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2000 Census: Analysis of Fiscal Year 2000 Amended Budget Request

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' fiscal year (FY) 2000 budget, focusing on: (1) an overall analysis of the key changes in assumptions resulting in the $1.7 billion request increase; (2) details on the components of this increase and which changes, according to the bureau, are related and which are not related to the inability to use statistical sampling… more
Date: September 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2000 Census: Contingency Planning Needed to Address Risks That Pose a Threat to a Successful Census

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 Year 2000 census, focusing on: (1) the need to boost the declining level of public participation in the census; and (2) the Census Bureau's need to collect timely and accurate data from nonrespondents."
Date: December 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Acquisition Reform: NASA's Internet Service Improves Access to Contracting Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS), focusing on: (1) whether NAIS is an effective mechanism for disseminating procurement information to industry, including small businesses; and (2) the status of efforts to develop a governmentwide electronic procurement information system similar to NAIS."
Date: February 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adults With Severe Disabilities: Federal and State Approaches for Personal Care and Other Services

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on community-based, long-term care for severely disabled adults, focusing on: (1) the number and characteristics of adults with severe disabilities; (2) the federal assistance available to such individuals; (3) Medicaid coverage of personal care and related services; and (4) how a sample of selected states have implemented Medicaid policies that all… more
Date: May 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agency Performance Plans: Examples of Practices That Can Improve Usefulness to Decisionmakers

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) identified and described practices that were applied in some federal agencies' 1999 performance plans that might, if consistently applied, improve the usefulness of all agencies' annual performance plans; and (2) provided examples from agencies' fiscal year 1999 performance plans that illustrate each practice."
Date: February 26, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agent Orange: Actions Needed to Improve Communications of Air Force Ranch Hand Study Data and Results

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the conduct and findings of the Air Force's Ranch Hand study on the long-term health effects of exposure to herbicides, such as Agent Orange, in Vietnam, and assessed the study's impact on determinations of veterans' compensation, focusing on: (1) whether the study's findings and data have been properly and promptly reported and disseminated; (2) the statistica… more
Date: December 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agricultural Trade: Changes Made to Market Access Program, but Questions Remain on Economic Impact

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 Agriculture's implementation of legislative reforms to the Market Access Program (MAP) and their impact on program participation."
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agriculture In Transition: Farmers' Use of Risk Management Strategies

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 Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to educate farmers about risk management, focusing on: (1) the extent of farmers' use of risk management tools; and (2) educational programs and projects USDA has directed or initiated to prepare farmers for managing risks and determining the groups or individuals who have participated in or been served by these pr… more
Date: April 7, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Force Depot Maintenance: Analysis of Its Financial Operations

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 financial operations of the Air Force depot maintenance activity group, focusing on the: (1) Air Force depot maintenance activity group's price increase between fiscal year (FY) 1994 and FY 1999 and the primary reasons for it; (2) activity group's financial losses during FY 1994 through FY 1998 and the primary reasons for them; and (3) Air Fo… more
Date: December 10, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Force Depot Maintenance: Management Changes Would Improve Implementation of Reform Initiatives

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the progress of the Air Force's depot maintenance reform initiatives to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of its industrial operations."
Date: June 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Force Logistics: C-17 Support Plan Does Not Adequately Address Key Issues

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Air Force's C-17 logistics support plan, focusing on the: (1) C-17's core logistics capabilities; (2) cost effectiveness of the planned support strategy; and (3) Air Force's implementation of the plan under current law."
Date: July 8, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Force Supply: Management Actions Create Spare Parts Shortages and Operations Problems

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of the Air Force Supply Management Activity Group in meeting its military customers needs, focusing on the: (1) extent and impact of military customers not receiving aircraft spare parts when needed; and (2) reasons why parts were not always available when needed."
Date: April 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Pollution: EPA's Actions to Resolve Concerns with the Fine Particulate Monitoring Program

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Academy of Sciences March 1998 report on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plans to monitor particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), focusing on: (1) EPA's actions in response to the Academy's concerns with the planned PM2.5 monitoring program; and (2) the challenges that state and local agencies face in establishing and opera… more
Date: August 12, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Pollution: The Border Smog Reduction Act's Impact on Ozone Levels

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Border Smog Reduction Act's impact on ozone levels and the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on ozone in the San Diego, California, area, focusing on: (1) estimates of the act's potential impact on ozone-causing chemicals in the San Diego area; and (2) trends in commercial border traffic and ozone levels in the San D… more
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Traffic Control: FAA's Modernization Investment Management Approach Could Be Strengthened

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) modernization investment management approach as carried out through the Acquisition Management System (AMS), focusing on the extent to which FAA, through AMS: (1) has established a structured approach for selecting and controlling its investments; (2) incorporates all investments, including those in operation, in the… more
Date: April 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airline Deregulation: Changes in Airfares, Service Quality, and Barriers to Entry

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed and updated its previous work on airfares and service and reexamined the effect that certain barriers have had on these measures, focusing on: (1) how airfares have changed since 1990 for travel to and from 171 airports serving various U.S. communities; (2) how the quality of air service has changed since 1978 for travel to and from these airports; and (3) the … more
Date: March 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airport Improvement Program: FAA Complying With Requirement for Local Involvement in Noise Mitigation Projects

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must enforce grant assurance as a condition of providing noise mitigation grants to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport."
Date: December 28, 1998
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Alaskan North Slope Oil: Limited Effects of Lifting Export Ban on Oil and Shipping Industries and Consumers

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed Alaska and California energy production, focusing on the effects of lifting the export ban on: (1) Alaskan North Slope and California crude oil prices and production; and (2) refiners, consumers, and the oil shipping industry on the West Coast."
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Animal Agriculture: Waste Management Practices

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on animal waste management practices, focusing on: (1) waste management practices used in the United States; (2) practices used in other countries; (3) potential new practices based on technologies transferred from other industries; (4) federal financial and technical assistance available to producers for waste management and the processes for obtai… more
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Anti-Car Theft Act: Issues Concerning Additional Federal Funding of Vehicle Title System

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 Justice's (DOJ) development and implementation of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), focusing on: (1) the status of NMVTIS; and (2) whether DOJ had evaluated NMVTIS' expected costs and benefits to ensure that additional federal investment in NMVTIS is justified."
Date: August 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Antimicrobial Resistance: Data to Assess Public Health Threat From Resistant Bacteria Are Limited

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 potential threat to the public's health from antimicrobial resistant bacteria, focusing on: (1) what is known about the public health burden--in terms of illnesses, deaths and treatment costs--due to antimicrobial resistance; (2) potential future burden, given what is known about the development of resistance in microbes and usage of antimicr… more
Date: April 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Army Logistics: Status of Proposed Support Plan for Apache Helicopter

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 status of the Army's proposed logistics support plan, called Prime Vendor Support (PVS), for the Apache Helicopter."
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Army Medium Trucks: Information on Delivery Delays and Corrosion Problems

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 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) program, focusing on: (1) the causes and effects of the contractor's delays in delivering acceptable trucks; and (2) the Army's actions to mitigate corrosion problems on FMTV trucks."
Date: January 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Army Ranger Training: Final Assessment of Improvements Mandated By 1996 National Defense Authorization Act

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the corrective actions taken by the Army following the deaths of four Ranger students in a 1995 training accident, focusing on the status of: (1) Army Ranger training manning levels required by the fiscal year 1996 National Defense Authorization Act; (2) establishing safety cell organizations required by the act; (3) corrective safety actions i… more
Date: February 25, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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