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Gun Control: Implementation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on a wide variety of topics related to the permanent provisions (phase II) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, focusing on: (1) statistics on background checks, denials, and appeals; (2) enforcement actions; (3) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System's (NICS) operations; and (4) pawnshop issues."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Competitive Contracting: Agencies Upheld Few Challenges and Appeals Under the FAIR Act

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed agencies' handling of appeals and challenges within the broader context of the initial implementation of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998, focusing on: (1) the 24 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agencies' inventories and the number of challenges and appeals that interested parties filed; (2) issues raised in challenges and appeals by… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Acquisitions: Air Force Operating and Support Cost Reductions Need Higher Priority

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) efforts to reduce the Air Force's operating and support costs, focusing on: (1) operating and support cost trends; (2) cost reduction initiatives; and (3) factors influencing the success of cost reduction efforts."
Date: August 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Trade: Identifying Foreign Acquisitions Affecting National Security Can Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process used by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to identify foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies, focusing on current identification process used by the Committee and the effectiveness of the Committee's follow-up on acquisitions identified by its member agencies."
Date: June 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disaster Relief Fund: FEMA's Estimates of Funding Requirements Can Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determines current and future funding requirements for the Disaster Relief fund, focusing on the: (1) accuracy and timeliness of FEMA's estimates of costs for past disasters; (2) reasonableness of FEMA's approach to estimating the timing and cost of future disasters; and (3) impact of FEMA's initiatives on th… more
Date: August 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Affairs: Specific Action Plan Needed to Improve Response to Parental Child Abductions

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on international parental child abductions, focusing on the adequacy of federal response to: (1) problems identified with the federal government's response to international parental child abductions; (2) the Department of Justice's (DOJ) use of the 1993 International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act to prosecute abducting parents; and (3) the actions f… more
Date: March 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Missile Defense: Cost Increases Call for Analysis of How Many New Patriot Missiles to Buy

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 cost increases in the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 program, focusing on: (1) how much costs have increased and the reasons for those increases; (2) whether additional cost increases are expected; (3) what is being done to control costs; and (4) whether the Army's requirement will be met by planned missile procurements."
Date: June 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Assistance: U.S. Food Aid Program to Russia Had Weak Internal Controls

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 internal controls used by the Foreign Agricultural Service in its management of the fiscal year 1999 government-to-government food aid programs to Russia, focusing on: (1) the adequacy of internal controls used to monitor the distribution of food aid commodities; (2) the adequacy of procedures for monitoring collections and deposits of funds … more
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Forest Service: Proposed Regulations Adequately Address Some, but Not All, Key Elements of Forest Planning

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Forest Service's forest plan, focusing on the extent to which the Forest Service's proposed regulations: (1) make clear the agency's mission priorities before beginning the process of revising a forest plan; (2) link forest plans to agencywide goals, objectives, and strategies; and (3) hold the forests more accountable for key elements of forest planning."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trade Adjustment Assistance: Opportunities to Improve the Community Adjustment and Investment Program

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 Community Adjustment and Investment Program (CAIP), focusing on: (1) how the program has been structured; (2) how program eligibility criteria and outreach efforts have been implemented; and (3) the results of efforts to provide assistance to eligible counties."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cash Balance Plans: Implications for Retirement Income

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 implications of using cash balance plans for retirement income, focusing on the: (1) prevalence and features of cash balance plans; (2) factors employers considered in making a decision about whether or not to use a cash balance formula; (3) effects of using cash balance formulas on the adequacy of individual workers' retirement income; and (… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unemployment Insurance: Role as Safety Net for Low-Wage Workers Is Limited

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The welfare and unemployment insurance (UI) programs have been part of the nation's social safety net since 1935. The welfare program provides cash assistance to needy families without means of support, while UI provides cash assistance to people temporarily unemployed. In 1996, welfare reform put time limits on how long most people can receive cash assistance and generally required recipients to engage in wor… more
Date: December 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food Assistance: Activities and Use of Nonprogram Resources at Six WIC Agencies

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the activities and use of nonprogram resources at six Special Supplemental Food Program for, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agencies, focusing on: (1) ways WIC agencies deliver nutrition services and administer the program; (2) ways staff at WIC agencies allocate their time delivering nutrition services and administering the program; and (3) types of nonp… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Management: Census Monitoring Board Disbursements, Internal Control Weaknesses, and Other Matters

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the financial management of the Census Monitoring Board (CMB), focusing on: (1) information on seven specific matters contained in congressional requests; (2) an audit relating to all CMB out-of-town travel disbursements and all other financial transactions over $200 from CMB's inception in June 1998 through March 31, 2000, which resulted in GAO auditing about … more
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Benefits: INS Not Making Timely Deposits of Application Fees

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) extent to which the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) made timely deposits of the fees that it collected from aliens who applied for benefits; and (2) potential costs to the government if INS fee deposits were not timely."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Budget: Analysis of Real Property Maintenance and Base Operations Fund Movements

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 extent to which the Department of Defense (DOD) has moved funds that directly affect readiness to pay for real property maintenance and base operations, focusing on: (1) the net differences between the initial congressional designations of operation and maintenance (O&M) funding for real property maintenance and base operations and the amount… more
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Security: Additional Controls Needed to Address Weaknesses in Carriage of Weapons Regulations

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on aviation security, focusing on: (1) the frequency with which law enforcement officers carry weapons on board commercial aircraft; and (2) if weapons carriage regulations, both current and proposed, are sufficient to ensure the safety of passengers and the security of the aircraft."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gulf War Illnesses: Understanding of Health Effects From Depleted Uranium Evolving but Safety Training Needed

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 possible connection between depleted uranium exposure and Gulf War illnesses, focusing on: (1) the scientific understanding about health effects from exposure to depleted uranium; (2) whether the Gulf War veterans are experiencing administrative problems with the medical screening program for depleted uranium health effects; and (3) the exten… more
Date: March 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2000

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO audited the expenditures of seven offices of independent counsel and one office of special counsel for the 6 months ended March 31, 2000."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fishery Management: American Fisheries Act Produces Benefits

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the: (1) American Fisheries Act's impact on the production of pollock fillets and the price paid for them; and (2) act's positive and negative impacts on fishing operations in the pollock fishery and other fisheries in Alaska."
Date: June 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Acquisitions: Higher Priority Needed for Army Operating and Support Cost Reduction Efforts

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's (DOD) efforts to reduce weapon system operating and support costs, focusing on the Army's efforts to reduce: (1) projected operating and support costs for weapon systems under development; and (2) operating and support costs of fielded weapon systems."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Program Evaluation: Studies Helped Agencies Measure or Explain Program Performance

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how federal agencies used evaluation studies to report on their achievements, focusing on: (1) how program evaluation studies or methods served in performance reporting; and (2) circumstances that led agencies to conduct evaluations."
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Intercity Passenger Rail: Amtrak Needs to Improve Its Accountability for Taxpayer Relief Act Funds

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's (Amtrak) use of funds, focusing on: (1) how much Amtrak has spent in Taxpayer Relief Act (TRA) funds and what types of activities it has funded; (2) whether Amtrak has used TRA funds in accordance with the act; (3) what the roles of the Amtrak Reform Council and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been in monito… more
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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