Word: gao
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...with regular maintenance and, as a result, public concern is growing that "some school buildings may be unsafe or even harmful to children's health." As an example, schools need $11 billion just for lead abatement that complies with federal standards. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) requested the GAO study and sponsored legislation authorizing $100 million for school repairs in the 1996 fiscal year...
...tanks and a guided-missile destroyer; Ankara received 28 AH-1 helicopter gunships, 822 M-60 tanks and 72 self-propelled howitzers. Strangely, few of the beneficiaries of the largesse take advantage of the chance to view the gear before delivery. "Many countries," the General Accounting Office (GAO) notes, "decline the offer because they cannot afford the travel costs associated with the inspections...
...largely paid for by the U.S. as part of its foreign- assistance obligations. And some taxpayers pay with their jobs: the U.S. is the only nation that allows countries buying its weapons with its money to demand that some of the resulting work be done in their country. The GAO recently found that $11.6 billion in U.S. arms sales led to $4.7 billion in "offsets" that required labor to be done in the purchasing nations. Those demands, funded in part by the U.S., eliminated an unknown number of American jobs...
...GAO found no proof that academy graduates make better officers than those commissioned through ROTC or OCS. And promotion statistics raise doubts about the academies too. From 1972 through 1990, the share of academy graduates among generals and admirals fell from 43% to 33%, while those from ROTC rose from 5% to 41%. Under congressional orders, starting in 1997, academy graduates will have to compete against their ROTC and OCS colleagues for "regular" commissions, meaning academy graduates will initially hold "reserve" commissions, offering less protection against involuntary discharges. That's likely to depress interest in the academies even more...
...level of fat, fiber, vitamins and other nutrients in food are essentially unreliable, says a report from the General Accounting Office. The nutritional information, contained in the government's Handbook 8, is used around the world to determine public policy, perform medical research and plan individual diets. The gao found that the data, many of which come from the food industry, often do not square with numbers from other sources...