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2000 Census: New Data Capture System Progress and Risks

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 Bureau of the Census' Data Capture System (DCS) 2000 for the tabulation of 2000 census data, focusing on the status and quality of DCS 2000, as well as the risks Census faces in successfully completing the system."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Anti-Drug Media Campaign: Investigation of Actions Taken Concerning Alleged Excessive Contractor Cost

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the Office of the National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) contract with Ogilvy & Mather, the lead media campaign contractor for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. GAO reviewed ONDCP investigations into: (1) the facts and circumstances surrounding actions taken by ONDCP after receiving the allegations that Ogilvy may have over-billed the government, and (2) allegations that Ogilvy ha… more
Date: October 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Debt Collection: Treasury Faces Challenges in Implementing Its Cross-Servicing Initiative

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 challenges facing the Financial Management Service (FMS) in implementing the cross-servicing provision of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996."
Date: August 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Executive Office of the President: Analysis of EOP's 1999 Information Technology Architecture Update and Capital Investment Plan Report

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) 1999 Annual Update to the Information Technology Architecture (ITA) and its Capital Investment Plan Report, focusing on whether these documents adequately define a target enterprise systems architecture."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Food and Nutrition Service: Food Stamp Program--Recipient Claim Establishment and Collection Standards

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) new rule on the Food Stamp Program's recipient claim establishment and collection standards. GAO noted that: (1) the final rule aims to improve claims management in the Food Stamp Program while providing state agencies increased flexibility in their efforts to increase claims collection; (2) the final rule incorpor… more
Date: August 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Human Fetal Tissue: Acquisition for Federally Funded Biomedical Research

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report focuses on the federal involvement in acquiring human fetal tissue for preclinical research. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials reported that the National Institute for Health (NIH) is the only federal agency under the Senate Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee's jurisdiction that sponsors research using human fetal tissue. According a GAO survey, 12,116 human fetal tissue sa… more
Date: October 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Internal Controls: DOD Records Retention Practices Hamper Accountability

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the Navy's records retention and financial disbursements, focusing on the Navy's application of a Department of Defense (DOD) Financial Management Regulation (FMR) which calls for copies of disbursing officer records to be destroyed after 1 year."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Laboratory Quality: Financing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Program

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed user fees paid to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) activities, focusing on the: (1) CLIA program budget history, including their rationale for recent fee increases; (2) allocation of increased fees across laboratories and states; and (3) information HCFA provided to states on CLIA program operations a… more
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Managing for Results: Challenges Agencies Face in Producing Credible Performance Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO identified some of the challenges agencies face in producing credible performance information and how those challenges may affect performance reporting, focusing on: (1) whether the weaknesses identified in agencies' performance plans imply challenges for the performance reports; (2) some of the challenges agencies face in producing credible performance data; and (3) ho… more
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Medicare: Methodology to Identify and Measure Improper Payments in the Medicare Program Does Not Include All Fraud

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the methodology used to estimate the $12.6 billion in Medicare improper payments, as reported by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) for fiscal year (FY) 1998, focusing on whether the methodology included tests to detect improper payments resulting from fraudulent and abusive schemes in the Medicare… more
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Presidential Transition: Opportunities and Challenges

Description: A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Presidential Transition Act was intended to simplify the transfer of executive power during presidential transitions. The events that have transpired since this year's Presidential election, however, will severely shorten the time available for the transition. This report focuses on five themes that will help the new administration implement its agenda and address management challenges in the federal… more
Date: December 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Presidential Travel: DOD Airlift Cost for White House Foreign Travel

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 Defense (DOD) costs for fixed-wing cargo airlift, passenger airlift, and aerial refueling for foreign trips by the President, Vice President, and First Lady and for White House-directed trips."
Date: August 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Procurement of Michigan School-Based Medicaid Consulting Services

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process used by eight Michigan school districts to contract for Medicaid consulting and billing services, focusing on whether the process used by the school districts complied with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) procurement regulations."
Date: April 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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U.N. Peacekeeping: Observations on the U.S. Process for Approving Operations

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the decisions by the United States to support new or expanded United Nations (U.N.) operations in the following four locations: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These decisions were made between January 1999 and June 2000. This testimony focuses on: (1) whether GAO had sufficient access to agency records to conduct the study requested by Congress, (… more
Date: October 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Welfare Reform: DOT Is Making Progress in Implementing the Job Access Program

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Welfare recipients who plan to move into the workforce face significant barriers. Three-fourths of welfare recipients live in central cities or rural areas, while two-thirds of new jobs are in the suburbs. Public transportation offers little or no access to many of these jobs. The Job Access and Reverse Commute program authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide grants to local agencies, nonpr… more
Date: December 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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