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March 8, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released the following reports and testimony today:

REPORTS

1. Veterans Disability: Information From Military May Help VA Assess Claims Related to Secret Tests. GAO/NSIAD-93-89, Feb. 18.

TESTIMONY:

1. Health Insurance: Remedies Needed to Reduce Losses From Fraud and Abuse, by Janet L. Shikles, Director of Health Financing and Policy Issues, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-HRD-93-8, Mar. 8.

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March 9, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released the following reports and testimony today:

REPORTS

1. Crop Insurance Program: Nationwide Computer Acquisition is Inappropriate at This Time. GAO/IMTEC-93-20, Mar. 8. (prepublished)

2. Soviet Nuclear Weapons: Priorities and Costs Associated With Dismantle- ment Assistance. GAO/NSIAD-93-154, Mar. 8. (prepublished)

3. Mass Transit: Needs Projections Could Reflect Future Costs. GAO/RCED-93-61, Mar. 9.

TESTIMONY:

1. Soviet Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Efforts to Help Former Soviet Republics Secure and Destroy Weapons, by Joseph E. Kelley, Director of Security and International Relations Issues, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO/T-NSIAD-93-5, Mar. 9.

2. Social Security: SSA's Processing of Continuing Disability Reviews, by Jane L. Ross, Associate Director for Income Security Issues, before the House Select Committee on Aging. GAO/T-HRD-93-9, Mar. 9.

~~~ March 10, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following testimony

TESTIMONY:

1. State of the Airline Industry: Strategies for Addressing Financial and ^M ompetition Problems, by Kenneth M. Mead, Director of Transportation Issues, before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO/T-RCED-93-21, Mar. 10.

2. Air Traffic Control: Advanced Automation System Problems Need to be Addressed, by Allan Li, Associate Director for Transportation Issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. GAO/T-RCED-93-15, Mar. 10.

3. Military Airlift: Status of the C-17 Development Program, by Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General for National Security and International Affairs Programs, before the Subcommittee on Acquisition and on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO/T-NSIAD-93-6, Mar. 10.

4. Federal Employment: Impact of President's Economic Plan on Federal Employees' Pay and Benefits, by Nancy Kingsbury, Director of Federal Human Resource Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. GAO/T-GGD-93-8, Mar. 10.

5. Peanut Program: Changes Are Needed to Make the Program Responsive to Market Forces, by John W. Harman, Director of Food and Agriculture Issues, before the Subcommittee on Speciality Crops and Natural Resources, House Committee on Agriculture. GAO/T-RCED-93-18, Mar. 10.

6. Budget Process: Use and Impact of Rescission Procedures, by Milton J. Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, before the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, House Committee on Government Operations. GAO/T-OCG-93-5, Mar. 10.

~~~ March 11, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Contract Award Practices: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Generally Observes Competitive Principles. GAO/RCED-93-63, Feb. 8.

2. 1-Dollar Coin: Reintroduction Could Save Millions if Properly Managed. GAO/GGD-93-56, Mar. 11.

3. Compensatory Education: Difficulties in Measuring Comparability of Resources Within School Districts. GAO/HRD-93-37, Mar. 11.

TESTIMONY:

1. Improving Government: Need to Reexamine Organization and Performance, by Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO/T-GGD-93-9, Mar. 11.

2. Federally Funded Research: Controlling Inappropriate Access to Research Results, by Jim Wells, Associate Director for Energy and Science Issues, before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Technology, House Committee on Small Business. GAO/T-RCED-93-19, Mar. 11.

3. Export Promotion: Governmentwide Strategy Needed for Federal Programs, by Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director of Financial Institutions and International Trade Issues, before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO/T-GGD-93-7, Mar. 11.

4. Mass Transit: FTA's Projections Could Better Reflect State and Local Needs, by Kenneth M. Mead, Director of Transportation Issues, before the Sub- committee on Transportation, Senate Committee on Appropriations. GAO/T-RCED-93-17, Mar. 11.

5. Surface Transportation: Federal and State Efforts to Support Declining Intercity Bus Service, by John Anderson, Associate Director for Transportation Issues, before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. GAO/T-RECD-16, Mar. 11.

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March 12, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports:

REPORTS

1. Military Bases: Transfer of Pease Air Force Base Slowed by Environmental Concerns. GAO/NSIAD-93-111FS, Feb. 3.

2. Disaster Relief Fund: Actions Still Needed to Prevent Recurrence of Funding Shortfall. GAO/RCED-93-60, Feb. 3.

3. Contract Award Practices: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Generally Observes Competitive Principles. GAO/RCED-93-63, Feb. 8.

4. USDA Research and Extension Agencies: Missions, Structures, and Budgets. GAO/RCED-93-74FS, Feb. 18.

5. Postal Service: Service Impact of South Dokota Mail Facility Not Fully Recognized. GAO/GGD-93-62, Feb. 25.

~~~ March 15, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Maritime Industry: Federal Assessments Levied on Commerical Vessels. GAO/RCED-93-65FS, Mar. 5.

TESTIMONY:

1. High-Speed Ground Transportation: Financial Barriers to Development, by Kenneth M. Mead, Director of Transportation Issues, before the Sub- committee on Transportation, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO/T-RCED-93-23, Mar. 15.

~~~~ March 16, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Defense Force Management: Challenges Facing DOD as It Continues to Down- size Its Civilian Work Force. GAO/NSIAD-93-123, Feb. 12.

2. Aircraft Maintenance: FAA Needs to Follow Through on Plans to Ensure the Safety of Aging Aircraft. GAO/RCED-93-91, Feb. 26.

3. Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Changes in Securities Distribution Process and Use of Derivative Products. GAO/GGD-93-70BR, Mar. 16. (prepublished)

4. Financial Audit: Guaranteed Student Loan Program's Internal Controls and Structure Need Improvement. GAO/AFMD-93-20, Mar. 16.

5. Army Logistics: Better Approach Needed to Identify Systemic Causes of Problem Parts. GAO/NSIAD-93-86, Mar. 16.

6. National Defense Stockpile: Views of DOD's 1992 Report to the Congress and Proposed Legislation. GAO/NSIAD-93-60, Mar. 16.

TESTIMONY:

1. Food Safety: Building a Scientific, Risk-Based Meat and Poultry Inspction System, by John W. Harman, Director of Food and Agriculture Issues, before the Subcommittees on Livestock and Department Operations and Nutrition, House Committee on Agriculture. GAO/T-RCED-93-22, Mar. 16.

2. Federal Organizations: Structure and Oversight of Operational Boards and Commissions, by Nancy R. Kingsbury, Director of Federal Human Resource Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. GAO/T-GGD-93-11, Mar. 16.

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March 17, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Telecommunications: Interruptions of Telephone Service. GAO/RCED-93-79FS, Mar. 5.

2. The Public Service: Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian Workforce. GAO/GGD-93-53, Mar. 16.

3. Medicaid: States Turn to Managed Care to Improve Access and Control Costs. GAO/HRD-93-46, Mar. 17. (prepublished)

TESTIMONY:

1. Bank and Thrift Regulation: Concerns About Credit Availability and Regulatory Burden, by Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, House Committee on Government Operations. GAO/T-GGD-93-10, Mar. 17.

2. Medicaid: States Turn to Managed Care to Improve Access and Control Costs, by Janet L Shikles, Director of Health Financing and Policy Issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, GAO/T-HRD-93-10, Mar. 17.

~~~ March 18, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Environmental Protection: Implications of Using Pollution Taxes to Supplement Regulkation. GAO/RCED-93-13, Feb. 17.

2. Nuclear Waste: Hanford Tank Waste Program Needs Cost, Schedule, and Management Changes. GAO/RCED-93-99, Mar. 8.

3. Management of VA: Improved Human Resource Planning Needed to Achieve Strategic Goals. GAO/HRD-93-10, Mar. 18

4. Medicaid: Outpatient Drug Costs and Reimbursements for Selected Pharmacies in Illinois and Maryland. GAO/HRD-93-55FS, MAr. 18.

5. Wheat Commodity Program: Despite Reforms, Government's Involvement Remains Substantial. GAO/RCED-93-30, Mar. 18.

TESTIMONY:

1. Resolution Trust Corporation: Funding, Organization, and Performance, by Charles A Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance, House Committee on Banking, Financing and Urban Affairs, GAO/T-GGD-93-13, Mar. 18.

2. Military Airlift: Status of the C-17 Development Program, by Louis J Rodriguez, Director of Systems Development and Production Issues, before the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, House Committee on Government Operations, GAO/T-NSIAD-93-8, Mar. 18.

3. Embedded Computer Systems: Status of C-17 Software, by Samuel W Bowlin, Director of Defense and Security Information Systems, before the Suncommittee on Legislation and National Security, House Committee on Government Operations, GAO/T-IMTEC-93-2, Mar. 18.

~~~ March 19, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Navy Supply: Improved Backorder Management Will Reduce Material Costs, GAO/NSIAD-93-131, Mar. 19.

~~~ March 22, 1993

The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports:

REPORTS

1. Tax Administration: Information Returns Can Improve Reporting of Forgiven Debts. GAO/GGD-93-42, Feb. 17.

2. Tax Administration: Delayed Tax Deposits Continue to Cause Lost Interest for the Government. GAO/GGD-93-64, Mar. 22.

3. Defense Communications: Defense's Program to Improve Telecommunications Management Is at Risk. GAO/IMTEC-93-15, Feb. 19.

~~~ March 24, 1993 The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following report:

REPORTS

1. Financial Management: Navy Industrial Fund Has Not Recovered Costs. GAO/AFMD-93-18, Mar. 23.

~~~ March 25, 1993 The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following report:

REPORTS

1. Social Security: Telephone Busy Signal Rates at Local SSA Field Offices. GAO/HRD-93-49, Mar. 4.

2. Whistleblower Protection: Agencies' Implementation of the Whistleblower Statutes Has Been Mixed. GAO/GGD-93-66, Mar. 5.

TESTIMONY:

1. Social Security: SSA Needs to Improve Service for Program Participants, by Jane L. Ross, Associate Director for Income Security Issues, before the Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-HRD-93-11.

2. Transportation: Federal Assessments Levied on Commerical Maritime Industry, by John H. Anderson, Jr., Associate Director for Transportation Issues, before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation and Merchant Marine, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. GAO/T-RCED-93-24, Mar. 25.

3. Postal Service: Restructuring, Automation, and Ratemaking, by Michael E. Motley, Associate Director for Government Business Operations Issues, before the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. GAO/ T-GGD-93-15, Mar. 25.

4. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Improvements Needed in Market Promotion Program, by Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director of Financial Institutions and International Trade Issues, before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO/T-GGD-93-17, Mar. 25.

5. International Taxation: Updated Information on Transfer Pricing, by Natwar M. Gandhi, Associate Director for Tax Policy and Administration Issues, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO/ T-GGD-93-16, Mar. 25.

~~~ March 26, 1993 The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following report:

REPORTS

1. Gross Domestic Product: No Evidence of Manipulation of First Quarter 1991 Estimates. GAO/GGD-93-58, Mar. 10.

~~~ March 30, 1993 The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Army Acquisition: Effective Subcontractor Oversight Needed Before Longbow Apache Production. GAO/NSIAD-93-108, Feb. 22.

2. VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Control Major Construction Costs. GAO/HRD-93-75, Feb. 26.

3. Conservation Reserve Program: Cost-Effectiveness is Uncentain. GAO/RCED-93-132, Mar. 26. (prepublished)

TESTIMONY:

1. Federal Employment: Sexual Harassment at the Department of Veterans Affairs, by Nancy Kingsbury, Director of Federal Human Resource Management Issues, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO/T-GGD-93-12, Mar. 30.

2. Earned Income Tax Credit: Effectiveness of Design and Administration, by Jennie S. Stathis, Director of Tax Policy and Administration Issues, before the Subcommittees on Select Revenue Measures and Human Resources, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-GGD-93-20, Mar. 30.

3. Tax Systems Modernization: Program Status and Comments on IRS' Portion of President's Request for Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental Funds, by Howard G. Rhile, Director of General Government Information Systems Issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-IMTEC-93-3, Mar. 30.

4. Immigration Issues: Making Needed Policy and Management Decisions on Immigration Issues, by Henry R. Wray, Director of Administration of Justice Issues, before the Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture, House Committee on Government Operations. GAO/T-GGD-93-18, Mar. 30.

~~~ March 31, 1993 The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released the following reports and testimony:

REPORTS

1. Medicaid: The Texas Disproportionate Share Program Favors Public Hospitals. GAO/HRD-93-86, Mar. 30. (prepublished)

2. Acquisition Management: Waivers to Acquisition Work Force Training, Education, and Experience Requirements. GAO/NSIAD-93-128, Mar. 30.

3. Tax Policy and Administration: 1992 Annual on GAO's Tax-Related Work. GAO/GGD-93-68, Mar. 31.

4. District's Work Force: annual Report Required by the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act. GAO/GGD-93-81, Mar. 31. (prepublished)

TESTIMONY:

1. Drug Education: Limited Progress in Program Evaluation, by Eleanor Chelimsky, Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluation and Methodology, before the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights, House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO/T-PEMD-93-2, Mar. 31.

2. Whistleblower Protection: Employees' Awareness and Impact of the Whistle- Blower Protection Act of 1989, by Nancy R. Kingsbury, Director of Federal Human Resource Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on the Civil Service, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. GAO/T-GGD-93-19, Mar. 31.

3. Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Financing Reforms on on Demand for VA Services, by David P. Baine, Director of Federal Health Care Delivery Issues, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO/T-HRD-93-12, Mar. 31.

4. Surface Transporation: Funding Limitations and Barriers to Cross-Modal Decision Making, by Kenneth M. Mead, Director of Transportation, Senate Committee on Appropriations. GAO/T-RCED-93-25, Mar. 31.

5. District of Columbia: The Federal Payment Formula, by John Hill, Director of Audit Support and Analyses, before House District of Columbia Subcommittees. GAO/T-AFMD-93-3, Mar. 31.

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