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Drug Control: DEA's Strategies and Operations in the 1990s

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the strategies and operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the 1990s, focusing on: (1) what major enforcement strategies, programs, initiatives, and approaches DEA has implemented in the 1990s to carry out its mission, including its efforts to: (a) target and investigate national and international drug traffickers; and (b) help state and loc… more
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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International Monetary Fund: Current Financial Situation

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed issues related to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) financial situation, focusing on: (1) the Fund's situation regarding quota resources that IMF obtains from its member countries and that is used for most of its financial assistance; (2) the level of resources that the Fund has reported as actually available for lending; and (3) other resources that the Fund … more
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medical Readiness: Issues Concerning the Anthrax Vaccine

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of its work on the anthrax vaccine, focusing on: (1) the extent to which data support the need for six initial shots and an annual booster of the anthrax vaccine; (2) the relative merits and weaknesses of a passive surveillance system in determining adverse events; (3) the available data on differences in adverse reaction rates between men and women rece… more
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Women in Prison: Transition of District of Columbia Female Felons to the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the transition of female felony offenders from the District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Corrections to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), focusing on the: (1) status of the transition; and (2) types of parenting, educational, and job-training programs BOP offers to D.C. female offenders in BOP facilities."
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Defense Acquisitions: Reduced Threat Not Reflected in Antiarmor Weapon Acquisitions

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) antiarmor master plan, focusing on: (1) changes in armored threats from 1990 to 1997; (2) comparing the number and makeup of the 1990 antiarmor weapon inventory with those of the 1998 inventory; and (3) funding trends of past and future antiarmor procurements."
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Department of Energy: Uncertain Future for External Regulation of Worker and Nuclear Facility Safety

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress toward the external regulation of nuclear and worker safety at its facilities, focusing on: (1) DOE's changing positions on the desirability of external regulation for its facilities; (2) the disagreement between DOE and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the potential costs and value added of external regulation; an… more
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Land Management: Comments on Selected Provisions of S. 1320--A Bill to Revise Federal Land Management Planning

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the planning-related provisions of titles I and II of S. 1320--the Public Lands Planning and Management Improvement Act of 1999, focusing on the: (1) statutory basis for the Forest Service's mission priorities; (2) clarity of the mission statement in S. 1320; and (3) extent to which the bill addresses identified planning deficiencies."
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Illegal Aliens: Fraudulent Documents Undermining the Effectiveness of the Employment Verification System

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the impact of fraudulent documents on the effectiveness of the employment verification system established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and efforts to reduce such fraudulent use."
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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IRS Management: Formidable Challenges Confront IRS as It Attempts to Modernize

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) efforts to implement the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, focusing on IRS': (1) reorganization processes; (2) performance management system; and (3) systems modernization efforts."
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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VA Health Care: Challenges Facing VA in Developing an Asset Realignment Process

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the utilization of health care assets owned by the Department of Veterans' Affairs and operated by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), focusing on: (1) VHA's hospital utilization; and (2) efforts to implement an asset realignment process."
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Food Stamp Program: States Face Reduced Federal Reimbursements for Administrative Costs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) efforts to reduce future federal reimbursements of states' administrative costs for the Food Stamp Program, focusing on: (1) HHS' administrative cost determinations, related estimates provided by the states to HHS, and the reasons for any differences between HHS' determinations and the states' estimates; (2) … more
Date: July 23, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Military Base Closures: Potential to Offset Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) base closure accounts and its budget request for base closure activities, focusing on: (1) the opportunities available to offset the fiscal year (FY) 2000 budget request; and (2) certain base realignment and closure (BRAC) funding practices that could make it difficult for Congress to discern DOD's actual funding requirements… more
Date: July 23, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Military Training: Management and Oversight of Joint Combined Exchange Training

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the management and oversight of the U.S. Special Operations Forces' overseas deployments to train with the armed forces and other security forces of friendly foreign countries, focusing on: (1) whether the Department of Defense (DOD) has implemented the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) program in accordance with legislation; (2) whether DOD and the Depa… more
Date: July 23, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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NPR's Savings: Claimed Agency Savings Cannot All Be Attributed to NPR

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the savings claims from the National Performance Review (NPR), which has been renamed the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, focusing on how the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimated savings from selected NPR recommendations targeted toward individual agencies."
Date: July 23, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Public Housing: HUD Has Several Opportunities to Promote Private Management

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the use of private contractors in the public housing industry, focusing on: (1) the basis for the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 1998 assertion that privatizing public housing management could save $200 million annually; (2) the basis for housing practitioners' and experts' belief that adopting private management for public housing could lead to the mo… more
Date: July 26, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Sugar Program: Changing the Method for Setting Import Quotas Could Reduce Cost to Users

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 Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Sugar Program, focusing on: (1) USDA's procedures for setting the tariff-rate quota for imported raw sugar; and (2) the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) procedures for allocating the quota among sugar-producing countries."
Date: July 26, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Battlefield Automation: Performance Uncertainties Are Likely When Army Fields Its First Digitized Division

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's progress toward its goal of fielding a digitized division by the end of 2000, focusing on: (1) the high-priority systems needed to accomplish the digitization fielding goal; (2) the acquisition status of these high-priority systems; and (3) any performance uncertainties that could confront the Army after its first digitized division is fielded."
Date: July 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Campaign Finance: Contributions From Gambling Interests Have Increased

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined for the 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998 elections the total amount of contributions from gambling interests to: (1) federal candidates, including the total number of federal candidates that accepted those contributions; and (2) national political party committees, as well as separate totals for the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congr… more
Date: July 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Budget: The President's Midsession Review

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the President's Midsession Review and the implications of the President's proposals on fiscal policy and the federal budget."
Date: July 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Telecommunications: State and Federal Actions to Curb Slamming and Cramming

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed federal and state efforts to prevent telephone slamming, which involves switching a consumer's telephone service from one telephone company to another, and cramming, which involves placing unauthorized charges on a consumer's telephone bill for services and products, focusing on the: (1) number of complaints about slamming and cramming received by state and fed… more
Date: July 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Community Development: Census Tracts With High Poverty Levels in Medium-Sized to Large Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) identified census tracts in medium-sized to large cities that met specific poverty criteria; and (2) provided additional information on each census tract."
Date: July 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Domestic Aviation: Effects of Changes in How Airline Tickets Are Sold

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) how changes in the way airlines sell tickets affected travel agencies and consumers; (2) airlines' policies and practices for the sale and use of airline tickets sold by travel agencies compared with the sale and use of tickets sold directly by airlines; (3) what airlines' policies and practices are for making their airfares, particularly di… more
Date: July 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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