plan features affect plan saving? (3) What options have been recently proposed to increase DC plan coverage, participation, and savings? GAO analyzed data from the Federal Reserve Board's 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), the latest available, utilized a computer simulation model to project DC plan balances at retirement, reviewed academic studies, and interviewed experts."
Date: November 29, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Strengthen the Annual Review and Certification of Military Personnel Obligations (open access)

Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Strengthen the Annual Review and Certification of Military Personnel Obligations

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars to pay and support U.S. military personnel at home and overseas. In fiscal year 2003, military personnel (MILPERS) appropriations amounted to more than $109 billion. Once the funds are appropriated, the military services are responsible for ensuring that the funds are properly obligated and disbursed. Their end-of-the-fiscal-year review is critical to the next year's budget formulation process because the services use the obligations for the most recent fiscal year completed as a point of reference in developing their new budgets, and Congress uses this information as a point of comparison in its review of the new budget requests. In our prior work for the House and Senate appropriation and authorization committees, reviewing the services' budget justifications, we found that although the services were conducting annual reviews and certifications, the services did not review transactions by matching obligations to individual disbursements in all of the years that disbursements can occur, as required by the Department of Defense (DOD) Financial Management Regulation. We also found that the services disbursed some obligations for purposes other than those reported in their budget submission, but their …
Date: November 29, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Management: Actions Are Needed to Improve the Management and Oversight of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (open access)

Defense Management: Actions Are Needed to Improve the Management and Oversight of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The fiscal year 1993 National Defense Authorization Act established the National Guard Youth Challenge Program as a pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of providing military based training to improve the life skills of high school dropouts. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, under the authority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, is responsible for overall policy for the program. The National Guard Bureau (NGB) provides direct management and oversight. In 1998, Congress permanently authorized the program and began decreasing the federal cost share until it reached its current level of 60 percent in 2001. Conference Report 108-767 directed GAO to review the program. Specifically, GAO reviewed (1) historical trends of the program; (2) the extent of analyses performed to determine program costs and the need to adjust the federal and state cost share; and (3) NGB oversight of the program. GAO is also providing information on Reserve Affairs' and states' efforts to obtain funding from alternative sources."
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Timber Management: Forest Service Has Considerable Liability for Suspended or Canceled Timber Sales Contracts (open access)

Timber Management: Forest Service Has Considerable Liability for Suspended or Canceled Timber Sales Contracts

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Forest Service canceled or suspended several timber sales contracts to protect endangered or threatened species. From October 1992 through June 1996, the Forest Service paid $6.5 million to settle claims on 48 canceled or suspended contracts. Currently, there are pending claims of about $51 million for canceled or suspended contracts. To minimize its financial liability in the future, the Forest Service is developing cancellation regulations and a new standard timber sales contract. Progress in finalizing these new regulations has been slow because of the Forest Service's need to conduct a more detailed economic analysis. The proposed rules have also undergone several changes since the Forest Service began working on them in the late 1980s to settle some of the timber companies' claims. The Forest Service has sometimes used replacement timber; however, the timber replacement program has had limited success because the timber was either unavailable within the sale area or was in such poor condition that many companies would not accept it."
Date: November 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 107th Congress (open access)

Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 107th Congress

The Senate of the United States Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 107th congress.
Date: November 29, 2001
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Contains Clearinghouse Q&A and Mil Val numbers from Navy Team Analyst Hal Tickle regarding SUBASE New London, CT
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Contains COBRA runs for Navy Team Analyst Hal Tickle regarding SUBASE New London, CT
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Contains CODEL Correspondence regarding SUBASE New London to Navy Team Analyst Hal Tickle and the BRAC Commission
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Commission - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Commission - Notes and Research

Contains Rep. Simmons Brief and other community input for Navy Analyst Hal Tickle regarding SUBASE New London, CT
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hearing Book - JCSG Methodology (open access)

Hearing Book - JCSG Methodology

Contains the Preliminary Hearing material from the JCSG Methodology hearing on May 19, 2005
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Commission - Legal Documents (open access)

BRAC Commission - Legal Documents

Contains legal documents and related material from the Adjutant's General Hearing on 6/30/05 in Atlanta, GA
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Informational Hearing on Homeland Security/ Air National Guard (open access)

Informational Hearing on Homeland Security/ Air National Guard

Contains informational hearing book for the hearing on homeland security/defense and the Air National Guard on 8/11/05
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research

Contains notes and research (Team Ft. Monmouth packet)by Wes Hood of the ARMY Team.
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Contains notes and research from Air Force Analyst David Combs regarding Cannon AFB, NM
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research

Contains notes and research (H&SA 46)Various States by Wes Hood of the ARMY Team.
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hearing Book - DoD Methodology (open access)

Hearing Book - DoD Methodology

Contains the DoD Methodology Hearing Book from 5/16/2005 in Washington, DC
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Hearing - Statements and Testimony (open access)

BRAC Hearing - Statements and Testimony

Contains the statement of Michael Wynne, Under Secretary of Defense, before the BRAC Commission
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Commission Hearing - DoD Input (open access)

BRAC Commission Hearing - DoD Input

Contains DoD input from the BRAC Commission Hearing on May 16, 2005
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - DFAS (open access)

Base Visit Book - DFAS

Contains the Base Visit Book for Defense Finance & Accounting Service Columbus, OH/ Denver, CO
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - AF30 (open access)

Base Visit Book - AF30

Contains Base Visit Book for Sheppard Air Force Base, TX
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reports - Overseas Basing Commission (open access)

Reports - Overseas Basing Commission

Contains the Final Report from the Overseas Basing Commission
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Hearing - Media Briefing Book (open access)

Regional Hearing - Media Briefing Book

Contains the media briefing book for the Rapid City, SD Regional Hearing
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - NAS Brunswick, ME (2nd Visit) (open access)

Base Visit Book - NAS Brunswick, ME (2nd Visit)

Contains Base Visit Report by Navy Team Analyst Hal Tickle for the second trip to NAS Brunswick, ME
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library