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GAO/OCG-93-2TR Management Government Management Issues. GAO/OCG-93-3TR Financial Management Issues. GAO/OCG-93-4TR Information Management and Technology Issues. GAO/OCG-93-5TR Program Evaluation Issues. GAO/OCG-93-6TR The Public Service. GAO/OCG-93-7TR Program Areas Health Care Reform. GAO/OCG-93-8TR National Security Issues. GAO/OCG-93-9TR Financial Services Industry Issues. GAO/OCG-93-10TR International Trade Issues. GAO/OCG-93-11TR Commerce Issues. GAO/OCG-93-12TR Energy Issues. GAO/OCG-93-13TR Transportation. GAO/OCG-93-14TR Food and Agriculture Issues. GAO/OCG-93-15TR Environmental Protection Issues. GAO/OCG-93-16TR Natural Resources Management Issues. GAO/OCG-93-17TR Education Issues. GAO/OCG-93-18TR Labor Issues. GAO/OCG-93-19TR Health and Human Services Issues. GAO/OCG-93-20TR Veterans Affairs Issues. GAO/OCG-93-21TR Housing and Community Development Issues. GAO/OCG-93-22TR Justice Issues. GAO/OCG-93-23TR Internal Revenue Service Issues. GAO/OCG-93-24TR Foreign Economic Assistance Issues. GAO/OCG-93-25TR Foreign Affairs Issues. GAO/OCG-93-26TR NASA Issues. GAO/OCG-93-27TR General Services Issues. GAO/OCG-93-28TR High-Risk Series Lending and Insuring Issues Farmers Home Administration's Farm Loan Programs. GAO/HR-93-1 Guaranteed Student Loans. GAO/HR-93-2 Bank Insurance Fund. GAO/HR-93-3 Resolution Trust Corporation. GAO/HR-93-4 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. GAO/HR-93-5 Medicare Claims. GAO/HR-93-6 Contracting Issues Defense Weapons Systems Acquisition. GAO/HR-93-7 Defense Contract Pricing. GAO/HR-93-8 Department of Energy Contract Management. GAO/HR-93-9 Superfund Program Management. GAO/HR-93-10 NASA Contract Management. GAO/HR-93-11 Accountability Issues Defense Inventory Management. GAO/HR-93-12 Internal Revenue Service Receivables. GAO/HR-93-13 Managing the Customs Service. GAO/HR-93-14 Management of Overseas Real Property. GAO/HR-93-15 Federal Transit Administration Grant Management. GAO/HR-93-16 Asset Forfeiture Programs. GAO/HR-93-17 Reports to Committees or Members Drug War: Drug Enforcement Administration Staffing and Reporting in Southeast Asia. (464146) GAO/NSIAD-93-82, December 4, 1992. Federal Personnel Management: OPM Reliance on Agency Oversight of Personnel Management System Not Justified. (966491) GAO/GGD-93-24, December 8, 1992. Political Appointees: Selected Appointees' Views of Their Federal Work Environment. (966512) GAO/GGD-93-28FS, December 28, 1992. Health and Human Services: Update on Hispanic Representation in HHS Region VIII. (966551) GAO/GGD-93-47FS, December 30, 1992. VA Health Care: Medical Centers Are Not Correcting Identified Quality Assurance Problems. (101389) GAO/HRD-93-20, December 30, 1992. Loan Guarantees: Export Credit Guarantee Programs' Costs Are High. (280025) GAO/GGD-93-45, December 22, 1992. Export Promotion: Federal Efforts to Increase Exports of Renewable Energy Technologies. (488143) GAO/GGD-93-29, December 30, 1992. International Trade: Advertising and Promoting U.S. Cigarettes in Selected Asian Countries. (483571) GAO/GGD-93-38, December 31, 1992. Federal Credit Programs: Agencies Had Serious Problems Meeting Credit Reform Accounting Requirements. (901619) GAO/AFMD-93-17, January 6, 1993. Congressional Testimony Major Issues Facing a New Congress and a New Administration GAO/T-OCG-93-1, January 8, 1993. Government Management: Report on 17 High-Risk Areas. GAO/T-OCG-93-2, January 8, 1993. Reports issued or released January 7-13, 1993. Reports to Committees or Members Defense Inventory: Depot Packing and Shipping Procedures. (398086) GAO/NSIAD-93-3, December 7, 1992. Airline Competition: Impact of Changing Foreign Investment and Control Limits on U.S. Airlines. (341294) GAO/RCED-93-7, December 9, 1992. Groundwater Protection: Validity and Feasibility of EPA's Differential Protection Strategy. (973369) GAO/PEMD-93-6, December 9, 1992. Tax Administration: IRS Can Improve Controls Over Electronic Filing Fraud. (268487) GAO/GGD-93-27, December 30, 1992. Defense Health Care: CHAMPUS Mental Health Demonstration Project in Virginia. (101409) GAO/HRD-93-53, December 30, 1992. Resolution Trust Corporation: Number and Types of Legal Matters. (247056) GAO/GGD-93-50FS, January 8, 1993. Resolution Trust Corporation: Recoveries on Asset Sales Through September 1992. (247094) GAO/GGD-93-5IFS, January 8, 1993. Student Testing: Current Extent and Expenditures, with Cost Estimates for a National Examination. (973740) GAO/PEMD-93-8, January 13, 1993. Testimony Telecommunications: Cellular Service Competition. GAO/T-RCED-93-3, January 12, 1993. Reports issued or released January 14-19, 1993. Reports to Committees or Members Federal Data Collection: Agencies' Use of Consistent Race and Ethnic Definitions. (243028) GAO/GGD-93-25, December 15, 1992. Theater Missile Defense Program: Funding and Personnel Requirements Are Not Fully Defined. (393464) GAO/NSIAD-93-84, December 15, 1992. Emergency Departments: Unevenly Affected by Growth and Changes in Patient Use. (108904) GAO/HRD-93-4, January 4, 1993. Air Traffic Control: Justifications for Capital Investments Need Strengthening. (341329) GAO/RCED-93-55, January 14, 1993. Medicaid: Changes in Drug Prices Paid by HMOs and Hospitals Since Enactment of Rebate Provisions. (101217) GAO/HRD-93-43, January 15, 1993. Reports issued or released January 21-27, 1993. Reports to Committees or Members Air Pollution: Actions to Promote Radon Testing. (160137) GAO/RCED-93-20, December 24, 1992. Mission-Critical System: Defense Attempting to Address Major Software Challenges. (510828) GAO/IMTEC-93-18, December 24, 1992. General Services Administration: Actions Needed to Stop Buying Supplies from Poor-Performing Vendors. (240043) GAO/GGD-93-34, January 11, 1993. Foreign Assistance: Meeting the Training Needs of Police in New Democracies. (472322) GAO/NSIAD-93-109, January 21, 1993. Deposit Insurance Funds: Compliance with Obligation and Repayment Requirements As of March 31, 1992. (917722) GAO/AFMD-93-31, January 21, 1993. Desert Shield/Storm: Air Mobility Command's Achievements and Lessons for the Future. (392596) GAO/NSIAD-93-40, January 25, 1993. Reports to Agency Officials Child Support Assurance: Effect of Applying State Guidelines to Determine Fathers' Payments. (To the Secretary of Health and Human Services.) (105557) GAO/HRD-93-26, January 21, 1993. Electronic Warfare: Laser Warning System Production Should Be Limited. (To the Secretary of Defense.) (395192) GAO/NSIAD-93-14, January 25, 1993. Congressional Testimony FY 1994 Budget Estimates for the General Accounting Office. GAO/T-OCG-93-3, January 26, 1993. Disaster Management: Recent Disasters Demonstrate the Need to Improve the Nation's Response Strategy. GAO/T-RCED-93-4, January 27, 1993. Banks and Thrifts: Safety and Soundness Reforms Need to Be Maintained. GAO/T-GGD-93-3, January 27, 1993. Bank and Thrift Failures: The Government Could Do More to Pursue Fraud and Wrongdoing. GAO/T-GGD-93-1, January 28, 1993. Reports issued or released January 27-February 3, 1993. Reports to the Congress Impoundments: Historical Information and Statistics on Proposed and Enacted Rescissions of Budget Authority, 1974 to the Present. GAO/OGC-93-3, February 1, 1993. Reports to Committees or Members Nuclear Security: Safeguards and Security Planning at DOE Facilities Incomplete. (301999) GAO/RCED-93-14, October 30, 1992. Nuclear Security: Improving Correction of Security Deficiencies at DOE's Weapons Facilities. (301994) GAO/RCED-93-10, November 16, 1992. District of Columbia: Barriers to Medicaid Enrollment Contribute to Hospital Uncompensated Care. (101212) GAO/HRD-93-28, December 29, 1992. Federal Research: Foreign Contributions to Superconducting Super Collider. (302051) GAO/RCED-93-75, December 3O, 1992. NASA Program Costs: Space Missions Require Substantially More Funding Than Initially Estimated. (397047) GAO/NSIAD-93-97, December 31, 1992. Army Material Command: Factors Influencing Retirement Decisions During 1990 Reduction in Force. (391136) GAO/NSIAD-93-28BR, December 31, 1992. Tax Administration: Opportunities to Increase the Use of Electronic Filing. (268573) GAO/GGD-93-40, January 22, 1993. Force Structure: Issues Involving the Base Force. (396740) GAO/NSIAD-93-65, January 28, 1993. Federal Judiciary: How the Judicial Conference Assesses the Need for More Judges. (188612) GAO/GGD-93-31, January 29, 1993. Operation Desert Storm: Army Not Adequately Prepared to Deal with Depleted Uranium Contamination. (393493) GAO/NSIAD-93-90, January 29, 1993. Reports to Agency Officials Financial Management: Poor Internal Control Has Led to Increased Maintenance Costs and Deterioration of Equipment. (To the Secretary of the Army and the Director, Defense Logistics Agency.) (917226) GAO/AFMD-93-8, January 25, 1993. Health Information Systems: National Practitioner Data Bank Continues to Experience Problems. (To the Secretary of Health and Human Services.) (510783) GAO/IMTEC-93-1, January 29, 1993. Congressional Testimony Assessing PBGC's Short-Run and Long-Run Conditions. GAO/T-HRD-93-1, February 2, 1993. Natural Resources Management: Issues to Be Considered by the Congress and Administration. GAO/T-RCED-93-5, February 2, 1993. Government Management: Status of Progress in Correcting Selected High-Risk Areas. GAO/T-AFMD-93-1, February 3, 1993. Tax Administration: Status of Tax Systems Modernization, Tax Delinquencies, and Tax Gap. GAO/T-GGD-93-4, February 3, 1993. Health Insurance: Legal and Resource Constraints Complicate Efforts to Curb Fraud and Abuse. GAO/T-HRD-93-3, February 4, 1993. Pension Plans: Underfunded Plans Threaten PBGC. GAO/T-HRD-93-2, February 4.