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Drug Control: U.S. Nonmilitary Assistance to Colombia Is Beginning to Show Intended Results, but Programs Are Not Readily Sustainable

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided a total of $3.3 billion to Colombia, making it the fifth largest recipient of U.S. assistance. Part of this funding has gone toward nonmilitary assistance to Colombia, including programs to (1) promote legitimate economic alternatives to coca and opium poppy; (2) assist Colombia's vulnerable groups, particularly internally displaced persons; and (3) strengthe… more

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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FAA Budget Policies and Practices

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, Congress has raised concerns about cost growth in the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) operating budget. Appropriators noted several expenses in FAA's fiscal year 2004 facilities and equipment (F&E) account budget submission that appeared to be ongoing operating expenses. The House and Senate appropriations subcommittee reports on FAA's fiscal year 2004 budget submission highlight… more

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Social Security Administration: More Effort Needed to Assess Consistency of Disability Decisions

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, about 2.5 million people file claims with the Social Security Administration (SSA) for disability benefits. If the claim is denied at the initial level, the claimant may appeal to the hearings level. The hearings level has allowed more than half of all appealed claims, an allowance rate that has raised concerns about the consistency of decisions made at the two levels. To help ensure consiste… more

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Status of Key Recommendations GAO Has Made to DHS and Its Legacy Agencies

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the federal government has undertaken numerous actions to enhance the nation's homeland security, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). One of the primary reasons for the establishment of DHS was to unify the vast national network of organizations and institutions involved in efforts to protect our nation. Since it began op… more

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Uranium Enrichment: Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Is Insufficient to Cover Cleanup Costs

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Decontaminating and decommissioning the nation's uranium enrichment plants, which are contaminated with hazardous materials, will cost billions of dollars and could span decades. In 1992, the Energy Policy Act created the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund (Fund) to pay for the plants' cleanup and to reimburse licensees of active uranium and thorium processing sites for part of … more

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Aviation Safety: Better Management Controls are Needed to Improve FAA's Safety Enforcement and Compliance Efforts

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The safety of the nation's flying public depends, in large part, on the aviation industry's compliance with safety regulations and the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) enforcement of those regulations when violations occur. FAA attempts to gain the industry's compliance through enforcement tools, including levying fines and suspending or revoking operating certificates, and partnership programs t… more

Date: July 6, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Drug Rehabilitation Clinics: Illegal Drug Activities Near Some District of Columbia Clinics Undermine Clinic Services and Patient Rehabilitation

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO summarized the results of its investigation, performed at Congress' request, of street narcotic sales in the vicinity of certain drug rehabilitation clinics in the District of Colombia. To obtain an overview of the problem, we conducted physical surveillance of five clinics in the District of Columbia and interviewed clinic personnel and law enforcement officials. In brief, we found that a significant amo… more

Date: July 6, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Department of Defense: Long-standing Problems Continue to Impede Financial and Business Management Transformation

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO has previously reported on the Department of Defense's (DOD) financial management and business related problems and key elements necessary for successful reform. Although the underlying conditions remain fundamentally unchanged, DOD continues to be confronted with pervasive problems related to its systems, processes (including internal controls), and people (human capital). These problems impede DOD's abi… more

Date: July 7, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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District of Columbia: FY 2003 Performance Report Shows Continued Improvements

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This is the fifth consecutive year that we have reviewed the District of Columbia's performance accountability report as mandated by the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994. The act requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to submit to the Congress a performance accountability plan containing a statement of measurable and objective performance goals for the coming fiscal year for all signif… more

Date: July 7, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Energy Markets: Mergers and Many Other Factors Affect U.S. Gasoline Markets

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Gasoline is subject to dramatic price swings. A multitude of factors cause volatility in U.S. gasoline markets, including world crude oil costs, limited refining capacity, and low inventories relative to demand. Since the 1990s, another factor affecting U.S. gasoline markets has been a wave of mergers in the petroleum industry, several of them between large oil companies that had previously competed with each… more

Date: July 7, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Defense Trade: Issues Concerning the Use of Offsets in International Defense Sales

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Views on defense offsets range from beliefs that they are both positive and an unavoidable part of doing business overseas to beliefs that they negatively affect the U.S. industrial base. Defense offsets are often viewed as the key to foreign sales and thus increased business on the prime contractor level. They can also result in reduced unit costs to the U.S. military because of the increased size of product… more

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Department of Defense: Financial and Business Management Transformation Hindered by Long-standing Problems

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Department of Homeland Security: Financial Management Challenges

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Homeland Security Act of 2002 brought together 22 agencies to create a new cabinet-level department focusing on reducing U.S. vulnerability to terrorist attacks, and minimizing damages and assisting in recovery from attacks that do occur. GAO has previously reported on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) financial management challenges and key elements necessary for reform. DHS continues to be fac… more

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Financial Accounting Standards: Accounting for Stock Options and Other Share-Based Payments

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO discussed its perspective on the process for establishing accounting standards for private-sector entities and then, more specifically, the current proposals for accounting for stock options. We recognize that accounting for stock options is a complex and controversial issue on which reasonable people can and do disagree. As a result, in light of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) current p… more

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Fiscal Year 2003 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement in Federal Financial Management Is Crucial to Addressing Our Nation's Future Fiscal Challenges

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO is required to annually audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government. Proper accounting and reporting practices are essential in the public sector. The U.S. government is the largest, most diverse, most complex, and arguably the most important entity on earth today. Its services--homeland security, national defense, Social Security, mail delivery, and food inspection, to name a few--… more

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Human Capital: Key Practices to Increasing Federal Telework

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Telework has received significant attention in Congress and the executive branch and is an increasingly popular flexibility among federal employees. In July 2003 GAO reported on the use of telework in the federal government (GAO-03-679). Not only is telework an important flexibility from the perspective of employees, it has also become a critical management tool for coping with potential disruptions in the wo… more

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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United Nations: Observations on the Oil for Food Program and Areas for Further Investigation

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Oil for Food program was established by the United Nations and Iraq in 1996 to address concerns about the humanitarian situation after international sanctions were imposed in 1990. The program allowed the Iraqi government to use the proceeds of its oil sales to pay for food, medicine, and infrastructure maintenance. The program appears to have helped the Iraqi people. From 1996 through 2001, the average d… more

Date: July 8, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Bonneville Power Administration: Better Management of BPA's Obligation to Provide Power Is Needed to Control Future Costs

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has experienced significant financial problems in recent years. BPA's cash reserves at the end of fiscal year 2002 had fallen to $188 million, and BPA estimated in February 2003 that it had a 74 percent chance of missing its Treasury debt payment that year. While BPA's finances have recently improved, and the agency made its Treasury payment in 2003, BPA's finan… more

Date: July 9, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Improving Information Sharing with Infrastructure Sectors

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) activities called for in federal policy and law are intended to enhance the security of the public and private infrastructures that are essential to our nation's security, economic security, and public health and safety. Effective information-sharing partnerships between industry sectors and government can contribute to CIP efforts. Federal policy has encouraged … more

Date: July 9, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Follow-Up on GAO Recommendations Concerning the Securities Investor Protection Corporation

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This letter responds to a Congressional request that GAO report on the status of our recommendations relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) oversight of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and investor education. As requested, this letter also includes information on SIPC's progress in implementing SEC's recommendations from its January 2003 examination of SIPC and t… more

Date: July 9, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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FY 2005 Annual Report on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Under section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (P.L. 106-398), the Department of Defense (DOD) is to submit an annual report to Congress on its Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program no later than the first Monday in February of each year. The report should include a 5-year plan that discusses the amount and purpose of funding needed over the term of the plan and a … more

Date: July 9, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Mutual Funds: SEC Should Modify Proposed Regulations to Address Some Pension Plan Concerns

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Mutual fund investments represent more than 20 percent of Americans' pension plan assets. Since late 2003, two abusive trading practices in mutual funds have come to light. Late trading allowed some investors to illegally place orders for funds after the close of trading. Market timing allowed some investors to take advantage of temporary disparities between the value of a fund and the value of its unde… more

Date: July 9, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Global Health: U.S. AIDS Coordinator Addressing Some Key Challenges to Expanding Treatment but Others Remain

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), announced January 2003, aims to provide 2 million people with anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment in 14 of the world's most severely affected countries. In May 2003 legislation established the position of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator in the State Department. GAO was asked to (1) identify major challenges to U.S. efforts to expand ARV treatment in … more

Date: July 12, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Eliminate Weaknesses in the Visa Revocation Process

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Strategy for Homeland Security calls for preventing foreign terrorists from entering our country and using all legal means to identify; halt; and where appropriate, prosecute or bring immigration or other civil charges against terrorists in the United States. GAO reported in June 2003 that the visa revocation process needed to be strengthened as an antiterrorism tool and recommended that th… more

Date: July 13, 2004

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department