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******************** List of GAO Reports and Testimony Issued in 1993 ********************

Reports issued or released January 4-6, 1993.

Transition Series

Economics

Budget Issues. GAO/OCG-93-1TR Investment. GAO/OCG-93-2TR

Management

Government Management Issues. GAO/OCG-93-3TR Financial Management Issues. GAO/OCG-93-4TR Information Management and Technology Issues. GAO/OCG-93-5TR Program Evaluation Issues. GAO/OCG-93-6TR The Public Service. GAO/OCG-93-7TR

Program Areas

Health Care Reform. GAO/OCG-93-8TR National Security Issues. GAO/OCG-93-9TR Financial Services Industry Issues. GAO/OCG-93-10TR International Trade Issues. GAO/OCG-93-11TR Commerce Issues. GAO/OCG-93-12TR Energy Issues. GAO/OCG-93-13TR Transportation. GAO/OCG-93-14TR Food and Agriculture Issues. GAO/OCG-93-15TR Environmental Protection Issues. GAO/OCG-93-16TR Natural Resources Management Issues. GAO/OCG-93-17TR Education Issues. GAO/OCG-93-18TR Labor Issues. GAO/OCG-93-19TR Health and Human Services Issues. GAO/OCG-93-20TR Veterans Affairs Issues. GAO/OCG-93-21TR Housing and Community Development Issues. GAO/OCG-93-22TR Justice Issues. GAO/OCG-93-23TR Internal Revenue Service Issues. GAO/OCG-93-24TR Foreign Economic Assistance Issues. GAO/OCG-93-25TR Foreign Affairs Issues. GAO/OCG-93-26TR NASA Issues. GAO/OCG-93-27TR General Services Issues. GAO/OCG-93-28TR

High-Risk Series

Lending and Insuring Issues

Farmers Home Administration's Farm Loan Programs. GAO/HR-93-1 Guaranteed Student Loans. GAO/HR-93-2 Bank Insurance Fund. GAO/HR-93-3 Resolution Trust Corporation. GAO/HR-93-4 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. GAO/HR-93-5 Medicare Claims. GAO/HR-93-6

Contracting Issues

Defense Weapons Systems Acquisition. GAO/HR-93-7 Defense Contract Pricing. GAO/HR-93-8 Department of Energy Contract Management. GAO/HR-93-9 Superfund Program Management. GAO/HR-93-10 NASA Contract Management. GAO/HR-93-11

Accountability Issues

Defense Inventory Management. GAO/HR-93-12 Internal Revenue Service Receivables. GAO/HR-93-13 Managing the Customs Service. GAO/HR-93-14 Management of Overseas Real Property. GAO/HR-93-15 Federal Transit Administration Grant Management. GAO/HR-93-16 Asset Forfeiture Programs. GAO/HR-93-17

Reports to Committees or Members

Drug War: Drug Enforcement Administration Staffing and Reporting in Southeast Asia. (464146) GAO/NSIAD-93-82, December 4, 1992.

Federal Personnel Management: OPM Reliance on Agency Oversight of Personnel Management System Not Justified. (966491) GAO/GGD-93-24, December 8, 1992.

Political Appointees: Selected Appointees' Views of Their Federal Work Environment. (966512) GAO/GGD-93-28FS, December 28, 1992.

Health and Human Services: Update on Hispanic Representation in HHS Region VIII. (966551) GAO/GGD-93-47FS, December 30, 1992.

VA Health Care: Medical Centers Are Not Correcting Identified Quality Assurance Problems. (101389) GAO/HRD-93-20, December 30, 1992.

Loan Guarantees: Export Credit Guarantee Programs' Costs Are High. (280025) GAO/GGD-93-45, December 22, 1992.

Export Promotion: Federal Efforts to Increase Exports of Renewable Energy Technologies. (488143) GAO/GGD-93-29, December 30, 1992.

International Trade: Advertising and Promoting U.S. Cigarettes in Selected Asian Countries. (483571) GAO/GGD-93-38, December 31, 1992.

Federal Credit Programs: Agencies Had Serious Problems Meeting Credit Reform Accounting Requirements. (901619) GAO/AFMD-93-17, January 6, 1993.

Congressional Testimony

Major Issues Facing a New Congress and a New Administration GAO/T-OCG-93-1, January 8, 1993.

Government Management: Report on 17 High-Risk Areas. GAO/T-OCG-93-2, January 8, 1993.

Reports issued or released January 7-13, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Defense Inventory: Depot Packing and Shipping Procedures. (398086) GAO/NSIAD-93-3, December 7, 1992.

Airline Competition: Impact of Changing Foreign Investment and Control Limits on U.S. Airlines. (341294) GAO/RCED-93-7, December 9, 1992.

Groundwater Protection: Validity and Feasibility of EPA's Differential Protection Strategy. (973369) GAO/PEMD-93-6, December 9, 1992.

Tax Administration: IRS Can Improve Controls Over Electronic Filing Fraud. (268487) GAO/GGD-93-27, December 30, 1992.

Defense Health Care: CHAMPUS Mental Health Demonstration Project in Virginia. (101409) GAO/HRD-93-53, December 30, 1992.

Resolution Trust Corporation: Number and Types of Legal Matters. (247056) GAO/GGD-93-50FS, January 8, 1993.

Resolution Trust Corporation: Recoveries on Asset Sales Through September 1992. (247094) GAO/GGD-93-5IFS, January 8, 1993.

Student Testing: Current Extent and Expenditures, with Cost Estimates for a National Examination. (973740) GAO/PEMD-93-8, January 13, 1993.

Testimony

Telecommunications: Cellular Service Competition. GAO/T-RCED-93-3, January 12, 1993.

Reports issued or released January 14-19, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Federal Data Collection: Agencies' Use of Consistent Race and Ethnic Definitions. (243028) GAO/GGD-93-25, December 15, 1992.

Theater Missile Defense Program: Funding and Personnel Requirements Are Not Fully Defined. (393464) GAO/NSIAD-93-84, December 15, 1992.

Emergency Departments: Unevenly Affected by Growth and Changes in Patient Use. (108904) GAO/HRD-93-4, January 4, 1993.

Air Traffic Control: Justifications for Capital Investments Need Strengthening. (341329) GAO/RCED-93-55, January 14, 1993.

Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by HMOs and Hospitals Since Enactment of Rebate Provisions. (101217) GAO/HRD-93-43, January 15, 1993.

Reports issued or released January 21-27, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Air Pollution: Actions to Promote Radon Testing. (160137) GAO/RCED-93-20, December 24, 1992.

Mission-Critical System: Defense Attempting to Address Major Software Challenges. (510828) GAO/IMTEC-93-18, December 24, 1992.

General Services Administration: Actions Needed to Stop Buying Supplies from Poor-Performing Vendors. (240043) GAO/GGD-93-34, January 11, 1993.

Foreign Assistance: Meeting the Training Needs of Police in New Democracies. (472322) GAO/NSIAD-93-109, January 21, 1993.

Deposit Insurance Funds: Compliance with Obligation and Repayment Requirements As of March 31, 1992. (917722) GAO/AFMD-93-31, January 21, 1993.

Desert Shield/Storm: Air Mobility Command's Achievements and Lessons for the Future. (392596) GAO/NSIAD-93-40, January 25, 1993.

Reports to Agency Officials

Child Support Assurance: Effect of Applying State Guidelines to Determine Fathers' Payments. (To the Secretary of Health and Human Services.) (105557) GAO/HRD-93-26, January 21, 1993.

Electronic Warfare: Laser Warning System Production Should Be Limited. (To the Secretary of Defense.) (395192) GAO/NSIAD-93-14, January 25, 1993.

Congressional Testimony

FY 1994 Budget Estimates for the General Accounting Office. GAO/T-OCG-93-3, January 26, 1993.

Disaster Management: Recent Disasters Demonstrate the Need to Improve the Nation's Response Strategy. GAO/T-RCED-93-4, January 27, 1993.

Banks and Thrifts: Safety and Soundness Reforms Need to Be Maintained. GAO/T-GGD-93-3, January 27, 1993.

Bank and Thrift Failures: The Government Could Do More to Pursue Fraud and Wrongdoing. GAO/T-GGD-93-1, January 28, 1993.

Reports issued or released January 27-February 3, 1993.

Reports to the Congress

Impoundments: Historical Information and Statistics on Proposed and Enacted Rescissions of Budget Authority, 1974 to the Present. GAO/OGC-93-3, February 1, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Nuclear Security: Safeguards and Security Planning at DOE Facilities Incomplete. (301999) GAO/RCED-93-14, October 30, 1992.

Nuclear Security: Improving Correction of Security Deficiencies at DOE's Weapons Facilities. (301994) GAO/RCED-93-10, November 16, 1992.

District of Columbia: Barriers to Medicaid Enrollment Contribute to Hospital Uncompensated Care. (101212) GAO/HRD-93-28, December 29, 1992.

Federal Research: Foreign Contributions to Superconducting Super Collider. (302051) GAO/RCED-93-75, December 3O, 1992.

NASA Program Costs: Space Missions Require Substantially More Funding Than Initially Estimated. (397047) GAO/NSIAD-93-97, December 31, 1992.

Army Material Command: Factors Influencing Retirement Decisions During 1990 Reduction in Force. (391136) GAO/NSIAD-93-28BR, December 31, 1992.

Tax Administration: Opportunities to Increase the Use of Electronic Filing. (268573) GAO/GGD-93-40, January 22, 1993.

Force Structure: Issues Involving the Base Force. (396740) GAO/NSIAD-93-65, January 28, 1993.

Federal Judiciary: How the Judicial Conference Assesses the Need for More Judges. (188612) GAO/GGD-93-31, January 29, 1993.

Operation Desert Storm: Army Not Adequately Prepared to Deal with Depleted Uranium Contamination. (393493) GAO/NSIAD-93-90, January 29, 1993.

Reports to Agency Officials

Financial Management: Poor Internal Control Has Led to Increased Maintenance Costs and Deterioration of Equipment. (To the Secretary of the Army and the Director, Defense Logistics Agency.) (917226) GAO/AFMD-93-8, January 25, 1993.

Health Information Systems: National Practitioner Data Bank Continues to Experience Problems. (To the Secretary of Health and Human Services.) (510783) GAO/IMTEC-93-1, January 29, 1993.

Congressional Testimony

Assessing PBGC's Short-Run and Long-Run Conditions. GAO/T-HRD-93-1, February 2, 1993.

Natural Resources Management: Issues to Be Considered by the Congress and Administration. GAO/T-RCED-93-5, February 2, 1993.

Government Management: Status of Progress in Correcting Selected High-Risk Areas. GAO/T-AFMD-93-1, February 3, 1993.

Tax Administration: Status of Tax Systems Modernization, Tax Delinquencies, and Tax Gap. GAO/T-GGD-93-4, February 3, 1993.

Health Insurance: Legal and Resource Constraints Complicate Efforts to Curb Fraud and Abuse. GAO/T-HRD-93-3, February 4, 1993.

Pension Plans: Underfunded Plans Threaten PBGC. GAO/T-HRD-93-2, February 4.

Reports issued or released February 4-10, 1992

Reports to the Congress

Impoundments: Unreported Withholding of Funds in the Forest Service Timber Salvage Sales Account and Proposed Deferrals of Security Assistance and Emergency Refugee Funds. GAO/OGC-93-4. February 5, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Weather Forecasting: Important Issues on Automated Weather Processing System Need Resolution. (510907) GAO/IMTEC-93-12BR, January 6, 1993.

Aviation Safety: Slow Progress in Making Aircraft Cabin Interiors Fireproof. (341365) GAO/RCED-93-37, January 6, 1993.

Bank and Thrift Criminal Fraud: The Federal Commitment Could Be Broadened. (181942) GAO/GGD-93-48, January 8, 1993.

Goddard Space Flight Center: Decision to Contract for Plant Operations and Maintenance. (397055) GAO/NSIAD-93-92, January 12, 1993.

Drug Control: Status Report on Counterdrug Technology Development. (395194) GAO/NSIAD-93-104, January 28, 1993.

Penny Stocks: Regulatory Actions to Reduce Potential for Fraud and Abuse. (233319) GAO/GGD-93-59, February 3, 1993.

Legal Services Corporation: National Support Center Grantees' Activities. (105164) GAO/HRD-93-9, February 5, 1993.

Foster Care: State Agencies Other Than Child Welfare Can Access Title IV-E Funds. (105807) GAO/HRD-93-6, February 9, 1993.

Kennedy Center: Information on the Capital Improvement Program. (426921) GAO/GGD-93-46, February 9, 1993.

Farmers Home Administration: Final Resolution of Farm Loan or Servicing Appeals. (150312) GAO/RCED-93-28, February 10, 1993.

Reports issued or released February 11-17, 1993.

Reports to the Congress

Budget Issues: A Comparison of Fiscal Year 1992 Budget Estimates and Actual Results. (935104) GAO/AFMD-93-51, February 12, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Software Reuse: Major Issues Need to Be Resolved Before Benefits Can Be Achieved. (510830) GAO/IMTEC-93-16, January 28, 1993.

Strategic Bombers: Adding Conventional Capabilities Will Be Complex, Time-Consuming, and Costly. (392650) GAO/NSIAD-93-45, February 5, 1993.

State Department: Management Weaknesses at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. (462625) GAO/NSIAD-93-88, February 8, 1993.

Drug Control: Treatment Alternatives Program for Drug Offenders Needs Stronger Emphasis. (186747) GAO/GGD-93-61, February 11, 1993.

Bank and Thrift Regulation: improvements Needed in Examination Quality and Regulatory Structure. (917551) GAO/AFMD-93-15, February 16, 1993.

Thrift Examination Quality: OTS Examinations Do Not Fully Assess Thrift Safety and Soundness. (917555) GAD/AFMD-93-11, February 16, 1993.

Dank Examination Quality: FDIC Examinations Do Not Fully Assess Bank Safety and Soundness. (917552) GAO/AFMD-93-12, February 16, 1993.

Bank Examination Quality: FRB Examinations and Inspections Do Not Fully Assess Bank Safety and Soundness. (917553) GAO/AFMD-93-13, February 16, 1993.

Bank Examination Quality: OCC Examinations Do Not Fully Assess Bank Safety and Soundness. (917554) GAO/AFMD-93-14, February 16, 1993.

Mine Warfare: Consolidation at Ingleside Has Not Been Justified. (394505) GAO/NSIAD-93-147, February 16, 1993.

Reports to Agency Officials

Performance Budgeting: State Experiences and Implications for the Federal Government. (To the Director, Office of Management and Budget.) (935107) GAO/AFMD-93-41, February 17, 1993.

Congressional Testimony

Bank and Thrift Regulation: Improvements Needed in Examination Quality and Regulatory Structure. GAO/T-AFMD-93-2, February 16, 1993.

Energy Management: High Risk Area Requires Fundamental Change. GAO/T-RCED-93-7, February 17, 1993.

Medicare: Funding and Management Problems Result in Unnecessary Expenditures. GAO/T-HRD-93-4, February 17, 1993.

Airline Competition: Strategies for Addressing Financial and Competitive Problems in the Airline Industry. GAO/T-RCED-93-11, February 18, 1993.

Food Safety: Inspection of Domestic and Imported Meat Should Be Risk-Based. GAO/T-RCED-93-10, February 18, 1993.

Pesticides: U.S. and Mexican Fruit and Vegetable Pesticide Programs Differ. GAO/T-RCED-93-9, February 18, 1993.

Creation of a Department of the Environment. GAO/T-RCED-93-6, February 18, 1993.

Student Achievement Standards and Testing. GAO/T-PEMD-93-1, February 18, 1993.

Reports issued or released February 18-24, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Federal Prisons: Inmate and Staff Views on Education and Work Training Programs. (182813) GAO/GGD-93-33, January 19, 1993.

Tax Administration: Overstated Real Estate Tax Deductions Need to Be Reduced. (266484) GAO/GGD-93-43, January 19, 1993.

Chemical Weapons Destruction: Issues Affecting Program Cost, Schedule, and Performance. (393466) GAO/NSIAD-93-50, January 21, 1993.

Prescription Drug Prices: Analysis of Canada's Patented Medicine Prices Review Board. (101229) GAO/HRD-93-51, February 17, 1993.

Reserve Forces: Aspects of the Army's Equipping Strategy Hamper Reserve Readiness. (393468) GAO/NSIAD-93-11, February 18, 1993.

Securities Regulation: SEC's Oversight of Privately Placed Transactions Among Large Investors. (233361) GAO/GGD-93-37, February 19, 1993.

Dislocated Workers: Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Not Meeting Its Goals. (205179) GAO/HRD-93-18, February 22.

Congressional Testimony

Prescription Drugs: Companies Typically Charge More in the United States Than In Canada. GAO/T-HRD-91-5, February 22, 1993.

Dislocated Workers: Implementation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). GAO/T-HRD-93-6, February 23, 1993.

Science and Technology: Federal EfForts to Collect and Analyze Information on Foreign Science and Technology. GAO/T-RCED-93-8, February 23, 1993.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Better Management Could Increase Effectiveness of FAS Export Operations. GAO/T-GGD-93-5, February 23, 1993.

Tax Systems Modernization: Comments on IRS' Portion of President's Request for Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental Funds. GAO/T-IMTEC-93-1, February 24, 1993.

Drug Control: Increased Interdiction and Its Contribution to the War on Drugs. GAO/T-NSIAD-93-4, February 25, 1993.

FY 1994 Budget Estimates for the General Accounting Office. GAO/T-OCG-93-4, February 26, 1993.

Reports issued or released February 25-March 3, 1993

Reports to the Congress

Navy Carrier Battle Group: The Structure and Affordability of the Future Force. (394368) GAO/NSIAD-93-74, February 25, 1993.

Reports to Committees or Members

Hazardous Waste: Much Work Remains to Accelerate Facility Cleanups. (160087) GAO/RCED-93-15, January 19, 1993.

Personnel Practices: Career Appointments Granted Former Political Appointees from January through November 1992. (966553) GAO/GGD-93-49FS, January 22, 1993.

Aid to Kenya: Accountability for Economic and Military Assistance Can Be Improved. (472277) GAO/NSIAD-93-57, January 25, 1993.

Bankruptcy Trustees: Oversight Improved, But Extent of Trustee Fraud Is Unknown. (188615) GAO/GGD-93-54, January 27, 1993.

Census Reform: Early Outreach and Decisions Needed on Race and Ethnic Questions. (243040) GAO/GGD-93-36, January 28, 1993.

Space Transportation: The Content and Uses of Shuttle Cost Estimates. (397037) GAO/NSIAD-93-115, January 28, 1993.

GSA Procurement: Public Utilities' Plans for Small and Small Disadvantaged Subcontractors. (240105) GAO/GGD-93-44, January 29, 1993.

Energy Management: Types of Allowable and Unallowable Costs Incurred Under Two DOE Contracts. (308658) GAD/RCED-93-76FS, January 29, 1993.

Telecommunications: FCC's Oversight Efforts to Control Cross-Subsidization. (385311) GAO/RCED-93-34, February 3, 1993.

B-2 Bomber: Acquisition Cost Estimates. (392704) GAO/NSIAD-93-48BR, February 10, 1993.

Federal Research: Super Collider Is Over Budget and Behind Schedule. (302047) GAO/RCED-93-87, February 12, 1993.

New Chicago-Area Airport: Site Comparison, Selection Process, and Federal Funding. (341156) GAO/RCED-93-105, February 22, 1993.

Postal Service: Service Impact of South Dakota Mail Facility Not Fully Recognized. (240112) GAO/GGD-93-62, February 25, 1993.

Compensatory Education: Additional Funds Help More Private School Students Receive Chapter I Services. (104712) GAO/HRD-93-65, February 26, 1993.

VA Health Care: Location of the Planned Medical Center in East Central Florida. (406049) GAO/HRD-93-77, March 1, 1993.

Congressional Testimony

Decennial Census: Fundamental Reform Jeopardized by Lack of Progress. GAO/T-GGD-93-6, March 2, 1993.

Disaster Management: Recent Disasters Demonstrate the Need to Improve the Nation's Response Strategy. GAO/T-RCED-93-13, RCED-93- 13. March 2, 1993.

Crop Insurance: Federal Program Has Been Unable to Meet Objectives of 1980 Act. GAO/T-RCED-93-12, March 3, 1993.

Veterans' Health Care: Potential Effects of Health Reforms on VA Construction. GAO/T-HRD-93-7, March 3, 1993.

High Speed Ground Transportation: Financing Issues. GAO/T-RCED-93-14, March 4, 1993.