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DCPS: Limitation of Attorneys' Fees for Fiscal Years 1999 through 2001

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The District of Columbia appropriations acts for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 limited the amount of appropriated funds that could be paid to an attorney representing a prevailing party in an action brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The appropriations act for fiscal year 2002 lifted the caps on attorneys' fees and directed D… more
Date: November 6, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Defense Acquisitions: Prices of Navy Aviation Spare Parts Have Increased

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "For some time, there has been concern over the increases in the prices of weapon systems spare parts and the adverse impact higher prices have had on military readiness. Prices for aviation spare parts managed by the Navy increased at an annual rate of 12 percent from 1994 to 1999. Several factors have contributed to price increases. First, the cost of repairing an item has generally gone up over time. Second,… more
Date: November 6, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Department of Energy: Oil and Natural Gas Research and Development Activities

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Domestic oil and natural gas production are important to meeting our nation's energy needs and represented more than 40 percent of the U.S. energy production in 2006. The Department of Energy (DOE) has undertaken research and development (R&D) for oil and natural gas since its inception in the late 1970s. Historically, the federal government has entered into cost-sharing agreements with universities, sta… more
Date: November 6, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to Take Action to Encourage Fiscal Discipline and Optimize the Use of Tools Intended to Improve GWOT Cost Reporting

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress has provided about $542.9 billion, as of May 2007, to the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Prior GAO reports have found DOD's reported GWOT obligation data unreliable and problems with transparency over certain costs. DOD made changes to its reporting procedures, requiring components to perform a monthly variance ana… more
Date: November 6, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Homeland Security: Challenges in Achieving Interoperable Communications for First Responders

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The inability of first responders--police officers, firemen, hazardous materials teams, emergency medical service personnel, and others--to communicate effectively with one another as needed during an emergency is a long-standing and widely recognized problem in many areas across the country. When first responders cannot communicate effectively as needed, it can literally cost lives--of both emergency responders and… more
Date: November 6, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Human Capital: Telework Programs Need Clear Goals and Reliable Data

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Telework continues to receive attention within Congress and federal agencies as a human capital strategy that offers various flexibilities to both employers and employees. Increasingly recognized as an important means to achieving a number of federal goals, telework offers greater capability to continue operations during emergency events, as well as affording environmental, energy, and other benefits to socie… more
Date: November 6, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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IRS's Use of Information on Taxpayers Claiming Many Allowances or Exemption From Federal Income Tax Withholding

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In September 2003, we responded to a request from Representative Elton Gallegly to provide information on the number of taxpayers who claimed more than 10 withholding allowances and taxpayers who claimed exemption from federal income tax withholding. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) calls such claims questionable Form W-4s. However, in the course of performing our work, we became concerned about the reliabili… more
Date: November 6, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medicare: CMS Working to Address Problems from Round 1 of the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2007, Medicare spent $8.3 billion for durable medical equipment (DME) and related supplies. To reduce spending, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) required that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) phase in, with several rounds of bidding, a large-scale competitive bidding program (CBP) for certain DME and other items. DME suppliers began bi… more
Date: November 6, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Millennium Challenge Corporation: MCC Has Addressed a Number of Implementation Challenges, but Needs to Improve Financial Controls and Infrastructure Planning

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Established in January 2004 with a mission to reduce poverty through economic growth, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has committed $6.9 billion for compacts with 19 developing countries. MCC vests compact management with accountable entities in recipient countries, called Millennium Challenge Accounts (MCA). MCAs, with guidance from MCC, allocate resources, oversee and implement a financial … more
Date: November 6, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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National Applications Office Certification Review

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the 1960s, classified satellite information collected by intelligence agencies has been used, from time to time, by federal civilian agencies and other non-intelligence entities for civil, scientific, and environmental purposes (such as mapping, disaster relief, and environmental research). These uses have historically been coordinated by the Civil Applications Committee (CAC) led by the U.S. Geolo… more
Date: November 6, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: September 2008 Update

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1992, GAO has published long-term fiscal simulations of what might happen to federal deficits and debt levels under varying policy assumptions. We developed our long-term model in response to a bipartisan request from Members of Congress who were concerned about the longterm effects of fiscal policy. GAO runs two simulations: (1) "Baseline Extended" follows the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) S… more
Date: November 6, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Small Business Administration: Actions Needed to Improve the Usefulness of the Agency's Lender Risk Rating System

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Small Business Administration (SBA) guarantees individual loans that lenders originate. The agency uses its Loan and Lender Monitoring System (L/LMS) to assess the individual risk of each loan, and SBA's contractor developed a lender risk rating system based on L/LMS data. However, questions have been raised about the extent to which SBA has used its lender risk rating system to improve its oversigh… more
Date: November 6, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Social Security: Issues Regarding the Coverage of Public Employees

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Social Security covers about 96 percent of all U.S. workers; the vast majority of the remaining 4 percent are public employees. Although these noncovered workers do not pay Social Security taxes on their government earnings, they may still be eligible for Social Security benefits through their spouses' or their own earnings from other covered employment. Social Security has provisions--the Government Pension … more
Date: November 6, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Stabilization and Reconstruction: Actions Are Needed to Develop a Planning and Coordination Framework and Establish the Civilian Reserve Corps

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2004, the Department of State created the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization to coordinate U.S. planning and implementation of stabilization and reconstruction operations. In December 2005, President Bush issued National Security Presidential Directive 44 (NSPD-44), charging State with improving coordination, planning, and implementation of such operations and ensuring tha… more
Date: November 6, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Tax Policy: The Research Tax Credit's Design and Administration Can Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The tax credit for qualified research expenses provides significant subsidies to encourage business investment in research intended to foster innovation and promote long-term economic growth. Generally the credit provides a subsidy for research spending in excess of a base amount but concerns have been raised about its design and administrability. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to desc… more
Date: November 6, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Travel Cards: Internal Control Weaknesses at DOD Led to Improper Use of First and Business Class Travel

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Long-standing financial management problems, coupled with ineffective oversight and management of the Department of Defense's (DOD) travel card program, which GAO has previously reported on, have led to concerns about DOD's use of first and business class airfares. At the request of the Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Senator Grassley, and Representative Schakowsky, GAO perf… more
Date: November 6, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Update on State and Local Revenue Loss From Internet Sales

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO examined the Bureau of the Census' estimates of e-commerce in 1999 to determine whether GAO should revise the results of its 2000 report on sales tax issues from e-commerce (GAO/GGD/OCE-00-165). This report uses private-sector forecasts of Internet and total remote sales as the basis for several scenarios illustrating the impact of such sales on state and local sales and use tax revenues. The scenarios show… more
Date: November 6, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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VA Health Care: Improvements Made in Physician Privileging Policies, but Medical Facility Compliance Has Not Been Assessed

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In a report issued in May 2006, GAO examined compliance with the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) physician credentialing and privileging requirements at seven VA medical facilities GAO visited. VA's credentialing process is used to determine whether a physician's professional credentials, such as licensure, are valid and meet VA's requirements for employment. VA's privileging process is used to determine… more
Date: November 6, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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