Word: gao
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have stringent guidelines for the use of federal-owned automobiles," the says use Dick of Helmer, seniorgroup director of the watchdog General Accounting Office, "but nothing on aircraft."As a result, said the GAO in a report last week, there is widespread waste and misuse by U.S. officials of Government air planes. The GAO looked at purchasing and maintenance practices in 19 agencies, ranging in size from the relatively small Bureau of Reclamation to theTennessee Valley Authority, and found...
...this coordinated activity comes none too soon in the view of the General Accounting Office (GAO). Last week it issued an 88-page report charging that despite a tripling of federal resources to $278 million over six years, only 16% of the marijuana and less than 10% of the other illegal drugs entering the country were seized. It further observed that military assistance is necessarily limited by costs, other commitments and national security considerations. Above all, the GAO urged the creation of a single "drug czar" post to coordinate sometimes inefficient and even counterproductive drug-busting efforts by the various...
...York State's Carborundum Co. had sold the chemical boron carbide to two prime contractors that were building nuclear reactor cores. Rickover said the company had made a 25% profit on these sales. The GAO agreed...
...Virginia's Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. had done repair work on seven nuclear-powered attack submarines. The GAO agreed with Rickover that the company's profits had reached as high as 37% on one job and averaged 21.7% for all seven...
Navy Secretary John Lehman suggested that both Rickover and the GAO were wrong. "This Administration disagrees with Admiral Rickover's idea that there is something wicked about profits," he said. "We want our contractors to make a nice solid profit...