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D.C. Courts: Staffing Level Determination Could Be More Rigorous

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on personnel management in the District of Columbia (D.C.) courts, focusing on: (1) staffing and workload levels for the courts from 1989 through 1998; (2) how the courts evaluate the sufficiency of the levels of nonjudicial staff who work on processing and disposition of cases; and (3) a comparison of the D.C. courts' staffing methodology to other … more
Date: August 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District of Columbia Jail: Management Challenges Exist in Improving Facility Conditions

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The District of Columbia's Jail and Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF), which are the District's detention facilities for misdemeanant and pretrial detainees, have been repeatedly cited for violations of health and safety standards. The Jail also has had problems with releasing inmates before or after their official release date, in part, because of inaccuracies in its electronic inmate records. As a… more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Department of Homeland Security: Formidable Information and Technology Management Challenge Requires Institutional Approach

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2003 GAO designated the merger of 22 separate federal entities into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a high risk area because of the criticality of the department's mission and the enormous transformation challenges that the department faced. Given that the effective use of information technology (IT) is a critical enabler of this merger, GAO has previously reported on a number of DHS eff… more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: U.S. Senate Stationery Room Revolving Fund's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report presents the results of our audit of the Senate Stationery Room's Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balance for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001. This report also contains our opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's related internal control as of September 30, 2002, and our evaluation of its compliance with selected provision of laws and regula… more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Reform: Implications of Raising the Retirement Age

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 costs and benefits associated with higher retirement ages, focusing on: (1) Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program; (2) the labor market for older workers; and (3) vulnerable population groups such as blue-collar workers and minorities."
Date: August 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: U.S. Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report presents the results of our audit of the Senate Gift Shop's Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balance for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001. This report also contains our opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's related internal control as of September 30, 2002, and our evaluation of its compliance with selected provision of laws and regulations … more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Homeland Security: Efforts to Improve Information Sharing Need to Be Strengthened

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The sharing of information by federal authorities to state and city governments is critical to effectively execute and unify homeland security efforts. This report examines (1) what initiatives have been undertaken to improve information sharing and (2) whether federal, state, and city officials believe that the current information-sharing process is effective."
Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Year 2000 Computing Challenge: SBA Needs to Strengthen Systems Testing to Ensure Readiness

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 Small Business Administration's (SBA) year 2000 program, focusing on: (1) whether SBA has completed repair and replacement work for its mission-critical systems; and (2) the extent to which data exchanges with outside entities have been addressed."
Date: August 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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