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Alien Smuggling: Management and Operational Improvements Needed to Address Growing Problem

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) implementation of a strategy to combat alien smuggling, focusing on: (1) the nature and extent of alien smuggling into the United States; (2) INS' strategy for combatting alien smuggling; and (3) how well the strategy has been implemented and the results to date."
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: Amendments To Accounting Standards For Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees: Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 18

Description: 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.
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Information Concerning Tax-Motivated Expatriation

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on tax-motivated expatriation, focusing on: (1) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) procedures relevant to the enforcement of tax-motivated expatriate rules related to income, estate, and gift taxes; (2) IRS' procedures for using the private letter ruling process; and (3) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and Department of State procedures … more
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Information Technology Investment Management: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Process Maturity (Exposure Draft) (Superseded by GAO-04-394G)

Description: Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-04-394G, Information Technology Investment Management: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Process Maturity, March 2004. GAO published a document on the Information Technology Investment Management (ITIM) framework, which identifies critical processes for successful information technology (IT) investment and organizes these processes into a framework of increasingly mat… more
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Information Technology Investment Management: An Overview of GAO's Assessment Framework (Exposure Draft)

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a framework for information technology (IT) investment management, which provided a unified basis for communication and evaluation of agency IT investment practices."
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Streamlining the Payment Process While Maintaining Effective Internal Control

Description: Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a guide to assist agencies in maintaining effective internal control while streamlining the operations of their payment systems and reducing costs."
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Travel System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Supersedes AIMD-00-21.2.8)

Description: Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication supersedes AIMD-00-21.2.8, Travel System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996, December 1999. GAO published a functional requirements document to assist: (1) agencies in implementing and monitoring their travel systems; and (2) management and auditors in reviewing their travel systems to determine if they substantially comply wit… more
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Water Infrastructure: Impact of National Water Efficiency Standards

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on national water efficiency standards, focusing on the impact of: (1) the national water efficiency standards on water consumption levels and wastewater flows; and (2) repealing the national standards on projected infrastructure investments for drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities."
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Contract Management: New Authority for Severable Service Contracts

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) authority to award severable service contracts in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 under section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, focusing on: (1) the extent to which DOD used the authority in the last month of the fiscal year; and (2) whether contracts reportedly valued at about $1 million or more… more
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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District of Columbia: Management Issues Concerning Two District Leases

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues relating to the District of Columbia government's mismanagement of two building leases, focusing on: (1) whether the person or persons who approved the leases were authorized to do so; (2) the status of properties, leases, costs, and utilization; and (3) the steps the District has taken or is taking to ensure that leased properties, in general, are effec… more
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Environmental Protection: Collaborative EPA-State Effort Needed to Improve Performance Partnership System

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS), focusing on: (1) grants and agreements made under NEPPS between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and states; (2) progress that EPA and the states have made in developing results-oriented performance measures to be incorporated into NEPPS agreements and grants to the states; (3) how EPA overs… more
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Employees' Health Program: Reasons Why HMOs Withdrew in 1999 and 2000

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the withdrawal of health maintenance organizations (HMO) from the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), focusing on: (1) changes in the number of HMOs participating in FEHBP from plan years 1994 to 2000; (2) reasons why HMOs withdrew from FEHBP in plan years 1999 and 2000; and (3) FEHBP enrollment experiences for HMOs that withdrew … more
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Human Capital: Using Incentives to Motivate and Reward High Performance

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the role of incentive programs in motivating and rewarding federal employees to achieve high performance that supports agency missions and goals."
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Toxic Chemicals: Long-Term Coordinated Strategy Needed to Measure Exposures in Humans

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed efforts to collect environmental health data, focusing on the: (1) extent to which states, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) collect human exposure data on potentially harmful chemicals, including data to identify at-risk populations; and (2) main barriers hindering further progress in such efforts." more
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Women's Health: NIH Has Increased Its Efforts to Include Women in Research

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) efforts to include women in clinical research, focusing on: (1) the extent to which women are being included in clinical research that NIH funds; (2) the activities and accomplishments of the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) in promoting women's health research at NIH; and (3) how much fund… more
Date: May 2, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Fair Labor Standards Act: White-Collar Exemptions Need Adjustments for Today's Work Place

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the white-collar exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), focusing on: (1) how shifts in the American economy have affected the exemptions in today's work place; (2) how the regulations underpinning the exemptions have changed in the decades since the enactment of the FLSA; (3) why both employer and employee representatives believe that adjustments are nee… more
Date: May 3, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Foreign Military Sales: Air Force Controls Over the FMS Program Need Improvement

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Air Force's accounting and reporting on the costs of the foreign military sales (FMS) program."
Date: May 3, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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IRS Modernization: Long-term Effort Under Way, but Significant Challenges Remain

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) progress in implementing its modernization effort and the challenges that remain."
Date: May 3, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Combating Terrorism: Comments on Bill H.R. 4210 to Manage Selected Counterterrorist Programs

Description: A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Terrorism Preparedness Act of 2000 (H.R. 4210), focusing on the new office it created to manage selected counterterrorist programs."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Information Security: Controls Over Software Changes at Federal Agencies

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on software change controls at federal agencies, focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in documented policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval comply with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and the extent to w… more
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Management Reform: Continuing Attention Is Needed to Improve Government Performance

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the management reform efforts conducted by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, formerly known as the National Performance Review (NPR)."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medicare: 21st Century Challenges Prompt Fresh Thinking About Program's Administrative Structure

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed ways to improve the administration of the Medicare program, focusing on the: (1) issues the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) faces in administering the Medicare program; and (2) extent to which proposed reforms or alternative models might address these issues."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Commodity Exchange Act: Issues Related to the Regulation of Electronic Trading Systems

Description: 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 regulation of electronic trading systems, focusing on: (1) how technology is being used in the exchange-traded futures market, and what concerns this use raises under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA); (2) how technology is being used in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, and what concerns this use raises under the CEA; and (3) … more
Date: May 5, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Foster Care: Status of the District of Columbia's Child Welfare System Reform Efforts

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the status of the court-appointed receivership for the District of Columbia's child welfare system, focusing on: (1) the progress the receivership has made to comply with the requirements of the modified final order (MFO); and (2) key elements that are essential for additional reforms to occur."
Date: May 5, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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