Oversight of High-risk Government Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, February 17, 2000, Band 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - 142 Seiten |
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Seite 15 - I appreciate the opportunity to be here this morning to discuss our...
Seite 28 - Environmental Protection Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Personnel Management...
Seite 37 - Under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, as amended, some farmers have reorganized large farming operations into multiple, smaller landholdings to be eligible to receive additional federally subsidized irrigation water. The act limits to 960 the maximum number of owned or leased acres that individuals or legal entities (such as partnerships or corporations) can irrigate with federal water at rates that exclude interest on the government's investment in the irrigation component of its water resource...
Seite 25 - ... (2) unrealistic cost, schedule, and performance estimates; (3) questionable program affordability; and (4) the use of high-risk acquisition strategies.
Seite 116 - Several years ago, we began an initiative to work more closely with State auditors in reviewing the Medicaid program. The Partnership Plan was created as...
Seite 29 - IRS' internal controls and financial management systems prevented it from producing reliable year-end financial information. Our conclusion that the fiscal year 1997 statements were reliable was accomplished only after extensive use of ad hoc programming by IRS to extract data from its systems, followed by numerous adjustments to these data totaling tens of billions of dollars to produce final financial statements. Serious and chronic financial management problems will continue to make agencies'...
Seite 38 - Approximately 45,000 buildings currently insured under the National Flood Insurance Program have been flooded on more than one occasion and have received flood insurance claims payments of $1,000 or more for each loss. These repetitive losses account for about 38 percent of all program claims historically (currently about $200 million annually) even though repetitive-loss structures make up a very small portion of the total number of insured properties — at any one time, from 1 to 2 percent.
Seite 37 - Department of the Interior Direct Redefine beneficiaries Federal water programs to promote efficient use of finite water resources for the nation's agricultural and rural water systems have developed inconsistencies that may cause the programs to work at cross-purposes. In 1995...
Seite 17 - April 19, 2000) Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Leadership and Partnerships Result in Limited Rollover Disruptions (GAO/T-AIMD-00-70, January 27, 2000) Computer Security: FAA Needs to Improve Controls Over Use of Foreign Nationals to Remediate and Review Software (GAO/AIMD-00-55, December...
Seite 17 - Collectively, these areas affect almost all of the government's annual $1.7 trillion in revenue and span critical government programs and operations from certain benefit programs to large lending operations, major military and civilian agency contracting, and defense infrastructure. Lasting solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars...