Higher Education: Actions Needed to Improve Access to Federal Financial Assistance for Homeless and Foster Youth. Report to the Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. GAO-16-343

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US Government Accountability Office, 2016

2016-01-01

Homeless youth and youth in foster care are often unprepared for the transition to adulthood. Given the economic benefits of college, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine the college experiences of these vulnerable youth. GAO examined: (1) college enrollment and completion for foster and homeless youth; (2) the extent to…

DOD Education Benefits: Increased Oversight of Tuition Assistance Program Is Needed. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate. GAO-11-300

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Scott, George A.

2011-01-01

In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Defense's (DOD) Military Tuition Assistance (TA) Program provided $517 million in tuition assistance to approximately 377,000 service members. US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to report on (1) DOD's oversight of schools receiving TA funds, and (2) the extent to which DOD coordinates with…

Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Lessons Learned for Protecting and Educating Children. Briefing for Congressional Staff. GAO-06-680R

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Government Accountability Office, 2006

2006-01-01

In August and September 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused devastating damage to states along the Gulf Coast. In the aftermath of the storms, many questions were raised about the status of the thousands of children living in the affected areas. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) prepared this preliminary information under the…

Education Needs to Further Examine Data Collection on English Language Learners in Charter Schools. GAO-13-655R

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Scott, George A.

2013-01-01

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) began a study to compare English Language Learner (ELL) enrollment in charter schools to ELL enrollment in traditional public schools. For the study, they obtained ELL enrollment counts for school year 2010-11 from the U.S. Department of Education's (Education's) only available dataset containing the…

Special Education: State and Local-Imposed Requirements Complicate Federal Efforts to Reduce Administrative Burden. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-16-25

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Government Accountability Office, 2016

2016-01-01

When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in 2004, it included provisions to reduce administrative and paperwork requirements to address concerns about burden. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review federal efforts to reduce burden related to meeting IDEA requirements for educating…

Government Accounting

DTIC Science & Technology

1999-06-22

Commercial Industry • Financial Standards Accounting Board (GAAP) • Internal Revenue Service - Tax Accounting • DoD - Cost Accounting Standards...internal management control systems, managers shall focus on results, not process” Government Accounting • Intent EVM Accounting Criteria : – Record costs ...consistent with established budgets – Insure control of indirect costs – Insure disciplined accumulation of cost – Insure proper material accounting and

Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Potential Duplication in Federal Teacher Quality and Employment and Training Programs. Testimony before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives. GAO-11-509T

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Dodaro, Gene L.

2011-01-01

This testimony discusses US Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) recent report entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue." This report delineates dozens of areas across government where fragmentation, overlap, and potential duplication merit the attention of Congress…

Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-03-03

inflation, and round appropriately, the fixed- dollar amounts of the civil penalties to account for the decrease in real value over time and so that...policy, and funding decisions. GAO’s commitment to good government is reflected in its core values of accountability , integrity, and reliability. The...United States Government Accountability Office GAO Testimony Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Federal Student Loan Programs: Opportunities Exist to Improve Audit Requirements and Oversight Procedures. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-10-668

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Daly, Kay L.

2010-01-01

The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-315, mandated GAO (Government Accountability Office) to study the financial and compliance audits and reviews required or conducted for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and the Federal Direct Student Loan (DL) program. The Department of Education's (Education) Office of…

4 CFR 81.5 - Records originating outside GAO, records of interviews, or records involving work in progress.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Records originating outside GAO, records of interviews... GAO, records of interviews, or records involving work in progress. (a) It is the policy of GAO not to... to the release of a record of interview created by GAO in connection with an audit, evaluation, or...

48 CFR 1433.104 - Protests to GAO.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... report as required by FAR 33.104(a)(3). (2) The SOL will furnish promptly GAO's written notice of the... expense or difficulty in performance. If appropriate, the report shall contain a statement regarding any... difficulties or additional expense to the Government. The contracting activity shall submit the CO's report to...

48 CFR 1433.104 - Protests to GAO.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... report as required by FAR 33.104(a)(3). (2) The SOL will furnish promptly GAO's written notice of the... expense or difficulty in performance. If appropriate, the report shall contain a statement regarding any... difficulties or additional expense to the Government. The contracting activity shall submit the CO's report to...

48 CFR 1433.104 - Protests to GAO.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... report as required by FAR 33.104(a)(3). (2) The SOL will furnish promptly GAO's written notice of the... expense or difficulty in performance. If appropriate, the report shall contain a statement regarding any... difficulties or additional expense to the Government. The contracting activity shall submit the CO's report to...

Student Loans: Federal Web-Based Tool on Private Loans Would Pose Implementation Challenges and May Be Unnecessary. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-10-990

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Scott, George A.

2010-01-01

In this report, the author and his colleagues respond to a mandate in the Higher Education Opportunity Act requiring GAO (Government Accountability Office) to study the feasibility of developing a national clearinghouse of federal and private student loans on the Department of Education's (Education) Web site. They addressed the following…

Influenza Pandemic: Continued Focus on the Nation's Planning and Preparedness Efforts Remains Essential. Testimony before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-760T

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Steinhardt, Bernice

2009-01-01

As the recent outbreak of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus underscores, an influenza pandemic remains a real threat to our nation and to the world. Over the past 3 years, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted a body of work to help the nation better prepare for a possible pandemic. In a February 2009 report, GAO synthesized the…

Department of Education: Improved Dissemination and Timely Product Release Would Enhance the Usefulness of the What Works Clearinghouse. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-10-644

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Ashby, Cornelia M.

2010-01-01

In connection with the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, GAO (Government Accountability Office) was required to study the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a federal source of evidence about effective education practices. Operating through a 5-year contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the WWC…

School Lunch Program: Role and Impacts of Private Food Service Companies. United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Committees.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div.

In the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, Congress directed the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to examine the use of private food establishments and caterers by schools participating in federal programs for school meals. In conducting its review, the GAO relied primarily on questionnaires returned by food authorities that had…

Civil Servants and Contract Employees: Who Should Do What for the Federal Government?

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-06-19

they us Government employees to provide commercial services that contracto could provide in many cases at a lower cost . GAO recommends that the...copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015...commercial services that con- tractors could provide in many cases at a lower cost . Although it has been the executive branch’s general policy since 1955 to

United States Merchant Marine Academy: Internal Control Weaknesses Resulted in Improper Sources and Uses of Funds; Some Corrective Actions Are Under Way. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-09-635

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Franzel, Jeanette M.

2009-01-01

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Academy), a component of the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD), is one of five U.S. service academies. The Academy is affiliated with 14 nonappropriated fund instrumentalities (NAFI) and two foundations. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to determine whether…

Chief Information Officer Leadership: Reflections of Former U.S. Government Chief Information Officers

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Ma, Katherine C. L.

2010-01-01

Since enactment of the Clinger-Cohen Act in 1996, the median tenure of federal chief information officers (CIOs) has been approximately 2 years and high CIO turnover is a problem (U.S. Government Accountability Office [GAO], 2004). Researchers have conducted little research on what leads to effective performance for government CIOs. This…

41 CFR 102-118.535 - Are there principles governing my agency's TSP debt collection procedures?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... by writing: Superintendent of Documents Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 http://www... General Accounting Office (GAO) or the Department of Justice are found in 4 CFR parts 101 through 105 and...

Will Empowerment of USAF Program Managers Mitigate the Acquisitions Crisis

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-06-10

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations GAO Government Accountability Office MDAP Major Defense Acquisition Program USAF United States Air Force ix...actually run the project. The Government Accountability Office (GAO),2 along with many other organizations, including Congress in their 2016 National...1 Government Accountability Office (GAO), GAO-06-110, Best Practices: Better Support of Weapons Systems Program Managers Needed to

Creating and Sustaining an Effective Government-Defense Industry Partnership

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-07-01

this relationship could be improved. A September 2008 report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated: To better ensure...improved through continuous improvement and new technologies to drive down the overall product cost on the products being delivered. (Mills, 2010a...reasonable profit in industry” (Mills, 2010a), and “Government acquisition personnel are generally not aware of the real cost of goods and services

Creating and Sustaining an Effective Government-Defense Industry Partnership

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-07-01

relationship could be improved. A September 2008 report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated: To better ensure Warfighter...through continuous improvement and new technologies to drive down the overall product cost on the products being delivered. (Mills, 2010a) The manner...in industry” (Mills, 2010a), and “Government acquisition personnel are generally not aware of the real cost of goods and services provided by

Seclusions and Restraints: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers. Testimony Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-09-719T

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kutz, Gregory D.

2009-01-01

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently testified before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, regarding allegations of death and abuse at residential programs for troubled teens. The document presents the statement of Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations. Recent…

GAO audit not apt to find pervasive fraud in CARE Act.

PubMed

1999-12-24

After hearing a series of news reports suggesting financial improprieties in programs run by Ryan White CARE Act recipients, a General Accounting Office (GAO) review of the program was made. A preliminary GAO report found only a few cases of fraud in the administration of funding stemming from the CARE Act, but that the potential for fraud is very real because of the lack of safeguards. These findings are considered important since the House Commerce Committee is expected to conduct oversight hearings into further authorization of the CARE Act early in 2000.

75 FR 71567 - Public Availability of Government Accountability Office Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-11-24

... the GAO Forensic Audits and Special Investigations (GAO FraudNet) are an example of records that could... occasionally collects, during the course of its audits and investigations, records from law enforcement...

20 CFR 401.175 - Government Accountability Office.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Government Accountability Office. 401.175... RECORDS AND INFORMATION Disclosure of Official Records and Information § 401.175 Government Accountability Office. We disclose information to the Government Accountability Office when that agency needs the...

Recovery Act: Head Start Grantees Expand Services, but More Consistent Communication Could Improve Accountability and Decisions about Spending. Report to the Congress. GAO-11-166

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Ashby, Cornelia M.; Jones, Yvonne D.

2010-01-01

This report responds to two mandates for GAO under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). First, it is the latest report on the uses of and accountability for Recovery Act funds in selected states and localities. Second, it comments on recipients' reports of the jobs created and retained. The Recovery Act provided $2.1…

4 CFR 81.1 - Purpose and scope of part.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81... Accountability Office (GAO) with respect to the public availability of GAO records. While GAO is not subject to... Accountability Office, 441 G Street NW., Room LM, Washington, DC 20548, or phone 202-512-6000, FAX 202-512-6061...

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS: Government Benefits from SSN Use but Could Provide Better Safeguards

DTIC Science & Technology

2002-05-01

Report to Congressional Requesters United States General Accounting Office GAO May 2002 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS Government Benefits from SSN Use...and Subtitle SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS: Government Benefits from SSN Use but Could Provide Better Safeguards Contract Number Grant Number Program...Social Security benefits . Since that time, the number has been used for myriad non-Social Security purposes. Private sector use of the SSN has grown

Privacy Act. Federal Agencies' Implementation Can Be Improved. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

In order to examine the implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974 by federal government agencies, the General Accounting Office (GAO) examined organizational issues at 13 cabinet-level departments and the Veterans Administration and reviewed Privacy Act operations in detail at 6 of these agencies and 37 of their components. This study focused on…

Reducing Homeland Insecurities: Ending Abuse of the Asylum and Credible Fear Program

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-03-01

Operations FDNS Fraud Detection and National Security FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FY Fiscal Year GAO Government Accounting...file applications. A 2002 Government Accounting Office (GAO) study on benefit fraud found that fraud was pervasive and routinely used in furtherance... Government Accountability Office, 2002), http://www.gao.gov/assets/240/233515.pdf. 7 Mark Motivans, Immigration Offenders in the Federal Justice

K-12 Education: Selected Cases of Public and Private Schools That Hired or Retained Individuals with Histories of Sexual Misconduct. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-11-200

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Kutz, Gregory D.

2010-01-01

Prior GAO (US Government Accountability Office) testimonies have described cases of physical abuse of children at youth residential treatment programs and public and private schools. However, children are also vulnerable to sexual abuse. A 2004 Department of Education report estimated that millions of students are subjected to sexual misconduct by…

No Child Left Behind Act: Enhancements in the Department of Education's Review Process Could Improve State Academic Assessments. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate. GAO-09-911

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Ashby, Cornelia M.

2009-01-01

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) requires states to develop high-quality academic assessments aligned with state academic standards. The Department of Education (Education) has provided states with about $400 million for NCLBA assessment implementation every year since 2002. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined: (1)…

Veterans’ Employment and Training: Better Targeting, Coordinating, and Reporting Needed to Enhance Program Effectiveness

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-12-01

Effectiveness Report to Congressional Requesters December 2012 GAO-13-29 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Report Documentation...TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Government Accountability Office,441 G Street NW,Washington...by ANSI Std Z39-18 United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-13-29, a report to congressional requesters

Student Discipline and IDEA--Synthesis of GAO Report. Synthesis Brief.

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Markowitz, Joy

This brief presents an overview of findings from a U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) study that investigated how the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) affected the ability of schools to maintain a safe environment conducive to learning. A study surveyed 272 public middle and high school principals…

20 CFR 401.175 - Government Accountability Office.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Government Accountability Office. 401.175 Section 401.175 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL... Office. We disclose information to the Government Accountability Office when that agency needs the...

Prepositioned Stocks: DOD has Addressed Required Reporting Elements but Needs to Develop a Department-Wide Policy and Joint Service Approach

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-04-01

and Joint Service Approach Report to Congressional Committees April 2016 GAO-16-418 United States Government Accountability Office...United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-418, a report to congressional committees April 2016 PREPOSITIONED STOCKS...1 10 U.S.C. § 2229a. Letter Page 2 GAO-16-418 Prepositioned Stocks that takes into account national security threats

Veterans Justice Outreach Program: VA Could Improve Management by Establishing Performance Measures and Fully Assessing Risks

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-04-01

Assessing Risks Report to Congressional Requesters April 2016 GAO-16-393 United States Government Accountability Office United States...Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-393, a report to congressional requesters April 2016 VETERANS JUSTICE OUTREACH PROGRAM...quality, timeliness, efficiency, cost of service, and outcome. GAO, Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Further Refine Its Tax Filing Season

Public Accountability in the Age of Neo-Liberal Governance.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Ranson, Stewart

2003-01-01

Analyzes the impact of neo-liberal corporate accountability on educational governance since the demise of professional accountability in the mid-1970s. Argues that corporate accountability is inappropriate for educational governance. Proposes an alternative model: democratic accountability. (Contains 1 figure and 125 references.)(PKP)

English Language Learning: Diverse Federal and State Efforts to Support Adult English Language Learning Could Benefit from More Coordination. Report to the Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate. GAO-09-575

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Ashby, Cornelia M.

2009-01-01

Millions of adults in the U.S. report that they speak limited English, and English language ability appears linked to multiple dimensions of adult life, such as civic participation and workforce participation and mobility. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined: (1) the trends in the need for and enrollment in federally funded…

Proprietary Schools: Stronger Department of Education Oversight Needed to Help Ensure Only Eligible Students Receive Federal Student Aid. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-09-600

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Scott, George A.

2009-01-01

For-profit schools--also known as proprietary schools--received over $16 billion in federal loans, grants, and campus-based aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act in 2007/08. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to determine (1) how the student loan default profile of proprietary schools compares with that of other types…

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-09-09

5 Lockheed Martin Files Protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO...12, 2008, protests were filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) against the TD contract awards by the Northrop Grumman-Oshkosh team...Quantities and Program Costs13 According to the Government Accountability Agency’s (GAO’s) March 2016 Assessments of Major Weapons Programs, for a JLTV

Procurement: Government Printing Office Supply of Microfiche to Libraries Disrupted. Report to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, U.S. Congress.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. General Government Div.

In this report, the General Accounting Office (GAO) responds to a July 8, 1988, inquiry by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing about the Government Printing Office's (GPO) efforts to acquire and supply microfiche copies of government documents to approximately 1,400 depository libraries. In August 1987, GPO had…

48 CFR 1852.245-71 - Installation-accountable Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Government property. 1852.245-71 Section 1852.245-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.245-71 Installation-accountable Government property. As prescribed in 1845.107-70(b)(1), insert the following clause: Installation-Accountable Government Property (JAN 2011) (a) The...

48 CFR 1852.245-71 - Installation-accountable Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Government property. 1852.245-71 Section 1852.245-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.245-71 Installation-accountable Government property. As prescribed in 1845.107-70(b)(1), insert the following clause: Installation-Accountable Government Property (JAN 2011) (a) The...

Government Furnished Property: Management and Accounting.

DTIC Science & Technology

1986-06-01

PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ORGANIZATION I(if applicable) %J 8c ADDRESS (City. State, anid ZIP Code) 10 SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERS e...DAR), Armed Services Procurement Regulation (ASPR), GAO aid service comptroller guidelines, and contract administration procedures. D. SCOPE OF STUDY...Contractor-acquired property is property procured or otherwise provided by the contractor for the performance of a . contract, title to which is vested in

Consistency endangered by FASB-GASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board, Government Accounting Standards Board ) dispute.

PubMed

Garner, M; Grossman, W

1991-02-01

The Financial Accounting Foundation's (FAF's) November 1989 decision to uphold the 1984 jurisdictional arrangement between the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) leaves little doubt that the healthcare industry will now be subject to two sets of accounting standards. The FAF's decision created a distinction between the accounting practices of government-owned hospitals and non-hospital governmental entities and their adherence to standards set by FASB, GASB, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A governmental healthcare organization should carefully determine which accounting rules it follows and remain attentive to further GASB developments.

48 CFR 2933.104 - Protests to GAO.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... accordance with FAR 33.104(g) must be provided to the Senior Procurement Executive within (two) working days... the signed written notice to the GAO must be provided to the Senior Procurement Executive within two (2) working days after they are sent to the GAO. (c) Protests after award. The authority of the HCA...

Government Accounting Standards: Past, Present and Future.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Harmer, W. Gary

1993-01-01

States that government accounting is the product of mixing together budget-oriented and accounting-oriented voices. Presents a history of governmental accounting including the groups involved. An organization chart describes the current standard-setting structure. Accomplishments that improve reporting operations results are listed. (MLF)

Writers and Their Maps: The Construction of a GAO Report on Sexual Harassment.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Cook, Kelli Cargile

2000-01-01

Examines a 1994 General Accounting Office (GAO) report on sexual harassment at U.S. service academies to determine how power structures affected the report writers' rhetorical choices. Identifies what is valued and devalued in the report's contents. Describes Congress's reaction to the report and speculates on the report's impact on public…

Defense Business Transformation: DOD Should Improve Its Planning with and Performance Monitoring of the Military Departments

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-12-01

Departments Report to Congressional Addressees December 2016 GAO-17-9 United States Government Accountability Office United States...Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-9, a report to congressional addresses December 2016 DEFENSE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION DOD Should...specific management responsibility, accountability , and control over business transformation efforts and applicable resources across its business

Combating Gangs: Better Coordination and Performance Measurement Would Help Clarify Roles of Federal Agencies and Strengthen Assessment of Efforts. Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives. GAO-09-708

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Government Accountability Office, 2009

2009-01-01

The Department of Justice (DOJ) estimates that the United States has about a million gang members. While state and local agencies have primary responsibility for combating gang crime, the federal government has key roles to enforce laws and help fund programs to provide alternatives to gang membership for at-risk youth. GAO was asked to examine…

Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex: DOD Needs to Fully Incorporate Best Practices into Future Cost Estimates

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-11-01

Report to Congressional Requesters November 2016 GAO-17-29 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government... Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-29, a report to congressional requesters November 2016 JOINT INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS COMPLEX DOD...of scope, according to DOD and Air Force officials. However, without fully accounting for life- cycle costs, management may have difficulty

Defense Logistics: Improved Performance Measures and Information Needed for Assessing Asset Visibility Initiatives

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-03-01

Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-183, a report to congressional committees March 2017 DEFENSE LOGISTICS Improved Performance Measures ...DEFENSE LOGISTICS Improved Performance Measures and Information Needed for Assessing Asset Visibility Initiatives...Report to Congressional Committees March 2017 GAO-17-183 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government

77 FR 7579 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility of Contractors

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-02-13

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility of Contractors AGENCY... government contractors. Comments on GAO's policy were due on or before November 14, 2011. GAO received two... debarment, suspension, and ineligibility of government contractors. Neither comment suggested any changes to...

Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate: Slowing Planned Frigate Acquisition Would Enable Better Informed Decisions

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-12-08

States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-279T, a testimony before the...million in defects for each ship. Time will tell whether this amount is sufficient to account for discovered defects.6 Turning to cost and schedule...279T Year GAO recommendation DOD response 2010 • Update the LCS acquisition strategy to account for operational testing delays in the program

Counterfeit Parts: DOD Needs to Improve Reporting and Oversight to Reduce Supply Chain Risk

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-02-01

the cost accounting standards board under 41 U.S.C. § 1502. 8DOD implemented its cost principle that costs are not allowable unless 1) the...February 2016 GAO-16-236 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-236, a...apply to prime contractors subject to cost accounting standards on acquisitions other than small business set-asides. The cost accounting standards are

4 CFR 11.1 - Right to representation before the Government Accountability Office.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Right to representation before the Government Accountability Office. 11.1 Section 11.1 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM RECOGNITION OF ATTORNEYS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES § 11.1 Right to representation before the Government...

76 FR 12549 - Public Availability of Government Accountability Office Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-03-08

... agency for law enforcement purposes. * * * * * (m) * * * Records obtained by the GAO Forensic Audits and... collects, during the course of its audits and investigations, records from law enforcement agencies that...

DoD Major Automated Information Systems: Improvements Can Be Made in Applying Leading Practices for Managing Risk and Testing

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-03-01

Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-322, a report to congressional committees March 2017 DOD MAJOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION ...DOD MAJOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS Improvements Can Be Made in Applying Leading Practices for Managing Risk and...Testing Report to Congressional Committees March 2017 GAO-17-322 United States Government Accountability Office United States

DOD Service Acquisition: Improved Use of Available Data Needed to Better Manage and Forecast Service Contract Requirements

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-02-01

Requirements Report to Congressional Committees February 2016 GAO-16-119 United States Government Accountability Office United States...Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-119, a report to congressional committees February 2016 DOD SERVICE ACQUISITION Improved... Definitions 12 Figures Figure 1: DOD’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process for Determining Requirements and Allocating

Nuclear Weapons: DOD Assessed the Need for Each Leg of the Strategic Triad and Considered Other Reductions to Nuclear Forces

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-09-01

NUCLEAR WEAPONS DOD Assessed the Need for Each Leg of the Strategic Triad and Considered Other Reductions to... Nuclear Forces Report to Congressional Requesters September 2016 GAO-16-740 United States Government Accountability Office United States...Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-740, a report to congressional requesters September 2016 NUCLEAR WEAPONS DOD Assessed

Human Capital: Practices That Empowered and Involved Employees. Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate.

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Mihm, J. Christopher

The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined selected experiences that six government agencies implemented to help empower or involve frontline employees. The agencies reviewed were as follows: the Federal Aviation Administration; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the Internal Revenue Service; the Office of Personnel Management; and the…

Designing Evaluations. 2012 Revision. Applied Research and Methods. GAO-12-208G

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Government Accountability Office, 2012

2012-01-01

GAO assists congressional decision makers in their deliberations by furnishing them with analytical information on issues and options. Many diverse methodologies are needed to develop sound and timely answers to the questions the Congress asks. To provide GAO evaluators with basic information about the more commonly used methodologies, GAO's…

4 CFR 25.3 - Admission to the GAO building.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... his designee. During normal working hours, the GAO Building shall be open to the public unless... business. Outside of normal working hours, the GAO Building shall be closed to the public unless the Comptroller General or his designee has approved the after-normal-working-hours use of the Building or...

48 CFR 245.103-71 - Transferring Government property accountability.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Transferring Government... ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT PROPERTY General 245.103-71 Transferring Government property accountability. Follow the procedures at PGI 245.103-71 for...

Military Readiness: DODs Readiness Rebuilding Efforts May Be at Risk without a Comprehensive Plan

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-09-01

Congressional Committees September 2016 GAO-16-841 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability ...omits information DOD identified as SECRET, which must be protected from public disclosure . GAO analyzed and reviewed data on reported readiness...protected from public disclosure . Therefore, this report omits SECRET information and data such as readiness trend data, deployment data, and selected

76 FR 60838 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility of Contractors

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-30

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility of Contractors AGENCY... of government contractors. As a legislative branch agency, GAO is not subject to the requirements of... (hereinafter, contractors) who are responsible. However, GAO's Procurement Order has not explicitly referenced...

[Professor GAO Yuchun's experience of acupuncture for headache].

PubMed

Cui, Linhua; Xing, Xiao; Xue, Weihua; Wang, Yanjun; Xu, Cejun; Xuc, Jun; Gao, Yuchun; Kang, Suobin

2015-12-01

As one of the important founders of GAO's acupuncture academic school in YanZhao area, Professor GAO Yuchun 's experience of acupuncture for headache is summarized in this paper. In the opinion of Professor GAO, the treatment of headache should focus on eliminating evil and relieving pain, and the syndrome differentiation should be based on meridian differentiation, especially on three yang meridians of foot as well as liver meridian and kidney meridian. In the acupoint prescription, attention should be placed on strengthening the spleen and stomach. The midnight-midday ebb flow acupuncture is advocated. The combination between acupuncture order and movement of qi is emphasized. In the manipulation, the role of pressing hand, the stimulation during reinforcing and reducing methods, and needle-retention time are important. The breathing reinforcing and reducing method of acupuncture are also advocated.

Human Capital: Building the Information Technology Workforce To Achieve Results. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.

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Walker, David M.

The Comptroller General of the United States testified before Congress regarding the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) framework for building the information technology (IT) work force to achieve results. The following were among the key points of his testimony: (1) the federal government is facing pervasive human capital challenges that are…

Casualty Assistance: DOD and the Coast Guard Need to Develop Policies and Outreach Goals and Metrics for Program Supporting Servicemembers Survivors

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-06-01

Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-569, a report to the Committee on Armed...active duty, officials told us that Military OneSource provides grief counseling, tax assistance (such as Page 9 GAO-16-569 Gold Star...Advocates assistance with filing the deceased servicemember’s final tax return), and assistance with obtaining benefits. There are also organizations

Government Accountability Reports and Public Education Policy: Studying Political Actors' Decision-Making

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Salazar, Timothy Ross

2013-01-01

This study asks how government accountability reports are used to influence public education policy. Government accountability reports, called "audits" in Utah, prove to be useful tools for examining education policy. Using a collective case study design examining Utah's Class Size Reduction (CSR) policy, government accountability…

Audit Mechanisms for Provable Risk Management and Accountable Data Governance

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-09-04

the same violation) and the effectiveness of policy interventions (e.g., data breach notification laws and government audits) in encouraging organizations to adopt accountable data governance practices.

Aviation Safety and Security: Challenges to Implementing the Recommendations of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security -- GAO/T-RCED-97-90

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1997-03-05

This statement before Congress by Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, : Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, : General Accounting Office (GAO) assesses the recommendations contained in the : recently r...

ACHP | News | ACHP Issue Spotlight: Transmission Lines in the West

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Search skip specific nav links Home arrow News arrow ACHP Announces GAO Report Calling for Improved Data on Historic Properties ACHP Announces GAO Report Calling for Improved Data on Historic Properties The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled "Improved Data

A hierarchical typology of intermodal air-rail connections at large airports in the United States.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2010-01-01

In July 2005, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report discussing : intermodal transportation strategies in developing airport intermodal capabilities (USGAO 2005). In this : report, the GAO identified those airports t...

48 CFR 752.245-70 - Government property-USAID reporting requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Clauses 752.245-70 Government property—USAID reporting requirements. In response to a GAO audit... USAID. Property Inventory Verifications I attest that (1) physical inventories of Government property... property in our possession are in agreement with such inventories; and (3) the total of the detailed...

4 CFR 83.6 - Accounting of certain disclosures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Accounting of certain disclosures. 83.6 Section 83.6... Accounting of certain disclosures. (a) With respect to each system of personnel records, GAO shall, except for disclosures made under §§ 83.4(a) and 83.4(b), keep an accurate accounting of— (1) The date...

[Effective acupoints for bulbar paralysis by professor GAO Weibin].

PubMed

Kang, Lianru; Zheng, Shuang

2016-04-01

Professor GAO Weibin academically advocates, based on basic theory of TCM and theories of different schools, modern science technology should be used for the methods and principles of acupuncture and Chinese medicine for neuropathy, so as to explore and summarize the rules, characteristics and advantages of TCM for nervous system disease, especially bulbar paralysis. During the treatment of bulbar paralysis, professor GAO creatively proposes the effective acupuncture points such as Gongxue, Tunyan-1, Tunyan-2, Fayin, Tiyan and Zhifanliu from the aspects of neuroanatomy, and analyzes their anatomical structure and action mechanism.

Recommendations to Commander, Naval Surface Forces, for Achieving a Strategic Approach to the Acquisition of Information Systems and Services

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-09-01

policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. government . IRB Protocol number _______N/A______. 12a. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY...72 3. GAO Case Study of Commercial Transformation in Decision Making on IS Acquisition Spending (Case Study Located in Appendix C...Program FRE Fleet Readiness Enterprise GAO government Accountability Office IOC Initial Operating Capability xvi IS Information

34 CFR 668.23 - Compliance audits and audited financial statements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... this section, a government auditor must meet the Government Auditing Standards qualification and... Accounting Office's (GAO's) Government Auditing Standards. (This publication is available from the... generally accepted accounting principles, and audited by an independent auditor in accordance with generally...

Nuclear Weapons Sustainment: Improvements Made to Budget Estimates Report, but Opportunities Remain to Further Enhance Transparency

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-12-01

Enhance Transparency Report to Congressional Committees December 2015 GAO-16-23 United States Government Accountability Office United...SUSTAINMENT Improvements Made to Budget Estimates Report, but Opportunities Remain to Further Enhance Transparency Why GAO Did This Study DOD and DOE are...modernization plans and (2) complete, transparent information on the methodologies used to develop those estimates. GAO analyzed the departments

4 CFR 81.8 - Public reading facility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2014-01-01 2013-01-01 true Public reading facility. 81.8 Section 81.8 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.8 Public reading facility. GAO maintains a public reading facility in the Law Library at the Government Accountability Office Building, 441 G...

4 CFR 81.8 - Public reading facility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Public reading facility. 81.8 Section 81.8 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.8 Public reading facility. GAO maintains a public reading facility in the Law Library at the Government Accountability Office Building, 441 G...

4 CFR 81.8 - Public reading facility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Public reading facility. 81.8 Section 81.8 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.8 Public reading facility. GAO maintains a public reading facility in the Law Library at the Government Accountability Office Building, 441 G...

48 CFR 1352.233-71 - GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests. 1352.233-71 Section 1352.233-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF....233-71 GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests. As prescribed in 48 CFR 1333.104-70(a), insert the...

48 CFR 1352.233-71 - GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests. 1352.233-71 Section 1352.233-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF....233-71 GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests. As prescribed in 48 CFR 1333.104-70(a), insert the...

31 CFR 515.553 - Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. 515.553 Section 515.553 Money and Finance: Treasury Regulations... Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. Specific licenses are issued authorizing payments from accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments for transactions...

31 CFR 515.553 - Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. 515.553 Section 515.553 Money and Finance: Treasury Regulations... Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. Specific licenses are issued authorizing payments from accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments for transactions...

31 CFR 515.553 - Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. 515.553 Section 515.553 Money and Finance: Treasury Regulations... Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. Specific licenses are issued authorizing payments from accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments for transactions...

31 CFR 515.553 - Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. 515.553 Section 515.553 Money and Finance: Treasury Regulations... Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. Specific licenses are issued authorizing payments from accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments for transactions...

31 CFR 515.553 - Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. 515.553 Section 515.553 Money and Finance: Treasury Regulations... Bank accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments. Specific licenses are issued authorizing payments from accounts of official representatives in Cuba of foreign governments for transactions...

Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007)

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-12-11

Name-Brand, Fast - Food Restaurants 5 GAO-01-943 Defense Manufacturing Technology Program: More Joint Projects and Tracking of Results Could...Oversight of Contractors under Foreign Influence Is Sufficient 6 2 GAO-05-456 Interagency Contracting: Franchise Funds Provide Convenience, but Value to

Sexual Harassment and Government Accountants: Anecdotal Evidence from the Profession.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Stanko, Brian; Miller, Gerald J.

1996-01-01

Female accountants (330 of 650) in local, state, or federal agencies responded to general attitude statements and added narrative comments indicating that sexual harassment is a serious problem in the government accounting workplace. Many feel that their agencies have not addressed the issue adequately. (SK)

[Professor GAO Yuchun's experience on "sequential acupuncture leads to smooth movement of qi"].

PubMed

Wang, Yanjun; Xing, Xiao; Cui, Linhua

2016-01-01

Professor GAO Yuchun is considered as the key successor of GAO's academic school of acupuncture and moxibustion in Yanzhao region. Professor GAO's clinical experience of, "sequential acupuncture" is introduced in details in this article. In Professor GAO's opinions, appropriate acupuncture sequence is the key to satisfactory clinical effects during treatment. Based on different acupoints, sequential acupuncture can achieve the aim of qi following needles and needles leading qi; based on different symptoms, sequential acupuncture can regulate qi movement; based on different body positions, sequential acupuncture can harmonize qi-blood and reinforcing deficiency and reducing excess. In all, according to the differences of disease condition and constitution, based on the accurate acupoint selection and appropriate manipulation, it is essential to capture the nature of diseases and make the order of acupuncture, which can achieve the aim of regulating qi movement and reinforcing deficiency and reducing excess.

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Development of New Capabilities Requires Continued Oversight

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-04-26

Expected at 10:00 a.m. ET Tuesday, April 26, 2016 GAO-16-634T United States Government Accountability Office Letter Page 1 GAO-16-634T F-35...difficult for Congress to hold it accountable for achieving its cost, schedule, and performance requirements. Given that congressional oversight... Accountability Office, the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress, exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional

48 CFR 833.104 - Protests to GAO.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... after award has been filed with GAO, the contracting officer must submit a report to the DAS for A&MM... until the matter is resolved. However, award may be made despite the protest if the DAS for A&MM, or the...

Governing police practice: limits of the new accountability.

PubMed

Chan, J B

1999-06-01

The advent of public-sector managerialism has brought with it a new principle of police accountability in Western democracies such as Australia and Britain. The new accountability gives emphasis to managerial rather than legal or public-interest standards, favours external oversight combined with self-regulation rather than centralized control, and promotes risk management rather than rule enforcement. This article makes use of the experience of an Australian police force to show that the new accountability has not been successful in holding police accountable, while elements of the old accountability have re-emerged to dominate public debates. It is argued that in the area of police governance, the neo-liberal state does not necessarily pursue a coherent strategy of 'acting at a distance' (cf. Miller and Rose 1990), partly because of the inability of accountability technologies to deliver substantially the promised policy outcomes and partly because of the sensitivity of its political arm to the public's moral outrage against corruption (cf. Garland 1996).

Fiscal Year 2011 U.S. Government Financial Statements: The Federal Government Faces Continuing Financial Management and Long-Term Fiscal Challenges

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-03-01

GAO annually audits the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government. The Congress and the President need reliable, useful, and timely...based consolidated financial statements . Unless these weaknesses are adequately addressed, they will, among other things, continue to (1) hamper the

77 FR 27774 - Health Information Technology Policy Committee Vacancy

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-05-11

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Health Information Technology Policy Committee Vacancy AGENCY... American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) established the Health Information Technology Policy.... ADDRESSES: GAO: [email protected] . GAO: 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20548. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...

4 CFR 81.4 - Requests for identifiable records.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Requests for identifiable records. 81.4 Section 81.4 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE... Accountability Office, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20548. Requests may also be made via a link from GAO's...

U.S. GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: FY 2001 Results Highlight the Continuing Need to Accelerate Federal Financial Management Reform

DTIC Science & Technology

2002-04-09

consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2001 and 2000. Both the consolidated financial statements and this report are included in the fiscal year 2001 Financial Report of the United States Government, which was issued by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) on March 29, 2002, and is available through GAO’s Internet site, at www.gao.gov. Work by the subcommittee has been a catalyst to facilitate government management reform over the past 5 years and will be critical to ultimately restoring the confidence of

District of Columbia Charter Schools: Criteria for Awarding School Buildings to Charter Schools Needs Additional Transparency. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-11-263

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Scott, George A.

2011-01-01

Almost 40 percent of all public school students in the District of Columbia (D.C. or District) were enrolled in charter schools in the 2010-11 school year. The D.C. School Reform Act established the Public Charter School Board (PCSB) for the purpose of authorizing and overseeing charter schools. Congress required GAO (US Government Accountability…

Higher Education: Improved Tax Information Could Help Families Pay for College. Report to the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate. GAO-12-560

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White, James R.; Scott, George A.

2012-01-01

The federal government provides billions of dollars in assistance each year to students and families through federal student aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and through tax expenditures, such as credits and deductions. GAO was asked to (1) describe the size and distribution of Title IV student aid and tax…

4 CFR 81.2 - Administration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Administration. 81.2 Section 81.2 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.2 Administration. GAO's Chief Quality Officer administers this part and may promulgate such supplemental rules or...

4 CFR 81.2 - Administration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2014-01-01 2013-01-01 true Administration. 81.2 Section 81.2 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.2 Administration. GAO's Chief Quality Officer administers this part and may promulgate such supplemental rules or...

4 CFR 81.2 - Administration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Administration. 81.2 Section 81.2 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.2 Administration. GAO's Chief Quality Officer administers this part and may promulgate such supplemental rules or...

Role of E-Payment System in Promoting Accountability in Government Ministries as Perceived by Accounting Education Graduates and Accountants in Ministry of Finance of Ebonyi State

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Azih, Nonye; Nwagwu, Lazarus

2015-01-01

This paper identified the role of electronic payment system in promoting accountability in government ministries as well as the challenges facing the implementation of e-payment in government ministries in Ebonyi State. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. The population of the study comprised of 112 accountants as…

The thermal and physical characteristics of the Gao-Guenie (H5) meteorite

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Beech, Martin; Coulson, Ian M.; Nie, Wenshuang; McCausland, Phil

2009-06-01

Measurements of the bulk density, grain density, porosity, and magnetic susceptibility of 19 Gao-Guenie H5 chondrite meteorite samples are presented. We find average values of bulk density < ρbulk>=3.46±0.07 g/cm 3, grain density < ρgrain>=3.53±0.08 g/cm 3, porosity < P(%)>=2.46±1.39, and bulk mass magnetic susceptibility =5.23±0.11. Measurements of the specific heat capacity for a 3.01-g Gao-Guenie sample, a 61.37-g Gao-Guenie sample, a 62.35-g Jilin H5 chondrite meteorite sample, and a 51.37-g Sikhote-Alin IIAB Iron meteorite sample are also presented. Temperature interpolation formula are further provided for the specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusivity of the 3.01-g Gao-Guenie sample in the temperature range 300< T (K)<800. We briefly review the possible effects of the newly deduced specific heat and thermal conductivity values on the ablation of meteoroids within the Earth's atmosphere, the modeling of asteroid interiors and the orbital evolution of meteoroids through the Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) effect.

78 FR 7784 - Health Information Technology Policy Committee Nomination Letters

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-02-04

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Health Information Technology Policy Committee Nomination Letters AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination of candidates... Technology Policy Committee (Health IT Policy Committee) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for...

4 CFR 25.4 - Preservation of property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Preservation of property. 25.4 Section 25.4 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES CONDUCT IN THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE BUILDING AND ON ITS GROUNDS § 25.4 Preservation of property. The improper disposal of rubbish in the GAO...

4 CFR 81.6 - Records which may be exempt from disclosure.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Records which may be exempt from disclosure. 81.6 Section 81.6 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS § 81.6 Records which may be exempt from disclosure. The public disclosure of GAO...

Analysis of Contracting Processes, Internal Controls, and Procurement Fraud Schemes

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-06-01

Government Accountability Office (GAO) has kept DoD Contract Management on its High Risk Series list since 1992 (GAO, 2009). In addition, the GAO also...adopted from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ( COSO ) (1992). There are five components: control environment, risk ...2001). 2. Risk Assessment Risk assessment is the identification, analysis, and management of risk faced by an organization. It entails identifying

78 FR 2407 - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters

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2013-01-11

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination. SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller...

76 FR 81503 - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters

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2011-12-28

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination. SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller...

75 FR 27343 - Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCOR)

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2010-05-14

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCOR) AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Correction on address for Letters... Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. hi addition, the Directors of the Agency for Healthcare...

78 FR 42945 - Health Information Technology Policy Committee Vacancy

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2013-07-18

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Health Information Technology Policy Committee Vacancy AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination to fill vacancy. SUMMARY: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) established the Health Information Technology Policy...

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks. Performance and Accountability Series.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

In its 2001 performance and accountability report on the Department of Education, the General Accounting Office (GAO) identified challenges with student financial-aid programs, financial management, and other areas facing education. The information presented in this report is intended to help sustain congressional attention and a departmental…

75 FR 25259 - Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCOR)

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2010-05-07

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCOR) AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination... responsibility for appointing 19 members to the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research...

76 FR 57671 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Display of DoD Inspector General Fraud Hotline...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-16

... General Fraud Hotline Posters AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD... Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to require contractors to display the DoD fraud hotline poster in common work....203-14, Display of Hotline Poster(s). Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report GAO-09-591...

Coast Guard Acquisitions: Enhanced Oversight of Testing Could Benefit National Security Cutter Program and Future DHS Acquisitions

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-02-03

Response Cutter program and plans for its upcoming Offshore Patrol Cutter program, that the Coast Guard has matured its acquisition process. The process to...Cutter and Offshore Patrol Cutter programs. GAO reviewed these two programs in June 2014 (GAO-14-450) and April 2015 (GAO- 15-171SP) and also...Government Accountability Office areas of competition and the schedule for initial testing. Furthermore, as the $12 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter program

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-02-18

file a protest with GAO. A formal protest was later filed with GAO on September 10, 2015, and on that day the Army issued a stop- work order to Oshkosh...5 Lockheed Martin Files Protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO)................ 5 Army Stops Work on the JLTV...6 United States Court of Federal Claims Denies Lockheed Martin’s Stop- Work Request .......... 6 Lockheed Martin Withdraws JLTV Protest from

Job-Related Perceptions of Male and Female Government, Industrial, and Public Accountants.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Touliatos, John; And Others

1984-01-01

Examined the relationships among role stress (i.e., role conflict and ambiguity), job-related tension, job satisfaction, and propensity to terminate employment for a national sample of both male and female accountants (N=1080) in public, industrial, and government accounting. Results indicated that accountants cannot be treated as a homogeneous…

Recent Trends in Higher Education: Accountability, Efficiency, Technology, and Governance.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Lahey, John L.; Griffith, Janice C.

2002-01-01

Discusses the impact of trends in higher education regarding increasing demands for accountability, greater financial efficiency, increasing use of technology, and changes in organization and governance. Discusses the implications for law schools. (EV)

Veterans Health Care: Improvements Needed in Operationalizing Strategic Goals and Objectives

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-10-01

Congressional Requesters October 2016 GAO-17-50 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office...Abbreviations Choice Act Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 FY fiscal year GPRA...health care, among other things, Congress enacted and the President signed into law the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014

Counterterrorism: DOD Should Enhance Management of and Reporting on Its Global Train and Equip Program

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-04-01

Congressional Committees April 2016 GAO-16-368 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability ...Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund DOD Department of Defense ERI European Reassurance Initiative FMF Foreign Military Financing IED Improvised...increased with the creation of two funding transfer accounts : the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (CTPF) and European Reassurance Initiative

Federal Family Education Loan Program: Increased Department of Education Oversight of Lender and School Activities Needed to Help Ensure Program Compliance. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-07-750

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Scott, George A.

2007-01-01

Concerns have been raised about the Department of Education's (Education) role in overseeing the lenders and schools that participate in the largest of the federal government's student loan programs, the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). GAO was asked to analyze Education's use of its oversight, guidance, and enforcement authorities…

Strong Internal Controls at Service Delivery Level Will Help Prevent CETA-Type Fraud and Abuse in Job Training Partnership Act Programs. Report to Senator Sam Nunn, Ranking Minority Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

The Government Accounting Office (GAO) conducted an examination of patterns and causes of fraud in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs to determine how implementation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs might be made less vulnerable to exploitation. GAO's investigation found that fraud and abuse in CETA programs…

Defense Acquisitions. Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-03-01

Selected Weapon Programs March 2007 GAO-07-406SP Report Documentation Page Form ApprovedOMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for...unclassified Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98) Prescribed by ANSI Std Z39-18 What GAO Found United States Government Accountability Office Why GAO Did This...Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio (JTRS GMR) 93 JTRS Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (JTRS HMS) 95 Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) 97

SUPPORTING CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT: Budgetary Implications of Selected GAO Work for Fiscal Year 2003

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2002-04-01

Inflation 285 Increase Highway User Fees on Heavy Trucks 287 Require Corporate Tax Document Matching 289 Improve Administration of the Tax Deduction for...Real Estate Taxes 290 Increase Collection of Returns Filed by U.S. Citizens Living Abroad 292 Increase the Use of Seizure Authority to Collect...Delinquent Taxes 294 Increase Collection of Self-employment Taxes 296Page v GAO-02-576 Budget Implications of GAO Work ContentsIncrease the Use of

The Impact of Organizational Culture on the Sharing of Homeland Security Information

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-04-04

transform an organization through 8 U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Homeland Security: Efforts...www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ egov /documents/FEA_Practice_Guidance.pdf (accessed September 23, 2007), 4-1. 10 U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-04-777, 12...between the federal government and the state and local governments , and the transformation of disparate cultures into a new executive department – the

Fiscal Year 2010 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Federal Government Continues To Face Financial Management And Long-Term Fiscal Challenges

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-03-09

effective oversight of federal government programs and policies. Over the years, certain material weaknesses in internal control over...ineffective process for preparing the consolidated financial statements. In addition to the material weaknesses underlying these major impediments, GAO...noted material weaknesses involving billions of dollars in improper payments, information security, and tax collection activities. With regard to the

Financial management : Federal Aviation Administration lacked accountability for major assets

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1998-02-18

This short report is in response to a request by the Congress that the General : Accounting Office (GAO) analyze the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector : General's (IG) audit report on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) : fiscal ye...

National Transportation Safety Board : weak internal control impaired financial accountability

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-09-28

The U. S. General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to review the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) internal controls over selected types of fiscal year expenditures. They were asked to determine whether internal control weaknesses were a...

Mother-Only Families: Low Earnings Will Keep Many Children in Poverty. Report to Congressional Committees.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

In 1991, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) developed an empirical estimate of the magnitude of the problems mother-only families face in escaping poverty. The GAO also tried to identify federal policies that could help such families. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of the Labor Market Experience of Youth were used to assess the…

The President's Commission on AIDS. Testimony.

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Kleeman, Rosslyn S.

This document presents the testimony of Rosslyn Kleeman, the senior associate director for the General Government Division of the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. It discusses the work being done by the GAO in a study of the operations of advisory committees within a number of…

Aging: GAO Activities in Fiscal Year 1985.

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1985-12-01

Fee Schedule for Laboratory Services * Survey of HCFA’s Ongoing Efforts to Assure the Appropriateness of Medicare DRG Payment Rates * Review of New...unnecessary expenditures for prosthetic lenses and related Reduce Medicare professional services used after the removal of cataracts and inequitable Payments...Requirements for Evaluating the Impacts of Medicare Pro- spective Payment on Post-Hospital Long-Term-Care Services : Prelimi- nary Report (GAO/PEMD-85

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. Preliminary Observations on Indirect Costs for Research

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2017-05-24

576T United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-576T, a...administration, and accounting . To be reimbursed for indirect costs, organizations must properly identify and claim reimbursement for these costs in...accordance with applicable federal guidance. The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles , and Audit

Translating value-based health care: an experiment into healthcare governance and dialogical accountability.

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Bonde, Morten; Bossen, Claus; Danholt, Peter

2018-04-19

This article analyses an experiment into healthcare governance in Denmark inspired by principles of value-based health care and intended to re-orient the focus of healthcare governance from 'productivity' to 'value for the patient'. The region in charge of the experiment exempted nine hospital departments from activity-based financing and accountability based on diagnosis-related groups, which allegedly incentivised hospitals in 'perverse' and counterproductive ways. Instead, the departments were to develop new indicators from their local practices to support and account for quality and value for the patient. Drawing on the actor-network theory concept of 'translation', this article analyses how the experiment was received and put into practice in the nine departments, and how it established new kinds of accountability relations. We argue that the experiment provides fruitful inspiration for future governance schemes in healthcare to embrace the local complexities of clinical practices. In particular, we argue that the locally developed indicators facilitated what we call 'dialogical accountability', and we discuss whether this represents a feasible way forward for value-based health care. © 2018 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness.

Information Technology: Opportunities for Improving Acquisitions and Operations

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2017-04-01

United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-251SP, a GAO forum April 2017 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Opportunities...Richard McKinney Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation Richard Spires Chief Executive Officer, Learning Tree International ...Former Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Former Chief Information Officer, Internal Revenue Service Appendix II

Defense Intelligence: Additional Steps Could Better Integrate Intelligence Input into DODs Acquisition of Major Weapon Systems

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2016-11-01

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE Additional Steps Could Better Integrate Intelligence Input into DOD’s Acquisition of Major Weapon...States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-17-10, a report to congressional committees November 2016 DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ...Additional Steps Could Better Integrate Intelligence Input into DOD’s Acquisition of Major Weapon Systems What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD

The Role of Politics and Governance in Educational Accountability Systems

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Brewer, Dominic J.; Killeen, Kieran M.; Welsh, Richard O.

2013-01-01

This brief utilizes case study methodology to illustrate the role of governance in educational accountability systems. Most research on the effectiveness of such systems has focused on technical components, such as standards-setting, assessments, rewards and sanctions, and data collection and reporting. This brief seeks to demonstrate that this…

Public accountability needs to be enforced -a case study of the governance arrangements and accountability practices in a rural health district in Ghana.

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Van Belle, Sara; Mayhew, Susannah H

2016-10-12

Improving public accountability is currently high on the global agenda. At the same time, the organisation of health services in low- and middle-income countries is taking place in fragmented institutional landscapes. State and non-state actors are involved in increasingly complex governance arrangements. This often leads to coordination problems, confusion of roles and responsibilities and possibly accountability gaps. This study aimed at assessing the governance arrangements and the accountability practices of key health actors at the level of a Ghanaian health district with the aim to understand how far public accountability is achieved. We adopted the case study design as it allows for in-depth analysis of the governance arrangements and accountability relations between actors, their formal policies and actual accountability practices towards the public and towards stakeholders. Data were collected at a rural health district using in-depth interviews, observation and document review. In the analysis, we used a four-step sequence: identification of the key actors and their relationships, description of the multi-level governance arrangements, identification of the actual accountability relations and practices between all actors and finally appraisal of the public accountability practices, which we define as those practices that ensure direct accountability towards the public. In this rural health district with few (international) non-governmental organisations and private sector providers, accountability linkages towards management and partners in health programmes were found to be strong. Direct accountability towards the public, however, was woefully underdeveloped. This study shows that in settings where there is a small number of actors involved in organising health care, and where the state actors are underfunded, the intense interaction can lead to a web of relations that favours collaboration between partners in health service delivery, but fails public

75 FR 25259 - National Health Care Workforce Commission

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-05-07

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE National Health Care Workforce Commission AGENCY: Government... members to the National Health Care Workforce Commission, with appointments to be made not later [email protected] . Mail: GAO Health Care, Attention: National Health Care Workforce Commission Nominations, 441...

U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Employees for Military Personnel: Challenges and Opportunities

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-01-01

Positions to Civilian Positions, Washington, D.C., GAO-08-370R, 2008. 12 Asch and Winkler, 2013. 13 Keller et al ., 2013. 14 Whitley et al ., 2014. 15 CBO...and Army were instead relying on composite military rates that did not account for such factors as training and recruitment.19 As Whitley et al . show...Calif.: MG-598-OSD, 2007. 19 GAO, 2008. 20 Whitley et al ., 2014. Best Practices for Employing Military-to-Civilian Conversions 71 workers.21

Procurement: National Institute of Education's Procurement Practices. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

This document comprises the General Accounting Office's (GAO) report to the House Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations concerning the GAO's review of the contract awarding process of the National Institute of Education (NIE) for fiscal year 1983. The review focused on 39 of NIE's 52 newly negotiated procurement contracts; a sample of…

Government Accountability Office Bid Protests in Air Force Source Selections: Evidence and Options

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-01-01

chapter, we focus on the sustained protests and lessons that can be learned from them. Th is chapter does not off er complete case histories of these...resulting research project, “Air Force Source Selections: Lessons Learned and Best Practices,” which was conducted within the Resource Management...Program of PAF in fiscal year (FY) 2009. This project studied the Air Force’s recent experience with bid protests before GAO and documented lessons that

4 CFR 4.2 - Performance appraisal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Performance appraisal. 4.2 Section 4.2 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND UTILIZATION § 4.2 Performance appraisal. (a) The GAO shall develop one or more performance appraisal systems which provide for periodic...

4 CFR 4.2 - Performance appraisal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Performance appraisal. 4.2 Section 4.2 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND UTILIZATION § 4.2 Performance appraisal. (a) The GAO shall develop one or more performance appraisal systems which provide for periodic...

Military Readiness: DOD Needs to Incorporate Elements of a Strategic Management Planning Framework into Retrograde and Reset Guidance

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-05-01

purpose of the memo is to provide additional guidance to the DOD components for submission of data and justification material supporting their estimates...and Reset Guidance Report to Congressional Committees May 2016 GAO-16-414 United States Government Accountability Office United States...Incorporate Elements of a Strategic Management Planning Framework into Retrograde and Reset Guidance Why GAO Did This Study Following the end of major

12 CFR 1806.304 - Books of account, records and government access.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 10 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Books of account, records and government..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BANK ENTERPRISE AWARD PROGRAM Terms and Conditions of Assistance § 1806.304 Books... to the Awardee's offices and facilities, and all books, documents, records, and financial statements...

Accounting for natural resources and environmental sustainability: linking ecosystem services to human well-being.

PubMed

Jordan, Stephen J; Hayes, Sharon E; Yoskowitz, David; Smith, Lisa M; Summers, J Kevin; Russell, Marc; Benson, William H

2010-03-01

One of society's greatest challenges is to sustain natural resources while promoting economic growth and quality of life. In the face of this challenge, society must measure the effectiveness of programs established to safeguard the environment. The impetus for demonstrating positive results from government-sponsored research and regulation in the United States comes from Congress (General Accountability Office; GAO) and the Executive Branch (Office of Management and Budget; OMB). The message is: regulatory and research programs must demonstrate outcomes that justify their costs. Although the concept is simple, it is a complex problem to demonstrate that environmental research, policies, and regulations cause measurable changes in environmental quality. Even where changes in environmental quality can be tracked reliably, the connections between government actions and environmental outcomes seldom are direct or straightforward. In this article, we describe emerging efforts (with emphasis on the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; EPA) to frame and measure environmental outcomes in terms of ecosystem services and values-societally and ecologically meaningful metrics for gauging how well we manage environmental resources. As examples of accounting for outcomes and values, we present a novel, low-cost method for determining relative values of multiple ecosystem services, and describe emerging research on indicators of human well-being.

41 CFR Appendix D to Chapter 301 - Glossary of Acronyms

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... Regulation FTS: Federal Telecommunications System GAO: General Accounting Office GBL: Government Bill of... Ethics OMB: Office of Management and Budget PBP&E: Professional Books, Papers, and Equipment PCS...

12 CFR 1806.304 - Books of account, records and government access.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 9 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Books of account, records and government access..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BANK ENTERPRISE AWARD PROGRAM Terms and Conditions of Assistance § 1806.304 Books... to the Awardee's offices and facilities, and all books, documents, records, and financial statements...

12 CFR 1806.304 - Books of account, records and government access.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 9 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Books of account, records and government access..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BANK ENTERPRISE AWARD PROGRAM Terms and Conditions of Assistance § 1806.304 Books... to the Awardee's offices and facilities, and all books, documents, records, and financial statements...

12 CFR 1806.304 - Books of account, records and government access.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 7 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Books of account, records and government access..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BANK ENTERPRISE AWARD PROGRAM Terms and Conditions of Assistance § 1806.304 Books... to the Awardee's offices and facilities, and all books, documents, records, and financial statements...

Modelling High-temperature EBPR by Incorporating Glycogen and GAOs: Challenges from a Preliminary Study.

PubMed

Liau, Kee Fui; Yeoh, Hak Koon; Shoji, Tadashi; Chua, Adeline Seak May; Ho, Pei Yee

2017-01-01

  Recently reported kinetic and stoichiometric parameters of the Activated Sludge Model no. 2d (ASM2d) for high-temperature EBPR processes suggested that the absence of glycogen in the model contributed to underestimation of PHA accumulation at 32 °C. Here, two modified ASM2d models were used to further explore the contribution of glycogen in the process. The ASM2d-1G model incorporated glycogen metabolism by PAOs (polyphosphate-accumulating organisms), while the ASM2d-2G model further included processes by GAOs (glycogen-accumulating organisms). These models were calibrated and validated using experimental data at 32 °C. The ASM2d-1G model supported the hypothesis that the excess PHA was attributed to glycogen, but remained inadequate to capture the dynamics of glycogen without considering GAOs activities. The ASM2d-2G model performed better, but it was challenging to calibrate as it often led to wash-out of either PAOs or GAOs. Associated hurdles are highlighted and additional efforts in calibrating ASM2d-2G more effectively are proposed.

4 CFR 83.9 - Social Security number.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Social Security number. 83.9 Section 83.9 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS § 83.9 Social Security number. (a) GAO may not require individuals to disclose their Social Security Number (SSN) unless...

4 CFR 3.1 - Appointment, promotion, and assignment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Appointment, promotion, and assignment. 3.1 Section 3.1 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT § 3.1 Appointment, promotion, and assignment. Employees of GAO shall be appointed, promoted and assigned solely on the basis of merit and...

4 CFR 83.9 - Social Security number.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2014-01-01 2013-01-01 true Social Security number. 83.9 Section 83.9 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS § 83.9 Social Security number. (a) GAO may not require individuals to disclose their Social Security Number (SSN) unless...

4 CFR 83.9 - Social Security number.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Social Security number. 83.9 Section 83.9 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS § 83.9 Social Security number. (a) GAO may not require individuals to disclose their Social Security Number (SSN) unless...

4 CFR 83.9 - Social Security number.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Social Security number. 83.9 Section 83.9 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS § 83.9 Social Security number. (a) GAO may not require individuals to disclose their Social Security Number (SSN) unless...

4 CFR 83.9 - Social Security number.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Social Security number. 83.9 Section 83.9 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS § 83.9 Social Security number. (a) GAO may not require individuals to disclose their Social Security Number (SSN) unless...

4 CFR 4.2 - Performance appraisal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2014-01-01 2013-01-01 true Performance appraisal. 4.2 Section 4.2 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND UTILIZATION § 4.2 Performance appraisal. (a) The GAO shall develop one or more performance appraisal systems which provide for periodic appraisals of...

Governance, Accountability and the Datafication of Early Years Education in England

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Roberts-Holmes, Guy; Bradbury, Alice

2016-01-01

In this paper we attempt to critically "make visible the flow and circulation of data" through analysing the datafication of the early years education sector in England (children aged 2-5). The concept of datafication is used to understand the processes and impacts of burgeoning data-based governance and accountability regimes. This…

4 CFR 21.8 - Remedies.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Remedies. 21.8 Section 21.8 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.8 Remedies. (a) If GAO determines that a... following remedies: (1) Refrain from exercising options under the contract; (2) Terminate the contract; (3...

4 CFR 21.8 - Remedies.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Remedies. 21.8 Section 21.8 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.8 Remedies. (a) If GAO determines that a... following remedies: (1) Refrain from exercising options under the contract; (2) Terminate the contract; (3...

4 CFR 7.1 - Labor management relations.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Labor management relations. 7.1 Section 7.1 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM PERSONNEL RELATIONS AND SERVICES § 7.1 Labor management relations. (a) Policy. Each employee of GAO has the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal...

4 CFR 81.8 - Public reading facility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

....8 Public reading facility. GAO maintains a public reading facility in the Law Library at the Government Accountability Office Building, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC. The facility shall be open to...

4 CFR 81.8 - Public reading facility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

....8 Public reading facility. GAO maintains a public reading facility in the Law Library at the Government Accountability Office Building, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC. The facility shall be open to...

Air Traffic Control: Improved Cost Information Needed to Make Billion Dollar Modernization Investment Decisions

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1997-01-01

This Government Accounting Office report addresses the reliability of the cost information critical to capital investment decision-making on air traffic control projects. Specifically, the GAO evaluated the Federal Aviation Administration's processes...

GAO's Views on the Default Task Force's Recommendations for Reducing Default Costs in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Gainer, William J.

This General Accounting Office (GAO) testimony before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, concerns the findings of the task force that addressed the increasing costs of student loan defaults. The task force report is considered, generally, to provide additional incentives and…

4 CFR 21.1 - Filing a protest.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Filing a protest. 21.1 Section 21.1 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.1 Filing a protest. (a) An interested party... 20548, Attention: Procurement Law Control Group. (c) A protest filed with GAO shall: (1) Include the...

The Submersible Threat to Maritime Homeland Security

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-09-01

government . IRB Protocol number ____N/A____. 12a. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited 12b...20 Figure 8. Privately Owned Tourist Submersible (From Atlantis Submarine off Maui...Armed Forces of Colombia (Spanish) FLIR Forward Looking Infrared Radar GAO Government Accountability Office GPS Global Positioning System

Enhancing the Understanding of Government and Nonprofit Accounting with THE PUZZLE GAME: A Pilot Study

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Elson, Raymond J.; Ostapski, S. Andrew; O'Callaghan, Susanne; Walker, John P.

2012-01-01

Nontraditional teaching aids such as crossword puzzles have been successfully used in the classroom to enhance student learning. Government and nonprofit accounting is a confusing course for students since it has strange terminologies and contradicts the accounting concepts learned in other courses. As such, it is an ideal course for a…

DOD SCHOOLS: Additional Reporting Could Improve Accountability for Academic Achievement of Students with Dyslexia

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-12-01

Representatives DOD SCHOOLS Additional Reporting Could Improve Accountability for Academic Achievement of Students with Dyslexia December...Could Improve Accountability for Academic Achievement of Students with Dyslexia 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6...Students with Dyslexia Highlights of GAO-08-70, a report to the Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives Many of our

Critical infrastructure protection : significant challenges in developing analysis, warning, and response capabilities testimony

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-05-22

This is the statement of Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate regarding the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) rev...

Efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine Zengru Gao to promote breastfeeding: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

PubMed

Wang, Shuaishuai; Zhang, Chi; Li, Cuishan; Li, Daocheng; He, Ping; Su, Zhaojuan; Li, Yanling; Ding, Yiling; Lu, Aiping

2018-02-06

Breastfeeding is recommended worldwide but not fully practiced. The first week after childbirth is regarded as a critical period for increasing breast milk production. The aim of the study was to investigate whether Chinese herbal medicine Zengru Gao would result in more women breastfeeding in the first week after childbirth. A multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted of 588 mothers considering breastfeeding in China. Among the mothers of the intervention group, the intervention included Chinese herbal medicine Zengru Gao; among those of the control group, it did not. Primary outcomes were the percentages of fully and partially breastfeeding mothers. Secondary outcome was baby's daily formula intake. At 3 d and 7 d after delivery, significant differences were found in favour of Zengru Gao group on the percentage of full/ partial breastfeeding (Z = - 3.0037, p = 0.0027). At day 7, the percentage of full/ partial breastfeeding of the active group increased to 71.48%/20.70% versus 58.67%/30.26% in the control group, the differences remained significant (Z = - 3.0037, p = 0.0027). No statistically significant differences were detected on primary measures at 1 d. While intake of formula differed between groups at 1 d and 3 d, this difference did not achieve statistical significance, but this difference was apparent by 7 d (55.45 ± 115.39 ml/day vs 90.66 ± 153.89 ml/day). In conclusion, Chinese Herbal medicine Zengru Gao enhanced breastfeeding success during one week postpartum. The approach is acceptable to participants and merits further evaluation. ChiCTR-IPR-15007376 , December 11, 2015.

Defense Management: Steps Taken to Better Manage Fuel Demand but Additional Information Sharing Mechanisms Are Needed

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-06-28

Report to the Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate June 2012 GAO-12-619 United States Government Accountability Office...PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Government Accountability Office,441 G...Street NW,Washington,DC,20548 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING/ MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR

Bid Protests on DoD Source Selections

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-06-13

values, Government Accountability Office 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION OF 18. NUMBER a. REPORT b. ABSTRACT c. THIS PAGE ABSTRACT OF...Logistics (AT&L) closely monitors the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Bid Protest statistics for trends. These statistics combined with our trend...large protests are removed, there was still a slight trend since FY 2006 but it disappears if measured since 2009. Also, if we remove the 23 large

Private governance, public purpose? Assessing transparency and accountability in self-regulation of food advertising to children.

PubMed

Reeve, Belinda

2013-06-01

Reducing non-core food advertising to children is an important priority in strategies to address childhood obesity. Public health researchers argue for government intervention on the basis that food industry self-regulation is ineffective; however, the industry contends that the existing voluntary scheme adequately addresses community concerns. This paper examines the operation of two self-regulatory initiatives governing food advertising to children in Australia, in order to determine whether these regulatory processes foster transparent and accountable self-regulation. The paper concludes that while both codes appear to establish transparency and accountability mechanisms, they do not provide for meaningful stakeholder participation in the self-regulatory scheme. Accordingly, food industry self-regulation is unlikely to reflect public health concerns or to be perceived as a legitimate form of governance by external stakeholders. If industry regulation is to remain a feasible alternative to statutory regulation, there is a strong argument for strengthening government oversight and implementing a co-regulatory scheme.

4 CFR 83.17 - Fees.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Fees. 83.17 Section 83.17 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECORDS PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS § 83.17 Fees. (a) Generally, GAO's policy... discretion may charge a fee when the cost for copying the record (at a rate of 20 cents per page) would be in...

4 CFR 5.1 - Pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Pay. 5.1 Section 5.1 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM COMPENSATION § 5.1 Pay. (a) Pay principles. Pay of the employees of GAO shall be fixed by the Comptroller General consistent with the principles that— (1) There be equal pay for work of...

The International Nexus Between Drugs and Terror: Lessons in Conflict and Diplomacy

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-12-01

claimed the intelligence recovered provided evidentiary documentation that there were verifiable links between the governments of both Ecuador and...not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government . IRB Protocol number: N/A. 12a. DISTRIBUTION...Revolucionarias de Colombia) FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation GAO Government Accountability Office HRK Kurdistan Freedom Brigade (Hazen Rizgariya Kurdistan

31 CFR 500.560 - Bank accounts of official representatives of foreign governments in North Korea, North Viet-Nam...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... representatives of foreign governments in North Korea, North Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam. 500.560... governments in North Korea, North Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam. Specific licenses are issued authorizing payments from accounts of official representatives of foreign governments in North Korea, North...

Investigation on the formation process of single-crystalline GaO x barrier in Fe/GaO x /MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Krishna, N. S.; Doko, N.; Matsuo, N.; Saito, H.; Yuasa, S.

2017-11-01

We have grown Fe(0 0 1)/GaO x (0 0 1)/MgO(0 0 1)/Fe(0 0 1) magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with or without in situ annealing after the deposition of GaO x layer and performed structural characterizations by focusing on the formation process of the single-crystalline GaO x . It was found that, even without the in situ annealing, the as-grown GaO x grown on the MgO was mostly single-crystalline except near the surface region (amorphous). The crystallization temperature of the amorphous region was reduced from 500 °C down to 250 °C by depositing the Fe upper electrode (poly-crystalline). It was clarified that the crystallization of the amorphous region near the Fe/GaO x interface caused the realignments of the crystal grains in the poly-crystalline Fe upper electrode, and, as a result, the fully epitaxial Fe/GaO x /MgO/Fe structure is eventually formed. All the MTJs showed high tunneling magnetoresistance ratios (about 100%) at room temperature, which was almost independent of the formation temperature of the single-crystalline GaO x .

Patriot Modernization: Oversight Mechanism Needed to Track Progress and Provide Accountability

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-08-01

PATRIOT MODERNIZATION Oversight Mechanism Needed to Track Progress and Provide Accountability Report to...Highlights of GAO-16-488, a report to congressional committees. August 2016 PATRIOT MODERNIZATION Oversight Mechanism Needed to Track Progress and...with PDB-8 and PDB-8.1. DOD partially concurred, focusing its response on plans to track other MDAPs, but did not clarify how or if it would

4 CFR 21.3 - Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. 21.3 Section 21.3 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.3 Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. (a) GAO shall...

4 CFR 21.3 - Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. 21.3 Section 21.3 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.3 Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. (a) GAO shall...

4 CFR 21.3 - Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report.

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2014-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2014-01-01 2013-01-01 true Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. 21.3 Section 21.3 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.3 Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. (a) GAO shall...

4 CFR 21.3 - Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report.

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2012-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. 21.3 Section 21.3 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.3 Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. (a) GAO shall...

4 CFR 21.3 - Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report.

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2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. 21.3 Section 21.3 Accounts GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.3 Notice of protest, submission of agency report, and time for filing of comments on report. (a) GAO shall...

River of Interests: Water Management in South Florida and the Everglades, 1948-2010

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-07-01

Facing Significant Delays, Implementa- tion Challenges, and Rising Costs . GAO-07-520. Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2007...General Accounting Office HQUSACE Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers IIF Internal Improvement Fund JDAR Jacksonville District...Florida has two seasons: wet and dry. The wet season, extending roughly from May through October, accounts for three- quarters of the average annual

Means-Tested Programs. An Overview, Problems, and Issues. Statement of Jane L. Ross, Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div.

Nearly 80 means-tested programs for low-income persons and families have been created by the federal government to help meet the needs of various groups. In fiscal year 1992, the federal government spent about $208 billion through these programs. Evaluation of these programs was based on reports by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and others.…

Teacher Quality: Sustained Coordination among Key Federal Education Programs Could Enhance State Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality. Report to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-09-593

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US Government Accountability Office, 2009

2009-01-01

Policymakers and researchers have focused on improving the quality of our nation's 3 million teachers to raise the achievement of students in key academic areas, such as reading and mathematics. Given the importance of teacher quality to student achievement and the key role federal and state governments play in supporting teacher quality, GAO's…

Challenges for U.S. tsunami preparedness; NASA's Genesis crash blamed on design flaw

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Zielinski, Sarah

2006-06-01

Challenges for U.S. tsunami preparednessDespite recent improvements in U.S. tsunamipreparedness, greater efforts are neededin tsunami hazard assessment, detection, warning,and mitigation, according to a 5 June reportfrom the U.S. Government AccountabilityOffice (GAO).Eos 87(21), 2006).

Persistent PlatformsThe DDG 51 Case

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-09-30

Retrieved from http://insidedefense.com Biernacki, P., & Waldorf, D. (1981). Snowball sampling : Problems and techniques of chain referral sampling ...indicators of successful shipbuilding practices (Government Accountability Office [GAO], 2009). This paper uses the “ snowball ” technique of data gathering

How "accountable" are accountable care organizations?

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Addicott, Rachael; Shortell, Stephen M

2014-01-01

The establishment of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was intended to support both cost savings and high-quality care. However, a key challenge will be to ensure that governance and accountability mechanisms are sufficient to support those twin ambitions. This exploratory study considers how recently developed ACOs have established governance structures and accountability mechanisms, particularly focusing on attempts at collaborative accountability and shared governance arrangements. Four case studies of ACOs across the United States were undertaken, with data collected throughout 2012. These involved 34 semistructured interviews with ACO administrative and clinical leaders, observation of nine meetings, and a review of documentary materials from each ACO. We identified very few examples of physicians being held to account as a collective and therefore only limited evidence of collaborative accountability impacting on behavior change. However, ACO leaders do have many mechanisms available to stimulate change across physicians. The challenge is to determine governance structure(s) and accountability mechanisms that facilitate the most effective combination of approaches, measures, incentives, and sanctions to achieve the goals of more accountable care. Accountability structures and processes will need to be tailored to local membership composition, historical evolution, and current stage of development. There are also some common lessons to be drawn. Shared goals and incentives should be reflected through performance criteria. It is important to align measures and thresholds across payers to ensure ACOs are not unnecessarily burdened or compromised by reporting on different and potentially disjointed measures. Finally, emphasis needs to be placed on the importance of credible, transparent data. This exploratory study provides early evidence regarding how ACOs are establishing their governance and accountability arrangements and

4 CFR 28.1 - Purpose and scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Purpose and scope. 28.1 Section 28.1 Accounts GOVERNMENT... Definitions, and Jurisdiction § 28.1 Purpose and scope. (a) The regulations in this part implement the Board's... the rules in this part is to establish the procedures to be followed by: (1) The GAO, in its dealings...

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-08-04

enterprises and is believed to affect virtually all countries around the globe. According to the United Nations, governments reported the...severity of the problem, the U.S. government (USG) estimates that approximately 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across borders each year—at least...8 high as $32 billion.8 The accuracy of these and other estimates, however, have been questioned. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO

Increasing a Community College Governing Board's Engagement in Accountability for Student Success: What Are the Principal Influences?

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Welsh, Linda Susan Anderson

2010-01-01

Understanding the factors that influence a community college governing board to increase its engagement in accountability for student success was the purpose of this grounded theory case study. A further aim was to develop a model that described how these factors interact. A highly engaged community college governing board, as defined by a focus,…

Justice Department Enforcement of the Neutrality Statutes in the South Florida Area.

DTIC Science & Technology

1984-04-16

FRDI-RI43 548 JUSTICE EPRTMENT ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEUTRALITY i/i STATUTES IN THE SOUTH FLORIDR AREA(U) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC...GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIV * f l f l l f l f l .... END ffjff’ 1.0 2.2i 6 -0 1112. 1.8 ’AR - -" -• - R+OD BYTHE US. General Accounting Office Justice...GAO/GGD-84-58 0 APRIL 16, 1984 84 07 4 0C UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 W4AL GOVERNMENT WVIrnON B-206099 * The

GAO's Estimate of the Costs of the "Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987" (S. 249). Testimony before the Subcommittee on Children, Families, Drugs, and Alcoholism, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate.

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Gainer, William J.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) estimates that the cost of S.249, the Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987, will be, at most, 500 million dollars annually, a figure which reflects the cost of continuing health insurance coverage for employees on unpaid leave. S.249 is legislation which aims to provide to workers at firms with 15 or more…

The Role of the CMB in Redshift Related Departures from the Gao-Solomon Relation

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Tunnard, R.; Greve, T. R.

2017-11-01

A strong correlation between the far-IR and HCN(1-0) line luminosities, known as the Gao-Solomon relation, has been observed to hold over more than 10 orders of magnitude in the local universe. Departures from this relation at redshifts ≳1.5 have been interpreted as evidence for increased dense gas star formation efficiency in luminous galaxies during the period of peak of star formation in the history of the universe. We examine whether the offsets from the relation can be explained by the hotter Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at high redshift, which, due to a loss of contrast against the hotter background, reduces the observable molecular-line flux far more significantly than the far-IR continuum bands. Simple line-of-sight modeling argues for highly significant departures from the Gao-Solomon relation at high redshift for kinetic temperatures ˜15 K, while more complex toy-galaxy models based on NGC 1068 suggest a much weaker effect with the galaxy integrated HCN line flux falling by only 10% at z = 3, within the intrinsic scatter of the relation. We conclude that, while the CMB is unlikely to explain the deviations reported in the literature, it may introduce a second-order effect on the relation by raising the low-luminosity end of the Gao-Solomon relation in cooler galaxies. A similar examination of the CO-IR relation finds tantalizing signs of the CMB having a measurable effect on the integrated CO emission in high-redshift galaxies, but these signs cannot be confirmed with the current data.

48 CFR 633.102 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false General. 633.102 Section 633.102 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF STATE GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS... with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall be coordinated with the Office of the Legal...

4 CFR 21.14 - Request for reconsideration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE GENERAL PROCEDURES BID PROTEST REGULATIONS § 21.14 Request for... reconsideration of a bid protest decision. GAO will not consider a request for reconsideration that does not... deemed warranted, specifying any errors of law made or information not previously considered. (b) A...

76 FR 20373 - Section 302 Report

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-04-12

... LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office [Docket No. RM 2010-10] Section 302 Report AGENCY: Copyright... directed the Copyright Office (``Office'') to prepare a report addressing possible mechanisms, methods, and... Office, the Government Accountability Office (``GAO'') and the FCC to conduct studies and report findings...

4 CFR 4.2 - Performance appraisal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND UTILIZATION § 4.2 Performance appraisal. (a) The GAO shall develop one or more performance appraisal systems which provide for periodic... standards; and uses the results of performance appraisal as a basis for training, rewarding, reassigning...

Federal Student Aid: Additional Management Improvements Would Clarify Strategic Direction and Enhance Accountability. Report to Congressional Requesters.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

To determine what Federal Student Aid (FSA), previously the Office of Student Financial Assistance, had done to develop and implement a strategic direction as mandated by Congress in performance-based organization legislation, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed FSA's strategic and annual performance plans and annual reports, interviewing…

Summary of GAO Testimony by William J. Gainer on S. 249, The "Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987." Statement before the Subcommittee on Children, Families, Drugs, and Alcoholism, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Gainer, William J.

Estimates of the General Accounting Office (GAO) concerning the costs of S. 249, the "Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987," differ substantially from estimates of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The legislation would provide job protection to employees while allowing them 18 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a newborn or seriously ill…

Controls Over Army Real Property Financial Reporting

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-03-28

Property Accountability System DUSD(I&E) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) GAO Government Accountability Office GAAP ... depreciate real property, and pass financial data to the financial statements. The process should employ the same system functionality and monthly cutoff...acquisition cost of assets less accumulated depreciation on those assets. Real Property Responsibilities The U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for

Improving U. S. Army Analysis of Alternatives to Better Address the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-05-01

COTS equipment, and determine that no private sector or government organization can better support the function (DoDI 5000.02, 2008). OSD will ensure...address U.S. standards, U.S. government -furnished equipment (GFE) (e.g., radios), or U.S. manufacturing sites. Modifications may also be required to...Services, Congress, and Government Accountability Office (GAO) are inquiring about the results of AoAs. 3. How do you think AoAs should be tailored for

The Gao-Guenie impact melt breccia—Sampling a rapidly cooled impact melt dike on an H chondrite asteroid?

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Schmieder, Martin; Kring, David A.; Swindle, Timothy D.; Bond, Jade C.; Moore, Carleton B.

2016-06-01

The Gao-Guenie H5 chondrite that fell on Burkina Faso (March 1960) has portions that were impact-melted on an H chondrite asteroid at ~300 Ma and, through later impact events in space, sent into an Earth-crossing orbit. This article presents a petrographic and electron microprobe analysis of a representative sample of the Gao-Guenie impact melt breccia consisting of a chondritic clast domain, quenched melt in contact with chondritic clasts, and an igneous-textured impact melt domain. Olivine is predominantly Fo80-82. The clast domain contains low-Ca pyroxene. Impact melt-grown pyroxene is commonly zoned from low-Ca pyroxene in cores to pigeonite and augite in rims. Metal-troilite orbs in the impact melt domain measure up to ~2 mm across. The cores of metal orbs in the impact melt domain contain ~7.9 wt% of Ni and are typically surrounded by taenite and Ni-rich troilite. The metallography of metal-troilite droplets suggest a stage I cooling rate of order 10 °C s-1 for the superheated impact melt. The subsolidus stage II cooling rate for the impact melt breccia could not be determined directly, but was presumably fast. An analogy between the Ni rim gradients in metal of the Gao-Guenie impact melt breccia and the impact-melted H6 chondrite Orvinio suggests similar cooling rates, probably on the order of ~5000-40,000 °C yr-1. A simple model of conductive heat transfer shows that the Gao-Guenie impact melt breccia may have formed in a melt injection dike ~0.5-5 m in width, generated during a sizeable impact event on the H chondrite parent asteroid.

Study of the Acquisition of Peripheral Equipment for Use with Automatic Data Processing Systems.

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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) performed this study because: preliminary indications showed that significant savings could be achieved in the procurement of selected computer components; the Federal Government is investing increasing amounts of money in Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment; and there is a widespread congressional…

United States Marine Corps Cost Reduction and the Joint Battle Command Platform

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-09-01

2013) ...................... 20   Figure 4.   Hierarchical multi- level representation of the JBC-P FoS capability areas and metrics (After Han et...Technician FY Fiscal Year GAO Government Accountability Office GCE Ground Combat Element GOTS Government off the Shelf HMMWV High...widely dispersed units across the battlefield (HQMC, 2013). This control is desired to be extended down to the company level and below. The vision

Understanding Return on Investment for Data Center Consolidation

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-09-01

Channel over Ethernet FDCCI Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative GAO Government Accountability Office GDA Government Directed Actions GIG ...to judge how each stakeholder group will benefit from it. Such measures as lower risk, greater control, better economies of scale, better utilization...NMS product by Kratos Networks called Neural Star to manage the Global Information Grid ( GIG ) (Kratos, 2013). DISA uses Neural Star as the primary

NMCI to NGEN: Managing the Transition of Navy Information Technology Infrastructure

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-03-01

Decision Review xvi FOC GAO Full Operational Capability Government Accountability Office GFE GIG Government Furnished Equipment Global...global information grid ( GIG ) in accordance with overarching DoD directives. 8 The requirement for adequate workforce began as a phased approach in...certification of personnel conducting IA functions within the DoD workforce supporting the DoD GIG in accordance with overarching DoD directives. 22 The

Traveling the Terror Highway: Infiltration of Terror Operatives across the U.S.-Mexico Border

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-12-01

this thesis are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government . IRB...Immigration Advisory Program SWI Southwest Border Initiative FY Fiscal Year GAO Government Accounting Office BEST Border Enforcement Security...for Ecuador . Hassan avoided flying into Venezuela, worried about its heavy focus from the international law enforcement community. Ecuador was

Improvements Needed in Management of Training Under the Government Employees Training Act. Report to the Congress.

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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the Department of Defense (DOD) management of its employee training program at 14 installations to see what had been done in response to the recommendations for improvements and to determine the current status of the program. The findings and conclusions are contained in four chapters: (1)…

Agency, contract and governance: shifting shapes of accountability in the health care arena.

PubMed

Tuohy, Carolyn Hughes

2003-01-01

Current ideas about the role of the state include an enthusiasm for mechanisms of "indirect" or "third-party" governance. The health care arena, in which models of indirect governance have a long history, is an important test bed for these ideas. Classically, the arena was marked by trust-based, principal-agent relationships established to overcome information gaps. Over time (and to different degrees across nations), emphasis shifted to contractual relationships assuming relatively well-informed actors and then to performance monitoring and information sharing within complex and loosely coupled networks. In this latest stage, there is a risk that some important features of democratic leadership, and of decision making in the health care arena, will be eclipsed. Accountability mechanisms must clearly locate responsibility for actions and must allow for the exercise of professional judgment.

Senior Executive Service. Executives' Perspectives on Their Federal Service. Fact Sheet for the Honorable Vic Fazio, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. General Government Div.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) surveyed current Senior Executive Service (SES) (highly placed government civil service) employees to obtain their views regarding their federal employment, including career plans, characteristics, and opinions. The results of the survey were obtained from 348 usable responses from a sample of 430 SES members…

Understanding the Cost and Quality of Military-Related Education Benefit Programs

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-01-01

2002; Stanley, 2003). Evidence also suggests that a similar pro- gram in Canada led to large increases in college attainment ( Lemieux and Card, 2001...U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-10-948T, 2010. Lemieux , Thomas, and David Card, “Education, Earnings, and the Canadian GI Bill,” The

Health Care Fraud: Characteristics, Sanctions, and Prevention. Briefing Report to the Honorable William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senate.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Financial Management Div.

At the request of Senator William Roth, Jr., the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed Medicare and Medicaid fraud investigations that agency inspectors general referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution to identify characteristics of alleged fraud against the government and to determine actions taken against those caught defrauding…

Needle in a Haystack? Seeking Causal Evidence about Using STEM Experts to Improve Student Outcomes

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Gamse, Beth C.; Martinez, Alina; Bozzi, Laurie

2015-01-01

In today's technological and global society, STEM disciplines are viewed as fundamental to the nation's economic growth and prosperity. Employment opportunities in STEM fields have increased at a faster rate than in non-STEM fields (Government Accounting Office [GAO], 2006). Additionally, many professions--once perceived not to require STEM…

Elementary and Secondary Education: Flexibility Initiatives Do Not Address Districts' Key Concerns about Federal Requirements. Report to Congressional Requesters.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div.

The Government Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to: (1) describe major federal requirements that affect school districts; (2) identify key issues school districts face in implementing these requirements; and (3) analyze the impact of the Department of Education's flexibility initiatives on school districts' ability to address these implementation…

U.S. Government Financial Statements: Results of GAO’s Fiscal Year 1997 Audit

DTIC Science & Technology

1998-04-01

Our audit of the federal government’s consolidated financial statements and the Inspectors General (IG) audits of agencies’ financial statements have...fiscal year 1997 consolidated financial statements , (2) internal controls weaknesses, and (3) serious difficulties complying with financial systems

Workforce Investment Act: Labor has Made Progress in Addressing Areas of Concern, but More Focus Needed on Understanding What Works and What Doesn't. Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-09-396T

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Scott, George A.

2009-01-01

Since the Workforce Investment Act's (WIA) enactment in 1998, GAO has issued numerous reports that included recommendations regarding many aspects of WIA. These aspects include performance measures and accountability, funding formulas and spending, one-stop centers, and training, as well as services provided to specific populations, such as…

Institutional Governance Framework for Determining Carbon-related Accounting Practices: An Exploratory Study of Electricity Generating Companies in Malaysia

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Alrazi, B.; Mat Husin, N.

2016-03-01

Electricity industry is the major contributor of the global carbon emissions which has been scientifically identified as the main cause of climate change. With the various initiatives being implemented at the international, national, and industry levels, companies in the electricity industry are currently facing immense pressure from various stakeholders to demonstrate their policies, initiatives, targets, and performance on climate change. Against this background, accounting system is argued to be able to be play important roles in combating climate change. Using institutional governance as the underlying framework, we have identified several governance mechanisms as the determining factors for companies to have a systematic accounting system related to carbon emissions. The factors include environmental management system certification, environmental organization, publication of stand-alone sustainability reports, the use of GRI guidelines, environmental strategic planning, governance quality, and participation in CDP surveys and emissions trading scheme. We explored this issue in the context of major electricity generating companies in Malaysia and found that except for certified environmental management system, the other governance mechanisms are still lacking. The findings suggest that companies in Malaysia, in particular, from the electricity industry are not well prepared in facing risks related to climate change.

Understanding Internal Accountability in Nigeria’s Routine Immunization System: Perspectives From Government Officials at the National, State, and Local Levels

PubMed Central

Erchick, Daniel J.; George, Asha S.; Umeh, Chukwunonso; Wonodi, Chizoba

2017-01-01

Background: Routine immunization coverage in Nigeria has remained low, and studies have identified a lack of accountability as a barrier to high performance in the immunization system. Accountability lies at the heart of various health systems strengthening efforts recently launched in Nigeria, including those related to immunization. Our aim was to understand the views of health officials on the accountability challenges hindering immunization service delivery at various levels of government. Methods: A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview immunization and primary healthcare (PHC) officials from national, state, local, and health facility levels in Niger State in north central Nigeria. Individuals were selected to represent a range of roles and responsibilities in the immunization system. The questionnaire explored concepts related to internal accountability using a framework that organizes accountability into three axes based upon how they drive change in the health system. Results: Respondents highlighted accountability challenges across multiple components of the immunization system, including vaccine availability, financing, logistics, human resources, and data management. A major focus was the lack of clear roles and responsibilities both within institutions and between levels of government. Delays in funding, especially at lower levels of government, disrupted service delivery. Supervision occurred less frequently than necessary, and the limited decision space of managers prevented problems from being resolved. Motivation was affected by the inability of officials to fulfill their responsibilities. Officials posited numerous suggestions to improve accountability, including clarifying roles and responsibilities, ensuring timely release of funding, and formalizing processes for supervision, problem solving, and data reporting. Conclusion: Weak accountability presents a significant barrier to performance of the routine immunization system and

ADDRESSING THE DEFICIT: Updating the Budgetary Implications of Selected GAO Work

DTIC Science & Technology

1996-06-01

DGPS DI DLA DOD DOE DOT DUR EDWAA EM EPA FAIR FAA FAS FDIC FHWA FY GAO GSA HACCP HCFA HHS HMO HUD IDB IFAD INS IRS JCT...Marti, the broadcasts are constantly and effectively jammed , USIA’S research data shows that, mainly as a result of the jamming , the number of Cubans...hours (from 3:30 am to 8:00 am), but Cuban jamming also expanded. In an attempt to overcome jamming , TV Marti has plans to convert from VHF to UHF

Using SCOR as a Supply Chain Management Framework for Government Agency Contract Requirements

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Paxton, Joseph; Tucker, Brian

2010-01-01

This paper will present a model that uses the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model as a foundation for a framework to illustrate the information needed throughout a product lifecycle to support a healthy supply chain management function and the subsequent contract requirements to enable it. It will also show where in the supply chain the information must be extracted. The ongoing case study used to exemplify the model is NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Ares I program for human spaceflight. Effective supply chain management and contract requirements are ongoing opportunities for continuous improvement within government agencies, specifically development of systems for human spaceflight operations. Multiple reports from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reinforce this importance. The SCOR model is a framework for describing a supply chain with process building blocks and business activities. It provides a set of metrics for measuring supply chain performance and best practices for continuously improving. This paper expands the application of the SCOR to also provide the framework for defining information needed from different levels of the supply chain and at different phases of the lifecycle. These needs can be incorporated into contracts to enable more effective supply chain management. Depending on the phase of the lifecycle, effective supply chain management will require involvement from different levels of the organization and different levels of the supply chain.

Utilizing the Virtual Communication Sport-Delivery Model to Promote Extracurricular Athletics for Students with Disabilities

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Busse, Sean; Davis, Ronald

2016-01-01

In 2010, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reevaluated the status of Public Law 93-112, Sec 504, which protects against discrimination solely based on someone's disability. Recommendations and findings were reported to school districts around the country in a document called the Dear Colleague Letter of 2013. The GAO…

Medicare: Documenting Teaching Physician Services Still a Problem. Report to Congressional Committees by the United State General Accounting Office.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

Amounts billed for teaching physician services and paid by Medicare carriers were reviewed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) to determine whether such payments had been made only where the physicians had satisfied the requirements of the Social Security Act. Attention was focused on the requirement that teaching physicians must provide a…

Governance, Management and Accountability: The Experience of the School System in the English-Speaking Caribbean Countries

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hutton, Disraeli M.

2015-01-01

This paper seeks to explore the implementation of three of the critical elements required to improve performance in the education system: governance, accountability and management. The paper examines the education reform processes conducted by five Caribbean countries: Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Guyana, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, along with those…

Air Force Personnel Can Improve Compliance With the Berry Amendment and Buy American Act

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-02-24

accountability , integrity, and efficiency; advises the Secretary of Defense and Congress; and informs the public. Vision Our vision is to be a model...of personnel from the DoD OIG’s Quantitative Methods Division. Prior Coverage During the last 5 years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO... disclosures . The designated ombudsman is the DoD Hotline Director. For more information on your rights and remedies against retaliation, visit www.dodig.mil

Whistleblower Protection: DOD Needs to Enhance Oversight of Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations

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2015-05-01

WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION DOD Needs to Enhance Oversight of Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations Report...00-2015 to 00-00-2015 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Whistleblower Protection: DOD Needs to Enhance Oversight of Military Whistleblower Reprisal...Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-15-477, a report to congressional requesters May 2015 WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION DOD

Children's Programs: A Comparative Evaluation Framework and Five Illustrations. Briefing Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div.

This general program evaluation framework provides a wide range of criteria that can be applied in the evaluation of diverse federal progams. The framework was developed from a literature search on program evaluation methods and their use, the experiences of the United States Government Accounting Office (GAO), and consideration of the types of…

76 FR 27986 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2011-05-13

... access over the past several years despite a period of rapid growth in the technology's penetration. The...,000. Needs and Uses: NTIA proposes to add 52 questions to the U.S. Census Bureau's July 2011 Current... percent of the country over the next five years. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), NTIA, and the...

Preventing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion with Young Children: "The Role of Effective, Positive Practices". Issue Brief

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Dunlap, Glen; Ostryn, Cheryl; Fox, Lise

2011-01-01

In recent years, there have been major concerns expressed regarding the use of restraint and seclusion to control the behavior of children with disabilities and/or challenging behavior. In May of 2009, for example, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings regarding a number of cases in which seclusion and restraint were…

Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability Act

THOMAS, 111th Congress

Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28

2009-03-11

House - 05/04/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

Understanding Internal Accountability in Nigeria's Routine Immunization System: Perspectives From Government Officials at the National, State, and Local Levels.

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Erchick, Daniel J; George, Asha S; Umeh, Chukwunonso; Wonodi, Chizoba

2016-12-10

Routine immunization coverage in Nigeria has remained low, and studies have identified a lack of accountability as a barrier to high performance in the immunization system. Accountability lies at the heart of various health systems strengthening efforts recently launched in Nigeria, including those related to immunization. Our aim was to understand the views of health officials on the accountability challenges hindering immunization service delivery at various levels of government. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview immunization and primary healthcare (PHC) officials from national, state, local, and health facility levels in Niger State in north central Nigeria. Individuals were selected to represent a range of roles and responsibilities in the immunization system. The questionnaire explored concepts related to internal accountability using a framework that organizes accountability into three axes based upon how they drive change in the health system. Respondents highlighted accountability challenges across multiple components of the immunization system, including vaccine availability, financing, logistics, human resources, and data management. A major focus was the lack of clear roles and responsibilities both within institutions and between levels of government. Delays in funding, especially at lower levels of government, disrupted service delivery. Supervision occurred less frequently than necessary, and the limited decision space of managers prevented problems from being resolved. Motivation was affected by the inability of officials to fulfill their responsibilities. Officials posited numerous suggestions to improve accountability, including clarifying roles and responsibilities, ensuring timely release of funding, and formalizing processes for supervision, problem solving, and data reporting. Weak accountability presents a significant barrier to performance of the routine immunization system and high immunization coverage in Nigeria. As one

Accounting for abortion: Accomplishing transnational reproductive governance through post-abortion care in Senegal.

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Suh, Siri

2018-06-01

Reproductive governance operates through calculating demographic statistics that offer selective truths about reproductive practices, bodies, and subjectivities. Post-abortion care, a global reproductive health intervention, represents a transnational reproductive regime that establishes motherhood as women's primary legitimate reproductive status. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Senegal between 2010 and 2011, I illustrate how post-abortion care accomplishes reproductive governance in a context where abortion is prohibited altogether and the US is the primary bilateral donor of population aid. Reproductive governance unfolds in hospital gynecological wards and the national health information system through the mobilization and interpretation of post-abortion care data. Although health workers search women's bodies and behavior for signs of illegal abortion, they minimize police intervention in the hospital by classifying most post-abortion care cases as miscarriage. Health authorities deploy this account of post-abortion care to align the intervention with national and global maternal health policies that valorize motherhood. Although post-abortion care offers life-saving care to women with complications of illegal abortion, it institutionalizes abortion stigma by scrutinizing women's bodies and masking induced abortion within and beyond the hospital. Post-abortion care reinforces reproductive inequities by withholding safe, affordable obstetric care from women until after they have resorted to unsafe abortion.

Performance Information and Retrospective Voting: Evidence from a School Accountability Regime. Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Paper Series. PEPG 15-03

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Barrows, Samuel

2015-01-01

Governments are increasingly publishing information about the performance of the services they provide, in part to help citizens hold their elected representatives accountable for government service outcomes. Yet there is little evidence concerning the influence of information about government service performance on voter behavior. This paper…

Workforce Investment Act: States' Spending Is on Track, But Better Guidance Would Improve Financial Reporting. Report to Congressional Requesters.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

The U.S. Congress asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to determine the following: (1) to what extent states were spending their Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds and whether the Department of Labor's (Labor's) data accurately reflected available funds; (2) what Labor did to assess how states were managing their WIA spending; and (3)…

An Overview of the WIN Program: Its Objectives, Accomplishments, and Problems.

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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

The Work Incentive (WIN) program is supposed to help recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to get jobs through a program of training, work experience, and employment while reducing the cost of the AFDC program. Because of concerns raised about the program, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) assessed the program to…

School Meal Programs: Few Instances of Foodborne Outbreaks Reported, but Opportunities Exist To Enhance Outbreak Data and Food Safety Practices. Report to Congressional Requesters.

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Dyckman, Lawrence J.

This report details a study by the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) of food safety in public schools. The study examined: (1) the frequency and causes of reported food-borne illness outbreaks associated with the federal school-meal programs; and (2) the practices that federal, state, and local governments, as well as other food…

Unmanned Aircraft House Hearing

NASA Image and Video Library

2013-02-15

Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Director, Civil Aviation Issues, Government Accounting Office (GAO), talks during a House Subcommittee on Oversight hearing titled "Operating Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System: Assessing Research and Development Efforts to Ensure Safety" on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Comparison and evaluation on image fusion methods for GaoFen-1 imagery

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Zhang, Ningyu; Zhao, Junqing; Zhang, Ling

2016-10-01

Currently, there are many research works focusing on the best fusion method suitable for satellite images of SPOT, QuickBird, Landsat and so on, but only a few of them discuss the application of GaoFen-1 satellite images. This paper proposes a novel idea by using four fusion methods, such as principal component analysis transform, Brovey transform, hue-saturation-value transform, and Gram-Schmidt transform, from the perspective of keeping the original image spectral information. The experimental results showed that the transformed images by the four fusion methods not only retain high spatial resolution on panchromatic band but also have the abundant spectral information. Through comparison and evaluation, the integration of Brovey transform is better, but the color fidelity is not the premium. The brightness and color distortion in hue saturation-value transformed image is the largest. Principal component analysis transform did a good job in color fidelity, but its clarity still need improvement. Gram-Schmidt transform works best in color fidelity, and the edge of the vegetation is the most obvious, the fused image sharpness is higher than that of principal component analysis. Brovey transform, is suitable for distinguishing the Gram-Schmidt transform, and the most appropriate for GaoFen-1 satellite image in vegetation and non-vegetation area. In brief, different fusion methods have different advantages in image quality and class extraction, and should be used according to the actual application information and image fusion algorithm.

Education Block Grant: How Funds Reserved for State Efforts in California and Washington Are Used. Report to Congressional Requesters.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

State education agencies are allowed to retain up to 20 percent of the funds they receive from the federal government through the block grant provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. A review by the General Accounting Office (GAO) of the United States of the uses to which these retained funds were put in California and…

Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex: DOD Partially Used Best Practices for Analyzing Alternatives and Should Do So Fully for Future Military Construction Decisions

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-09-01

Military Construction Decisions Report to Congressional Requesters September 2016 GAO-16-853 United States Government Accountability Office...ANALYSIS COMPLEX DOD Partially Used Best Practices for Analyzing Alternatives and Should Do So Fully for Future Military Construction Decisions What...a set of AOA best practices for military construction decisions. Without guidance for using AOA best practices during certain military construction

Annotated Bibliography on School Finance: Policy and Political Issues; Federal Government; State Issues; Non-Public Schools; Accountability.

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Gipson, Joella

Limited to periodical literature, this annotated bibliography on school finance contains 81 references grouped in 5 categories: (1) policy and politica issues, (2) federal government, (3) state issues, (4) aid to nonpublic schools, and (5) accountability. Following the bibliographic citations, annotations range from 4 to 15 lines and conclude by…

Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies

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Young, Helen

2017-01-01

School governing bodies in England have considerable powers and responsibilities with regard to the education of pupils. This article explores how power relations operate, within governing bodies, through struggles over which types of knowledge are claimed and valued. The article draws on the analysis of policy and on ethnographic research in the…

The Contribution of Individual Learning Accounts to the Lifelong Learning Policies of the UK Government: A Case-Study.

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Payne, John

2000-01-01

A survey of 765 adult learners who funded education through the British government's Individual Learning Accounts showed the program brought in new lifelong learning participants, encouraged more demanding learning, and increased participation of underrepresented groups. Advice and guidance played an important role. (SK)

Making the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) waiver work through collaborative governance.

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Zabawa, Barbara J

2003-01-01

This paper argues that collaborative governance should be an essential component in any HIFA waiver proposal, due to the fact that the health care system is moving away from a federal and hierarchical program design and implementation towards a more local, collaborative approach. As several current collaborative projects demonstrate, collaboration may overcome barriers to health expansion program success, such as stakeholder buy-in, notice, and state access to private health coverage information. Furthermore, collaboration within the context of the HIFA waiver process may maximize the strengths of current collaborations, such as providing: (a) access to greater and more stable funding sources; (b) access to a facilitator that can collect and distribute data; and (c) an avenue for accountability. Multiple challenges in ensuring collaborative governance are reviewed. Ms. Zabawa argues that these challenges are not insurmountable if states adopt a truly collaborative approach to designing and implementing programs under the HIFA waiver; there may be hope in expanding and improving health coverage, since collaboration is the most appropriate mechanism to address the complexity of health system reform.

76 FR 81295 - Cost Accounting Standards: Cost Accounting Standards 412 and 413-Cost Accounting Standards...

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... accounting standards governing measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to contracts with the United... contracting parties; Measurement of pension costs must be objectively verifiable; Accounting rules must keep... cost accounting that preclude their use for the appropriate measurement, assignment and allocation of...

"Educating" Lawyers about the Implications of Cost Accounting Standards for Government Contracts and Grants with Educational Institutions.

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Lemmer, Thomas A.; Pompeo, Paul E.

1994-01-01

This article discusses proposed U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) that will apply to educational institutions that contract with or receive grants from the federal government. It focuses on the history of CAS, the impact of CAS on colleges and universities, and recommendations for the administration of CAS…

Reply to comment on 'Investigating ponding depth and soil detachability for a mechanistic erosion model using a simple experiment' by Gao, B., et al., 2003. Journal of Hydrology 277, 116-124

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Rose, C. W.; Gao, Bin; Walter, M. T.; Steenhuis, T. S.; Parlange, J.-Y.; Nakano, K.; Hogarth, W. L.

2004-04-01

Kinnell [J. Hydrol. XXXX] explained that the conclusions reached by the critical experiments reported by Gao et al. [J. Hydrol. 277 (2003) 116-124] were in agreement with his findings, and those of others. This reply emphasizes the practical significance of the Gao et al. findings to field erosion studies.

Diplomacy for the 21st Century: Transformational Diplomacy

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2007-08-23

Foreign Assistance Programs. Many foreign assistance experts have concluded that, after six decades, U.S. foreign assistance lacks strategic coherence...Government Accountability Office (GAO) and others criticized State’s public diplomacy program for its general lack of strategic planning, inadequate...Veillette. 19 Henrietta H. Fore, Acting Director of Foreign Assistance and Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International

DoD Cybersecurity Weaknesses as Reported in Audit Reports Issued From August 1, 2015 Through July 31, 2016 (REDACTED)

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2016-12-13

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY , GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE SUBJECT: DoD Cybersecurity Weaknesses as Reported in Audit Reports Issued From August...The Air Force Audit Agency recommended that the Air Force Reserve officials direct AFRC personnel to implement a standard process to ensure continued...those products and systems throughout the system development life cycle. The DoD audit community and the GAO reported configuration management

Debt Collection: More Aggressive Action Needed To Collect Debts Owed by Health Professionals. United States General Accounting Office Report to the Honorable John R. Kasich, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed and evaluated debt collection activities of five programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that provide financial assistance to health professions students and medical facilities. The principal findings include: (1) HRSA changes have improved delinquency rates; however, large…

Characterization and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminations in surface sediment and water from Gao-ping River, Taiwan.

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Doong, Ruey-An; Lin, Yu-Tin

2004-04-01

The concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and sediment samples collected from 12 locations in Gao-ping River, Taiwan were analyzed. Molecular ratios and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to characterize the possible pollution sources. Concentrations of total 16 PAHs (SigmaPAHs) in water samples ranged from below method detection limits (Gao-ping River. The petrogenic PAHs may be mainly from the leakage of crude oil and the refined products from urban vehicle traffic, while the pyrolytic PAH input is located in the proximity near the mouth of estuary of the River. The PCA analysis confirmed that petrochemical industrial parks located in the vicinity of estuary of Gao-ping River might be the possible source for the PAH input.

Estimation of typhoon rainfall in GaoPing River: A Multivariate Maximum Entropy Method

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Pei-Jui, Wu; Hwa-Lung, Yu

2016-04-01

The heavy rainfall from typhoons is the main factor of the natural disaster in Taiwan, which causes the significant loss of human lives and properties. Statistically average 3.5 typhoons invade Taiwan every year, and the serious typhoon, Morakot in 2009, impacted Taiwan in recorded history. Because the duration, path and intensity of typhoon, also affect the temporal and spatial rainfall type in specific region , finding the characteristics of the typhoon rainfall type is advantageous when we try to estimate the quantity of rainfall. This study developed a rainfall prediction model and can be divided three parts. First, using the EEOF(extended empirical orthogonal function) to classify the typhoon events, and decompose the standard rainfall type of all stations of each typhoon event into the EOF and PC(principal component). So we can classify the typhoon events which vary similarly in temporally and spatially as the similar typhoon types. Next, according to the classification above, we construct the PDF(probability density function) in different space and time by means of using the multivariate maximum entropy from the first to forth moment statistically. Therefore, we can get the probability of each stations of each time. Final we use the BME(Bayesian Maximum Entropy method) to construct the typhoon rainfall prediction model , and to estimate the rainfall for the case of GaoPing river which located in south of Taiwan.This study could be useful for typhoon rainfall predictions in future and suitable to government for the typhoon disaster prevention .

Is Accreditation Accountable? The Continuing Conversation between Accreditation and the Federal Government. CHEA Monograph Series 2003, Number 1

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Eaton, Judith S.

2003-01-01

This monograph addresses key issues in the current discussion between accreditation and the federal government relative to accountability and higher education. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) now being discussed in Congress is driving this issue to the top of the academic agenda. The paper describes some of the accountability…

Annual report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Members, House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Status of open recommendations: Improving operations of federal departments and agencies

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1995-01-01

Each year, GAO's work contributes to many legislative and executive branch actions that result in significant financial savings and other improvements in government operations. Some, but not all, are identified through GAO's system for periodically following up to determine the status of actions taken on the recommendations made in its audit and evaluation reports. In fiscal year 1994, GAO made 1,450 recommendations, but, more importantly, about 4,400 GAO recommendations made over the past 5 years have been implemented. This report includes summary information on the status of all GAO recommendations that have not been fully implemented and highlights some of the key ones. This information should help congressional and agency leaders prepare for upcoming appropriations and oversight activities and stimulate further actions to achieve the desired improvements in government operations. In addition to including printed issue area summaries highlighting the ipact of GAO's work and the key open recommendations, this volume includes a set of computer diskettes with details on all open recommendations.

Military Recruiting: Clarified Reporting Requirements and Increased Transparency Could Strengthen Oversight over Recruiter Irregularities

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2010-01-01

management , and program evaluation specific to the readiness of the force, including those affecting the recruiting force. In establishing oversight...Government Performance and Results Act, GAO/GGD-96-118 (Washington, D.C.: June 1996); and GAO, Managing for Results: Enhancing Agency Use of Performance...Information for Management Decision Making, GAO-05-927 (Washington, D.C.: September 9, 2005). Page 6 GAO-10-254 Military Recruiting

Building Partner Capacity: DOD Is Meeting Most Targets for Colombias Regional Helicopter Training Center but Should Track Graduates

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2013-07-01

including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the...medium- and long-term results. In this review , GAO assesses (1) U.S. government allocations, obligations, and disbursements for RHTC in fiscal year...officials in Washington, D.C.; Alabama; Virginia; and Colombia. GAO also reviewed DOD documents and funding data. What GAO Recommends GAO is

Real structure of (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)3, a member of the homologous series ARO3(ZnO)m with ordered site occupation

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Garling, Jennifer; Assenmacher, Wilfried; Schmid, Herbert; Longo, Paolo; Mader, Werner

2018-02-01

The hitherto unknown compound (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)3, a member of the homologous series with general formula ARO3(ZnO)m (A,R = trivalent metal cation), was prepared by solid state methods from the binary oxides in sealed Pt-tubes. The structure of (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)3 has been determined by X-ray diffraction from flux-grown single crystals (R 3 ̅ m , Z = 3, aR = 3.2387(7) Å, cR = 41.78(1) Å. The analysis revealed that (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)m is isostructural with InGaO3(ZnO)m, where In3+ on octahedral sites is replaced by Sb5+ and Zn2+ in a ratio of 1:2, preserving an average charge of 3+. (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)3 was furthermore analyzed by electron diffraction, High Angle Annular Dark Field (HAADF) scanning TEM, and high precision EELS spectroscopic imaging, where a periodic ordering of SbO6 octahedra connected via edge sharing to six ZnO6 octahedra in the octahedral layers in a honeycomb motif is found. Due to the large lateral distance of ca. 1.4 nm between adjacent octahedral layers, electrostatic interaction might hardly dictate Sb and Zn positions in neighbouring layers, and hence is a characteristic of the real structure of (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)3. A structure model of the compound in space group P3112 (Nr. 151) with strictly ordered and discrete Sb and Zn positions is derived by crystallographic transformations as closest approximant for the real structure of (Sb1/3Zn2/3)GaO3(ZnO)3. UV-vis measurements confirm this compound to be a transparent oxide with an optical band gap in the UV region with Eg = 3.15 eV.

Acquisition Reform: DOD Should Streamline Its Decision-Making Process for Weapon Systems to Reduce Inefficiencies

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2015-02-01

WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Government Accountability Office,441 G Street NW,Washington,DC,20548 8...milestone decision process; and (3) alternative processes used by some DOD programs and leading commercial firms. To perform this work , GAO...Decision Makers 27 Abbreviations ACAT Acquisition Category DOD Department of Defense This is a work of the U.S

Government Support for Synthetic Pipeline Gas Uncertain and Needs Attention.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-05-14

coal gas. Tear Sheetii RECOMMENDATIONS GAO recommends that the Secretary of Energy - --establish a plan to guide future support of high-Btu coal...recognizes that there are basic dif- ferences expected from large and small scale research projects, GAO believes that the report recognizes these...transportation, including the pipeline system. In its price-setting, or ratemaking function, it represents the interests of gas customers, sometimes

Veterans Affairs Health Care: Addition to GAO’s High Risk List and Actions Needed for Removal

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-04-29

depressive disorder (MDD) and whether those who are prescribed an antidepressant receive recommended care, we determined that VA data may...they diagnosed as having MDD, instead using a less specific diagnostic code for “ depression not otherwise specified.” VA’s data on the number of...Improvements Needed in Monitoring Antidepressant Use for Major Depressive Disorder and in Increasing Accuracy of Suicide Data. GAO-15-55. Washington

Education of Military Dependent Students: Better Information Needed to Assess Student Performance. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-11-231

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Scott, George A.

2011-01-01

Since the early 1990s, Congress has supplemented the Department of Education's (Education) Impact Aid program by providing funds for the Department of Defense's (DOD) Impact Aid program to compensate school districts with a high number of military dependent students. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 required GAO to…

Proprietary Schools. Millions Spent To Train Students for Oversupplied Occupations. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the extent to which the financial aid provided under Title IV of the Higher Education Act to students enrolled in proprietary schools is being spent to train individuals for demand occupations. Job opening projections in 12 states were used to estimate job demand, the National Center for Education…

Congressional Report on Defense Business Operations

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-03-15

by more than 1,700 users and used to store approximately 250 submissions a month. Each month, more than 2,000 documents are accessed and downloaded . 6...that is stored, managed and main- tained centrally. Data includes Geographic Information Systems ( GIS ) and Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD...Office FTP File Transfer Protocol FY Fiscal Year GAO Government Accountability Office GFEBS General Fund Enterprise Business System GIS Geographic

48 CFR 45.106 - Transferring accountability.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Transferring accountability. 45.106 Section 45.106 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT PROPERTY General 45.106 Transferring accountability. Government property...

Higher Education: Information on Incentive Compensation Violations Substantiated by the U.S. Department of Education. GAO-10-370R

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Iritani, Katherine M.

2010-01-01

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) mandated that GAO conduct a study on Education's enforcement of the incentive compensation ban in light of the safe harbors and report on the number of violations substantiated by the Secretary of Education since 1998, the nature of these violations, and the names of the institutions involved. This…

Accountability: Its Implications for Provincial and State Governments.

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Kolesar, H.

This paper examines the implications of the accountability concept for provincial or State authorities. Accountability is defined as a concomitant of an agreement between two parties. The author suggests that, in education, agreements between parties have lacked preciseness and clarity, making it extremely difficult to assess performance and to…

Space program: Space debris a potential threat to Space Station and shuttle

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Schwartz, Stephen A.; Beers, Ronald W.; Phillips, Colleen M.; Ramos, Yvette

1990-01-01

Experts estimate that more than 3.5 million man-made objects are orbiting the earth. These objects - space debris - include whole and fragmentary parts of rocket bodies and other discarded equipment from space missions. About 24,500 of these objects are 1 centimeter across or larger. A 1-centimeter man-made object travels in orbit at roughly 22,000 miles per hour. If it hit a spacecraft, it would do about the same damage as would a 400-pound safe traveling at 60 miles per hour. The Government Accounting Office (GAO) reviews NASA's plans for protecting the space station from debris, the extent and precision of current NASA and Defense Department (DOD) debris-tracking capabilities, and the extent to which debris has already affected shuttle operations. GAO recommends that the space debris model be updated, and that the findings be incorporated into the plans for protecting the space station from such debris. GAO further recommends that the increased risk from debris to the space shuttle operations be analyzed.

Comparison of Federal and Private Sector Pay and Benefits. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services Committee on Government Affairs, United States Senate.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

A study compared the compensation packages offered to private sector and Federal white-collar employees. The conclusions drawn in the study were based on data from previous and ongoing research conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO). Analysis of these data revealed that whereas the Employment Cost Index has shown a cumulative increase of…

DOD’s POW/MIA Mission: Top-Level Leadership Attention Needed to Resolve Longstanding Challenges in Accounting for Missing Persons from Past Conflicts

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-07-01

ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR (S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S...persons for whom DOD must account. A committee report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 mandated GAO to...many organizations and each reports through a different line of authority . Thus, no single entity is responsible for communitywide personnel and

Manage Toward Success - Utilization of Analytics in Acquisition Decision Making

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2015-04-01

on the concept of knowledge- based acquisition described by the GAO. In the GAO (2005) report for National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ...acquisition programs, GAO recommended to NASA , and NASA subsequently con- curred, that transition to a knowledge-based acquisition framework will...Certification and Accreditation Process; ERAM = Enterprise Risk Assessment Manager; EVMS = Earned Value Management System; GOV = Government; POA&M = Plan of

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Further Actions Needed to Address Challenges and Improve Accountability

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2013-05-01

to Lack Adequate Validation Page 35 GAO-13-557 DOD Business Systems Modernization provided a compliance dashboard to document BEA...campaigns, execute marketing campaigns, and measure and evaluate the performance of marketing campaigns. Order-to- Cash Accept and process customer... dashboards reflected related GAO reports. In addition, the department’s fiscal year 2014 investment management guidance issued by the Office of the

Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Department of Defense Travel Expenditure Reporting

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2007-05-31

military health benefits, and military pay. DOD has reported improper payment information since 2003. The Congress mandated that we consider one facet...Appendix C to OMB Circular No. A-123, Requirements for Effective Measurement and Remediation of Improper Payments (Aug. 10, 2006). 3 See the Related GAO...NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Government Accountability Office,441 G Street NW

Defense AT&L. Volume 43, Number 6, November-December 2014

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2014-12-01

ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S ACRONYM(S) 11 . SPONSOR/MONITOR’S REPORT NUMBER(S...Agency. The basic idea was to combine wide-area surveillance, networked Com- mand, Control and Communications , and precision munitions into an...start to IOC. In 1996, this metric had grown to 11 years. A more recent Government Accountability Office study (GAO-14-145T) highlighted that the

Index to Army Times 1991

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1992-08-01

AIRCRAFT) Winging it. Army Times; Oct. 14, 1991; 52(11): p. 26. AAC SEE ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS (AAC) AAFES SEE ARMY AND AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE (AAFES...allies in Germany. Army Times; Sept. 23, 1991; 52(8): p. 10. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) SEE OPERATION DESERT STORK , 1991--GLOSAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (G...COMPETITIONS Golden Knights triumph. Army Times; Oct. 28, 1991; 52(13): p. 14. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO)--AUOIT--HELICOPTERS Republicans move to clip

International nuclear safety concerns. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session, May 8, 1986

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1986-01-01

Allan I. Mendelowitz of the General Accounting Office (GAO) and James R. Shea of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were the principal witnesses at a hearing on international concerns about reactor safety. The hearing focused on the Soviet accident at Chernobyl as a demonstration that safety matters are a legitimate area of international concern. Among the issues under discussion were safety standards and inspection procedures of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Estimates developed by the GAO show that developing countries, which lack a strong technical base or nuclear background to handle emergencies, will have half the reactors in the worldmore » by the year 2000. Mendelowitz and Shea, together with supporting testimony from others in their agencies described international efforts to improve safeguards.« less

From corporate governance to hospital governance. Authority, transparency and accountability of Belgian non-profit hospitals' board and management.

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Eeckloo, Kristof; Van Herck, Gustaaf; Van Hulle, Cynthia; Vleugels, Arthur

2004-04-01

As a result of multiple developments in health care and health care policy, hospital administrators, policy makers and researchers are increasingly challenged to reflect on the meaning of good hospital governance and how they can implement it in the hospital organisations. The question arises whether and to what extent governance models that have been developed within the corporate world can be valuable for these reflections. Due to the unique societal position of hospitals--which involves a large diversity of stakeholders--the claim for autonomy of various highly professional groups and the lack of clear business objectives, principles of corporate governance cannot be translated into the hospital sector without specific adjustments. However, irrespective of these contextual differences, corporate governance can provide for a comprehensive 'frame of reference', to which the hospital sector will have to give its own interpretation. A multidisciplinary research unit of the university of Leuven has taken the initiative to develop a governance model for Belgian hospitals. As part of the preliminary research work a survey has been performed among 82 hospitals of the Flemish Community on their governance structure, the composition of the governance entities, the partition of competencies and the relationship between management and medical staff.

Accountability and Primary Healthcare

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Mukhi, Shaheena; Barnsley, Jan; Deber, Raisa B.

2014-01-01

This paper examines the accountability structures within primary healthcare (PHC) in Ontario; in particular, who is accountable for what and to whom, and the policy tools being used. Ontario has implemented a series of incremental reforms, using expenditure policy instruments, enforced through contractual agreements to provide a defined set of publicly financed services that are privately delivered, most often by family physicians. The findings indicate that reporting, funding, evaluation and governance accountability requirements vary across service provider models. Accountability to the funder and patients is most common. Agreements, incentives and compensation tools have been used but may be insufficient to ensure parties are being held responsible for their activities related to stated goals. Clear definitions of various governance structures, a cohesive approach to monitoring critical performance indicators and associated improvement strategies are important elements in operationalizing accountability and determining whether goals are being met. PMID:25305392

Public Accountancy Handbook.

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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of the Professions.

A reference guide to laws, rules, and regulations that govern public accountancy practice in New York State is presented. In addition to identifying licensing requirements/procedures for certified public accountants, general provisions of Title VIII of the Education Law are covered, along with state management, professional misconduct, and…

Job Corps Oversight Part II: Vocational Training Standards. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session (July 29, 1998).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

This congressional hearing continues the House's oversight of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Job Corps program, focusing on the fourth element of successful job training, maintaining a vocational curriculum that reflects current and future job opportunities. It reviews findings of a General Accounting Office (GAO) study that found the program…

Enhancing Life Satisfaction by Government Accountability in China

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Cheung, Chau-kiu; Leung, Kwan-kwok

2007-01-01

Finding the rationale for democracy requires not merely a conceptual task but also an empirical study. One rationale is that democracy maximizes people's happiness by satisfying everyone. A further qualification of this is that democracy minimizes the maximum regret of the disadvantaged. This is compatible with the protection theory of government,…

Fiscal Year 2015 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Need to Address the Governments Remaining Financial Management Challenges and Long Term Fiscal Path

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-04-06

government’s financial position and condition. The Budget accounts for government receipts, or cash received by the government, and spending (outlays), or...sought to address the historical lack of reliable, useful, and timely information to assure financial accountability for the federal government. Such... financial statements.3 Further, with the enactment of the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (ATDA), most executive branch entities must now

University Governance in Denmark: From Democracy to Accountability?

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Carney, Stephen

2006-01-01

This article reports the findings of a Danish research council-funded project aimed at exploring a comprehensive package of management reforms in higher education instituted in Denmark since 2003. The reforms attempt to change not only the way institutions are governed but the very notion of democracy and engagement in higher education. In short,…

Using Shared Models of Activity for Coalition Task-Driven Cooperation

DTIC Science & Technology

2003-08-01

of Binni Region of the Red Sea A conflict has developed between two countries in the area. To the north is Gao , which has expansionist...and fundamentalist country. Gao has managed to annex an area of land, called it Binni, and has put in its own puppet...5 See http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/ 16 government. This action has come under fierce attack from Agadez. Gao has

Public Accountancy Handbook.

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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of the Professions.

The laws, rules and regulations of the State Education Department governing public accountancy practice in New York State are provided in this handbook. Licensure requirements are also described, and the forms for obtaining a license and first registration as a certified public accountant are provided. The booklet is divided into the following…

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks. Department of Education

DTIC Science & Technology

2001-01-01

GAO United States General Accounting Office Performance and Accountability SeriesJanuary 2001 Major Management Challenges and Program Risks ...34) Title and Subtitle Major Management Challenges and Program Risks Department of Education Contract or Grant Number Program Element Number Authors...Accountability Series: Major Management Challenges and Program Risks . In that series, GAO advised the Congress that it planned to reassess the

Student and Exchange Visitor Program: DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight Functions. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-12-572

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Gambler, Rebecca

2012-01-01

As of January 2012, more than 850,000 active foreign students were in the United States enrolled at over 10,000 U.S. schools. ICE, within DHS, is responsible for managing SEVP and certifying schools to accept foreign students. GAO was asked to review ICE's fraud prevention and detection procedures for SEVP. This report examines the extent to which…

4 CFR 25.1 - Applicability and governing laws.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Applicability and governing laws. 25.1 Section 25.1... OFFICE BUILDING AND ON ITS GROUNDS § 25.1 Applicability and governing laws. These rules and regulations, and the laws of the United States and the District of Columbia, apply to the Government Accountability...

4 CFR 25.1 - Applicability and governing laws.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Applicability and governing laws. 25.1 Section 25.1... OFFICE BUILDING AND ON ITS GROUNDS § 25.1 Applicability and governing laws. These rules and regulations, and the laws of the United States and the District of Columbia, apply to the Government Accountability...

4 CFR 25.1 - Applicability and governing laws.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Applicability and governing laws. 25.1 Section 25.1... OFFICE BUILDING AND ON ITS GROUNDS § 25.1 Applicability and governing laws. These rules and regulations, and the laws of the United States and the District of Columbia, apply to the Government Accountability...

VA Education Benefits: VA Should Strengthen Its Efforts to Help Veterans Make Informed Education Choices. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-14-324

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Emrey-Arras, Melissa

2014-01-01

In fiscal year 2013, VA provided over $12 billion in benefits for veterans' postsecondary education; however, questions have been raised as to whether some schools are receiving these funds as a result of inappropriate recruiting practices. GAO was asked to examine issues related to schools' recruitment of veterans. This report examines (1) how…

4 CFR 28.121 - Unfair labor practices; Board procedures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Unfair labor practices; Board procedures. 28.121 Section... ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Special Procedures; Unfair Labor Practices § 28.121 Unfair labor practices; Board procedures. (a) Unfair labor practices are defined at GAO Order 2711.1. An allegation that a provision of GAO...

Depot Maintenance: Improvements to DODs Biennial Core Report Could Better Inform Oversight and Funding Decisions

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2016-11-01

information, contact Zina Merritt at (202) 512-5257 or merrittz@gao.gov Why GAO Did This Study DOD uses both military depots and contractors to maintain...many complex weapon systems and equipment. Recognizing the key role of the depots and the risk of overreliance on contractors , Section 2464 of...military depots2—public-sector facilities that are government-owned and government-operated—and private-sector contractors . Depots have a key role

75 FR 81950 - Flaring Versus Venting To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Outer Continental Shelf; Public...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-12-29

... Accounting Office (GAO) recommendation (see GAO Report below). Proposed Rulemaking BOEMRE will decide how to... vented. These regulatory changes will provide more accurate measurements of GHG emissions. Given the...

Contract Audits: Role in Helping Ensure Effective Oversight and Reducing Improper Payments

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-02-01

this testimony. 18 GAO, Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: Department of Energy Needs to Strengthen Controls over Contractor Payments and Project Assets...Government Interests at Risk, GAO-07-839, Washington, D.C.: July 31, 2007. Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: Department of Energy Needs to Strengthen

Transformative governance of urban social-ecological systems

EPA Science Inventory

A central aspect of adaptive governance is a learning process that can help communities achieve environmental objectives. Adaptive governance is a framework for managing social-ecological systems, and is the precursor to transformative governance. Adaptive governance accounts for...

Employment for People with Disabilities: Little Is Known about the Effectiveness of Fragmented and Overlapping Programs. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-12-677

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Bertoni, Daniel

2012-01-01

Many federal programs--within the Departments of Education, Labor, and Veterans Affairs; the Social Security Administration; and other agencies--help people with disabilities overcome barriers to employment. Section 21 of Pub. L. No. 111-139 requires GAO to identify and report annually on programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives that have…

Long-Term Care Insurance: Coverage Varies Widely in a Developing Market. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care, Select Committeee on Aging, House of Representatives.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

In response to a request by Congressman Claude Pepper, the General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted a study to examine the private long-term care insurance market. The GAO analyzed the premiums, benefits, and limitations of 33 policies offered by 25 insurers in 1986. The GAO assessed the potential for abuse in this market by surveying state…

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Strategic Planning Needed to Better Manage Overlapping Programs across Multiple Agencies. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-12-108

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Scott, George A.

2012-01-01

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education programs help to enhance the nation's global competitiveness. Many federal agencies have been involved in administering these programs. Concerns have been raised about the overall effectiveness and efficiency of STEM education programs. GAO examined (1) the number of federal…

25 CFR 700.531 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Government property. 700.531 Section 700.531 Indians THE... Responsibility and Conduct § 700.531 Government property. Employees shall be held accountable for Government... employee has a positive duty to protect and conserve Government property and to use it economically and for...

25 CFR 700.531 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Government property. 700.531 Section 700.531 Indians THE... Responsibility and Conduct § 700.531 Government property. Employees shall be held accountable for Government... employee has a positive duty to protect and conserve Government property and to use it economically and for...

25 CFR 700.531 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Government property. 700.531 Section 700.531 Indians THE... Responsibility and Conduct § 700.531 Government property. Employees shall be held accountable for Government... employee has a positive duty to protect and conserve Government property and to use it economically and for...

25 CFR 700.531 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Government property. 700.531 Section 700.531 Indians THE... Responsibility and Conduct § 700.531 Government property. Employees shall be held accountable for Government... employee has a positive duty to protect and conserve Government property and to use it economically and for...

25 CFR 700.531 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Government property. 700.531 Section 700.531 Indians THE... Responsibility and Conduct § 700.531 Government property. Employees shall be held accountable for Government... employee has a positive duty to protect and conserve Government property and to use it economically and for...

Open Government. A Progress Report to the American People

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-12-01

Transparency Government should provide citizens with information about what their govern- ment is doing so that government can be held accountable...Transparency Transparency promotes accountability by providing citizens with information about what their govern- ment is doing and by putting...doesn’t stop with the visits The Secretary and his staff regularly reflect on what they’ve heard on the Department’s blog More than 500 people

Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons in Contracting and Procurement

DTIC Science & Technology

2006-07-01

January 4, 2006. 283. GAO report, “Federal Procurement: Spending and Workforce Trends,” GAO-03- 443, April 2003, p. 20. 284. Gloria Sochon and John ... Krieger , Presentation to the Government Contract Management Conference, December 5-6, 2005. 285. OMB memo, Deputy Director of Management to Chief

Challenges in developing e-government for good governance in North Sumatra

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Siahaan, AY

2017-01-01

E-government as one form of public administration reform in Indonesia is increasingly related to the pursuance of good governance. This paper examines the relationship between of e-government and good governance by utilizing the case study design on the implementation of e-procurement in North Sumatra. It reveals centrality of local politics and business culture in understanding resistances of both local government officials and local business which creates loopholes’ for the practice of ‘bad governance’ in all phases of e-procurement in North Sumatra province. Data transparency does not equate and guarantee the realization of good governance. Public knowledge and understanding on government decision making processes and accountability (process and policy transparency) are central to achieve good governance through e-procurement. E-procurement system does not automatically change organizational and working culture of the implementers and suppliers. This paper provides insight to the attitude and the perception of private sector engage in e-procurement towards government in implementing e-government. Resistance, digital divide and local politics interrelatedly obstruct the realization of pursuing good governance through e-procurement.

Do reimbursement recommendation processes used by government drug plans in Canada adhere to good governance principles?

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Rawson, Nigel Sb; Adams, John

2017-01-01

In democratic societies, good governance is the key to assuring the confidence of stakeholders and other citizens in how governments and organizations interact with and relate to them and how decisions are taken. Although defining good governance can be debatable, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) set of principles is commonly used. The reimbursement recommendation processes of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), which carries out assessments for all public drug plans outside Quebec, are examined in the light of the UNDP governance principles and compared with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence system in England. The adherence of CADTH's processes to the principles of accountability, transparency, participatory, equity, responsiveness and consensus is poor, especially when compared with the English system, due in part to CADTH's lack of genuine independence. CADTH's overriding responsibility is toward the governments that "own," fund and manage it, while the agency's status as a not-for-profit corporation under federal law protects it from standard government forms of accountability. The recent integration of CADTH's reimbursement recommendation processes with the provincial public drug plans' collective system for price negotiation with pharmaceutical companies reinforces CADTH's role as a nonindependent partner in the pursuit of governments' cost-containment objectives, which should not be part of its function. Canadians need a national organization for evaluating drugs for reimbursement in the public interest that fully embraces the principles of good governance - one that is publicly accountable, transparent and fair and includes all stakeholders throughout its processes.

Does Government Funding Alter Nonprofit Governance? Evidence from New York City Nonprofit Contractors

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O'Regan, Katherine; Oster, Sharon

2002-01-01

Government contracting has raised a collection of issues with respect to adequate oversight and accountability. This paper explores one avenue through which contracting agencies may achieve these tasks: through the governance practices of the contractor's board. Oversight and monitoring are a board's key responsibilities, and influencing a board's…

NCGA Statement No. 1: Government Accounting and Financial Reporting Principles.

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Miller, John R.

1980-01-01

The background and purpose of a publication by the National Council on Governmental Accounting (NCGA) is important to school administrators because the accounting principles are being incorporated in a publication for school systems. (Author/MLF)

Measuring governance at health facility level: developing and validation of simple governance tool in Zambia.

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Mutale, Wilbroad; Mwanamwenge, Margaret Tembo; Balabanova, Dina; Spicer, Neil; Ayles, Helen

2013-08-09

Governance has been cited as a key determinant of economic growth, social advancement and overall development. Achievement of millennium development goals is partly dependant on governance practices. In 2007, Health Systems 20/20 conducted an Internet-based survey on the practice of good governance. The survey posed a set of good practices related to health governance and asked respondents to indicate whether their experience confirmed or disconfirmed those practices. We applied the 17 governance statements in rural health facilities of Zambia. The aim was to establish whether the statements were reliable and valid for assessing governance practices at primary care level. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. We first applied the governance statements developed by the health system 20/20 and then conducted focus group discussion and In-depth interviews to explore some elements of governance including accountability and community participation. The target respondents were the health facility management team and community members. The sample size include 42 health facilities. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 17 and Nvivo version 9. The 95% one-sided confidence interval for Cronbach's alpha was between 0.69 and 0.74 for the 16 items.The mean score for most of the items was above 3. Factor analysis yielded five principle components: Transparency, community participation, Intelligence & vision, Accountability and Regulation & oversight. Most of the items (6) clustered around the transparency latent factor. Chongwe district performed poorly in overall mean governance score and across the five domains of governance. The overall scores in Chongwe ranged between 51 and 94% with the mean of 80%. Kafue and Luangwa districts had similar overall mean governance scores (88%). Community participation was generally low. Generally, it was noted that community members lacked capacity to hold health workers accountable for drugs and medical supplies. The study

31 CFR 363.16 - How do I access my account?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURYDIRECT General Provisions Governing Securities Held in TreasuryDirect § 363.16 How do I access my account? You may access your account online using your account number, password, and any other form(s) of...

School Boards Circa 2010: Governance in the Accountability Era

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Hess, Frederick M.; Meeks, Olivia

2010-01-01

For more than a century, school boards have endeavored to govern America's schools and school systems. Collectively, the nation's nearly 14,000 school boards are responsible for the well-being of 52 million children, the expenditure of $600 billion per year, and the supervision of six million employees. Despite the magnitude of this…

Forensic Accounting and Auditing: Compared and Contrasted to Traditional Accounting and Auditing

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Gray, Dahli

2008-01-01

Forensic versus traditional accounting and auditing are compared and contrasted. Evidence gathering is detailed. Forensic science and fraud symptoms are explained. Criminalists, expert testimony and corporate governance are presented.

Combating terrorism : threat and risk assessments can help prioritize and target program investments

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1998-04-01

The Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 established the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici (NLD) domestic preparedness program. The General Accounting Office (GAO) was requested to review implementation of the NLD program. Specifically, the GAO ...

Questioning Stakeholder Legitimacy: A Philanthropic Accountability Model.

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Kraeger, Patsy; Robichau, Robbie

2017-01-01

Philanthropic organizations contribute to important work that solves complex problems to strengthen communities. Many of these organizations are moving toward engaging in public policy work, in addition to funding programs. This paper raises questions of legitimacy for foundations, as well as issues of transparency and accountability in a pluralistic democracy. Measures of civic health also inform how philanthropic organizations can be accountable to stakeholders. We propose a holistic model for philanthropic accountability that combines elements of transparency and performance accountability, as well as practices associated with the American pluralistic model for democratic accountability. We argue that philanthropic institutions should seek stakeholder and public input when shaping any public policy agenda. This paper suggests a new paradigm, called philanthropic accountability that can be used for legitimacy and democratic governance of private foundations engaged in policy work. The Philanthropic Accountability Model can be empirically tested and used as a governance tool.

School Meal Programs: Changes to Federal Agencies' Procedures Could Reduce Risk of School Children Consuming Recalled Food. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-09-649

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Government Accountability Office, 2009

2009-01-01

Over the past few years, several food recalls, such as for beef and peanut products, have affected schools. It is especially important that recalls affecting schools be carried out efficiently and effectively because young children have a higher risk of complications from food-borne illnesses. GAO was asked to determine how federal agencies (1)…

The OECD as Pivot of the Emerging Global Educational Accountability Regime: How Accountable Are the Accountants?

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Meyer, Heinz-Dieter

2014-01-01

Background/Context: PISA has catapulted the OECD- an organization whose mission is the global growth of market economies-to a central role in international education policy making, rivaling and sometimes outdoing the various national governments in influence. While claiming scientific evidence as the basis for the accountability regime it…

Highway infrastructure : perceptions of stakeholders on approaches to reduce highway project completion time

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2003-04-01

The General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to report the views of knowledgeable officials on the most promising approaches for reducing completion time for federally funded highway projects. GAO obtained the views of 33 officials from federal, sta...

Traffic enforcement : funding of automatic red-light and speed enforcement technologies

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2003-02-21

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed photo enforcement by 73 jurisdictions that had been identified by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety as having photo enforcement programs. The GAO developed the data on these programs through ...

31 CFR 363.10 - What is a TreasuryDirect ® account?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

...) FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURYDIRECT General Provisions Governing Securities Held in TreasuryDirect § 363.10 What is a TreasuryDirect ® account? A TreasuryDirect account is an online account maintained by us solely in...

National Airspace System : long-term capacity planning needed despite recent reduction in flight delays

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-12-01

The General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to examine the aviation community's efforts to reduce flight delays. Specifically the GAO focused their work on the following questions: 1) What initiatives are planned or under way by the federal governm...

Aviation rulemaking : further reform is needed to address long-standing problems

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-07-01

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) was requested to conduct a review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) rulemaking process in order to identify ways to improve its efficiency. GAO established 3 research questions: (1) What are the...

LICENSING HYDROPOWER PROJECTS: Better Time and Cost Data Needed to Reach Informed Decisions About Process Reforms

DTIC Science & Technology

2001-05-01

GAO United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters May 2001 LICENSING HYDROPOWER PROJECTS Better Time and Cost Data...Dates Covered (from... to) ("DD MON YYYY") Title and Subtitle LICENSING HYDROPOWER PROJECTS: Better Time and Cost Data Needed to Reach Informed...Organization Name(s) and Address(es) General Accounting Office, PO Box 37050, Washington, DC 20013 Performing Organization Number(s) GAO-01-499

Aircrew Training Evaluation: B-52 and KC-135 Formal School Training

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-05-01

system trainers and flying hours. In this regard, the General Accounting Office ( GAO ), in their review of Tactical Air Command (TAC) and Strategic...Air Command (SAC) flying hour programs ( GAO , 1986), concluded that justification of the flying hour budgets submitted to the Congress had not been based...on documented demonstrations that increased flying hours lead to increases in the combat capability of aircrews. The GAO also argued that the

48 CFR 49.109-3 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Government property. 49... MANAGEMENT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS General Principles 49.109-3 Government property. Before execution of a settlement agreement, the TCO shall determine the accuracy of the Government property account for the...

48 CFR 49.109-3 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Government property. 49... MANAGEMENT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS General Principles 49.109-3 Government property. Before execution of a settlement agreement, the TCO shall determine the accuracy of the Government property account for the...

48 CFR 49.109-3 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Government property. 49... MANAGEMENT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS General Principles 49.109-3 Government property. Before execution of a settlement agreement, the TCO shall determine the accuracy of the Government property account for the...

48 CFR 49.109-3 - Government property.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Government property. 49... MANAGEMENT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS General Principles 49.109-3 Government property. Before execution of a settlement agreement, the TCO shall determine the accuracy of the Government property account for the...

Customs automation : weaknesses in revenue collection at John F. Kennedy International Airport

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1990-01-01

In 1989 and 1990, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed Customs duties and other collections at three ports of entry, including the John F. Kennedy Airport (JKF). At that time, the GAO reported that a lack of internal controls over prenumbered...

Designing Software to Shape Open Government Policy

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Yu, Harlan Ming-Tun

2012-01-01

Modern information technologies have transformed the meaning and promise of "open government." The term originally stood for the ideas of government transparency and public accountability. But with the rise of the Internet, "open government" has grown to encompass a wide range of civic goals--greater public participation and…

Higher Education: Better Management of Federal Grant and Loan Forgiveness Programs for Teachers Needed to Improve Participant Outcomes. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-15-314

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Nowicki, Jacqueline M.

2015-01-01

Education estimates 430,000 new teachers will be needed by 2020. It administers three programs that may help attract and retain qualified teachers by helping them finance their education. However, little is known about the efficacy of these programs. GAO was asked to examine the TEACH Grant and two loan forgiveness programs. This report examines…

Higher Education State Funding Trends and Policies on Affordability. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate. GAO-15-151

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Emrey-Arras, Melissa

2014-01-01

There is widespread concern that the rising costs of higher education are making college unaffordable for many students and their families. Federal and state support is central to promoting college affordability; however, persistent state budget constraints have limited funding for public colleges. GAO was asked to study state policies affecting…

Developing a New Standard for Governmental Accounting.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hoffman, Clifford W.

1987-01-01

The Government Accounting Standards Board's current Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting Project has identified alternatives in financial resources accounting that will reduce the opportunity for political, budgetary, or other pressures to allow school districts to shift the burden of providing current-year's services to future-year's…

Social Explanation and Political Accountability: Two Related Problems with a Single Solution.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

McPherson, Andrew; And Others

Governing bodies that are quasi-rational, representative, and democratic are accountable to those they govern in much the same way that social scientists are accountable to the academic community. Since they both appeal to rationality as the basis of their actions, governments and scientists must use epistemologically adequate procedures to…

76 FR 35295 - Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-06-16

... reinforce the performance and management reform gains my Administration has achieved, it is hereby ordered... and leaner Government, my Administration will reinforce the performance and management reform gains... (PMC), shall work with the PMC to support agencies' performance and management reform and cost- cutting...

The Report of the Working Group Concerning the Deterrence of and Response to Incidents of Sexual Assault at the U.S. Air Force Academy

DTIC Science & Technology

2003-06-01

counseling cadets on any personal problems cadets might have (from “boyfriend-girlfriend” problems to financial difficulties). To fulfill this... Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report on sexual harassment at all service academies in 1994.107 The GAO identified ongoing sexual harassment...hold cadets more accountable for their actions, consistent with the “marching orders” he received from the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.201 He

British Columbia's health reform: "new directions" and accountability.

PubMed

Davidson, A R

1999-01-01

The health policy New Directions committed the British Columbia government to a population health perspective and extensive community involvement in the health services reform process. The policy envisaged elected citizen boards with authority to raise revenues and exercise a significant degree of local autonomy. Academic and public attention has been paid to the decision in November 1996 to collapse New Directions' two-tier governance structure into a single level. Less attention has been paid to the profound changes that occurred prior to the government's reversal on the question of governance. This paper focuses on those changes. During the critical three years between the 1993 launch of the reform and its formal revision in 1996, the government's positions on elections, taxation power, local autonomy and scope of action for regional boards all changed. Those changes marked a retreat from political accountability to the community and an advance towards managerial accountability to the government.

Financial Management Reform in the Federal Government

DTIC Science & Technology

1992-06-01

investment decision making, increased accountability for costs and results, and refined fund controls. Bowsher concluded, "Action along [these] . . . lines...adoption of standard general ledger accounting in federal agencies, consolidation of accounting systems, and adoption of uniform core requirements for...Accounting Principles, or GAAP .18 The federal government employs a cash basis budgeting and accounting system to measure spending. It was argued that

78 FR 75920 - Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-12-13

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards AGENCY: U.S... public that the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards will hold a public meeting by... recommendations to the Comptroller General for revisions to the Government Auditing Standards, to provide for...

30 CFR 206.155 - Accounting for comparison.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 30 Mineral Resources 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Accounting for comparison. 206.155 Section 206... MANAGEMENT PRODUCT VALUATION Federal Gas § 206.155 Accounting for comparison. (a) Except as provided in... subpart. (b) The requirement for accounting for comparison contained in the terms of leases will govern as...

Risk of spacecraft on-orbit obsolescence: Novel framework, stochastic modeling, and implications

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Dubos, Gregory F.; Saleh, Joseph H.

2010-07-01

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has repeatedly noted the difficulties encountered by the Department of Defense (DOD) in keeping its acquisition of space systems on schedule and within budget. Among the recommendations provided by GAO, a minimum Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for technologies to be included in the development of a space system is advised. The DOD considers this recommendation impractical arguing that if space systems were designed with only mature technologies (high TRL), they would likely become obsolete on-orbit fairly quickly. The risk of on-orbit obsolescence is a key argument in the DOD's position for dipping into low technology maturity for space acquisition programs, but this policy unfortunately often results in the cost growth and schedule slippage criticized by the GAO. The concept of risk of on-orbit obsolescence has remained qualitative to date. In this paper, we formulate a theory of risk of on-orbit obsolescence by building on the traditional notion of obsolescence and adapting it to the specificities of space systems. We develop a stochastic model for quantifying and analyzing the risk of on-orbit obsolescence, and we assess, in its light, the appropriateness of DOD's rationale for maintaining low TRL technologies in its acquisition of space assets as a strategy for mitigating on-orbit obsolescence. Our model and results contribute one step towards the resolution of the conceptual stalemate on this matter between the DOD and the GAO, and we hope will inspire academics to further investigate the risk of on-orbit obsolescence.

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Congressional Budget Office, 2013

2013-01-01

In fiscal year 2011, the federal government provided $607 billion in grants to state and local governments. Those funds accounted for 17 percent of federal outlays, 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and a quarter of spending by state and local governments that year. Over the past 30 years, those "intergovernmental" grants--financial…

Governance matters: an ecological association between governance and child mortality

PubMed Central

Lin, Ro-Ting; Chien, Lung-Chang; Chen, Ya-Mei; Chan, Chang-Chuan

2014-01-01

Background Governance of a country may have widespread effects on the health of its population, yet little is known about the effect of governance on child mortality in a country that is undergoing urbanization, economic development, and disease control. Methods We obtained indicators of six dimensions of governance (perceptions of voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption) and national under-5 mortality rates for 149 countries between 1996 and 2010. We applied a semi-parametric generalized additive mixed model to examine associations after controlling for the effects of development factors (urbanization level and economy), disease control factors (hygienic conditions and vaccination rates), health expenditures, air quality, and time. Results Governance, development, and disease control showed clear inverse relations with the under-5 mortality rate (p<0.001). Per unit increases in governance, development, and disease control factors, the child mortality rate had a 0.901-, 0.823-, and 0.922-fold decrease, respectively, at fixed levels of the other two factors. Conclusions In the effort to reduce the global under-5 mortality rate, addressing a country's need for better governance is as important as improvements in development and disease control. PMID:24711600

Practice Governance 101, v. 2013.

PubMed

Hayes, David F

2013-03-01

Consensus governance is a principal weakness leading to group malfunction and failure. Inadequate group governance produces inadequate decisions, leading to inconsistent patient care, inadequate responses to marketplace challenges, and disregard for customers and strategic partners. The effectiveness of consensus management is limited by the pervasive incomplete knowledge and personal biases of partners. Additional structural weaknesses of group behavior include information cascade, the wisdom of the crowd, groupthink, pluralistic ignorance, analysis paralysis, peer pressure, and the herding instinct. Usual corporate governance is, by necessity, the governance model of choice. Full accountability of the decider(s) is the defining requirement of all successful governance models. Copyright © 2013 American College of Radiology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Review of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund's financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1981

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

1982-09-21

GAO reviewed the report on the audit of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund's 1981 financial statements and the work of the Fund's independent certified public accountant. GAO found nothing to indicate that the opinion of the Fund's independent accountant is inappropriate or cannot be relied on. In the opinion of the independent accountant, the Fund's financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Fund at December 31, 1981, and the changes in net assets available for claims for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.

Reviews of the Trans-Alaska pipeline liability fund's financial statements for the years ended December 31, 1982 and 1981

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Bowsher, C.A.

1983-09-30

GAO reviewed the reports on the audits of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund's 1982 and 1981 financial statements and the work of the Fund's independent certified public accountant. GAO found nothing to indicate that the opinion of the Fund's independent accountant is inappropriate or cannot be relied on. In the opinion of the independent accountant, the Fund's financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Fund at December 31, 1982 and 1981, and the changes in net assets available for claims for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.

Governance and performance: the performance of Dutch hospitals explained by governance characteristics.

PubMed

Blank, Jos L T; van Hulst, Bart Laurents

2011-10-01

This paper describes the efficiency of Dutch hospitals using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method with bootstrapping. In particular, the analysis focuses on accounting for cost inefficiency measures on the part of hospital corporate governance. We use bootstrap techniques, as introduced by Simar and Wilson (J. Econom. 136(1):31-64, 2007), in order to obtain more efficient estimates of the effects of governance on the efficiency. The results show that part of the cost efficiency can be explained with governance. In particular we find that a higher remuneration of the board as well as a higher remuneration of the supervisory board does not implicate better performance.

Accountability in Further Education: The Impact of UK Government Policy.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Lumby, Jacky

In 1993 the government of the United Kingdom introduced a raft of measures designed to improve practice in postcompulsory, nonadvanced education. A survey of postcompulsory institutions suggests that the same policies have led to different outcomes in the two main types of institution: general further education colleges and sixth form colleges.…

Accounting Considerations in Public Sector Risk Management Pools.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Commons, Harriet V.

1987-01-01

The Government Accounting Standards Board's Insurance Issues Project has issued an invitation to comment on two issues: (1) whether governmental risk pools should follow the same accounting principles as commercial insurance companies and (2) financial statement disclosures required of entities with public accountability (MLF)

Workforce Training: Employed Worker Programs Focus on Business Needs, But Revised Performance Measures Could Improve Access for Some Workers. Report to Congressional Requesters.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined publicly supported training programs for employed workers, including low-wage workers. The GAO surveyed local workforce boards nationwide and received responses from 470 boards. Two-thirds of the responding boards provided assistance to train employed workers, including partnering with employers to…

5 CFR 2606.207 - Accounting of disclosures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... Section 2606.207 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES PRIVACY...) The Office of Government Ethics or the other agency concerned will maintain an accounting of disclosures in cases where records about the data subject are disclosed from OGE's system of records except...

Medical Malpractice: A Framework for Action.

DTIC Science & Technology

1987-05-01

F7-0181 692 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE- A FRAMEMORK FOR ACTIONCU) GENERAL I/1 ACCOUNTING / OFCE WASHINGTON OC HUMAN RESOURCES DIV MAY 837 GA0/HRD-87-73...UNCLASSIFIED F/G 6/5NL EIhEEENhhhhhE~MoEnsEon I2I5 Lli72j2 2 IIIJI 2 1 .8L United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to Congressional Requesters...releasbl Distribution Unlinited GAO/HRD-87-73 87 6 9 C. " 1AO United States G AO General Accounting OfficeWashington, D.C. 20548 Accesion For Comptroller

Accountability and the Public Trust: Restoring the Balance. An Annotated Bibliography

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Beaulieu, Paul

2006-01-01

This bibliography was compiled for the 2006 Summer Institute at The Centre for Literacy-"Accountability and Public Trust: Restoring the Balance." The selections include lectures, research studies, policy papers, and government documents that describe and analyze recent concepts of accountability in the context of government funding in…

Guaranteed Student Loans: Potential Default and Cost Reduction Options. Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

Thirty options for reducing guaranteed student loan defaults and related federal costs are provided by the General Accounting Office (GAO). The options are presented by groups of program participants: students, schools, lenders, guaranty agencies, and the Department of Education. These options include: adopt GAO's past recommendation to increase…

University Research: Most Federal Agencies Need to Better Protect Against Financial Conflicts of Interest. Report to the Honorable Richard C. Shelby, U.S. Senate. GAO-04-31

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US General Accounting Office, 2004

2004-01-01

In fiscal year 2001, federal agencies provided $19 billion for university research, a vital part of the nation's research and development effort. GAO was asked to examine federal agencies' actions to ensure that (1) the results of the university research grants they fund are made available to the public and (2) universities receiving such grants…

Three-dimensional information extraction from GaoFen-1 satellite images for landslide monitoring

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Wang, Shixin; Yang, Baolin; Zhou, Yi; Wang, Futao; Zhang, Rui; Zhao, Qing

2018-05-01

To more efficiently use GaoFen-1 (GF-1) satellite images for landslide emergency monitoring, a Digital Surface Model (DSM) can be generated from GF-1 across-track stereo image pairs to build a terrain dataset. This study proposes a landslide 3D information extraction method based on the terrain changes of slope objects. The slope objects are mergences of segmented image objects which have similar aspects; and the terrain changes are calculated from the post-disaster Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from GF-1 and the pre-disaster DEM from GDEM V2. A high mountain landslide that occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province is used to conduct a 3D information extraction test. The extracted total area of the landslide is 22.58 ha; the displaced earth volume is 652,100 m3; and the average sliding direction is 263.83°. The accuracies of them are 0.89, 0.87 and 0.95, respectively. Thus, the proposed method expands the application of GF-1 satellite images to the field of landslide emergency monitoring.

Military Base Realignments and Closures. DOD Needs to Update Savings Estimates and Continue to Address Challenges in Consolidating Supply-Related Functions at Depot Maintenance Locations

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-07-01

Comments from the Department of Defense 33 Appendix IV GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments 36 Related GAO Products 37 Tables Table...work of the U.S. government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. The published product may be reproduced and distributed in...disrupting maintenance production schedules due to personnel transfers since the employees are already experienced in performing these jobs. DLA Has

Governance matters: an ecological association between governance and child mortality.

PubMed

Lin, Ro-Ting; Chien, Lung-Chang; Chen, Ya-Mei; Chan, Chang-Chuan

2014-09-01

Governance of a country may have widespread effects on the health of its population, yet little is known about the effect of governance on child mortality in a country that is undergoing urbanization, economic development, and disease control. We obtained indicators of six dimensions of governance (perceptions of voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption) and national under-5 mortality rates for 149 countries between 1996 and 2010. We applied a semi-parametric generalized additive mixed model to examine associations after controlling for the effects of development factors (urbanization level and economy), disease control factors (hygienic conditions and vaccination rates), health expenditures, air quality, and time. Governance, development, and disease control showed clear inverse relations with the under-5 mortality rate (p<0.001). Per unit increases in governance, development, and disease control factors, the child mortality rate had a 0.901-, 0.823-, and 0.922-fold decrease, respectively, at fixed levels of the other two factors. In the effort to reduce the global under-5 mortality rate, addressing a country's need for better governance is as important as improvements in development and disease control. © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Influence of Accountability on the Administration of Student Loans in Jamaica

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

McDonald, Sharon A.

2014-01-01

Lack of accountability and transparency in governance was among the challenges that influenced Jamaica's corruption rating of 3.3, resulting in an 87th ranking out of 183 countries in 2011. Although the monitoring of internal control business structures supported accountability, evidence of their presence was limited in government offices. The…

50 CFR 600.125 - Budgeting, funding, and accounting.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Budgeting, funding, and accounting. 600... Councils § 600.125 Budgeting, funding, and accounting. Link to an amendment published at 75 FR 59150, Sept... Budgeting, funding, and accounting. (a) Council grant activities are governed by 15 CFR part 14 (Uniform...

Transitioning Science and Technology into Acquisition Programs: Assessing One Government Laboratorys Processes

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-12-01

Accountability Office reports and recommendations, and ARDEC and the program managers established processes. The research indicated that the...Record. This examination was a direct review and comparison of Department of Defense policies, U.S. Government Accountability Office reports and...Government Accountability Office I&TT Innovation and Technology Transition IPT Integrated Product Team JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration

[Professor GAO Yuchun's understandings of "treating spirit" and "acupuncture reinforcing and reducing" in Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor and clinical experience].

PubMed

Xing, Xiao; Wang, Yanjun; Cui, Linhua; Liang, Yan

2017-02-12

To state professor GAO Yuchun 's methods and understandings of "treating spirit" and "acupuncture reinforcing and reducing" by the systemic study of Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor and clinical experience. It is considered that "treating spirit" is the foundation of all kinds of acupuncture manipulations,and "acupuncture reinforcing and reducing" is an important means to treat disease by adjusting the deficiency and excess. We think that it is key to deeply understand various reinforcing and reducing manipulations and do zhiyihe , so as to achieve effects according to the two principles.

AIDS Prevention: Views on the Administration's Budget Proposals. Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted a study in response to Senator Lawton Chiles' request that the GAO explore the adequacy of the funding levels proposed for the Department of Health and Human Services' Public Health Service and the appropriateness of priorities reflected in the administration's proposed budget for prevention of…

Organizational Culture. Techniques Companies Use to Perpetuate or Change Beliefs and Values. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. National Security and International Affairs Div.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the techniques used by companies to perpetuate or change beliefs and values. GAO staff discussed organizational culture with five academics who have researched the subject and with officials of nine large companies that have diverse, global interests and that are concerned with inventory management.…

Human Resource Management. Status of Agency Practices for Improving Federal Productivity. Fact Sheet for the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil Service, U.S. Senate.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

This document contains an inventory of innovative human resource management (HRM) practices in federal departments and major independent agencies. To develop the inventory, the General Accounting Office (GAO) surveyed 71 federal organizations having 5,000 or more employees. The GAO used a questionnaire that asked agency officials to identify their…

Transforming organizational culture through nursing shared governance.

PubMed

Newman, Karen Profitt

2011-03-01

Nursing shared governance (NSG) provides a framework for the professionalization of nursing, provides a broader distribution of decision making across the profession, and allocates decisions based on accountability and role expectations. Shared governance defines staff-based decisions, accountability, roles, and ownership of staff in those activities that directly affect nurses' lives and practice. Although NSG is a somewhat ambiguous concept with a vast application, examining it from the perspective of structure, process, and outcomes can more clearly outline a successful strategy for implementation and growth. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

41 CFR 109-40.5004 - Government bills of lading.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... Management Regulations System (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AVIATION... officer to issue such Government bills of lading (see Title V, U.S. Government Accounting Office Policy...

41 CFR 109-40.5004 - Government bills of lading.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... Management Regulations System (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AVIATION... officer to issue such Government bills of lading (see Title V, U.S. Government Accounting Office Policy...

Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity.

PubMed

Swinburn, Boyd; Kraak, Vivica; Rutter, Harry; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Lobstein, Tim; Sacks, Gary; Gomes, Fabio; Marsh, Tim; Magnusson, Roger

2015-06-20

To achieve WHO's target to halt the rise in obesity and diabetes, dramatic actions are needed to improve the healthiness of food environments. Substantial debate surrounds who is responsible for delivering effective actions and what, specifically, these actions should entail. Arguments are often reduced to a debate between individual and collective responsibilities, and between hard regulatory or fiscal interventions and soft voluntary, education-based approaches. Genuine progress lies beyond the impasse of these entrenched dichotomies. We argue for a strengthening of accountability systems across all actors to substantially improve performance on obesity reduction. In view of the industry opposition and government reluctance to regulate for healthier food environments, quasiregulatory approaches might achieve progress. A four step accountability framework (take the account, share the account, hold to account, and respond to the account) is proposed. The framework identifies multiple levers for change, including quasiregulatory and other approaches that involve government-specified and government-monitored progress of private sector performance, government procurement mechanisms, improved transparency, monitoring of actions, and management of conflicts of interest. Strengthened accountability systems would support government leadership and stewardship, constrain the influence of private sector actors with major conflicts of interest on public policy development, and reinforce the engagement of civil society in creating demand for healthy food environments and in monitoring progress towards obesity action objectives. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Evolving Contingency Contracting Market: Private Sector Self regulation and United States Government Monitoring of Procurement of Stability Operations Services

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-01-01

abuse. 62 The success of U.S. foreign policy in complex and high threat environments is dependent upon private contingency contractors for a number...Trafficking: Oversight of Contractors ’ Use of Foreign Workers in High -Risk Environments Needs to Be Strengthened,” November 2014, http://www.gao.gov...Congressional Committees, “GAO-15- 102 Human Trafficking: Oversight of Contractors ’ Use of Foreign Workers in High -Risk Environments Needs to Be

Security Issues in mGovernment

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Kumar, Manish; Hanumanthappa, M.; Reddy, Bhavanam Lakshma

E-government is one of the most rapidly evolving service domains in the contemporary information society. Many governments have already developed and provided e-government services to businesses and citizens. Nowadays actors in the government domain attempt to take the next step and exploit the latest wireless technologies in order to provide ubiquitous services for mobile users. However, this approach involves some hidden risks mainly due to the inherent insecurity of the air medium and the vulnerabilities of the wireless systems. Thus, in this paper we investigate the security gaps and considerations which should be taken into account for an m-government system. Finally, we provide a list of security guidelines and policies, which the users of the system should be aware of and follow in order to avoid security attacks.

In defence of governance: ethics review and social research.

PubMed

Sheehan, Mark; Dunn, Michael; Sahan, Kate

2017-10-10

There is a growing body of literature that has sought to undermine systems of ethical regulation, and governance more generally, within the social sciences. In this paper, we argue that any general claim for a system of research ethics governance in social research depends on clarifying the nature of the stake that society has in research. We show that certain accounts of this stake-protecting researchers' freedoms; ensuring accountability for resources; safeguarding welfare; and supporting democracy-raise relevant ethical considerations that are reasonably contested. However, these accounts cannot underpin a general claim in favour of, or against, a system of research ethics governance. Instead, we defend governance in social research on the grounds that research, as an institutionalised form of enquiry, is a constitutive element of human flourishing, and that society ought to be concerned with the flourishing of its members. We conclude by considering the governance arrangements that follow from, and are justified by, our arguments. © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

Accountability in the UK Healthcare System: An Overview

PubMed Central

Peckham, Stephen

2014-01-01

Recent changes in the English National Health Service (NHS) have introduced new complexities into the accountability arrangements for healthcare services. This commentary describes how the new organizational structures have challenged the traditional centralized accountability structures by creating a more dispersed system of governance for local health-care commissioners. It sets the context of discussions about accountability in the UK NHS and then describes the key changes in England following the implementation of the NHS reforms in April 2013. The commentary concludes that while there is increased complexity of accountability within a more decentralized and fragmented healthcare system, the government's goal of achieving increased local autonomy and greater control by general practitioners (GPs) will probably not be realized. In particular, the system will continue to have strongly centralized aspects, with increased regulation and central political responsibility. PMID:25305399

Head Start: Undercover Testing Finds Fraud and Abuse at Selected Head Start Centers. Testimony before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-10-733T

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kutz, Gregory D.

2010-01-01

The Head Start program, overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the Office of Head Start, provides child development services primarily to low-income families and their children. Federal law allows up to 10 percent of enrolled families to have incomes above 130 percent of the poverty line--GAO (Government…

Does public reporting measure up? Federalism, accountability and child-care policy in Canada.

PubMed

Anderson, Lynell; Findlay, Tammy

2010-01-01

Governments in Canada have recently been exploring new accountability measures within intergovernmental relations. Public reporting has become the preferred mechanism in a range of policy areas, including early learning and child-care, and the authors assess its effectiveness as an accountability measure. The article is based on their experience with a community capacity-building project that considers the relationship between the public policy, funding and accountability mechanisms under the federal/provincial/territorial agreements related to child-care. The authors argue that in its current form, public reporting has not lived up to its promise of accountability to citizens. This evaluation is based on the standards that governments have set for themselves under the federal/provincial/territorial agreements, as well as guidelines set by the Public Sector Accounting Board, an independent body that develops accounting standards over time through consultation with governments.

Homeless Mentally Ill: Problems and Options in Estimating Numbers and Trends. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div.

In response to a request by the United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, the General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the methodological soundness of current population estimates of the number of homeless chronically mentally ill persons, and proposed several options for estimating the size of this population. The GAO reviewed…

Student Financial Aid. High Risk Series.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

This report discusses the continuing concerns of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) in regard to the Department of Education's management and oversight of postsecondary student financial aid programs, especially the Federal Family Education Loan, the Ford Direct Loan, and the Federal Pell Grant Programs. GAO commends the department for its…

Factors of quality of financial report of local government in Indonesia

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Muda, Iskandar; Haris Harahap, Abdul; Erlina; Ginting, Syafruddin; Maksum, Azhar; Abubakar, Erwin

2018-03-01

The purpose of this research is to find out whether the Accounting Information System and Internal Control in Local Revenue Office to the affect the Quality of Financial Report of Local Government. The sampling was conducted by using simple random sampling method in which the sample was determined without considering strata. The data research was conducted by distributing the questionnaires. The results showed that the degree of Accounting Information System and Internal Control simultaneously affect the Quality of Financial Report of Local Government. However, partially, Partially, accounting information system influence to the quality of financial report of local government and the internal control does not affect the quality of financial report.

Assumptions Commonly Underlying Government Quality Assessment Practices

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Schmidtlein, Frank A.

2004-01-01

The current interest in governmental assessment and accountability practices appears to result from:(1) an emerging view of higher education as an "industry"; (2) concerns about efficient resource allocation; (3) a lack of trust ade between government institutional officials; (4) a desire to reduce uncertainty in government/higher education…

DOD Financial Management: Continued Actions Needed to Address Congressional Committee Panel Recommendations

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-09-01

which was intended to fundamentally transform DOD’s financial management operations and achieve clean financial 12GAO-15-290. 13GAO-15-290. 14Pub...Actions to Implement the Panel on Defense Financial Management and Auditability Reform Recommendations valuations for these assets. For example, DOD’s...governance, the department is managing its business systems, including ERP systems, as portfolios of investments . The goal is to aggregate data from

Good veterinary governance: definition, measurement and challenges.

PubMed

Msellati, L; Commault, J; Dehove, A

2012-08-01

Good veterinary governance assumes the provision of veterinary services that are sustainably financed, universally available, and provided efficiently without waste or duplication, in a manner that is transparent and free of fraud or corruption. Good veterinary governance is a necessary condition for sustainable economic development insomuch as it promotes the effective delivery of services and improves the overall performance of animal health systems. This article defines governance in Veterinary Services and proposes a framework for its measurement. It also discusses the role of Veterinary Services and analyses the governance dimensions of the performance-assessment tools developed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). These tools (OIE PVS Tool and PVS Gap Analysis) track the performance of Veterinary Services across countries (a harmonised tool) and over time (the PVS Pathway). The article shows the usefulness of the OIE PVS Tool for measuring governance, but also points to two shortcomings, namely (i) the lack of clear outcome indicators, which is an impediment to a comprehensive assessment of the performance of Veterinary Services, and (ii) the lack of specific measures for assessing the extent of corruption within Veterinary Services and the extent to which demand for better governance is being strengthened within the animal health system. A discussion follows on the drivers of corruption and instruments for perception-based assessments of country governance and corruption. Similarly, the article introduces the concept of social accountability, which is an approach to enhancing government transparency and accountability, and shows how supply-side and demand-side mechanisms complement each other in improving the governance of service delivery. It further elaborates on two instruments--citizen report card surveys and grievance redress mechanisms--because of their wider relevance and their possible applications in many settings, including Veterinary

14 CFR 1274.919 - Cost principles and accounting standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 5 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Cost principles and accounting standards... principles and accounting standards. Cost Principles and Accounting Standards July 2002 The expenditure of... Recipient (See clause entitled “Resource Sharing Requirements”) shall be governed by the FAR cost principles...

An examination of undergraduate engineering students' stereotype of scientists and their career intentions

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Stara, Michelle M.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) (2013) has acknowledged that additional graduates are needed in engineering and related STEM fields. However, the GAO has also noted that it is difficult to determine if the additional graduates will align with employer demand at the time of entry into the workforce. This research study attempts to examine undergraduate engineering students' perceptions of scientists and if they were related to students' intentions to pursue science by examining the constructs of Stereotypes of Scientists (SOS) and Career Intentions in Science (CIS). While results of data analysis were not significant, patterns were seen that provided valuable information with regard to the variability of undergraduate engineering students and the complexity of what goes into stereotype formation and career choice. As a practitioner, there were pertinent applications that could be implemented from the results of this and related studies. From the perspective of practitioners, the findings may be used to target recruitment, retention, and specific teaching strategies to increase enrollment and graduate numbers in the lesser known engineering and STEM fields.

Child Care and Early Childhood Education: More Information Sharing and Program Review by HHS Could Enhance Access for Families with Limited English Proficiency. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-06-807

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Shaul, Marnie S.

2006-01-01

Questions have been raised about whether parents with limited English proficiency are having difficulty accessing child care and early education programs for their children. Research suggests that quality early care experiences can greatly improve the school readiness of young children. GAO was asked to provide information on: (1) the…

Human resource governance: what does governance mean for the health workforce in low- and middle-income countries?

PubMed

Kaplan, Avril D; Dominis, Sarah; Palen, John Gh; Quain, Estelle E

2013-02-15

Research on practical and effective governance of the health workforce is limited. This paper examines health system strengthening as it occurs in the intersection between the health workforce and governance by presenting a framework to examine health workforce issues related to eight governance principles: strategic vision, accountability, transparency, information, efficiency, equity/fairness, responsiveness and citizen voice and participation. This study builds off of a literature review that informed the development of a framework that describes linkages and assigns indicators between governance and the health workforce. A qualitative analysis of Health System Assessment (HSA) data, a rapid indicator-based methodology that determines the key strengths and weaknesses of a health system using a set of internationally recognized indicators, was completed to determine how 20 low- and middle-income countries are operationalizing health governance to improve health workforce performance. The 20 countries assessed showed mixed progress in implementing the eight governance principles. Strengths highlighted include increasing the transparency of financial flows from sources to providers by implementing and institutionalizing the National Health Accounts methodology; increasing responsiveness to population health needs by training new cadres of health workers to address shortages and deliver care to remote and rural populations; having structures in place to register and provide licensure to medical professionals upon entry into the public sector; and implementing pilot programs that apply financial and non-financial incentives as a means to increase efficiency. Common weaknesses emerging in the HSAs include difficulties with developing, implementing and evaluating health workforce policies that outline a strategic vision for the health workforce; implementing continuous licensure and regulation systems to hold health workers accountable after they enter the workforce

Human resource governance: what does governance mean for the health workforce in low- and middle-income countries?

PubMed Central

2013-01-01

Background Research on practical and effective governance of the health workforce is limited. This paper examines health system strengthening as it occurs in the intersection between the health workforce and governance by presenting a framework to examine health workforce issues related to eight governance principles: strategic vision, accountability, transparency, information, efficiency, equity/fairness, responsiveness and citizen voice and participation. Methods This study builds off of a literature review that informed the development of a framework that describes linkages and assigns indicators between governance and the health workforce. A qualitative analysis of Health System Assessment (HSA) data, a rapid indicator-based methodology that determines the key strengths and weaknesses of a health system using a set of internationally recognized indicators, was completed to determine how 20 low- and middle-income countries are operationalizing health governance to improve health workforce performance. Results/discussion The 20 countries assessed showed mixed progress in implementing the eight governance principles. Strengths highlighted include increasing the transparency of financial flows from sources to providers by implementing and institutionalizing the National Health Accounts methodology; increasing responsiveness to population health needs by training new cadres of health workers to address shortages and deliver care to remote and rural populations; having structures in place to register and provide licensure to medical professionals upon entry into the public sector; and implementing pilot programs that apply financial and non-financial incentives as a means to increase efficiency. Common weaknesses emerging in the HSAs include difficulties with developing, implementing and evaluating health workforce policies that outline a strategic vision for the health workforce; implementing continuous licensure and regulation systems to hold health workers

48 CFR 47.104-1 - Government rate tender procedures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Government rate tender... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION General 47.104-1 Government rate tender procedures. (a) 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates are published in Government rate tenders and apply to shipments moving for the account...

48 CFR 47.104-1 - Government rate tender procedures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Government rate tender... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION General 47.104-1 Government rate tender procedures. (a) 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates are published in Government rate tenders and apply to shipments moving for the account...

Charges Made by the National Federation of the Blind Against the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

Presented is a report submitted by the General Accounting Office (GAO) concerning its investigation of charges made by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) against the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped (NAC). It is explained that the GAO reviewed NFB allegations that the NAC does not act…

Difficulties in Determining If Nuclear Training of Foreigners Contributes to Weapons Proliferation. Report by the Comptroller General of the United States.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Appropriations.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) conclusion that it is impossible to determine the contribution of U.S. nuclear training of foreigners to the spread of nuclear weapons is presented. The GAO position is that there is no way to ascertain the true intentions of foreign nationals being trained or the motivations of their countries. Issues…

Multi-institutional arrangements: relationships between governing boards and hospital chief executive officers.

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Alexander, J; Morlock, L L

1985-02-01

This investigation focuses on the impact of multi-institutional arrangements on the role of governing boards in limiting or enhancing the managerial autonomy of individual hospitals. Data from a 1979 Special Survey by the American Hospital Association (N = 4213) are used to examine governing board-administrator relationships as a function of the degree of autonomy and scope of responsibility of the hospital governing board. It is hypothesized that governing boards responsible for multiple hospitals or for multiple nonhospital organizations and those boards accountable to a higher organizational authority will exercise more formal control over hospital chief executive officers (CEOs) than will boards of single or autonomous hospitals. The analysis assumes that formal control by the governing board over the management function of the individual hospital is exercised partly through soliciting or limiting participation by hospital administrators in key policy decisions and through the evaluation of administrative performance. Therefore, it is anticipated that hospitals governed by boards with multiple responsibilities as well as hospitals governed by boards accountable to a higher authority will be (1) less likely to have CEOs who are members of the governing board executive committee, (2) more likely to have annual performance reviews of the CEO by the governing board, and (3) more likely to have such reviews conducted according to preestablished criteria. Study results provide general support for the hypotheses with respect to hospital boards with multiple responsibilities: the data suggest that such boards do exercise greater control over hospital administrators and these effects do appear to be stronger for hospitals in the private sector. Hospitals governed by boards accountable to a higher authority, however, are more likely to have CEOs who are members of the governing board executive committee--a pattern in direct opposition to that hypothesized. Furthermore

Multi-institutional arrangements: relationships between governing boards and hospital chief executive officers.

PubMed Central

Alexander, J; Morlock, L L

1985-01-01

This investigation focuses on the impact of multi-institutional arrangements on the role of governing boards in limiting or enhancing the managerial autonomy of individual hospitals. Data from a 1979 Special Survey by the American Hospital Association (N = 4213) are used to examine governing board-administrator relationships as a function of the degree of autonomy and scope of responsibility of the hospital governing board. It is hypothesized that governing boards responsible for multiple hospitals or for multiple nonhospital organizations and those boards accountable to a higher organizational authority will exercise more formal control over hospital chief executive officers (CEOs) than will boards of single or autonomous hospitals. The analysis assumes that formal control by the governing board over the management function of the individual hospital is exercised partly through soliciting or limiting participation by hospital administrators in key policy decisions and through the evaluation of administrative performance. Therefore, it is anticipated that hospitals governed by boards with multiple responsibilities as well as hospitals governed by boards accountable to a higher authority will be (1) less likely to have CEOs who are members of the governing board executive committee, (2) more likely to have annual performance reviews of the CEO by the governing board, and (3) more likely to have such reviews conducted according to preestablished criteria. Study results provide general support for the hypotheses with respect to hospital boards with multiple responsibilities: the data suggest that such boards do exercise greater control over hospital administrators and these effects do appear to be stronger for hospitals in the private sector. Hospitals governed by boards accountable to a higher authority, however, are more likely to have CEOs who are members of the governing board executive committee--a pattern in direct opposition to that hypothesized. Furthermore

Europium gallium garnet (Eu3Ga5O12) and Eu3GaO6: Synthesis and material properties

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Sawada, Kenji; Nakamura, Toshihiro; Adachi, Sadao

2016-10-01

Eu-Ga-O ternary compounds were synthesized from a mixture of cubic (c-) Eu2O3 and monoclinic Ga2O3 (β-Ga2O3) raw powders using the solid-state reaction method by calcination at Tc = 1200 °C. The structural and optical properties of the Eu-Ga-O ternary compounds were investigated using X-ray diffraction analysis, photoluminescence (PL) analysis, PL excitation (PLE) spectroscopy, and Raman scattering measurements. Stoichiometric compounds such as cubic Eu3Ga5O12 (EGG) and orthorhombic Eu3GaO6 were synthesized using molar ratios of x = 0.375 and 0.75 [x≡Eu2O3/(Eu2O3 + Ga2O3)], respectively, together with the end-point binary compounds β-Ga2O3 (x = 0) and monoclinic (m-) Eu2O3 (x = 1.0). The structural change from "cubic" to "monoclinic" in Eu2O3 is due to the structural phase transition occurring at Tc ≥ 1050 °C. In principle, the perovskite-type EuGaO3 and monoclinic Eu4Ga2O9 can also be synthesized at x = 0.5 and 0.667, respectively; however, such stoichiometric compounds could not be synthesized in this study. The PL and PLE properties of EGG and Eu3GaO6 were studied in detail. The temperature dependence of the PL spectra was observed through measurements carried out between T = 20 and 300 K and explained using a newly developed model. Raman scattering measurements were also performed on the Eu-Ga-O ternary systems over the entire composition range from x = 0 (β-Ga2O3) to 1.0 (m-Eu2O3).

Education Paperwork Requirements Are Burdensome: Better Federal Controls Needed. Report to the Congress.

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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

In 1978 the U.S. Congress passed the Control of Paperwork Amendments to control education-related paperwork and reduce unnecessary reporting. A study by the General Accounting Office (GAO) found that by 1981 the requirements of the law had yet to be met. According to the GAO, the Secretary of Education should reactivate the Federal Education Data…

Job Training Partnership Act: Comments on H.R. 2039, The JTPA Amendments of 1989. Testimony before the Committee on Education and Labor, United States House of Representatives.

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Gainer, William J.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) commented on H.R. 2039, which would amend both the adult and youth titles of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). GAO's analysis suggested the following: (1) although H.R. 2039 proposes to target greater resources to those who are hard to serve by requiring that 50 percent of adult JTPA participants have one…

New developments in super-resolution for GaoFen-4

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Li, Feng; Fu, Jie; Xin, Lei; Liu, Yuhong; Liu, Zhijia

2017-10-01

In this paper, the application of super resolution (SR, restoring a high spatial resolution image from a series of low resolution images of the same scene) techniques to GaoFen(GF)-4, which is the most advanced geostationaryorbit earth observing satellite in China, remote sensing images is investigated and tested. SR has been a hot research area for decades, but one of the barriers of applying SR in remote sensing community is the time slot between those low resolution (LR) images acquisition. In general, the longer the time slot, the less reliable the reconstruction. GF-4 has the unique advantage of capturing a sequence of LR of the same region in minutes, i.e. working as a staring camera from the point view of SR. This is the first experiment of applying super resolution to a sequence of low resolution images captured by GF-4 within a short time period. In this paper, we use Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) to solve the ill-conditioned problem of SR. Both the wavelet transform and the curvelet transform are used to setup a sparse prior for remote sensing images. By combining several images of both the BeiJing and DunHuang regions captured by GF-4 our method can improve spatial resolution both visually and numerically. Experimental tests show that lots of detail cannot be observed in the captured LR images, but can be seen in the super resolved high resolution (HR) images. To help the evaluation, Google Earth image can also be referenced. Moreover, our experimental tests also show that the higher the temporal resolution, the better the HR images can be resolved. The study illustrates that the application for SR to geostationary-orbit based earth observation data is very feasible and worthwhile, and it holds the potential application for all other geostationary-orbit based earth observing systems.

Acute care hospitals' accountability to provincial funders.

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Kromm, Seija K; Ross Baker, G; Wodchis, Walter P; Deber, Raisa B

2014-09-01

Ontario's acute care hospitals are subject to a number of tools, including legislation and performance measurement for fiscal accountability and accountability for quality. Examination of accountability documents used in Ontario at the government, regional and acute care hospital levels reveals three trends: (a) the number of performance measures being used in the acute care hospital sector has increased significantly; (b) the focus of the health system has expanded from accountability for funding and service volumes to include accountability for quality and patient safety; and (c) the accountability requirements are misaligned at the different levels. These trends may affect the success of the accountability approach currently being used. Copyright © 2014 Longwoods Publishing.

41 CFR 102-33.190 - What are the aircraft operations and ownership costs for which we must account?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... Parts Accounting for the Cost of Government Aircraft § 102-33.190 What are the aircraft operations and... Government aircraft as described in the “Government Aircraft Cost Accounting Guide” (CAG), which follows OMB... operations and ownership costs for which we must account? 102-33.190 Section 102-33.190 Public Contracts and...

No Child Left Behind Act: Education Could Do More to Help States Better Define Graduation Rates and Improve Knowledge about Intervention Strategies. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-05-879

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Government Accountability Office, 2005

2005-01-01

About a third of students entering high school do not graduate and face limited job prospects. The No Child Left Behind Act requires states to use graduation rates to measure how well students are educated. To assess the accuracy of states' rates and to review programs that may increase rates, GAO was asked to examine (1) the graduation rate…

Governance, Accountability, and Organizational Development: Eldercare Unit Managers' and Local Politicians' Experiences of and Responses to State Supervision of Swedish Eldercare.

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Andersson, Katarina; Hanberger, Anders; Nygren, Lennart

2018-02-22

This article explores how local politicians and care unit managers in Swedish eldercare experience and respond to state supervision (SSV). Twelve politicians and twelve managers in 15 previously inspected municipalities were interviewed about their experiences of and reactions to SSV in relation to their views of care quality and routines in eldercare practice. The findings indicate that local managers and political chairs perceived SSV in eldercare positively at a superficial level but were critical of and disappointed with specific aspects of it. In terms of (a) governance, chairs and managers said SSV strengthened implementation of national policies via local actors, but they were critical of SSV's narrow focus on control and flaws in eldercare practice. With regard to (b) accountability, SSV was seen as limited to accountability for finances and systemic performance, and regarding (c) organizational development, SSV was seen as limited to improving routines and compliance with legislation, while local definitions of quality are broader than that. In general, local actors regarded SSV as improving administrative aspects and routines in practice but ignoring the relational content of eldercare quality.

12 CFR 205.15 - Electronic fund transfer of government benefits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

...) Account balance. The means by which the consumer may obtain information concerning the account balance... history or other account information, under paragraph (c) of this section, in which the error is first... consumer for use in initiating an electronic fund transfer of government benefits from an account, other...

Shared governance in a clinic system.

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Meyers, Michelle M; Costanzo, Cindy

2015-01-01

Shared governance in health care empowers nurses to share in the decision-making process, which results in decentralized management and collective accountability. Share governance practices have been present in hospitals since the late 1970s. However, shared governance in ambulatory care clinics has not been well established. The subjects of this quality project included staff and administrative nurses in a clinic system. The stakeholder committee chose what model of shared governance to implement and educated clinic staff. The Index of Professional Nursing Governance measured a shared governance score pre- and postimplementation of the Clinic Nursing Council. The Clinic Nursing Council met bimonthly for 3 months during this project to discuss issues and make decisions related to nursing staff. The Index of Professional Nursing Governance scores indicated traditional governance pre- and postimplementation of the Clinic Nursing Council, which is to be expected. The stakeholder committee was beneficial to the initial implementation process and facilitated staff nurse involvement. Shared governance is an evolutionary process that develops empowered nurses and nurse leaders.

75 FR 14161 - Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-03-24

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting The Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards will meet Thursday, April 22, 2010, from 8... Building, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC. The Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards will...

76 FR 19774 - Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting

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2011-04-08

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting The Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards will meet Wednesday, May 11, 2011, from 8:15... building, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC. The Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards will...

Mayoral Governance and Student Achievement: How Mayor-Led Districts Are Improving School and Student Performance

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Wong, Kenneth K.; Shen, Francis X.

2013-01-01

Mayoral control and accountability is one of very few major education reforms that aim at governance coherence in this nation's highly fragmented urban school systems. A primary feature of mayoral governance is that it holds the office of the mayor accountable for school performance. As an institutional redesign, mayoral governance integrates…

Strengthening accountability to citizens on gender and health.

PubMed

Murthy, R K

2008-01-01

Accountability refers to the processes by which those with power in the health sector engage with, and are answerable to, those who make demands on it, and enforce disciplinary action on those in the health sector who do not perform effectively. This paper reviews the practice of accountability to citizens on gender and health, assesses gaps, and recommends strategies. Four kinds of accountability mechanisms have been used by citizens to press for accountability on gender and health. These include international human rights instruments, legislation, governance structures, and other tools, some of which are relevant to all public sector services, some to the health sector alone, some to gender issues alone, and some to gender-specific health concerns of women. However, there are few instances wherein private health sector and donors have been held accountable. Rarely have accountability processes reduced gender inequalities in health, or addressed 'low priority' gender-specific health needs of women. Accountability with respect to implementation and to marginalized groups has remained weak. This paper recommends that: (1) the four kinds of accountability mechanisms be extended to the private health sector and donors; (2) health accountability mechanisms be engendered, and gender accountability mechanisms be made health-specific; (3) resources be earmarked to enable government to respond to gender-specific health demands; (4) mechanisms for enforcement of such policies be improved; and (5) democratic spaces and participation of marginalized groups be strengthened.

Government influence on patient organizations.

PubMed

Van de Bovenkamp, Hester M; Trappenburg, Margo J

2011-12-01

Patient organizations increasingly play an important role in health care decision-making in Western countries. The Netherlands is one of the countries where this trend has gone furthest. In the literature some problems are identified, such as instrumental use of patient organizations by care providers, health insurers and the pharmaceutical industry. To strengthen the position of patient organizations government funding is often recommended as a solution. In this paper we analyze the ties between Dutch government and Dutch patient organizations to learn more about the effects of such a relationship between government and this part of civil society. Our study is based on official government documents and existing empirical research on patient organizations. We found that government influence on patient organizations has become quite substantial with government influencing the organizational structure of patient organizations, the activities these organizations perform and even their ideology. Financing patient organizations offers the government an important means to hold them accountable. Although the ties between patient organizations and the government enable the former to play a role that can be valued as positive by both parties, we argue that they raise problems as well which warrant a discussion on how much government influence on civil society is acceptable.

Technology development: Future use of NASA's large format camera is uncertain

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rey, Charles F.; Fliegel, Ilene H.; Rohner, Karl A.

1990-06-01

The Large Format Camera, developed as a project to verify an engineering concept or design, has been flown only once, in 1984, on the shuttle Challenger. Since this flight, the camera has been in storage. NASA had expected that, following the camera's successful demonstration, other government agencies or private companies with special interests in photographic applications would absorb the costs for further flights using the Large Format Camera. But, because shuttle transportation costs for the Large Format Camera were estimated to be approximately $20 million (in 1987 dollars) per flight and the market for selling Large Format Camera products was limited, NASA was not successful in interesting other agencies or private companies in paying the costs. Using the camera on the space station does not appear to be a realistic alternative. Using the camera aboard NASA's Earth Resources Research (ER-2) aircraft may be feasible. Until the final disposition of the camera is decided, NASA has taken actions to protect it from environmental deterioration. The Government Accounting Office (GAO) recommends that the NASA Administrator should consider, first, using the camera on an aircraft such as the ER-2. NASA plans to solicit the private sector for expressions of interest in such use of the camera, at no cost to the government, and will be guided by the private sector response. Second, GAO recommends that if aircraft use is determined to be infeasible, NASA should consider transferring the camera to a museum, such as the National Air and Space Museum.

Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-04-13

suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway...Established resource, schedule, test, operational capacity, technical, and contract baselines for several missile defense systems. It reported...Europe as well as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. View GAO-11-555T or key components. For more information, contact Cristina T

Performance and Accountability Report

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2003-01-01

The NASA Fiscal Year 2002 Performance and Accountability Report is presented. Over the past year, significant changes have been implemented to greatly improve NASA's management while continuing to break new ground in science and technology. Excellent progress has been made in implementing the President's Management Agenda. NASA is leading the government in its implementation of the five government-wide initiatives. NASA received an unqualified audit opinion on FY 2002 financial statements. The vast majority of performance goals have been achieved, furthering each area of NASA's mission. The contents include: 1) NASA Vision and Mission; 2) Management's Discussion and Analysis; 3) Performance; and 4) Financial.

Environmental Health: Opportunities for Greater Focus, Direction, and Top-Level Commitment to Children's Health at EPA. Testimony Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate. GAO-10-545T

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Stephenson, John B.

2010-01-01

This testimony discusses highlights of GAO's report about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to institutionalize the protection of children's health. EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. As a result of mounting evidence about the special vulnerabilities of the developing fetus and child, the federal…

Military Personnel: Performance Measures Needed to Determine How Well DOD’s Credentialing Program Helps Servicemembers

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-10-01

Section 2015 of Title 10 directed DOD to carry out a program to enable servicemembers to obtain professional credentials related to their military...which amended 10 U.S.C. § 2015 to require DOD to carry out a program to enable members of the armed forces to obtain, while serving in the armed...Internal Control in the Federal Government, GAO-14-704G (Washington, D.C.: Sept. 10 , 2014). 6See GAO, Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Further Refine

Study Calls for Improvements to U.S. Visa Process for Students, Scholars

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Showstack, Randy

2004-03-01

U.S. federal agencies are implementing some measures to reduce delays in providing foreign scientists and students with non-immigrant visas, although additional steps could help to improve the cumbersome process, according to a government study released on 25 February by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). The study, which was requested by the House of Representatives Science Committee, reviewed the issuance of F-1 and J-1 visas in light of national security measures put in place after September 11, 2001. The committee has expressed concerns about whether new security measures are detrimental to scientific research by unnecessarily delaying the issuance of visas to foreign students and scholars.

Process-Based Governance in Public Administrations Using Activity-Based Costing

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Becker, Jörg; Bergener, Philipp; Räckers, Michael

Decision- and policy-makers in public administrations currently lack on missing relevant information for sufficient governance. In Germany the introduction of New Public Management and double-entry accounting enable public administrations to get the opportunity to use cost-centered accounting mechanisms to establish new governance mechanisms. Process modelling in this case can be a useful instrument to help the public administrations decision- and policy-makers to structure their activities and capture relevant information. In combination with approaches like Activity-Based Costing, higher management level can be supported with a reasonable data base for fruitful and reasonable governance approaches. Therefore, the aim of this article is combining the public sector domain specific process modelling method PICTURE and concept of activity-based costing for supporting Public Administrations in process-based Governance.

Evolution of Structural Empowerment: Moving From Shared to Professional Governance.

PubMed

Clavelle, Joanne T; Porter O'Grady, Tim; Weston, Marla J; Verran, Joyce A

2016-06-01

The aim of this study is to describe the maturation of the concept of shared governance to professional governance as a framework for structural empowerment. An analysis of the literature and concept clarification of structural empowerment and shared governance demonstrate that the concept and attributes of shared governance have evolved toward professional governance. A comprehensive, deductive literature review and concept clarification of structural empowerment, shared governance, and related constructs was completed. The concept and practice of shared governance has matured to a concept of professional governance with the attributes of accountability, professional obligation, collateral relationships, and effective decision-making.

31 CFR 363.208 - Can I transfer my marketable Treasury security from my TreasuryDirect ® account to an account in...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... security from my TreasuryDirect ® account to an account in another book-entry system? 363.208 Section 363..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURYDIRECT Marketable Treasury Securities § 363.208 Can I transfer my marketable Treasury security from my Treasury...

Governance Final Briefing Paper

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Washington State Board of Education, 2011

2011-01-01

One of the State Board of Education's (SBE) strategic plan goals is to advocate for an effective, accountable governance structure for public education in Washington. The development of this goal comes from Board members' experiences over the last five years to understand and address the complexity of Washington's education system and their role…

Citizen Perceptions of Government Service Quality: Evidence from Public Schools. Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series. PEPG 10-16

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Chingos, Matthew M.; Henderson, Michael; West, Martin R.

2010-01-01

Conventional models of democratic accountability hinge on citizens' ability to evaluate government performance accurately, yet there is little evidence on the degree to which citizen perceptions of the quality of government services correspond to actual service quality. Using nationally representative survey data, we find that citizens'…

Control of corruption, democratic accountability, and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS official development assistance.

PubMed

Lee, Hwa-Young; Yang, Bong-Ming; Kang, Minah

2016-01-01

Despite continued global efforts, HIV/AIDS outcomes in developing countries have not made much progress. Poor governance in recipient countries is often seen as one of the reasons for ineffectiveness of aid efforts to achieve stated objectives and desired outcomes. This study examines the impact of two important dimensions of governance - control of corruption and democratic accountability - on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS official development assistance. An empirical analysis using dynamic panel Generalized Method of Moments estimation was conducted on 2001-2010 datasets. Control of corruption and democratic accountability revealed an independent effect and interaction with the amount of HIV/AIDS aid on incidence of HIV/AIDS, respectively, while none of the two governance variables had a significant effect on HIV/AIDS prevalence. Specifically, in countries with accountability level below -2.269, aid has a detrimental effect on incidence of HIV/AIDS. The study findings suggest that aid programs need to be preceded or at least accompanied by serious efforts to improve governance in recipient countries and that democratic accountability ought to receive more critical attention.

Higher Education Accountability Performance in Padang State University

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Al Kadri, Hanif

2015-01-01

This study examines the adherence to process and achievement of the objectives of performance accountability in Higher Education in UNP. To be able to perform the role as guardian of academic and scientific culture, the university should be an independent agency, with the accountable autonomy-based governance. The concept of autonomy in higher…

Students with Disabilities: Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School. Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives. GAO-12-594

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Moran, Revae E.

2012-01-01

The transition out of high school to postsecondary education or the workforce can be a challenging time, especially for students with disabilities. Multiple federal agencies fund programs to support these students during their transition. In 2003, GAO reported that limited coordination among these programs can hinder a successful transition. GAO…

Accounting Procedures for Student Organizations.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento.

This two-part handbook presents information on accounting procedures for student organizations, with a focus on the laws, policies, and procedures that affect student body organizations. Part 1 contains information about: (1) legal status of a school's student body organization; (2) principles governing student body finance; (3) administration of…

'By papers and pens, you can only do so much': views about accountability and human resource management from Indian government health administrators and workers.

PubMed

George, Asha

2009-01-01

Although accountability drives in the Indian health sector sporadically highlight egregious behaviour of individual health providers, accountability needs to be understood more broadly. From a managerial perspective, while accountability functions as a control mechanism that involves reviews and sanctions, it also has a constructive side that encourages learning from errors and discretion to support innovation. This points to social relationships: how formal rules and hierarchies combine with informal norms and processes and more fundamentally how power relations are negotiated. Drawing from this conceptual background and based on qualitative research, this article analyses the views of government primary health care administrators and workers from Koppal district, northern Karnataka, India. In particular, the article details how these actors view two management functions concerned with internal accountability: supervision and disciplinary action. A number of disjunctures are revealed. Although extensive information systems exist, they do not guide responsiveness or planning. While supportive supervision efforts are acknowledged and practiced, implicit quid-pro-quo bargains that justify poor service delivery performance are more prevalent. Despite the enactment of numerous disciplinary measures, little discipline is observed. These disjunctures reflect nuanced and layered relationships between health administrators and workers, as well as how power is negotiated through corruption and elected representatives within the broader political economy context of health systems in northern Karnataka, India. These various dimensions of accountability need to be addressed if it is to be used more equitably and effectively.

42 CFR 416.41 - Condition for coverage-Governing body and management.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... governing the ASC's total operation. The governing body has oversight and accountability for the quality... management. 416.41 Section 416.41 Public Health CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF... for Coverage § 416.41 Condition for coverage—Governing body and management. The ASC must have a...

42 CFR 416.41 - Condition for coverage-Governing body and management.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... governing the ASC's total operation. The governing body has oversight and accountability for the quality... management. 416.41 Section 416.41 Public Health CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF... for Coverage § 416.41 Condition for coverage—Governing body and management. The ASC must have a...

78 FR 20318 - Public Meeting of the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards

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2013-04-04

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Public Meeting of the Advisory Council on Government Auditing...: This notice informs the public that the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards will hold a... recommendations to the Comptroller General for revisions to the Government Auditing Standards, to provide for...

Intervention research: GAO experiences.

PubMed

Grasso, P G

1996-04-01

This paper describes tools of program evaluation that may prove useful in conducting research on occupational health and safety interventions. It presents examples of three studies conducted by the U.S. General Accounting Office that illustrate a variety of techniques for collecting and analyzing data on program interventions, including analysis of extant data, synthesis of results of existing studies, and combining data from administrative files with survey results. At the same time, it stresses the importance and difficulty of constructing an adequate "theory" of how the intervention is expected to affect outcomes, both for guiding data collection and for allowing adequate interpretation of results.

Governance and human resources for health.

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Dieleman, Marjolein; Hilhorst, Thea

2011-11-24

Despite an increase in efforts to address shortage and performance of Human Resources for Health (HRH), HRH problems continue to hamper quality service delivery. We believe that the influence of governance is undervalued in addressing the HRH crisis, both globally and at country level. This thematic series has aimed to expand the evidence base on the role of governance in addressing the HRH crisis. The six articles comprising the series present a range of experiences. The articles report on governance in relation to developing a joint vision, building adherence and strengthening accountability, and on governance with respect to planning, implementation, and monitoring. Other governance issues warrant attention as well, such as corruption and transparency in decision-making in HRH policies and strategies. Acknowledging and dealing with governance should be part and parcel of HRH planning and implementation. To date, few experiences have been shared on improving governance for HRH policy making and implementation, and many questions remain unanswered. There is an urgent need to document experiences and for mutual learning.

Shared governance in the endoscopy department.

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Metcalf, R; Tate, R

1995-01-01

Studies have indicated that active participation by employees improves job satisfaction and performance. There is a sense of pride and accountability that is demonstrated in the work environment when staff are involved in the decision-making process. Recent emergence of a relatively new philosophy for management that promotes employee ownership is shared governance. This type of leadership allows individuals who are at the center of the work place to participate in the decisions that actively reflect their needs. In this article, the authors describe the process of implementing shared governance in an Endoscopy Department. The effectiveness of shared governance is evidenced by the renewed enthusiasm and energy demonstrated by the staff.

Discrimination theory of rule-governed behavior

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Cerutti, Daniel T.

1989-01-01

In rule-governed behavior, previously established elementary discriminations are combined in complex instructions and thus result in complex behavior. Discriminative combining and recombining of responses produce behavior with characteristics differing from those of behavior that is established through the effects of its direct consequences. For example, responding in instructed discrimination may be occasioned by discriminative stimuli that are temporally and situationally removed from the circumstances under which the discrimination is instructed. The present account illustrates properties of rule-governed behavior with examples from research in instructional control and imitation learning. Units of instructed behavior, circumstances controlling compliance with instructions, and rule-governed problem solving are considered. PMID:16812579

Federally Created Entities: An Overview of Key Attributes. Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate. GAO-10-97

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Ragland, Susan; Poling, Susan A.

2009-01-01

Over the years, Congress has created or authorized the creation of numerous entities to carry out federal programs and further public purposes. These federally created entities can be categorized into several types and serve a variety of missions. They are subject to varying governance, accountability, and transparency requirements through which…

48 CFR 832.202-4 - Security for Government financing.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... accepted accounting principles and must be audited and certified by an independent public accountant or an... for Government financing. An offeror's financial condition may be considered adequate security to... offeror's financial condition, the contracting officer may obtain, to the extent required, the following...

SMALL BUSINESS: Status of Small Disadvantaged Business Certifications

DTIC Science & Technology

2001-01-01

Management and Budget. We will also make copies available to others on request.Page 13 GAO-01-273 Small Business If you have questions regarding this...GAO United States General Accounting OfficeReport to Congressional RequestersJanuary 2001 SMALL BUSINESS Status of Small Disadvantaged Business ...34) Title and Subtitle SMALL BUSINESS Status of Small Disadvantaged Business Certifications Contract or Grant Number Program Element Number Authors

Software Agents as Facilitators of Coherent Coalition Operations

DTIC Science & Technology

2001-06-01

In this regard, an important output from DARPA’s CoABS programme is the CoABS Grid - a middleware layer based on Java / Jini technology that provides...2 The C3I Group, Technical Panel 9. 6 developed between two countries who are fighting for control of Binni. To the north is Gao - which has...well developed and fundamentalist country. Gao has managed to annex an area of land, called it Binni and has put in its own puppet government. This

Do Kids Need Government Censors?

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Rabkin, Rhoda

2002-01-01

Fashioning public policies restricting children's access to entertainment glamorizing violence, sex, drugs, and vulgarity is a complex task. The recently introduced Media Marketing Accountability Act would empower the federal government to regulate advertising of entertainment products to youth. Suggests that this power is undesirable compared to…

Developing Learning Objectives for Accounting Ethics Using Bloom's Taxonomy

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Kidwell, Linda A.; Fisher, Dann G.; Braun, Robert L.; Swanson, Diane L.

2013-01-01

The purpose of our article is to offer a set of core knowledge learning objectives for accounting ethics education. Using Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, we develop learning objectives in six content areas: codes of ethical conduct, corporate governance, the accounting profession, moral development, classical ethics theories, and…

Organizational responses to accountability requirements: Do we get what we expect?

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Gray, Carolyn Steele; Berta, Whitney; Deber, Raisa; Lum, Janet

In health care, accountability is being championed as a promising approach to meeting the dual imperatives of improving care quality while managing constrained budgets. Few studies focus on public sector organizations' responsiveness to government imperatives for accountability. We applied and adapted a theory of organizational responsiveness to community care agencies operating in Ontario, Canada, asking the question: What is the array of realized organizational responses to government-imposed accountability requirements among community agencies that receive public funds to provide home and community care? A sequential complementary mixed methods approach was used. It gathered data through a survey of 114 home and community care organizations in Ontario and interviews with 20 key informants representing 13 home and community care agencies and four government agencies. It generated findings using a parallel mixed analysis technique. In addition to responses predicted by the theory, we found that organizations engage in active, as well as passive, forms of compliance; we refer to this response as internal modification in which internal policies, practices, and/or procedures are changed to meet accountability requirements. We also found that environmental factors, such as the presence of an association representing organizational interests, can influence bargaining tactics. Our study helps us to better understand the range of likely responses to accountability requirements and is a first step toward encouraging the development of accountability frameworks that favor positive outcomes for organizations and those holding them to account. Tailoring agreements to organizational environments, aligning perceived compliance with behaviors that encourage improved performance, and allowing for flexibility in accountability arrangements are suggested strategies to support beneficial outcomes.

Would GAAP - Based Accounting Practices Improve Financial Management and Decision-Making in the Department of Defense?

DTIC Science & Technology

1990-08-01

was in complete compliance with the act. 6 U. S . General Accounting Office. Manaaina the Cost of Government: Building an Effective Financial Management...34 Journal of Accountancy , April 1987, 58-70. 10 7. S . General Accounting Office. Managing the Cost of Government: Building and Effective Financial...N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1981. pp. 62-64. 111 Ibid., pp. 63. 112 Horngren , Charles T. Cost Accounting : A Managerial EEmRhsi, 5th ed., Englewood Cliffs

Open Government Partnership as a Platform for Advancing Open Education Policy

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Gondol, Jan; Allen, Nicole

2015-01-01

An exciting new avenue for establishing and expanding national commitments to open education has emerged through the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral initiative that aims to secure commitments from governments to make their governance more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. In the past, there has not been a strong link…

Control of corruption, democratic accountability, and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS official development assistance

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Lee, Hwa-Young; Yang, Bong-Ming; Kang, Minah

2016-01-01

Background Despite continued global efforts, HIV/AIDS outcomes in developing countries have not made much progress. Poor governance in recipient countries is often seen as one of the reasons for ineffectiveness of aid efforts to achieve stated objectives and desired outcomes. Objective This study examines the impact of two important dimensions of governance – control of corruption and democratic accountability – on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS official development assistance. Design An empirical analysis using dynamic panel Generalized Method of Moments estimation was conducted on 2001–2010 datasets. Results Control of corruption and democratic accountability revealed an independent effect and interaction with the amount of HIV/AIDS aid on incidence of HIV/AIDS, respectively, while none of the two governance variables had a significant effect on HIV/AIDS prevalence. Specifically, in countries with accountability level below −2.269, aid has a detrimental effect on incidence of HIV/AIDS. Conclusion The study findings suggest that aid programs need to be preceded or at least accompanied by serious efforts to improve governance in recipient countries and that democratic accountability ought to receive more critical attention. PMID:27189199

The Development of Educational Accountability in China and Denmark

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Rasmussen, Palle; Zou, Yihuan

2014-01-01

In recent decades, the concept of accountability has attracted more and more attention in public governance and management. The management of education is no exception. This article presents and discusses the evolution and current status of educational accountability in two different national contexts, China and Denmark. Two main sectors of…

Governance and Compliance in Accounting Education in Vietnam--Case of a Public University

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Bui, Binh; Hoang, Hien; Phan, Duc P. T.; Yapa, P. W. Senarath

2017-01-01

Prior research suggests that despite the mass development of higher education in Vietnam recently, the quality of higher education is declining. This study aims to understand the impact of the education reform on the quality of university accounting education by investigating the involvement of different stakeholders in accounting education within…

60 Years on: The Changing Role of Government

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Pring, Richard

2012-01-01

In this article, the author reflects on key events and issues with which he has been involved for 50 years. First, he gives a brief account of the Schools Council--what it meant in terms of the limited role of government in governing education, and in terms of the role of teachers as curriculum thinkers, not deliverers. Its demise in the 1980s…

The GAO History Program: A History.

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Trask, Roger R.

1991-01-01

Discusses the planning, formation, and history of the General Accounting Office history program. Addresses functions, staff size, organizational placement, and the role of an advisory committee. Stresses oral history, policy research, and identification of documentary sources. (DK)

Participation, political economy and protection: food aid governance in Darfur, Sudan.

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Young, Helen; Maxwell, Daniel

2013-10-01

Humanitarian food assistance aims to meet short-term emergency needs, yet often it is sustained over many years and develops its own systems and infrastructure that interact with local governance and local communities. This paper explores the links between participation and local governance, as well as the implications for exclusion of certain groups, the dignity of those involved, and protection issues. The paper proposes a framework for reviewing the governance functions and capacities of local Food Relief Committees, based on the following criteria: accountability; gender equity; legitimacy and authority; representativeness; responsiveness; and transparency. A case study of the Darfur region reviews how local governance evolves as a result of both the wider conflict and of adapting to the international humanitarian system, itself a form of governance. The paper concludes by proposing three strategies for enhancing participation and applying lessons learned: improved analysis of participation; linking programming strategies and protection; and taking account of governance functions and capacities. © 2013 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2013.

International School Feeding: USDA's Oversight of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program Needs Improvement. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-11-544

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Melito, Thomas

2011-01-01

The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (MGD Program) provides donations of U.S. agricultural products and financial and technical assistance for school feeding programs in the developing world. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), with about $200 million in funding in fiscal year 2010, the…

Community College Governance, Funding, and Accountability: A Century of Issues and Trends

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Tollefson, Terrence

2009-01-01

Community colleges in America are now very visible and highly respected institutions of higher education. More than 1,000 community colleges in all 50 states now comprise nearly 25% of all colleges and universities in the U.S., with over 6.5 million students, or about 45% of all college students.State and local governance and coordination of…

75 FR 61143 - Financial Management and Assurance; Government Auditing Standards

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2010-10-04

... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Financial Management and Assurance; Government Auditing Standards Correction In notice document 2010-23374 beginning on page 57274 in the issue of Monday, September 20, 2010 make the following corrections: 1. On page 57275, in the first column, under the ADDRESSES section, in...

Space Projects: Improvements Needed in Selecting Future Projects for Private Financing

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1990-01-01

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and NASA jointly selected seven projects for commercialization to reduce NASA's fiscal year 1990 budget request and to help achieve the goal of increasing private sector involvement in space. However, the efforts to privately finance these seven projects did not increase the commercial sector's involvement in space to the extent desired. The General Accounting Office (GAO) determined that the projects selected were not a fair test of the potential of increasing commercial investment in space at an acceptable cost to the government, primarily because the projects were not properly screened. That is, neither their suitability for commercialization nor the economic consequences of seeking private financing for them were adequately evaluated before selection. Evaluations and market tests done after selection showed that most of the projects were not viable candidates for private financing. GAO concluded that projects should not be removed from NASA's budget for commercial development until after careful screening has been done to determine whether adequate commercial demand exists, development risks are commercially acceptable and private financing is found or judged to be highly likely, and the cost effectiveness of such a decision is acceptable. Premature removal of projects from NASA's budget ultimately can cause project delays and increased costs when unsuccessful commercialization candidates must be returned to the budget. NASA also needs to ensure appropriate comparisons of government and private financing options for future commercialization projects.

76 FR 2805 - Delegation of Authority to the Chief Accountant

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2011-01-18

... respect to proposed rule changes of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board pursuant to Section 107... effectiveness and efficiency of the Commission's PCAOB proposed rule filing process. DATES: Effective Date...''),\\1\\ proposed rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (``PCAOB'') are governed by...

Accounting Standards: What Do They Mean?

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Farley, Jerry B.

1992-01-01

Four recent and proposed changes in national school accounting standards have significant policy implications for colleges and universities. These changes address (1) standards regarding postemployment benefits other than pensions, (2) depreciation, (3) financial report format, and (4) contributions and pledges made to the school. Governing boards…

Defense Health Care: Availability and Quality Measurement of Women’s Health Care Services in U.S. Military Hospitals

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-06-01

survey of 27 domestic Army installations. (See GAO, DOD Health Care: Domestic Health Care for Female Servicemembers, GAO-13-205 (Washington, D.C...Jan. 29, 2013).) That survey focused on general and specialty health care services identified by Army health care providers as services that should...major diagnostic categories related to 1) pregnancy and childbirth and 2) newborns—accounted for the largest and the second largest number of direct

Homeland Security Within State Departments of Agriculture: Success Factors and Barriers to an Effective Security Program

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-09-01

13. ABSTRACT (maximum 200 words ) The food and agriculture sector in the United States is vulnerable to attack. One solution is to ensure that...Bureau of Investigation FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FMD Foot and Mouth Disease GAO General Accounting Office (changed name to...will need to respond to an FMD [foot and mouth disease] outbreak” (GAO, 2002b, p. 5). In many cases, veterinarians serve as 9 first-line

Medicare: Reasonableness of Health Maintenance Organization Payments Not Assured

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-03-07

diagnosis related group ESRD end stage renal disease FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations GAO General Accounting Office HCFA Health Care Financing...national average per capita Medicare costs for the pay- ment year being developed. 2. Estimates county (or, for end stage renal disease [ESRD] enrollees...intensity adjustments. Although the HMO Page 31 GAO/HRD941 Medicare Payments to HMOs Chapter 2 The Adjusted Coinninity Rate Proema Not Funcioning as

78 FR 68447 - Exposure Draft-Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government

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2013-11-14

... Federal Government reflect major developments in the accountability and financial management profession and emphasize specific considerations applicable to the government environment. The draft of the...

Higher Education and Disability: Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve Its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-10-33

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US Government Accountability Office, 2009

2009-01-01

Research suggests that more students with disabilities are pursuing higher education than in years past, and recent legislative changes, such as those in the Higher Education Opportunity Act and Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, have the potential to increase the number and diversity of this population. GAO was asked to…

Governing Methods: Policy Innovation Labs, Design and Data Science in the Digital Governance of Education

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Williamson, Ben

2015-01-01

Policy innovation labs are emerging knowledge actors and technical experts in the governing of education. The article offers a historical and conceptual account of the organisational form of the policy innovation lab. Policy innovation labs are characterised by specific methods and techniques of design, data science, and digitisation in public…

Office of Inspector General report on Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1, independent accountant`s report on applying agreed-upon procedures

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1998-12-01

On October 6, 1997, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it had agreed to sell all of the Government`s interest in Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1 (NPR-1) to Occidental Petroleum Corporation for $3.65 billion. This report presents the results of the independent certified public accountants` agreed-upon procedures work on the Preliminary Settlement Statement of the Purchase and Sale Agreement between DOE and Occidental. To fulfill their responsibilities, the Office of Inspector General contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to conduct the work for them, subject to their review. The work was done in accordancemore » with the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. As such, the independent certified public accountants performed only work that was agreed upon by DOE and Occidental. This report is intended solely for the use of DOE and Occidental and should not be used by those who have not agreed to the procedures and taken responsibility for the sufficiency of the procedures for their purposes. However, this report is a matter of public record, and its distribution is not limited. The independent certified public accountants identified over 20 adjustments to the Preliminary Settlement Statement that would result in a $10.8 million increase in the sale price.« less

48 CFR 970.5232-5 - Liability with respect to cost accounting standards.

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2010-10-01

... cost accounting standards. 970.5232-5 Section 970.5232-5 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... cost accounting standards. As prescribed in 970.3270(a)(5), insert the following clause: Liability With Respect to Cost Accounting Standards (DEC 2000) (a) The Contractor is not liable to the Government for...

77 FR 14507 - Revision to Guidance, “Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting”

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2012-03-12

... COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Revision to Guidance, ``Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and..., ``Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting''. SUMMARY: On October 5, 2009, President Obama signed... Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting that establishes Government-wide requirements for measuring and...

Accountability in Ontario's Public Colleges: A Discussion Paper. ACAATO Document

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Hook, Richard

2012-01-01

Accountability, "the extent to which one must answer to higher authority for one's actions" (Shafritz & Russell, 2000, p. 343), is a critical part of corporate and democratic life. In public institutions, sound accountability processes assure those in executive, governance, audit and "elected official" roles that public…

Detroit regional transit legal structures and governance.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-03-01

Effective governance of transit systems is created through a qualified, representative, informed, diverse, and committed board of : directors that is ultimately accountable for the financial performance and quality of the service in the designated re...

Cytotaxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the genus Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016 (Mecoptera: Panorpidae).

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Miao, Ying; Ma, Na; Hua, Bao-Zhen

2017-07-03

The species of the genus Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016 (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) are characterized mainly by the presence of a finger-like anal horn on tergum VI of males and are distributed in the Oriental and eastern Palearctic regions. Herein, we investigated the pachytene banding patterns and reconstructed the Bayesian time-calibrated tree of some species of Cerapanorpa. All species examined display achiasmate meiosis and the same meiformula 2n = 42 + X0, reconfirming the monophyly of Cerapanorpa. The great variations in the size and number of heterochromatic bands suggest that they are reliable traits for species delimitation in Cerapanorpa. The existence of natural C-banding polymorphism indicates that chromosomal rearrangements likely have contributed to the diversification of chromosomal bands in Cerapanorpa. The closely related species of Cerapanorpa are reconfirmed to be evolutionarily independent entities by cytogenetic and molecular data. The divergence time estimated from the BEAST analysis shows that Cerapanorpa likely originated in the period from the Rupelian (30.7 Ma) to the Burdigalian (19.9 Ma), and most diversification occurred from the Burdigalian to the Piacenzian (17.4-2.8 Ma) in the Neogene. Our data suggest that chromosome rearrangements likely play a significant role in the speciation of Cerapanorpa.

The Social Justice Implications of Privatisation in Education Governance Frameworks: A Relational Account

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Robertson, Susan L.; Dale, Roger

2013-01-01

This paper explores the social justice implications of two, "linked", governance developments which have been instrumental in reshaping many education systems throughout the world: the "privatising" and "globalising" of education (Klees, Stromquist, & Samoff, 2012). We argue that such education governance…

The Applicability of Governance at King Saud University in Riyadh

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Kentab, Mohammad Y.

2018-01-01

The problem of the study revolves around the application of the requirements of governance at King Saud University. The study aims to identify the extent of governance requirements at King Saud University as seen by faculty members through transparency, accountability, organizational structure, laws, regulations, and justice. To achieve the…

Climate change : observations on federal efforts to adapt to a changing climate

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-03-25

Based on preliminary observations from GAOs ongoing adaptation work for the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, certain federal, state, local, and international government authorities are beginning to consider and implement...

E-Governance and Service Oriented Computing Architecture Model

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Tejasvee, Sanjay; Sarangdevot, S. S.

2010-11-01

E-Governance is the effective application of information communication and technology (ICT) in the government processes to accomplish safe and reliable information lifecycle management. Lifecycle of the information involves various processes as capturing, preserving, manipulating and delivering information. E-Governance is meant to transform of governance in better manner to the citizens which is transparent, reliable, participatory, and accountable in point of view. The purpose of this paper is to attempt e-governance model, focus on the Service Oriented Computing Architecture (SOCA) that includes combination of information and services provided by the government, innovation, find out the way of optimal service delivery to citizens and implementation in transparent and liable practice. This paper also try to enhance focus on the E-government Service Manager as a essential or key factors service oriented and computing model that provides a dynamically extensible structural design in which all area or branch can bring in innovative services. The heart of this paper examine is an intangible model that enables E-government communication for trade and business, citizen and government and autonomous bodies.

Standards-Based Accountability in South Africa

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Taylor, Nick

2009-01-01

The implementation of standards-based accountability (SBA) interventions aimed at improving school performance often focuses on the testing component, at the expense of capacity building. This was the case in South Africa when a SBA programme was instituted by government in 2000, which was accompanied by substantial rises in senior certificate…