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...General Accounting Office (GAO) dismissed both of Bank St. College's major objections, including charges that the director of the National Institute of Education acted incorrectly in personally awarding $7 million to the Ed School for a school-technology center...
That never happened. The fund declined a request by the General Accounting Office (GAO) in 1981 to provide an accounting of privately raised receipts and their disbursement. A similar request to the White House in 1981 produced a vague promise that it was "attempting to formulate a response," according to the GAO. Even though the foundation has claimed tax exemption, the Internal Revenue Service has never approved that status. Noting that the IRS is headed by a presidential appointee, Kennedy asked, "Why has it not audited the foundation?" If the transition fund is not tax exempt, the donors...
...Government in early March he claimed that employers must ask for identification of all prospective employees, without regard to national origin. The bill discriminates on both a class and racial basis. Sponsors virtually concede the bill's discriminatory nature by suggesting an employer review by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC...
Employers exploit illegal aliens who don't demand their rights because they fear deportation. Employers, therefore, get away with violations of laws ranging from the minimum wage to OSHA regulations in the workplace. A 1979 GAO study showed that overtime violations by business resulted in $11.2 million in underpayments. Savings of this magnitude make hiring illegal aliens worth the risk. Roybal's critics argue that, although such violations exist, they are impossible to prosecute. They point to a similar DOL attempt in 1977 which failed to lead to major reforms...
...last week's fires were designed to eliminate troublesome records, the arsonists apparently failed. According to UNESCO officials, most documents of interest to the GAO investigators and to a separate team of British auditors who were to do a routine check of the agency's books were stored in areas untouched by the flames. Moreover, copies of documents that were destroyed are readily available in departmental offices...