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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs created this Employment Resource Referral Directory to enhance access to various programs that assist in providing job referral services to...

This report responds to two ongoing GOA mandates under the American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009.Author: Government Accountability OfficePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

This report describes the vegetation mapping procedures employed by the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS), Department of Geography, University of Georgia. This report describes the...

Roughly 40 percent of all U.S. workers participate in pension plans offered by their employers.2 Under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), employers are permitted...

OPM provides background investigations for suitability determinations and personnel security clearances to agencies governmentwide. OPM's Federal Investigative Services provides goods and services...

Congress showed continuing interest in the development of IOCs shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003,16 funding was...

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...

In this context, you asked us to examine the trust-fund revenueforecasting process. To address your request, we examined (1) how trustfund revenues are forecast for the budget year; (2) the accuracy...

When EESA was signed on October 3, 2008, the U.S. financial system faced a severe crisis that has rippled throughout the global economy, moving from the U.S. housing market to an array of financial...

Federal tax information (FTI)-tax returns and return information (as defined in fig. 1 below)-is kept confidential under Section 6103 of the IRC except as specifically authorized by law. Information...

Foreign banks have been cited as important providers of capital to the U.S. economy. According to Federal Reserve data, as of September 30, 2011, 216 foreign banks from 58 countries had banking...

Capital reassures an institution's depositors, creditors, and counterparties that unanticipated losses or decreased earnings will not impair a financial institution's ability to repay its creditors...

A credit rating is an assessment of the creditworthiness of an obligor as an entity or in relation to specific securities or money market instruments.9 SEC first used the term "Nationally Recognized...

Credit unions are tax-exempt, cooperative financial institutions run by member-elected, primarily volunteer boards. To build capital, credit unions do not issue stock; they are not-for-profit...

The municipal securities market comprises both primary and secondary markets. In the primary market, underwriters buy new securities from municipal issuers (e.g., local government entities) and...

Through OoC, USCIS manages the programs and activities within DHS that are most directly associated with the civic integration of immigrants. Created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, OoC's...

JMD has overall responsibility for managing the working capital fund and AFF. Justice's working capital fund was created by Congress on January 2, 1975. The fund is authorized to maintain moneys from...

"Oversight of a contract"-which can refer to contract administration functions, quality assurance surveillance, corrective action, property administration, and past performance evaluation-ultimately...

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has made progress in improving its internal control since GAO's August 2009 report, but has not yet fully addressed one key recommendation related to fundamental...

To finance renewable energy projects, the military use up-front appropriations, such as operation and maintenance funds, and alternative-financing approaches that generally rely on private capital,...

This performance audit was conducted from September 2011 to February 2012 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the...

SIPC's mission is to promote confidence in securities markets by seeking to return customers' cash and securities when a broker-dealer fails.Author: Government Accountability OfficePublisher:...

In accordance with section 17 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended, and the Government Corporation Control Act, we are responsible for conducting audits of the financial statements of the...

This section provides a history of Interior's oversight of oil and gas resources, a summary of the oil and gas development process in the Gulf of Mexico, and a brief timeline of key events since the...

USPS has a universal service obligation, part of which requires it to provide access to retail services. Several statutory provisions govern USPS when considering changes to its retail network...

The JSF is a joint, multinational acquisition to develop and field an affordable, highly common family of next generation strike fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps,...

This enclosure presents a summary of GAO's assessment of the overall progress made in each of the 81 areas that we identified in our March 2011 report1 in which the Congress and the executive branch...

Financial literacy, which is sometimes also referred to as financial capability, has been defined as the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime...

To conduct this work, we addressed the first three objectives by reviewing IRS's plans to manage budget reductions and examining trends in selected performance measures since 2007, identifying prior...

Since 2001, Pakistan has been a U.S. ally in the fight against al Qaeda and a recipient of both civilian and military assistance. Key areas where both countries share common concerns include IEDs,...