general accounting office reports

• 22 USC 3143 - Sec. 3143. Reports by General Accounting Office

• US Code - Title 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse

• Proenglish Blasts New Bilingual Ballot Burden

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Newly- released census numbers will impose new financial burdens on states and localities as bilingual voting provisions of the Voting Rights Act kick in," says ProEnglish Executive Director K.C. McAlpin after the Census Bureau released its list of jurisdictions required to provide bilingual ballots for the 2012 elections. The Census just announced today that 25 states and 248 counties are subject to this unfunded federal mandate which requires those jurisdictions to provide bilingual ballots despite two General Accounting Office reports revealing that such ballots are hardly ever used. In 1975 Congress amended the Voting Rights Act to add bilingual voting assistance for four protected language 'minority groups'-- American India...

• U.S. Newswire
• October 12, 2011

• Inventory a Damper On Prices

W hen the Washington-area housing market slowed in the spring, home sales weren't the only things that dried up. The number of homes for sale also fell sharply. The federal tax credits motivated a lot of folks to buy homes in the spring. Many of them also had a house to sell. The General Accounting Office reports that one-third of the tax credits have gone to move-up buyers - those who are selling one home and buying another.

• The Washington Times
• October 15, 2010

• Improving Employer 'IMAGE' with the Department of Homeland Security

... report on the problems with E-Verify, see General Accounting Office reports at http://www.gao.gov/ne...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Proenglish Praises Letter by House Members Urging Sensenbrenner Not to Extend Bilingual Ballot Provisions of Voting Rights Act

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- K.C. McAlpin, executive director of ProEnglish, urged House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner to heed the request of the fifty-six House members who signed a letter released today, urging him to oppose renewal of the bilingual ballot provisions of the Voting Rights Act. ProEnglish is a national organization that advocates making English the official language of the United States. McAlpin said, "There is no reason for Congress to renew bilingual ballots, which were tacked on to the Voting Rights Act as a temporary remedy ten years after the Act was passed. Two different General Accounting Office (GAO) reports have shown that bilingual ballots are a costly, unfunded mandate on state and local governments, and that they are hardly ev...

• U.S. Newswire
• February 03, 2006

• Jacqueline Keene v. Consolidation C, (7th Cir. 2011)

... report, the death certificate, and the reports of Drs. Perper, Pineda, Oesterling, and Tuteur. Ag... reply brief, citing 1980 and 1982 General Accounting Office (GAO) reports for the first time...

• Federal Circuits

• Navy Erred in Long-Distance Service Use, Report Says

FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON A General Accounting Office report says the Navys oversight of its long-distance telephone service is so poor that officials could not identify who made a number of credit-card calls from Norfolk that lasted days at a time.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• November 29, 2005

• 24 CFR 570.490 - Recordkeeping requirements.

...CHAPTER V: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ... can be reviewed by HUD, the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and citizen... the Inspector General, and the General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, rrecords, reports, files, and other papers, or property pertaining t...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 24: Housing and Urban Development

• Airport Security Is Lax, Inspector Says

Airport security screeners perform poorly, whether they're government or privately-employed workers, the Homeland Security Department's chief investigator told Congress on Thursday. The House aviation subcommittee received reports from Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin, the General Accounting Office and a private firm. The government reports found airport security is lax and all three described the Transportation Security Administration as overly bureaucratic.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• June 09, 2004

• Airport Screeners Deficient, Congress Told ; 3 Reports Critical of Security Standards

WASHINGTON - Airport security screeners perform poorly, whether they're government or privately employed workers, the Homeland Security Department's chief investigator told Congress on Thursday. The House aviation subcommittee received reports from Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin, the General Accounting Office, and a private firm. The government reports found airport security is lax and all three described the Transportation Security Administration as overly bureaucratic.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• April 23, 2004