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Bus Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit Service and Can Contribute to Economic Development

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U.S. bus rapid transit (BRT) projects we reviewed include features that distinguished BRT from standard bus service and improved riders’ experience. However, few of the projects (5 of 20) used dedicated or semi-dedicated lanes— a feature commonly associated with BRT and included in international systems to reduce travel time and attract riders. Project sponsors and planners explained that decisions on w… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Federal Real Property: Strategic Partnerships and Local Coordination Could Help Agencies Better Utilize Space

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government owns facilities that are underutilized in locations where it also leases space. In some cases, space within these government-owned properties could be occupied by other government agencies. This is particularly true for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), for which declining mail volume and operational changes have freed space in many facilities. However, this potential for collocatio… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Grants Management: Improving the Timeliness of Grant Closeouts by Federal Agencies and Other Grants Management Challenges

Description: An agency summary issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Closeout is an important final point of grants accountability. It helps to ensure that grantees have met all financial and reporting requirements. It also allows federal agencies to identify and redirect unused funds to other projects and priorities as authorized or to return unspent balances to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury). At the end of fiscal year 2011, GAO identified more than $794 mi… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Higher Education: Improved Tax Information Could Help Pay for College

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "We found that multiple Title IV programs and tax expenditures provided substantial aid to populations across income levels. In 2009, 12.8 million students received Title IV aid, and approximately 18 million tax filers claimed a higher education tax benefit for current expenses. The number of students receiving Title IV aid increased from 10.4 million to 12.8 million, or 23 percent, from 2006 to 2009. The numb… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Influenza Pandemic: Agencies Report Progress in Plans to Protect Federal Workers but Oversight Could Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2012, federal agencies reported they had made progress in planning to protect their federal employees during an influenza pandemic. For example:"
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Information Technology: DHS Needs to Further Define and Implement Its New Governance Process

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has defined a vision for its new information technology (IT) governance process, which includes a tiered oversight structure that defines distinct roles and responsibilities throughout the department. The new governance framework and the associated policies and procedures are generally consistent with recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance and wit… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Medicare Advantage: Quality Bonus Payment Demonstration Has Design Flaws and Raises Legal Concerns

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Our March 2012 review found that the CMS Office of the Actuary’s (OACT) estimated cost of the demonstration exceeds $8 billion over 10 years. About $5.34 billion of this estimate is attributed to quality bonus payments more generous than those prescribed in PPACA, specifically to (1) higher bonuses for 4-star and 5-star plans, (2) new bonuses for 3-star and 3.5-star plans, (3) applying bonuses to plans’ entir… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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The Obama Administration’s Proposal to Establish a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

Description: This report discusses the proposed creation of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), which would help accelerate innovation and support manufacturing technology commercialization. It includes an overview of the topic as well as discussion on the Administration's proposal, preliminary activities, legislative status, and issues for consideration.
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Overseas Rightsizing: State Has Improved the Consistency of Its Approach, but Does Not Follow Up on Its Recommendations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of State (State) has improved the consistency of its rightsizing approach across overseas posts. However, differences between future staffing levels it projects are appropriate to meet mission needs and actual staffing levels still exist due to unanticipated events and other factors. GAO reported in 2006 that State’s Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation (M/PRI) had not … more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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An Overview and Comparison of Senate Proposals to Extend the “Bush Tax Cuts”: S. 3412 and S. 3413

Description: This report provides an overview of the Bush tax cuts, followed by brief summaries of the Reid and Hatch proposals, respectively. Revenue loss estimates of certain provisions of these bills are also included, as well as a brief summary of H.R. 8. In addition, detailed summary tables comparing the Reid and Hatch proposals—to each other and to current law—are provided. Finally, this report concludes with a brief overview of the current policy debate surrounding the partial or full extension of th… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Refugee Resettlement: Greater Consultation with Community Stakeholders Could Strengthen Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Voluntary agencies consider various factors when determining where refugees will be placed, but few agencies we visited consulted relevant local stakeholders, which posed challenges for service providers. When deciding how many refugees to place in each community, some voluntary agencies prioritize local agency capacity, such as staffing levels, while others emphasize community capacity, such as housing… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Retirement Security: Older Women Remain at Risk

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Over the last decade, working women’s access to and participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans have improved relative to men. In fact, from 1998 to 2009, women surpassed men in their likelihood of working for an employer that offered a pension plan—largely because the proportion of men covered by a plan declined. Furthermore, as employers have continued to terminate their defined benefit plans and s… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Telecommunications: FCC Has Reformed the High-Cost Program, but Oversight and Management Could be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Under the USF Transformation Order, FCC adopted new rules to fundamentally change the high-cost program by extending the program to support broadband capable networks. For example, FCC established a $4.5-billion annual program budget for the next 6 years, created new funds—called the Connect America Fund and the Mobility Fund—that will support broadband deployment, and established public interest obliga… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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United Nations Renovations: Best Practices Could Enhance Future Cost Estimates

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Capital Master Plan (CMP) has made progress, but may not deliver the project’s original scope, faces risks meeting its scheduled completion date, and is projected to be about $430 million over budget as of February 2012. Regarding the project’s scope, the CMP office may not renovate the Library and South Annex—two of the five buildings in its original scope—due to the lack of a workable design solut… more
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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