Health, Education, Employment, Social Security, Welfare, and Veterans
Reports: Five-Year Report 1991-96 (Letter Report, 03/01/96,
GAO/HEHS-96-98W).

GAO published a listing of reports and testimonies issued from March
1991 through February 1996, regarding such issues as: (1) health care
services and access; (2) health insurance and financing; (3) health care
reform; (4) long-term care; (5) Medicare and Medicaid; (6) public health
and education; (7) early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher
education; (8) school-to-work transition; (9) equal employment
opportunities; (10) labor-management relations; (11) workplace quality;
(12) children; (13) social security, disability, and welfare benefits;
(14) pensions; (15) military health care; and (16) veterans' benefits.

--------------------------- Indexing Terms -----------------------------

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     TITLE:  Health, Education, Employment, Social Security, Welfare, 
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      DATE:  03/01/96
   SUBJECT:  Health care services
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             Welfare benefits
             Veterans benefits
             Retirement pensions
             Children
             Labor-management relations
             Education or training
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Cover
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Health, Education, and Human
Services Division Reports

March 1996

HEALTH
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
WELFARE
VETERANS

FIVE-YEAR REPORT
1991-96

GAO/HEHS-96-98W



Abbreviations
=============================================================== ABBREV

  AFDC - Aid to Families with Dependent Children
  AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  ADP - automatic data processing
  CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  CDR - continuing disability review
  CHAMPUS - Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
     Services
  COLA - cost-of-living adjustment
  CRS - Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
  CSRS - Civil Service Retirement System
  DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency
  DC - District of Columbia
  DOD - Department of Defense
  DODDS - DOD Dependents Schools
  DOE - Department of Energy
  EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity
  EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
  ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
  FDA - Food and Drug Administration
  GAO - General Accounting Office
  HEAF - Higher Education Assistance Foundation, Department of
     Education
  HEHS - Health, Education, and Human Services Division, GAO
  HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
  HealthPASS - Philadelphia Accessible Services System
  HHS - Department of Health and Human Services
  HIV - human immunodeficiency virus
  HMO - health maintenance organization
  HRD - Human Resources Division, GAO
  HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development
  INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
  IRS - Internal Revenue Service
  JOBS - Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program
  JTPA - Job Training Partnership Act
  MSHA - Mine Safety and Health Administration
  NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
  NAFTA/TAA - NAFTA/Trade Adjustment Assistance
  NAGB - National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education
  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  NIH - National Institutes of Health
  NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  OBRA - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
  OHA - Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security
     Administration
  OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  PASS - Plan for achieving self-support
  PATH - Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
  PBGC - Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
  PRO - peer review organization
  SBA - Small Business Administration
  SSA - Social Security Administration
  SSI - Supplemental Security Income
  UI - unemployment insurance
  UMWA - United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund
  VA - Department of Veterans Affairs
  WARN - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
  WIC - Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and
     Children

PREFACE
============================================================ Chapter 0

The General Accounting Office (GAO), an arm of the Congress, was
established to independently audit government agencies.  GAO's
Health, Education, and Human Services (HEHS) Division reviews the
government's health, education, employment, social security,
disability, welfare, and veterans programs administered in the
Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Veterans
Affairs, and some other agencies. 

This booklet lists the GAO products issued on these programs during
the five years from March 1991 through February 1996.  It is
organized chronologically by subject as shown in the table of
contents.  When appropriate, products may be included in more than
one subject area. 

You may obtain single copies of the products free of charge, by
telephoning your request to (202) 512-6000 or faxing it to (301)
258-4066.  Additional ordering details appear at the end of this
booklet.  Instructions for getting on GAO's mailing list appear on
page 111 of this booklet. 

You may access the Most Recent GAO Products section of this booklet
on Internet.  Instructions appear on the last two pages of this
booklet.





Janet L.  Shikles
Assistant Comptroller General


HEALTH
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 1


   ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:1

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Sarah F.  Jaggar at
(202) 512-7119. 

Mammography Services:  Initial Impact of New Federal Law Has Been
Positive (Report, 10/27/95, GAO/HEHS-96-17). 

Ryan White Care Act:  Access to Services by Minorities, Women, and
Substance Abusers (Testimony, 7/17/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-212).  Report on
same topic (1/13/95, GAO/HEHS-95-49). 

Health Care:  Federal and State Antitrust Actions Concerning the
Health Care Industry (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-220). 

Health Professions Education:  Role of Title VII/VIII Programs in
Improving Access to Care Is Unclear (Report, 7/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
164). 

Health Reform:  Purchasing Cooperatives Have an Increasing Role in
Providing Access to Insurance (Testimony, 6/30/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-
196).  Report on same topic (5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-142). 

Primary Care Physicians:  Managing Supply in Canada, Germany, Sweden,
and the United Kingdom (Report, 5/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-111). 

Health Care Access:  Innovative Programs Using Nonphysicians (Report,
8/27/93, GAO/HRD-93-128). 

Nonprofit Hospitals:  For-Profit Ventures Pose Access and Capacity
Problems (Report, 7/22/93, GAO/HRD-93-124). 

Organ Transplants:  Increased Effort Needed to Boost Supply and
Ensure Equitable Distribution of Organs (Report, 4/22/93,
GAO/HRD-93-56).  Testimony on same topic (4/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-17). 

Indian Health Service:  Basic Services Mostly Available; Substance
Abuse Problems Need Attention (Report, 4/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-48). 

Health Care:  Rochester's Community Approach Yields Better Access,
Lower Costs (Report, 1/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-44). 

Emergency Departments:  Unevenly Affected by Growth and Change in
Patient Use (Report, 1/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-4). 

District of Columbia:  Barriers to Medicaid Enrollment Contribute to
Hospital Uncompensated Care (Report, 12/29/92, GAO/HRD-93-28). 

Bone Marrow Transplants:  National Program Has Greatly Increased Pool
of Potential Donors (Report, 11/4/92, GAO/HRD-93-11). 

Access to Health Care:  States Respond to Growing Crisis (Report,
6/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-70).  Testimony on same topic (6/9/92, GAO/T-
HRD-92-40). 

Federally Funded Health Services:  Information on Seven Programs
Serving Low-Income Women and Children (Report, 5/28/92,
GAO/HRD-92-73FS). 

Access to Health Insurance:  States Attempt to Correct Problems in
Small Business Health Insurance Market (Report, 5/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-90).  Testimony on same topic (5/14/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-30). 

Small Group Market Reforms:  Assessment of Proposals to Make Health
Insurance More Readily Available to Small Businesses (Letter,
3/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-27R). 

Hispanic Access to Health Care:  Significant Gaps Exist (Report,
1/15/92, GAO/PEMD-92-6).  Testimony on same topic (9/19/91,
GAO/T-PEMD-91-13). 

Rural Hospitals:  Closures and Issues of Access (Testimony, 9/4/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-46). 


   EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE HEALTH
   BENEFITS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:2

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Michael F. 
Gutowski at (202) 512-7119. 

Small Employer Association Health Plans (Letter, 12/6/95,
GAO/HEHS-96-59R). 

Employer-Based Health Plans:  Issues, Trends, and Challenges Posed by
ERISA (Report, 7/25/95, GAO/HEHS-95-167).  Testimony on same topic
(7/25/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-223). 

Early Retiree Health:  Health Security Act Would Shift Billions in
Costs to Federal Government (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-203FS). 

Retiree Health Plans:  Health Benefits Not Secure Under
Employer-Based System (Report, 7/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-125). 

Family and Medical Leave Cost Estimate (Letter, 2/1/93,
GAO/HRD-93-14R). 

Federal Health Benefits Program:  Analysis of Contingency and Special
Reserves (Report, 12/4/92, GAO/GGD-93-26). 

Employee Benefits:  Financing Health Benefits of Coal Industry
Retirees (Report, 7/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-137FS). 

Employee Benefits:  Financing Health Benefits of Retired Coal Miners
(Report, 7/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-130FS). 

Federal Health Benefits Program:  Open Season Processing Timeliness
(Report, 7/8/92, GAO/GGD-92-122BR). 

Information on Federal Health Benefits Costs (Letter, 6/23/92,
GAO/GGD-92-18R). 

Federal Health Benefits Program (Letter, 5/4/92, GAO/GGD-92-11R). 

Summary Information on Farmworkers (Letter, 4/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-30R). 

Federal Health Benefits Program:  Stronger Controls Needed to Reduce
Administrative Costs (Testimony, 3/11/92, GAO/T-GGD-92-20).  Report
with same title (2/12/92, GAO/GGD-92-37). 

Hired Farmworkers:  Health and Well-Being at Risk (Report, 2/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-46). 

Employee Benefits:  Effect of Bankruptcy on Retiree Health Benefits
(Report, 8/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-115). 

Farmworkers Face Gaps in Protection and Barriers to Benefits
(Testimony, 7/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-40). 

Fraud and Abuse:  Stronger Controls Needed in Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program (Report, 7/16/91, GAO/GGD-91-95). 

Retiree Health:  Company-Sponsored Plans Facing Increased Costs and
Liabilities (Testimony, 5/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-25). 


   FINANCING
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:3

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Jonathan Ratner or
William J.  Scanlon at (202) 512-7119. 

Status of Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (Testimony, 2/29/96,
GAO/T-HEHS-96-94). 

FHA Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program:  Health Care Trends and
Portfolio Concentration Could Affect Program Stability (Report,
2/27/96, GAO/HEHS-96-29). 

Health Insurance For Children:  State and Private Programs Create New
Strategies to Insure Children (Report, 1/18/96, GAO/HEHS-96- 35). 

Ryan White Care Act of 1990:  Opportunities to Enhance Funding Equity
(Report, 11/13/95, GAO/HEHS-96-26).  Testimony on same topic (4/5/95,
GAO/T-HEHS-95-126, and 2/22/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-91).  Correspondence on
same topic (2/14/95, GAO/HEHS-95-79R, and 3/31/95, GAO/HEHS-95-119R). 

Community Health Center Grants (Letter, 10/11/95, GAO/HEHS-96- 13R). 

Medical Liability:  Impact on Hospital and Physician Costs Extends
Beyond Insurance (Report, 9/29/95, GAO/AIMD-95-169). 

Health Insurance Portability:  Reform Could Ensure Continued Coverage
for up to 25 Million Americans (Report, 9/19/95, GAO/HEHS- 95-257). 

Cost Factors in CARE Act Formula (Letter, 9/15/95, GAO/HEHS-95-
256R). 

Medigap Insurance:  Insurers' Compliance With Federal Minimum Loss
Ratio Standards, 1988-93 (Report, 8/23/95, GAO/HEHS-95-151). 

Health Insurance For Children:  Many Remain Uninsured Despite
Medicaid Expansion (Report, 7/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-175). 

Health Insurance Regulation:  National Portability Standards Would
Facilitate Changing Health Plans (Testimony, 7/18/95, GAO/T-HEHS-
95-205). 

Health Insurance Regulation:  Variation in Recent State Small
Employer Health Insurance Reforms (Report, 6/12/95, GAO/HEHS-95-
161FS). 

German Health Reforms:  Changes Result in Lower Health Costs in 1993
(Report, 12/16/94, GAO/HEHS-95-27). 

Health Care:  Employers Urge Hospitals to Battle Costs Using
Performance Data Systems (Report, 10/3/94, GAO/HEHS-95-1). 

Hospital Compensation:  Nationally Representative Data on Chief
Executives' Compensation (Report, 8/16/94, GAO/HEHS-94-189). 

Health Insurance For The Elderly:  Owning Duplicate Policies Is
Costly and Unnecessary (Report, 8/3/94, GAO/HEHS-94-185). 

Indian Health Service:  Efforts to Recruit Health Care Professionals
(Report, 7/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-180FS). 

Health Care:  Antitrust Enforcement Under Maryland Hospital All-
Payer System (Report, 4/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-81). 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield:  Experiences of Weak Plans Underscore the
Role of Effective State Oversight (Report, 4/13/94, GAO/HEHS- 94-71). 

Medigap Loss Ratios, First 2 Years (Letter, 4/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
131R). 

Medical Review Saving (Letter, 2/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-93R). 

Medigap Insurance:  Insurers' Compliance With Federal Minimum Loss
Ratio Standards, 1988-91 (Report, 2/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-47). 

Health Insurance Regulation:  Wide Variation in States' Authority,
Oversight, and Resources (Report, 12/27/93, GAO/HRD-94-26). 
Testimony on same topic (11/5/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-55). 

Hospitals:  Chief Executives' Compensation, 1989-1991 (Testimony,
12/7/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-70). 

Health Insurance:  California Public Employees' Alliance Has Reduced
Recent Premium Growth (Report, 11/22/93, GAO/HRD-94-40). 

1993 German Health Reforms:  Initiatives Tighten Cost Controls
(Testimony, 10/13/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-2).  Report on same topic (7/7/93,
GAO/HRD-93-103). 

1993 German Health Reforms:  New Cost Control Initiatives (Report,
7/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-103).  Testimony on same topic (10/13/93,
GAO/T-HRD-94-2). 

Health Insurance:  Remedies Needed to Reduce Losses From Fraud and
Abuse (Testimony, 3/8/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-8). 

Health Insurance:  Legal and Resource Constraints Complicate Efforts
to Curb Fraud and Abuse (Testimony, 2/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-3).  Report
on same topic (5/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-69).  Testimony on same topic
(5/7/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-29). 

Health Care:  Rochester's Community Approach Yields Better Access,
Lower Costs (Report, 1/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-44). 

Removal of Breast Implants (Letter, 12/7/92, GAO/HRD-93-5R). 

Bone Marrow Transplants:  National Program Has Greatly Increased Pool
of Potential Donors (Report, 11/4/92, GAO/HRD-93-11). 

Trauma Care Reimbursement:  Poor Understanding of Losses and Coverage
for Undocumented Aliens (Report, 10/15/92, GAO/PEMD-93-1). 

Employer-Based Health Insurance:  High Costs, Wide Variation Threaten
System (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-125). 

Hospital Costs:  Adoption of Technologies Drives Cost Growth (Report,
9/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-120). 

State Health Care Reform:  Federal Requirements Influence State
Reforms (Testimony, 9/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-55).  Report on same topic
(6/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-70).  Testimony on same topic (6/9/92,
GAO/T-HRD- 92-40). 

Health Insurance:  More Resources Needed to Combat Fraud and Abuse
(Testimony, 7/28/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-49). 

Federally Funded Health Services:  Information on Seven Programs
Serving Low-Income Women and Children (Report, 5/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-
73FS). 

Access to Health Insurance:  State Efforts to Assist Small Businesses
(Report, 5/14/92, GAO/HRD-92-90).  Testimony on same topic (5/14/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-30). 

Health Insurance:  Vulnerable Payers Lose Billions to Fraud and Abuse
(Report, 5/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-69).  Testimony on same topic (5/7/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-29). 

Insurer Failures:  Life/Health Insurer Insolvencies and Limitations
of State Guaranty Funds (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-GGD-92-15). 
Report on same topic (3/19/92, GAO/GGD-92-44). 

Early Intervention:  Federal Investments Like WIC Can Produce Savings
(Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-18). 

Maternal and Child Health:  Block Grant Funds Should be Distributed
More Equitably (Report, 4/2/92, GAO/HRD-92-5). 

Health Care:  Problems and Potential Lessons for Reform (Testimony,
3/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-23). 

Small Group Market Reforms:  Assessment of Proposals to Make Health
Insurance More Readily Available to Small Businesses (Letter,
3/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-27R). 

Medigap Insurance:  Insurers Whose Loss Ratios Did Not Meet Federal
Minimum Standards in 1988-89 (Report, 2/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-54). 

Health Care Spending:  Nonpolicy Factors Account for Most State
Differences (Report, 2/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-36). 

Budget Issues:  1991 Budget Estimates:  What Went Wrong (Report,
1/15/92, GAO/OCG-92-1). 

Health Care Spending Control:  The Experience of France, Germany, and
Japan (Report, 11/15/91, GAO/HRD-92-9).  French translation available
(11/15/91, GAO/HRD-92-9ES-F) and German translation available
(11/15/91, GAO/HRD-92-9ES-G).  Testimony on same topic (11/19/91,
GAO/T-HRD-92-12). 

Off-Label Drugs:  Reimbursement Policies Constrain Physicians in
Their Choice of Cancer Therapies (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/PEMD-91-14). 

Managed Care:  Oregon Program Appears Successful But Expansion Should
Be Implemented Cautiously (Testimony, 9/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91- 48). 

Rural Hospitals:  Closures and Issues of Access (Testimony, 9/4/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-46). 

Nonprofit Hospitals:  Better Standards Needed for Tax Exemption
(Testimony, 7/10/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-43).  Report on same topic
(5/30/90, GAO/HRD-90-84).  Testimony on same topic (6/28/90,
GAO/T-HRD-90-45). 

Private Health Insurance:  Problems Caused by a Segmented Market
(Report, 7/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-114).  Testimony on same topic (5/2/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-21). 

U.S.  Health Care Spending:  Trends, Contributing Factors, and
Proposals for Reform (Report, 6/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-102).  French and
German translations available (6/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-102).  Testimony
on same topic (4/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-16). 

Canadian Health Insurance:  Lessons for the United States (Report,
6/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-90).  Testimony on same topic (6/4/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-35). 

Trauma Care:  Lifesaving System Threatened by Unreimbursed Costs and
Other Factors (Report, 5/17/91, GAO/HRD-91-57). 

Retiree Health:  Company-Sponsored Plans Facing Increased Costs and
Liabilities (Testimony, 5/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-25). 

Workers at Risk:  Increased Numbers in Contingent Employment Lack
Insurance, Other Benefits (Report, 3/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-56). 

Medigap Insurance:  Better Consumer Protection Should Result From
1990 Changes to Baucus Amendment (Report, 3/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-49). 


   HEALTH CARE REFORM RELATED
   ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:4

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Michael F. 
Gutowski, Rosamond Katz, or Scott L.  Smith at (202) 512-7119. 

Health Care Task Force (Letter, 11/9/95, GAO/GGD-96-45R). 

Cost of Health Care Task Force Related Activities (Testimony,
3/14/95, GAO/T-GGD-95-114). 

Health Care Reform:  "Report Cards" Are Useful but Significant Issues
Need to Be Addressed (Report, 9/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-219). 

Health Care Reform:  Considerations for Risk Adjustment Under
Community Rating (Report, 9/22/94, GAO/HEHS-94-173). 

Small Business:  SBA's Health Care Reform Activities (Report, 9/6/94,
GAO/RCED-94-240). 

Early Retiree Health:  Health Security Act Would Shift Billions in
Costs to Federal Government (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-203FS). 

Health Security Act:  Analysis of Veterans' Health Care Provisions
(Report, 7/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-205FS). 

Health Care Reform:  Potential Difficulties in Determining
Eligibility for Low-Income People (Report, 7/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
176). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Efforts to Make VA Competitive May Create
Significant Risks (Testimony, 6/29/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-197). 

Health Reform:  Purchasing Cooperatives Have an Increasing Role in
Providing Access to Insurance (Testimony, 6/30/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-
196).  Report on same topic (5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-142). 

Federal Administrative Costs Under Health Security Act (Letter,
6/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-187R). 

Health Care Reform:  Proposals Have Potential to Reduce
Administrative Costs (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-158). 

Health Care Reform:  School-Based Health Centers Can Promote Access
to Care (Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-166). 

VA and the Health Security Act (Letter, 5/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 159R). 

VA Health Care Reform:  Financial Implications of the Proposed Health
Security Act (Testimony, 5/5/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-148). 

Health Care Alliances:  Issues Relating to Geographic Boundaries
(Report, 4/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-139).  Testimony on same topic (2/24/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-108). 

Health Care Reform:  How Proposals Address Fraud and Abuse
(Testimony, 3/17/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-124). 

Health Care in Hawaii:  Implications for National Reform (Testimony,
3/16/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-123).  Report on same topic (2/11/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-68). 

Health Care Reform:  Supplemental and Long-Term Care Insurance
(Testimony, 11/9/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-58). 

Health Insurance:  How Health Care Reform May Affect State Regulation
(Testimony, 11/5/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-55). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Potential Effects of Health Financing Reforms
on Demand for VA Services (Testimony, 3/31/93, GAO/T- HRD-93-12). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Potential Effects of Health Reforms on VA
Construction (Testimony, 3/3/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-7). 

Transition Series:  Health Care Reform (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-
93-8TR). 

State Health Care Reform:  Federal Requirements Influence State
Reforms (Testimony, 9/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-55).  Report on same topic
(6/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-70).  Testimony on same topic (6/9/92, GAO/T-
HRD-92-40). 

Health Care:  Problems and Potential Lessons for Reform (Testimony,
3/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-23). 


   HHS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
   AGENCIES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:5

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Bruce D.  Layton,
James O.  McClyde, or Sarah F.  Jaggar at (202) 512-7119. 

FDA Review and Approval Times (Testimony, 2/21/96, GAO/T-PEMD- 96-6). 

FDA Export Reform (Letter, 12/21/95, GAO/HEHS-96-60R). 

Changes in FDA Structure (Letter, 12/8/95, GAO/HEHS-96-53R). 

Medical Devices:  FDA Review Time (Letter Report, 10/30/95,
GAO/PEMD-96-2). 

FDA Drug Approval:  Review Time Has Decreased in Recent Years
(Report, 10/20/95, GAO/PEMD-96-1). 

FDA Import Automation:  Serious Management and Systems Development
Problems Persist (Report, 9/28/95, GAO/AIMD-95-188). 

Cancer Drug Research:  Contrary to Allegation, NIH Hydrazine Sulfate
Studies Were Not Flawed (Report, 9/13/95, GAO/HEHS-95-141). 

Health Care Shortage Areas:  Designations Not a Useful Tool for
Directing Resources to the Underserved (Report, 9/8/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-200). 

Health Research Misconduct:  HHS' Handling of Cases is Appropriate,
but Timeliness Remains a Concern (Report, 8/3/95, GAO/HEHS-95-134). 

Practice Guidelines:  Overview of Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research Efforts (Testimony, 7/25/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-221). 

Reassignment of Two NIH Employees (Letter, 7/5/95, GAO/OSI-95- 14R). 

Immunization:  HHS Could Do More to Increase Vaccination Among Older
Adults (Report, 6/8/95, GAO/PEMD-95-14). 

Health and Human Services:  Opportunities to Realize Savings
(Testimony, 1/12/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-57). 

Food and Drug Administration:  Carrageenan Food Additive From the
Philippines Conforms to Regulations (Report, 8/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
141). 

FDA User Fees:  Current Measures Not Sufficient for Evaluating Effect
on Public Health (Report, 7/22/94, GAO/PEMD-94-26). 

FDA Regulation:  Compliance by Dietary Supplement and Conventional
Food Establishments (Report, 6/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-134). 

FDA Drug Enforcement Actions (Letter, 5/6/94, GAO/HEHS-94-136R). 

Safe Medical Devices (Letter, 2/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-86R). 

FDA Safety Devices (Letter, 2/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-90R). 

CDC Activities Are Appropriate and Non-Duplicative (Letter, 8/30/93,
GAO/HRD-93-32R). 

FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements (Letter, 7/2/93,
GAO/HRD-93-28R). 

Hospital Sterilants:  Insufficient FDA Regulation May Pose a Public
Health Risk (Report, 6/14/93, GAO/HRD-93-79). 

Alleged Lobbying Activities:  Office for Substance Abuse Prevention
(Report, 5/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-100). 

FDA Premarket Approval:  Process of Approving Lodine as a Drug
(Report, 4/12/93, GAO/HRD-93-81). 

Public Health Service:  Evaluation Set-Aside Has Not Realized Its
Potential to Inform the Congress (Report, 4/8/93, GAO/PEMD-93-13). 

Health and Human Services Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93- 20TR). 

Women's Health:  FDA Needs to Ensure More Study of Gender Differences
in Prescription Drug Testing (Report, 10/29/92, GAO/HRD-93-17). 

Food Safety and Quality:  FDA Strategy Needed to Address Animal Drug
Residues in Milk (Report, 8/5/92, GAO/RCED-92-209). 

Over the Counter Drugs:  Gaps and Potential Vulnerabilities in the
Regulatory System (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-8).  Report on
same topic (1/10/92, GAO/PEMD-92-9). 

Nonprescription Drugs:  Over the Counter and Underemphasized
(Testimony, 4/8/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-5). 

FDA Premarket Approval:  Process of Approving Olestra as a Food
Additive (Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-86). 

FDA Premarket Approval:  Process of Approving Ansaid as a Drug
(Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-85). 

FDA Regulations:  Sustained Management Attention Needed to Improve
Timely Issuance (Testimony, 4/1/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-19).  Report with
same title (2/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-35). 

HHS Staff for Board and Care Issues (Letter, 4/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-
29R). 

Medical Technology:  Implementing the Good Manufacturing Practices
Regulations (Testimony, 3/25/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-6).  Report on same
topic (2/13/92, GAO/PEMD-92-10). 

Medical Technology:  Quality Assurance Needs Stronger Management
Emphasis and Higher Priority (Report, 2/13/92, GAO/PEMD-92-10). 

Food Safety and Quality:  FDA Needs Stronger Controls Over the
Approval Process for New Animal Drugs (Report, 1/17/92,
GAO/RCED-92-63). 

Freedom of Information:  FDA's Program and Regulations Need
Improvement (Report, 10/11/91, GAO/HRD-92-2). 

Food Safety and Quality:  Existing Detection and Control Programs
Minimize Aflatoxin (Report, 5/22/91, GAO/RCED-91-109). 

FDA Could Do More to Ensure the Safety of Bottled Water (Testimony,
4/10/91, GAO/T-RCED-91-29). 


   LONG-TERM CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:6

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact James C. 
Musselwhite or William J.  Scanlon at (202) 512-7119. 

Immunization:  HHS Could Do More to Increase Vaccination Among Older
Adults (Report, 6/8/95, GAO/PEMD-95-14). 

Long-Term Care:  Current Issues and Future Directions (Report,
4/13/95, GAO/HEHS-95-109). 

Aging Issues:  Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1994
(Report, 12/29/94, GAO/HEHS-95-44). 

Long-Term Care:  Diverse, Growing Population Includes Millions of
Americans of All Ages (Report, 11/7/94, GAO/HEHS-95-26). 

Long-Term Care Reform:  States' Views on Key Elements of Well-
Designed Programs for the Elderly (Report, 9/6/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 227). 

Long-Term Care:  Other Countries Tighten Budgets While Seeking Better
Access (Report, 8/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-154). 

Medicaid Long-Term Care:  Successful State Efforts to Expand Home
Services While Limiting Costs (Report, 8/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-167). 

Survey of Long-Term Care for the Elderly (Letter, 7/21/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-214R). 

Older Americans Act:  Funding Formula Could Better Reflect State
Needs (Report, 5/12/94, GAO/HEHS-94-41). 

Long-Term Care Reform:  Program Eligibility, States' Service
Capacity, and Federal Role in Reform Need More Consideration
(Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-144). 

Long-Term Care:  The Need for Geriatric Assessment in Publicly Funded
Home and Community-Based Programs (Testimony, 4/14/94,
GAO/T-PEMD-94-20). 

Long-Term Care:  Demography, Dollars, and Dissatisfaction Drive
Reform (Testimony, 4/12/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-140). 

Long-Term Care:  Status of Quality Assurance and Measurement in Home
and Community Based Services (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/PEMD-94-19). 

Long-Term Care:  Support for Elder Care Could Benefit the Government
Workplace and the Elderly (Report, 3/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-64). 

Older Americans Act:  The National Eldercare Campaign (Report,
2/23/94, GAO/PEMD-94-7). 

Long-Term Care:  Private Sector Elder Care Could Yield Multiple
Benefits (Report, 1/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-60). 

Older Americans Act:  Title III Funds Not Distributed According to
Statute (Report, 1/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-37). 

Aging Issues:  Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1993
(Report, 12/22/93, GAO/HRD-94-73). 

Health Care Reform:  Supplemental and Long-Term Care Insurance
(Testimony, 11/9/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-58). 

Long-Term Care Insurance:  High Percentage of Policyholders Drop
Policies (Report, 8/25/93, GAO/HRD-93-129). 

VA Health Care:  Potential for Offsetting Long-Term Care Costs
Through Estate Recovery (Report, 7/27/93, GAO/HRD-93-68). 

Long-Term Care Forum (Discussion Paper, 7/13-14/93, GAO/HRD-93-1-SP). 

Long-Term Care Insurance:  Tax Preferences Reduce Costs More for
Those in Higher Tax Brackets (Report, 6/22/93, GAO/GGD-93-110). 

Older Americans Act:  Eldercare Partnerships Generate Few Additional
Funds for Public Services (Testimony, 5/27/93, GAO/T- PEMD-93-4). 

Massachusetts Long-Term Care (Letter, 5/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-22R). 

Older Americans Act:  Eldercare Public-Private Partnerships (Report,
4/16/93, GAO/PEMD-93-20). 

Long-Term Care Case Management:  State Experiences and Implications
for Federal Policy (Report, 4/6/93, GAO/HRD-93-52). 

Rental Housing:  Serving the Elderly Through the Section 8 Program
(Report, 3/29/93, GAO/RCED-93-12FS). 

Aging Issues:  Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1992
(Report, 12/23/92, GAO/HRD-93-57). 

Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (Letter, 9/25/92,
GAO/HRD-92-44R). 

Public Housing:  Housing Persons With Mental Disabilities With the
Elderly (Report, 8/12/92, GAO/RCED-92-81). 

Supportive Housing:  HUD Is Not Assessing the Needs of Elderly
Residents (Testimony, 8/12/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-12). 

Elderly Americans:  Nutrition Information is Limited and Guidelines
Are Lacking (Testimony, 7/30/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-11). 

Public/Private Elder Care Partnerships:  Balancing Benefit and Risk
(Testimony, 7/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-45).  Report on same topic (7/7/92,
GAO/HRD-92-94). 

Elderly Americans:  Health, Housing, and Nutrition Gaps Between the
Poor and Nonpoor (Report, 6/24/92, GAO/PEMD-92-29).  Testimony on
same topic (6/24/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-10). 

Long-Term Care Insurance:  Actions Needed to Reduce Risks to
Consumers (Testimony, 6/23/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-44).  Reports on same
topic (3/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-66 and 12/26/91, GAO/HRD-92-14). 
Testimonies on same topic (5/20/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-31 and 4/11/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-14). 

HHS Staff for Board and Care Issues (Letter, 4/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-29R). 

Long-Term Care Insurance:  Better Controls Needed in Sales to People
With Limited Financial Resources (Report, 3/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-66). 

Board and Care Homes:  Medication Mishandling Places Elderly at Risk
(Testimony, 3/13/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-16).  Report on same topic (2/7/92,
GAO/HRD-92-45). 

Aging Issues:  Related GAO Reports and Activities in Fiscal Year 1991
(Report, 12/17/91, GAO/HRD-92-57). 

Long-Term Care Insurance:  Consumers Lack Protection in a Developing
Market (Testimony, 10/24/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-5). 

Administration on Aging:  More Federal Action Needed to Promote
Service Coordination for the Elderly (Report, 9/23/91, GAO/HRD-91-
45). 

Services for the Elderly:  Longstanding Transportation Problems Need
More Federal Attention (Report, 8/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-117). 

Long-Term Care:  Projected Needs of the Aging Baby Boom Generation
(Report, 6/14/91, GAO/HRD-91-86). 

Access to and Utilization of the Ombudsman Program Under the Older
Americans Act (Testimony, 6/13/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-11). 

The Administration on Aging:  Harmonizing Growing Demands and
Shrinking Resources (Testimony, 6/12/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-9). 

Effectiveness of Reporting Laws and Other Factors in Identifying,
Preventing, and Treating Elder Abuse (Testimony, 5/15/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-27). 

Adequacy of the Administration on Aging's Provision of Technical
Assistance for Targeting Services Under the Older Americans Act
(Testimony, 4/25/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-3). 

Elder Abuse:  Effectiveness of Reporting Laws and Other Factors
(Report, 4/24/91, GAO/HRD-91-74). 

Administration on Aging:  More Federal Action Needed to Promote
Service Coordination for the Elderly (Report, 4/23/91,
GAO/HRD-91-45). 

Long-Term Care Insurance:  Risks to Consumers Should Be Reduced
(Testimony, 4/11/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-14). 

Tax-Exempt Bonds:  Retirement Center Bonds Were Risky and Benefited
Moderate-Income Elderly (Report, 3/29/91, GAO/GGD-91-50). 

Minority Participation in Administration on Aging Programs
(Testimony, 3/15/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-1). 


   MALPRACTICE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:7

Medical Malpractice Insurance Options (Letter, 2/28/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-105R). 

Medical Malpractice:  Maine's Use of Practice Guidelines to Reduce
Costs (Report, 10/25/93, GAO/HRD-94-8). 

Medical Malpractice:  Estimated Savings and Costs of Federal
Insurance at Health Centers (Report, 9/24/93, GAO/HRD-93-130). 

Medical Malpractice:  Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries Account for a
Relatively Small Percentage of Malpractice Losses (Report, 8/11/93,
GAO/HRD-93-126). 

Medical Malpractice:  Experience With Efforts to Address Problems
(Testimony, 5/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-24). 

Health Information Systems:  National Practitioner Data Bank
Continues to Experience Problems (Report, 1/29/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-1). 

Practitioner Data Bank:  Information on Small Medical Malpractice
Payments (Report, 7/7/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-56). 

Medical Malpractice:  Alternatives to Litigation (Report, 1/10/92,
GAO/HRD-92-28). 

Medical Malpractice:  Data on Claims Needed to Evaluate Health
Centers' Insurance Alternatives (Report, 5/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-98). 


   MANAGED CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:8

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Sarah F.  Jaggar,
Jonathan Ratner, or William J.  Scanlon at (202) 512-7119. 

Medicare Managed Care Growth (Letter, 10/18/95, GAO/HEHS-96- 47R). 

Medicare Managed Care:  Enrollment Growth Underscores Need to Revamp
HMO Payment Methods (Testimony, 7/12/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-207). 

Medicare Managed Care:  Program Growth Highlights Need to Fix HMO
Payment Problems (Testimony, 5/24/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-174). 

Community Health Centers:  Challenges in Transitioning to Prepaid
Managed Care (Report, 5/4/95, GAO/HEHS-95-138).  Testimony on same
topic (5/4/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-143). 

Defense Health Care:  DOD's Managed Care Program Continues to Face
Challenges (Testimony, 3/28/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-117). 

Managed Health Care:  Effect on Employers' Costs Difficult to Measure
(Testimony, 2/2/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-91).  Report on same topic
(10/19/93, GAO/HRD-94-3). 

Managed Health Care:  Effect on Employers' Costs Difficult to Measure
(Report, 10/19/93, GAO/HRD-94-3). 

Medicaid Managed Care:  Healthy Moms, Healthy Kids--A New Program for
Chicago (Report, 9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-121). 

Defense Health Care:  Lessons Learned From DOD's Managed Health Care
Initiative (Testimony, 5/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-21). 

Medicaid:  HealthPASS--An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for
Certain Philadelphia Recipients (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-67). 

Medicaid:  States Turn to Managed Care to Improve Access and Control
Costs (Report, 3/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-46).  Testimony on same topic
(3/17/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-10). 

Medicaid:  Factors to Consider in Managed Care Programs (Testimony,
6/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-43). 

Medicaid:  Oregon's Managed Care Program and Implications for
Expansions (Report, 6/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-89). 

Medicaid:  Factors to Consider in Expanding Managed Care Programs
(Testimony, 4/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-26). 

Medicare:  Third Status Report on Medicare Insured Group
Demonstration Projects (Report, 1/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-53). 

Medicare:  HCFA Needs to Take Stronger Actions Against HMOs Violating
Federal Standards (Testimony, 11/15/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-11).  Report
with same title (11/12/91, GAO/HRD-92-11). 

Managed Care:  Oregon Program Appears Successful But Expansion Should
Be Implemented Cautiously (Testimony, 9/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91- 48). 

Medicare:  PRO Review Does Not Assure Quality of Care Provided by
Risk HMOs (Testimony, 3/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-12).  Report on same
topic (3/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-48). 


   MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:9

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Kathryn G.  Allen,
Thomas G.  Dowdal, or Barry D.  Tice at (202) 512-7119. 

Status of Medicare's Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
(Testimony, 2/29/96, GAO/T-HEHS-96-94). 

Medicare:  Millions Can Be Saved by Screening Claims for Overused
Services (Testimony, 2/8/96, GAO/T-HEHS-96-86).  Report on same topic
(1/30/96, GAO/HEHS-96-49). 

Fraud and Abuse:  Providers Target Medicare Patients in Nursing
Facilities (Report, 1/24/96, GAO/HEHS-96-18). 

State Medicaid Financing Practices (Letter, 1/23/96, GAO/HEHS-
96-76R). 

Medicare HMOs:  Rapid Enrollment Growth Concentrated in Selected
States (Report, 1/18/96, GAO/HEHS-96-63). 

Medicaid:  Spending Pressures Spur States Toward Program
Restructuring (Testimony, 1/18/96, GAO/T-HEHS-96-75). 

Medigrant:  Hawaii's Base Year Funding (Letter, 12/15/95,
GAO/HEHS-96-74R). 

Medicare:  Enrollment Growth and Payment Practices for Kidney
Dialysis Services (Report, 11/22/95, GAO/HEHS-96-33). 

Medicare Transaction System:  Strengthened Management and Sound
Development Approach Critical to Success (Testimony, 11/16/95,
GAO/T-AIMD-96-12). 

Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers:  Flexible Approach to Approving
Demonstrations Could Increase Federal Costs (Report, 11/8/95,
GAO/HEHS-96-44). 

Medicare Managed Care:  Growing Enrollment Adds Urgency to Fixing HMO
Payment Problem (Report, 11/8/95, GAO/HEHS-96-21). 

Fraud and Abuse:  Medicare Continues to Be Vulnerable to Exploitation
by Unscrupulous Providers (Testimony, 11/2/95, GAO/T- HEHS-96-7). 

Medicaid and Children's Insurance (Letter, 10/20/95, GAO/HEHS-
96-50R). 

Medicare Managed Care Growth (Letter, 10/18/95, GAO/HEHS-96- 47R). 

Fraud and Abuse Provisions in H.R.  2425 (Letter, 10/7/95,
GAO/HEHS-96-37R). 

Arizona Medicaid:  Competition Among Managed Care Plans Lowers
Program Costs (Report, 10/4/95, GAO/HEHS-96-2). 

Medigrant:  Florida (Letter, 10/2/95, GAO/HEHS-96-11R). 

Medicare Spending:  Modern Management Strategies Needed to Curb
Billions in Unnecessary Payments (Report, 9/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 210). 

Durable Medical Equipment:  Regional Carriers' Coverage Criteria Are
Consistent With Medicare Law (Report, 9/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-185). 

Preventing Abusive Medicare Billing (Letter, 9/5/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-260R). 

Medicaid:  Tennessee's Program Broadens Coverage but Faces Uncertain
Future (Report, 9/1/95, GAO/HEHS-95-186). 

Medicare:  Antifraud Technology Offers Significant Opportunity to
Reduce Health Care Fraud (Report, 8/11/95, GAO/AIMD-95-77). 

Medicare Competitive Bidding (Letter, 8/11/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 238R). 

Medicare:  Excessive Payments for Medical Supplies Continue Despite
Improvements (Report, 8/8/95, GAO/HEHS-95-171). 

Medicare:  Increased HMO Oversight Could Improve Quality and Access
to Care (Report, 8/3/95, GAO/HEHS-95-155).  Testimony on same topic
(8/3/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-229). 

Medicare:  Modern Management Strategies Could Curb Fraud, Waste, and
Abuse (Testimony, 7/31/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-227). 

Medicaid:  Local Contributions (Letter, 7/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 215R). 

Medicare:  Enhancing Health Care Quality Assurance (Testimony,
7/27/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-224). 

Medicaid:  Matching Formula's Performance and Potential Modifications
(Testimony, 7/27/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-226). 

Medicare:  Adapting Private Sector Techniques Could Curb Losses to
Fraud and Abuse (Testimony, 7/19/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-211). 

Health Insurance For Children:  Many Remain Uninsured Despite
Medicaid Expansion (Report, 7/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-175). 

Medicare:  Allegations Against ABC Home Health Care (Testimony,
7/19/95, GAO/T-OSI-95-18).  Report on same topic (7/19/95,
GAO/OSI-95- 17). 

Medicare Providers' Legal Expenses (Letter, 7/18/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-214R). 

Medicare Managed Care:  Enrollment Growth Underscores Need to Revamp
HMO Payment Methods (Testimony, 7/12/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-207). 

Medicaid:  State Flexibility in Implementing Managed Care Programs
Requires Appropriate Oversight (Testimony, 7/12/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-
206). 

Medicare:  Rapid Spending Growth Calls for More Prudent Purchasing
(Testimony, 6/28/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-193). 

Medicaid:  Statewide Section 1115 Demonstrations' Impact on
Eligibility, Service Delivery, and Program Cost (Testimony, 6/21/95,
GAO/T-HEHS-95-182). 

Medicare:  Modern Management Strategies Needed to Curb Program
Exploitation (Testimony, 6/15/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-183). 

Medicare Managed Care:  Program Growth Highlights Need to Fix HMO
Payment Problems (Testimony, 5/24/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-174). 

Medicare:  Reducing Fraud and Abuse Can Save Billions (Testimony,
5/16/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-157). 

Medicare Claims:  Commercial Technology Could Save Billions Lost to
Billing Abuse (Report, 5/5/95, GAO/AIMD-95-135). 

Medicaid Managed Care:  More Competition and Oversight Would Improve
California's Expansion Plan (Report, 4/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-87). 

Medicaid:  Spending Pressures Drive States Toward Program Reinvention
(Report, 4/4/95, GAO/HEHS-95-122).  Testimony on same topic
(GAO/T-HEHS-95-129). 

Medicaid:  Restructuring Approaches Leave Many Questions (Report,
4/4/95, GAO/HEHS-95-103). 

Medicare:  Tighter Rules Needed to Curtail Overcharges for Therapy in
Nursing Homes (Report, 3/30/95, GAO/HEHS-95-23). 

Medicaid:  Experience With State Waivers to Promote Cost Control and
Access to Care (Testimony, 3/23/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-115). 

Medicare and Medicaid:  Opportunities to Save Program Dollars by
Reducing Fraud and Abuse (Testimony, 3/22/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-110). 

Medicare Secondary Payer Program (Letter, 3/6/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 101R). 

GAO's 1995 High Risk Reports:  Medicare Claims (Report, 2/95,
GAO/HR-95-8). 

Medicare Secondary Payer Program:  Actions Needed to Realize Savings
(Testimony, 2/23/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-92). 

Uninsured and Children on Medicaid (Letter, 2/14/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-83R). 

Medicare:  Opportunities Are Available to Apply Managed Care
Strategies (Testimony, 2/10/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-81). 

Medicare:  High Spending Growth Calls for Aggressive Action
(Testimony, 2/6/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-75). 

Medicare Part B:  Regional Variation in Denial Rates for Medical
Necessity (Report, 12/19/94, GAO/PEMD-95-10).  Testimony on same
topic (12/19/94, GAO/T-PEMD-95-11). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Use of VA Services by Medicare-Eligible
Veterans (Report, 10/24/94, GAO/HEHS-95-13). 

Medicare:  Referrals to Physician-Owned Imaging Facilities Warrant
HCFA's Scrutiny (Report, 10/20/94, GAO/HEHS-95-2). 

Medicare:  Changes to HMO Rate Setting Method Are Needed to Reduce
Program Costs (Report, 9/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-119). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Best Price for Outpatient Drugs Purchased by
HMOs and Hospitals (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-194FS). 

Medicaid Long-Term Care:  Successful State Efforts to Expand Home
Services While Limiting Costs (Report, 8/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-167). 

Medicare:  HCFA's Contracting Authority for Processing Medicare
Claims (Report, 8/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-171). 

Medicaid:  States Use Illusory Approaches to Shift Program Costs to
Federal Government (Report, 8/1/94, GAO/HEHS-94-133). 

Medicare:  Technology Assessment and Medical Coverage Decisions
(Report, 7/20/94, GAO/HEHS-94-195FS). 

Medicare Transportation Benefits (Letter, 7/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 184R). 

Medicare:  Shared System Conversion Led to Disruptions in Processing
Maryland Claims (Report, 5/23/94, GAO/HEHS-94-66). 

Medicaid Prenatal Care:  States Improve Access and Enhance Services,
but Face New Challenges (Report, 5/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-152BR). 

Medicare/Medicaid:  Data Bank Unlikely to Increase Collections From
Other Insurers (Report, 5/6/94, GAO/HEHS-94-147).  Testimony on same
topic (5/6/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-162). 

Medicare:  Graduate Medical Education Payment Policy Needs to be
Reexamined (Report, 5/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-33). 

Medicare:  Inadequate Review of Claims Payments Limits Ability to
Control Spending (Report, 4/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-42). 

Medicare:  Impact of OBRA-90's Dialysis Provision on Providers and
Beneficiaries (Report, 4/25/94, GAO/HEHS-94-65). 

Medicare Transaction System (Letter, 4/20/94, GAO/HEHS-94-143R). 

Medicare:  Beneficiary Liability for Certain Paramedic Services May
Be Substantial (Report, 4/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-122BR). 

Medicare Diagnostic Imaging Rates (Letter, 4/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
129R). 

Medicare Part B:  Inconsistent Denial Rates for Medical Necessity
Across Six Carriers (Testimony, 3/29/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-17). 

Los Angeles County Medi-Cal (Letter, 3/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-116R). 

Medicare:  Greater Investment in Claims Review Would Save Millions
(Report, 3/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-35). 

Medicaid:  A Program Highly Vulnerable to Fraud (Testimony, 2/25/94,
GAO/T-HEHS-94-106). 

Medicare:  New Claims Processing System Benefits and Acquisition
Risks (Report, 1/25/94, GAO/HEHS/AIMD-94-79). 

Medicare and Medicaid:  Many Eligible People Not Enrolled in
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program (Report, 1/20/94, GAO/HEHS-
94-52). 

Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank Issues (Letter, 11/15/93,
GAO/HRD-94-63R). 

Medicare:  Adequate Funding and Better Oversight Needed to Protect
Benefit Dollars (Testimony, 11/12/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-59). 

Medicare:  Better Guidance Is Needed To Preclude Inappropriate
General and Administrative Charges (Report, 10/15/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-
13). 

HCFA Payment Rate for Erythropoietin (Letter, 10/13/93, GAO/HRD-
94-1R). 

Psychiatric Fraud and Abuse:  Increased Scrutiny of Hospital Stays is
Needed for Federal Health Programs (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-92). 

Medicaid Managed Care:  Healthy Moms, Healthy Kids--A New Program for
Chicago (Report, 9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-121). 

Medicaid:  Alternatives for Improving the Distribution of Funds to
States (Report, 8/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-112FS). 

Medical Malpractice:  Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries Account for a
Relatively Small Percentage of Malpractice Losses (Report, 8/11/93,
GAO/HRD-93-126). 

Medicare Part B:  Reliability of Claims Processing Across Four
Carriers (Report, 8/11/93, GAO/PEMD-93-27). 

Medicaid Drug Fraud:  Federal Leadership Needed to Reduce Program
Vulnerabilities (Report, 8/2/93, GAO/HRD-93-118).  Testimony on same
topic (8/2/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-28). 

Medicare:  Separate Payment for Fitting Braces and Artificial Limbs
Is Not Needed (Report, 7/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-98). 

Medicare Physician Payment:  Geographic Adjusters Appropriate But
Could Be Improved With New Data (Report, 7/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-93). 

Medicaid Estate Planning (Letter, 7/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-29R). 

Overhead Costs:  Unallowable and Questionable Costs Charged to
Medicare by Hospital Corporation of America (Testimony, 6/23/93,
GAO/T-NSIAD-93-16). 

Medicare:  Renal Facility Cost Reports Probably Overstate Costs of
Patient Care (Report, 5/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-70). 

Medicaid:  Data Improvements Needed to Help Manage Health Care
Program (Report, 5/13/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-18). 

Medicaid:  HealthPASS--An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for
Certain Philadelphia Recipients (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-67). 

Medicaid:  The Texas Disproportionate Share Program Favors Public
Hospitals (Report, 4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-86). 

Screening Mammography:  Higher Medicare Payments Could Increase Costs
Without Increasing Use (Report, 4/22/93, GAO/HRD-93-50). 

Medicare:  Physicians Who Invest in Imaging Centers Refer More
Patients for More Costly Services (Testimony, 4/20/93, GAO/T-
HRD-93-14).  Report on same topic (5/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-59). 

Medicare Secondary Payer Program:  Identifying Beneficiaries With
Other Insurance Coverage Is Difficult (Testimony, 4/2/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-13). 

Medicaid Formula Alternatives (Letter, 3/31/93, GAO/HRD-93-18R). 
Letter on same topic (3/2/93, GAO/HRD-93-17R). 

Medicaid:  Outpatient Drug Costs and Reimbursements for Selected
Pharmacies in Illinois and Maryland (Report, 3/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-
55FS). 

Medicaid:  States Turn to Managed Care to Improve Access and Control
Costs (Report, 3/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-46).  Testimony on same topic
(3/17/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-10). 

Medicare:  Funding and Management Problems Result in Unnecessary
Expenditures (Testimony, 2/17/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-4). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Drug Prices Paid by HMOs and Hospitals Since
Enactment of Rebate Provisions (Report, 1/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-43). 

High-Risk Series:  Medicare Claims (Report, 12/92, GAO/HR-93-6). 

Medicare:  Millions in End-Stage Renal Disease Expenditures Shifted
to Employer Health Plans (Report, 12/31/92, GAO/HRD-93-31). 

District of Columbia:  Barriers to Medicaid Enrollment Contribute to
Hospital Uncompensated Care (Report, 12/29/92, GAO/HRD-93-28). 

Medicaid:  Disproportionate Share Policy (Letter, 12/22/92,
GAO/HRD-93-3R). 

Removal of Breast Implants (Letter, 12/7/92, GAO/HRD-93-5R). 

Medicare:  HCFA Monitoring of the Quality of Part B Claims Processing
(Testimony, 9/23/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-14). 

Health Insurance:  Medicare and Private Payers Are Vulnerable to
Fraud and Abuse (Testimony, 9/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-56). 

Medicare:  One Scheme Illustrates Vulnerabilities to Fraud (Report,
8/26/92, GAO/HRD-92-76). 

D.C.  Government:  District Medicaid Payments to Hospitals (Report,
8/24/92, GAO/GGD-92-138FS). 

Medicaid Prescription Drug Diversion:  A Major Problem, But State
Approaches Offer Some Promise (Testimony, 7/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92- 48). 

Medicare:  Reimbursement Policies Can Influence the Setting and Cost
of Chemotherapy (Report, 7/17/92, GAO/PEMD-92-28). 

Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) and Administrative Costs
(Letter, 7/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-38R). 

Medicare:  Program and Beneficiary Costs Under Durable Medical
Equipment Fee Schedules (Report, 7/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-78). 

Medicaid:  Factors to Consider in Managed Care Programs (Testimony,
6/29/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-43). 

Medicaid:  Oregon's Managed Care Program and Implications for
Expansions (Report, 6/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-89). 

Medicaid:  Ensuring That Noncustodial Parents Provide Health
Insurance Can Save Costs (Report, 6/17/92, GAO/HRD-92-80). 

Durable Medical Equipment:  Specific HCFA Criteria and Standard Forms
Could Reduce Medicare Payments (Report, 6/12/92, GAO/HRD-92- 64). 

Medicare:  Excessive Payments Support the Proliferation of Costly
Technology (Report, 5/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-59). 

Medicare:  Contractor Oversight and Funding Need Improvement
(Testimony, 5/21/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-32). 

Medicaid:  Factors to Consider in Expanding Managed Care Programs
(Testimony, 4/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-26). 

Medicare:  Shared Systems Policy Inadequately Planned and Implemented
(Report, 3/18/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-41).  Testimony on same topic
(3/18/92, GAO/T-IMTEC-92-11). 

Medicare:  Payments for Medically Directed Anesthesia Services Should
be Reduced (Report, 3/3/92, GAO/HRD-92-25). 

Medicaid Third-Party Liability (Letter, 3/3/92, GAO/HRD-92-21R). 

Medicare:  Over $1 Billion Should Be Recovered From Primary Health
Insurers (Report, 2/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-52). 

Medicare:  Rationale for Higher Payment for Hospital-Based Home
Health Agencies (Report, 1/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-24). 

Medicare:  Third Status Report on Medicare Insured Group
Demonstration Projects (Report, 1/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-53). 

Medicare:  HCFA Needs to Take Stronger Actions Against HMOs Violating
Federal Standards (Testimony, 11/15/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-11).  Report on
same topic (11/12/91, GAO/HRD-92-11). 

Medicare:  Effect of Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedules on Six
Suppliers' Profits (Report, 11/6/91, GAO/HRD-92-22). 

Significant Reductions in Corporate Retiree Health Liabilities
Projected if Medicare Eligibility Age Lowered to 60 (Testimony,
11/5/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-7). 

Medicare:  Millions of Dollars in Mistaken Payments Not Recovered
(Report, 10/21/91, GAO/HRD-92-26). 

Medicare:  Improper Handling of Beneficiary Complaints of Provider
Fraud and Abuse (Report, 10/2/91, GAO/HRD-92-1).  Testimony on same
topic (10/2/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-2). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139). 

Health Care:  Actions to Terminate Problem Hospitals From Medicare
Are Inadequate (Report, 9/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-54). 

Medicare:  Information Needed to Assess Payments to Providers
(Report, 8/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-113). 

Medicaid Expansions:  Coverage Improves but State Fiscal Problems
Jeopardize Continued Progress (Report, 6/25/91, GAO/HRD-91-78). 

Substance Abuse Treatment:  Medicaid Allows Some Services but
Generally Limits Coverage (Report, 6/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-92). 

Medicare:  Further Changes Needed to Reduce Program Costs (Testimony,
6/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-34).  Report on same topic (5/15/91,
GAO/HRD-91-67). 

Medicare:  Payments for Clinical Laboratory Test Services Are Too
High (Report, 6/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-59). 

Medicare:  Flawed Data Add Millions to Teaching Hospital Payments
(Report, 6/4/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-31). 

Medicaid:  Alternatives for Improving the Distribution of Funds
(Report, 5/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-66FS).  Testimony on same topic
(12/7/90, GAO/T-HRD-91-5). 

Medicare:  Variations in Payments to Anesthesiologists Linked to
Anesthesia Time (Report, 4/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-43). 

Medicare:  HCFA Should Improve Internal Controls Over Part B Advance
Payments (Report, 4/17/91, GAO/HRD-91-81). 

Medicaid:  HCFA Needs Authority to Enforce Third-Party Requirements
on States (Report, 4/11/91, GAO/HRD-91-60). 

Medicare:  Millions in Disabled Beneficiary Expenditures Shifted to
Employers (Report, 4/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-24). 

Medicare Claims Processing:  HCFA Can Reduce the Disruptions Caused
by Replacing Contractors (Report, 4/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-44). 

Medicare:  Need for Consistent National Payment Policy for Special
Anesthesia Services (Report, 3/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-23). 

Medicare:  PRO Review Does Not Assure Quality of Care Provided by
Risk HMOs (Testimony, 3/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-12).  Report on same
topic (3/12/91, GAO/HRD-91-48). 


   PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:10

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact John C.  Hansen at
(202) 512-7119. 

Pharmacy Benefit Managers:  Early Results on Ventures With Drug
Manufacturers (Testimony, 2/7/96, GAO/T-HEHS-96-85).  Report on same
topic (11/9/95, GAO/HEHS-96-45). 

Nonprescription Drugs:  Value of a Pharmacist-Controlled Class Has
Yet to Be Demonstrated (Report, 8/24/95, GAO/PEMD-95-12). 

Prescription Drugs and the Elderly:  Many Still Receive Potentially
Harmful Drugs Despite Recent Improvements (Report, 7/24/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-152). 

Prescription Drug Prices:  Official Index Overstates Producer Price
Inflation (Report, 4/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-90). 

Family Planning Clinics:  Strain of Norplant's High Up-Front Costs
Has Subsided (Report, 10/7/94, GAO/HEHS-95-7). 

Prescription Drug Prices in France (Letter, 8/12/94, GAO/HEHS-
94-200R). 

Prescription Drugs:  Automated Prospective Review Systems Offer
Significant Potential Benefits for Medicaid (Report, 8/5/94,
GAO/AIMD-94-130). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Best Price for Outpatient Drugs Purchased by
HMOs and Hospitals (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-194FS). 

Immunosuppressant Drugs (Letter, 8/1/94, GAO/HEHS-94-207R). 

Prescription Drugs:  Prices and Regulation in Canada and Europe
(Testimony, 7/27/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-213).  Reports on same topic
(5/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-30; 1/12/94, GAO/HEHS-94-29; and 9/30/92,
GAO/HRD-92-110).  Testimony on same topic (2/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-5). 

Prescription Drugs:  Spending Controls in Four European Countries
(Report, 5/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-30). 

Prescription Drugs:  Companies Typically Charge More in the United
States Than in the United Kingdom (Report, 1/12/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 29). 

HCFA Payment Rate for Erythropoietin (Letter, 10/13/93, GAO/HRD-
94-1R). 

Medicaid:  Outpatient Drug Costs and Reimbursements for Selected
Pharmacies in Illinois and Maryland (Report, 3/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-
55FS). 

Prescription Drugs:  Companies Typically Charge More in the United
States Than in Canada (Testimony, 2/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-5).  Report
with same title (9/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-110). 

Prescription Drug Prices:  Analysis of Canada's Patented Medicine
Prices Review Board (Report, 2/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-51). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Drug Prices Paid by HMOs and Hospitals Since
Enactment of Rebate Provisions (Report, 1/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-43). 

Medicaid Prescription Drug Diversion:  A Major Problem, But State
Approaches Offer Some Promise (Testimony, 7/29/92, GAO/T- HRD-92-48). 

Prescription Drug Monitoring:  States Can Readily Identify Illegal
Sales and Use of Controlled Substances (Report, 7/21/92,
GAO/HRD-92-115). 

Pharmaceutical Industry:  Tax Benefits of Operating in Puerto Rico
(Report, 5/4/92, GAO/GGD-92-72BR). 

Off-Label Drugs:  Reimbursement Policies Constrain Physicians in
Their Choice of Cancer Therapies (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/PEMD-91-14). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139). 

Prescription Drugs:  Selected Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Studies
Have Methodological Flaws (Report, 7/22/91, GAO/PEMD-91-20). 

Prescription Drugs:  Little Is Known About the Effects of Direct-to-
Consumer Advertising (Report, 7/9/91, GAO/PEMD-91-19). 


   PROVIDER ISSUES
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:11

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Sarah F.  Jaggar at
(202) 512-7119. 

National Health Service Corps:  Opportunities to Stretch Scarce
Dollars and Improve Provider Placement (Report, 11/24/95, GAO/HEHS-
96-28). 

Indian Health Service:  Improvements Needed in Credentialing
Temporary Physicians (Report, 4/21/95, GAO/HEHS-95-46). 

Medical Education:  Curriculum and Financing Strategies Need to
Encourage Primary Care Training (Report, 10/21/94, GAO/HEHS-95-9). 

Health Professions Education:  Role of Title VII/VIII Programs in
Improving Access to Care Is Unclear (Report, 7/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
164). 

Primary Care Physicians:  Managing Supply in Canada, Germany, Sweden,
and the United Kingdom (Report, 5/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-111). 

Student Loans:  Millions Loaned Inappropriately to U.S.  Nationals at
Foreign Medical Schools (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-28). 

Health Care:  Reduction in Resident Physician Work Hours Will Not Be
Easy to Attain (Report, 11/20/92, GAO/HRD-93-24BR). 

Medical Residents:  Options Exist to Make Student Loan Payments
Manageable (Report, 11/26/91, GAO/HRD-92-21). 


   PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:12

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Sarah F.  Jaggar at
(202) 512-7119. 

Community Health Center Grants (Letter, 10/11/95, GAO/HEHS-96- 13R). 

Montana's Medical Assistance Facilities (Letter, 10/2/95,
GAO/HEHS-96-12R). 

Federal Funds for Planned Parenthood (Letter, 8/9/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-216R). 

Hospital-Based Home Health Agencies (Letter, 7/19/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-209R). 

Vaccines for Children:  Reexamination of Program Goals and
Implementation Needed to Ensure Vaccination (Report, 6/22/95,
GAO/PEMD-95-22). 

Immunization:  HHS Could Do More to Increase Vaccination Among Older
Adults (Report, 6/8/95, GAO/PEMD-95-14). 

Vaccines for Children:  Barriers to Immunization (Testimony, 5/4/95,
GAO/T-PEMD-95-21). 

Community Health Centers:  Challenges in Transitioning to Prepaid
Managed Care (Report, 5/4/95, GAO/HEHS-95-138).  Testimony on same
topic (5/4/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-143). 

Tuberculosis:  Costly and Preventable Cases Continue in Five Cities
(Report, 3/16/95, GAO/HEHS-95-11). 

Health Care:  School-Based Health Centers Can Expand Access for
Children (Report, 12/22/94, GAO/HEHS-95-35). 

Vaccines for Children:  Major Implementation Hurdles Remain
(Testimony, 7/21/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-29).  Report on same topic
(7/18/94, GAO/PEMD-94-28). 

Public Health Services:  Agencies Use Different Approaches to Protect
Public Against Disease and Injury (Report, 4/29/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-85BR). 

Residential Care:  Some High-Risk Youth Benefit, but More Study
Needed (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-56). 

Breastfeeding:  WIC's Efforts to Promote Breastfeeding Have Increased
(Report, 12/16/93, GAO/HRD-94-13). 

Preventive Health Care for Children:  Experience From Selected
Foreign Countries (Report, 8/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-62). 

Drug Education:  Limited Progress in Program Evaluation (Testimony,
3/31/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-2). 

Childhood Immunization:  Opportunities to Improve Immunization Rates
at Lower Cost (Report, 3/24/93, GAO/HRD-93-41).  Testimony on same
topic (6/1/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-36). 

Community-Based Drug Prevention:  Comprehensive Evaluations of
Efforts Are Needed (Report, 3/24/93, GAO/GGD-93-75). 

Needle Exchange Programs:  Research Suggests Promise as an AIDS
Prevention Strategy (Report, 3/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-60). 

Childhood Immunizations (Letter, 2/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-12R). 

Integrating Human Services:  Linking At-Risk Families With Services
More Successful Than System Reform Efforts (Report, 9/24/92,
GAO/HRD-92-108). 

Women's Health Information:  HHS Lacks an Overall Strategy
(Testimony, 8/5/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-51). 

Health Care:  Most Community and Migrant Health Center Physicians
Have Hospital Privileges (Report, 7/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-98). 

Foreign Assistance:  Combating HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries
(Report, 6/19/92, GAO/NSIAD-92-244). 

Toxic Substances:  Federal Programs Do Not Fully Address Some Lead
Exposure Issues (Report, 5/15/92, GAO/RCED-92-186). 

Early Intervention:  Federal Investments Like WIC Can Produce Savings
(Report, 4/7/92, GAO/HRD-92-18). 

Diabetes:  Status of the Disease Among American Indians, Blacks, and
Hispanics (Testimony, 4/6/92, GAO/T-PEMD-92-7). 

Community Health Centers:  Administration of Grant Awards Needs
Strengthening (Report, 3/18/92, GAO/HRD-92-51). 

Drug Education:  Rural Programs Have Many Components and Most Rely
Heavily on Federal Funds (Report, 1/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-34). 

AIDS-Prevention Programs:  High Risk Groups Still Prove Hard to Reach
(Report, 6/14/91, GAO/HRD-91-52). 

Mental Health Grants:  Funding Not Distributed in Accordance with
State Needs (Testimony, 5/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-32). 

Medical Malpractice:  Data on Claims Needed to Evaluate Health
Centers' Insurance Alternatives (Report, 5/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-98). 

Mentally Ill Inmates:  Better Data Would Help Determine Protection
and Advocacy Needs (Report, 4/17/91, GAO/GGD-91-35). 

Community Health Centers:  Hospitals Can Become Centers Under Certain
Conditions (Report, 3/22/91, GAO/HRD-91-77FS). 

Accidental Shootings:  Many Deaths and Injuries Caused by Firearms
Could Be Prevented (Report, 3/19/91, GAO/PEMD-91-9). 


   QUALITY AND PRACTICE STANDARDS
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:13

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Sandra K.  Isaacson
at (202) 512-7174 or George F.  Poindexter at (202) 512- 7213. 

Mammography Services:  Initial Impact of New Federal Law Has Been
Positive (Report, 10/27/95, GAO/HEHS-96-17). 

Health Care:  Employers and Individual Consumers Want Additional
Information on Quality (Report, 9/29/95, GAO/HEHS-95-201). 

Patient Self-Determination Act:  Providers Offer Information on
Advance Directives but Effectiveness Uncertain (Report, 8/28/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-135). 

Impact of Organ Allocation Variances (Letter, 7/31/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-203R). 

Medicare:  Enhancing Health Care Quality Assurance (Testimony,
7/27/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-224). 

Maine Practice Guidelines (Letter, 4/4/95, GAO/HEHS-95-118R). 

Electromagnetic Interference with Medical Devices (Letter, 3/17/95,
GAO/RCED-95-96R). 

Cholesterol Measurement:  Variability in Methods and Test Results
(Testimony, 2/13/95, GAO/T-PEMD-95-17).  Report on same topic
(12/30/94, GAO/PEMD-95-8). 

Breast Conservation versus Mastectomy:  Patient Survival in Day-to-
Day Practice and in Randomized Studies (Report, 11/15/94, GAO/PEMD-
95-9). 

Health Care Quality:  How Does the United States Compare With Other
Countries on Cancer Survival and Access to Bone Marrow
Transplantation?  (Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-21). 

Long-Term Care:  Status of Quality Assurance and Measurement in Home
and Community Based Services (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/PEMD-94-19). 

Cancer Survival:  An International Comparison of Outcomes (Report,
3/7/94, GAO/PEMD-94-5). 

Bone Marrow Transplantation:  International Comparisons of
Availability and Appropriateness of Use (Report, 3/7/94, GAO/PEMD-
94-10). 

Bureau of Prisons Health Care:  Inmates' Access to Health Care Is
Limited by Lack of Clinical Staff (Report, 2/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 36). 

VA Health Care:  VA Medical Centers Need to Improve Monitoring of
High-Risk Patients (Report, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-27). 

Psychiatric Fraud and Abuse:  Increased Scrutiny of Hospital Stays is
Needed for Federal Health Programs (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-92). 

Medicaid:  HealthPASS--An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for
Certain Philadelphia Recipients (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-67). 

Cataract Surgery:  Patient-Reported Data on Appropriateness and
Outcomes (Testimony, 4/21/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-3).  Report on same topic
(4/20/93, GAO/PEMD-93-14). 

Indian Health Service:  Basic Services Mostly Available; Substance
Abuse Problems Need Attention (Report, 4/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-48). 

VA Health Care:  Medical Centers Are Not Correcting Identified
Quality Assurance Problems (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-20). 

Utilization Review:  Information on External Review Organizations
(Report, 11/24/92, GAO/HRD-93-22FS). 

Health Care:  Reduction in Resident Physician Work Hours Will Not be
Easy to Attain (Report, 11/20/92, GAO/HRD-93-24BR). 

Home Health Care:  HCFA Properly Evaluated JCAHO's Ability to Survey
Home Health Agencies (Report, 10/26/92, GAO/HRD-93-33). 

AIDS:  CDC's Investigation of HIV Transmissions by a Dentist (Report,
9/29/92, GAO/PEMD-92-31). 

Medical Technology:  For Some Cardiac Pacemaker Leads, the Public
Health Risks Are Still High (Report, 9/23/92, GAO/PEMD-92-20). 

Health Care:  Most Community and Migrant Health Center Physicians
Have Hospital Privileges (Report, 7/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-98). 

Screening Mammography:  Federal Quality Standards Are Needed
(Testimony, 6/5/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-39). 

Home Health Care:  HCFA Evaluation of Community Health Accreditation
Program Inadequate (Report, 4/20/92, GAO/HRD-92-93). 

Cross Design Synthesis:  A New Strategy for Medical Effectiveness
Research (Report, 3/17/92, GAO/PEMD-92-18). 

Medical Technology:  Quality Assurance Needs Stronger Management
Emphasis and Higher Priority (Report, 2/13/92, GAO/PEMD-92-10). 

VA Health Care:  Compliance With Joint Commission Accreditation
Requirements is Improving (Report, 12/13/91, GAO/HRD-92-19). 

Breast Cancer, 1971-91:  Prevention, Treatment, and Research (Report,
12/11/91, GAO/PEMD-92-12).  Testimony on same topic (12/11/91,
GAO/T-PEMD-92-4). 

Screening Mammography:  Quality Standards Are Needed in a Developing
Market (Testimony, 10/24/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-3). 

Health Care:  Actions to Terminate Problem Hospitals From Medicare
Are Inadequate (Report, 9/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-54). 

Peace Corps:  Long-Needed Improvements to Volunteers' Health Care
System (Report, 7/3/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-213). 

Health Care:  Hospitals With Quality-of-Care Problems Need Closer
Monitoring (Report, 5/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-40). 

Health Care:  Limited State Efforts to Assure Quality of Care Outside
Hospitals (Testimony, 4/29/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-20). 

Medicare:  PRO Review Does Not Assure Quality of Care Provided by
Risk HMOs (Testimony, 3/13/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-12).  Report on same
topic (3/12/91, GAO/HRD-91-48). 


   SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DRUG
   TREATMENT
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:14

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Sarah F.  Jaggar at
(202) 512-7119. 

Treatment of Hardcore Cocaine Users (Letter, 7/31/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-179R). 

Drug Use Among Youth:  No Simple Answers to Guide Prevention (Report,
12/29/93, GAO/HRD-94-24). 

Drug Control:  Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (Report, 9/29/93, GAO/GGD-93-144). 

Drug Use Measurement:  Strengths, Limitations, and Recommendations
for Improvement (Report, 6/25/93, GAO/PEMD-93-18). 

Indian Health Service:  Basic Services Mostly Available; Substance
Abuse Problems Need Attention (Report, 4/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-48). 

Drug Education:  Limited Progress in Program Evaluation (Testimony,
3/31/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-2). 

Community-Based Drug Prevention:  Comprehensive Evaluations of
Efforts Are Needed (Report, 3/24/93, GAO/GGD-93-75). 

Needle Exchange Programs:  Research Suggests Promise as an AIDS
Prevention Strategy (Report, 3/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-60). 

Prescription Drug Monitoring:  States Can Readily Identify Illegal
Sales and Use of Controlled Substances (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/HRD-
92-115). 

Employee Drug Testing:  Estimated Cost to Test All Executive Branch
Employees and New Hires (Report, 6/10/92, GAO/GGD-92-99). 

Drug Control:  Difficulties in Denying Federal Benefits to Convicted
Drug Offenders (Report, 4/21/92, GAO/GGD-92-56). 

Drug Education:  Rural Programs Have Many Components and Most Rely
Heavily on Federal Funds (Report, 1/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-34). 

Adolescent Drug Use Prevention:  Common Features of Promising
Community Programs (Report, 1/16/92, GAO/PEMD-92-2). 

Drug Abuse Research:  Federal Funding and Future Needs (Report,
1/14/92, GAO/PEMD-92-5).  Testimony on same topic (9/25/91,
GAO/T-PEMD-91-14). 

ADMS Block Grant:  Drug Treatment Services Could Be Improved by New
Accountability Program (Report, 10/17/91, GAO/HRD-92-27).  Testimony
on same topic (10/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-4). 

Drug Treatment:  State Prisons Face Challenges in Providing Services
(Report, 9/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-128). 

Drug Treatment:  Despite New Strategy, Few Federal Inmates Receive
Treatment (Report, 9/16/91, GAO/HRD-91-116). 

Drug Abuse Prevention:  Federal Efforts to Identify Exemplary
Programs Need Stronger Design (Report, 8/22/91, GAO/PEMD-91-15). 

Substance Abuse Funding:  High Urban Weight Not Justified by Urban-
Rural Differences in Need (Testimony, 6/25/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-38). 

Substance Abuse Treatment:  Medicaid Allows Some Services but
Generally Limits Coverage (Report, 6/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-92). 

Promising Community Drug Abuse Prevention Programs (Testimony,
5/17/91, GAO/T-PEMD-91-7). 

ADMS Block Grant:  Women's Set-Aside Does Not Assure Drug Treatment
for Pregnant Women (Report, 5/6/91, GAO/HRD-91-80).  Testimony on
same topic (6/20/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-37). 

Employee Drug Testing:  Status of Federal Agencies' Programs (Report,
5/6/91, GAO/GGD-91-70). 

Alcoholism Screening Procedures at VA Medical Centers (Testimony,
4/18/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-15).  Report on same topic (3/27/91,
GAO/HRD-91-71). 


   OTHER HEALTH ISSUES
--------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:15

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Sarah F.  Jaggar at
(202) 512-7119. 


      ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON
      HEALTH
------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:15.1

Superfund:  Information on Current Health Risks (Report, 7/19/95,
GAO/RCED-95-205). 

Health and Safety:  DOE's Epidemiological Data Base Has Limited Value
for Research (Report, 6/6/95, GAO/RCED-95-126). 

Health and Safety:  Status of Federal Efforts to Disclose Cold War
Radiation Experiments Involving Humans (Testimony, 12/1/94, GAO/T-
RCED-95-40). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Further Improvement Needed in the Hanford
Tank Farm Maintenance Program (Report, 11/8/94, GAO/RCED- 95-29). 

Health and Safety:  Protecting Workers and the Public Continues to
Challenge DOE (Testimony, 9/22/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-283). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Consensus on Acceptable Radiation Risk to
the Public Is Lacking (Report, 9/19/94, GAO/RCED-94-190). 

Electromagnetic Fields:  Federal Efforts to Determine Health Effects
Are Behind Schedule (Report, 6/21/94, GAO/RCED-94-115). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Examples of Post World War II Radiation
Releases at U.S.  Nuclear Sites (Report, 11/24/93, GAO/RCED-94-51FS). 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Letter, 2/8/93, GAO/RCED-93-77R). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Mortality Study of Atmospheric Nuclear
Test Participants Is Flawed (Report, 8/10/92, GAO/RCED-92-182). 

Toxic Substances:  Federal Programs Do Not Fully Address Some Lead
Exposure Issues (Report, 5/15/92, GAO/RCED-92-186). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Increased Rating Results in Award Fee to
Rocky Flats Contractor (Report, 4/24/92, GAO/RCED-92-162). 

International Environment:  Kuwaiti Oil Fires - Chronic Health Risks
Unknown but Assessments Are Under Way (Report, 1/16/92,
GAO/RCED-92-80BR). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Radiation Events at DOE's Idaho National
Engineering Laboratory (Report, 1/13/92, GAO/RCED-92-64FS). 

Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants:  Regulatory Actions Provide
Uncertain Protection (Report, 10/2/91, GAO/PEMD-92-3).  Testimony on
same topic (10/2/91, GAO/T-PEMD-92-1). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Workers' Compensation Rights Protected at
Hanford (Report, 9/10/91, GAO/RCED-91-203). 

Superfund:  Public Health Assessments Incomplete and of Questionable
Value (Report, 8/1/91, GAO/RCED-91-178). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Environmental, Health and Safety
Practices at Naval Reactors Facilities (Report, 8/1/91, GAO/RCED-
91-157).  Testimony on same topic (4/25/91, GAO/T-RCED-91-24). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  More Attention to Health and Safety
Needed at Pantex (Report, 4/15/91, GAO/RCED-91-103). 

Nuclear Safety and Health:  Nonconforming Products Are a
Governmentwide Problem (Testimony, 3/6/91, GAO/T-RCED-91-9). 


      MISCELLANEOUS
------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1:15.2

Health, Education, Employment, Social Security, Welfare, and Veterans
Reports:  Five-Year Report 1990-94 (Bibliography, 1/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-54W). 

Financial Audit:  U.S.  Senate Health Promotion Revolving Fund for
the Periods Ended 9/30/93 and 12/31/92 (Report, 5/3/95, GAO/AIMD-
95-105). 

Tax Policy:  Pharmaceutical Industry's Use of the Research Tax Credit
(Report, 5/13/94, GAO/GGD-94-139). 

Health Care:  Benefits and Barriers to Automated Medical Records
(Testimony, 5/6/94, GAO/T-AIMD-94-117). 

Tax Policy:  Health Insurance Tax Credit Participation Rate Was Low
(Report, 5/2/94, GAO/GGD-94-99). 

Automating Medical Information (Letter, 10/22/93, GAO/AIMD-94-47R). 

Medical Technology:  Quality Assurance Systems and Global Markets
(Report, 8/18/93, GAO/PEMD-93-15). 

Federal Health Care:  Increased Information Sharing Could Improve
Service, Reduce Costs (Report, 6/29/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-33BR). 

Automated Medical Records:  Leadership Needed to Expedite Standards
Development (Report, 4/30/93, GAO/IMTEC-93-17). 

Health Reports (Bibliography, 12/92, GAO/HRD-93-66). 

Health and Human Services Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93- 20TR). 

Cancer Treatment:  Actions Taken to More Fully Utilize the Bark of
Pacific Yews on Federal Land (Report, 8/31/92, GAO/RCED-92-231). 
Testimony on same topic (3/4/92, GAO/T-RCED-92-36)

Financial Reporting:  Accounting for the Postal Service's
Postretirement Health Care Costs (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/AFMD-92-32). 

Financial Audit:  U.S.  Senate Health Promotion Revolving Fund's
Financial Statements for 1990 (Report, 2/18/92, GAO/AFMD-92-17). 

Information Resources:  HCFA Must Better Justify Further Data Center
Expansion (Report, 9/5/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-65). 

Health Care:  Antitrust Issues Relating to Physicians and Third-
Party Payers (Report, 7/10/91, GAO/HRD-91-120). 


EDUCATION
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 2


   DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:1

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Joseph J.  Eglin,
Jr., at (202) 512-7009, Lawrence J.  Horinko at (202) 512-7001,
Eleanor L.  Johnson at (202) 512-7209, or Wayne B.  Upshaw at (202)
512- 7006. 

Financial Audit:  Federal Family Education Loan Program's Financial
Statements for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1993 (Report, 2/26/96,
GAO/AIMD-96-22). 

Department of Education:  Efforts by the Office for Civil Rights to
Resolve Asian-American Complaints (Report, 12/11/95, GAO/HEHS-96-
23). 

Adult Education:  Measuring Program Results Has Been Challenging
(Report, 9/6/95, GAO/HEHS-95-153). 

Student Financial Aid:  Data Not Fully Utilized to Identify
Inappropriately Awarded Loans and Grants (Report, 7/11/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-89). 

Federal Family Education Loan Information System:  Weak Computer
Controls Increase Risk of Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Data
(Report, 6/12/95, GAO/AIMD-95-117). 

Department of Education:  Information on Consolidation Opportunities
and Student Aid (Testimony, 4/6/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-130). 

Adult Education Review (Letter, 2/16/95, GAO/HEHS-95-65R). 

Department of Education:  Opportunities to Realize Savings
(Testimony, 1/18/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-56). 

Buyouts at the Department of Education (Letter, 8/17/94,
GAO/GGD-94-197R). 

Financial Audit:  Federal Family Education Loan Program's Financial
Statements for Fiscal Years 1993 and 1992 (Report, 6/30/94,
GAO/AIMD-94-131). 

Student Loans:  Millions Loaned Inappropriately to U.S.  Nationals at
Foreign Medical Schools (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-28). 

HEAF 1992 Financial Condition (Letter, 6/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-21R). 

Direct Student Loans:  The Department of Education's Implementation
of Direct Lending (Testimony, 6/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-26). 

Financial Audit:  Federal Family Education Loan Programs' Financial
Statements (Report, 6/30/93, GAO/AIMD-93-4). 

Department of Education:  Long-Standing Management Problems Hamper
Reforms (Report, 5/28/93, GAO/HRD-93-47). 

Systemwide Education Reform:  Federal Leadership Could Facilitate
District-Level Efforts (Testimony, 5/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-20). 
Testimony on same topic (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-97). 

Transition Series:  Education Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-18TR)

Department of Education Grant Award (Letter, 12/9/92, GAO/HRD-93-8R). 

Education's Library:  Actions Needed to Improve Usefulness
(Testimony, 3/18/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-18).  Report on same topic
(4/11/91, GAO/HRD-91-61). 

Department of Education:  Monitoring of State Formula Grants by
Office of Special Education Programs (Report, 4/15/91,
GAO/HRD-91-91FS). 


   EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:2

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Eleanor L.  Johnson
at (202) 512-7209 or Fred E.  Yohey, Jr., at (202) 512-7218. 

Head Start:  Information on Federal Funds Unspent by Program Grantees
(Report, 12/29/95, GAO/HEHS-96-64). 

Early Childhood Centers:  Services to Prepare Children for School
Often Limited (Report, 3/21/95, GAO/HEHS-95-21). 

Early Childhood Programs:  Promoting the Development of Young
Children in Denmark, France, and Italy (Report, 2/3/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-45BR). 

Early Childhood Programs:  Parent Education and Income Best Predict
Participation (Report, 12/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-47). 

Early Childhood Programs:  Local Perspectives on Barriers to
Providing Head Start Services (Report, 12/21/94, GAO/HEHS-95-8). 

Early Childhood Programs:  Multiple Programs and Overlapping Target
Groups (Report, 10/31/94, GAO/HEHS-95-4FS). 

Early Childhood Programs:  Many Poor Children and Strained Resources
Challenge Head Start (Report, 5/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-169BR). 

Poor Preschool-Aged Children:  Numbers Increase but Most Not in
Preschool (Report, 7/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-111BR). 

Remedial Education:  Modifying Chapter 1 Formula Would Target More
Funds to Those Most in Need (Report, 7/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-16). 


   ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
   EDUCATION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:3

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Lawrence J. 
Horinko at (202) 512-7001, Eleanor L.  Johnson at (202) 512-7209,
Fred E.  Yohey, Jr., at (202) 512-7218, or Wayne B.  Upshaw at (202)
512- 7006. 

School Finance:  Three States' Experiences With Equity in School
Funding (Report, 12/19/95, GAO/HEHS-96-39). 

School Facilities:  States' Financial and Technical Support Varies
(Report, 11/28/95, GAO/HEHS-96-27). 

DOD Dependents Schools:  Enrollment Categories, Numbers, and
Locations(Report, 9/18/95, GAO/HEHS-95-149). 

School Finance:  Trends in U.S.  Education Spending (Report, 9/15/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-235). 

Schools and Workplaces:  An Overview of Successful and Unsuccessful
Practices (Report, 8/31/95, GAO/PEMD-95-28). 

D.C.  Public School Enrollment (Letter, 8/28/95, GAO/AIMD-95- 229R). 

Vocational Education:  Changes at High School Level After Amendments
to Perkins Act (Report, 7/12/95, GAO/HEHS-95-144). 

District of Columbia:  Weaknesses in Personnel Records and Public
Schools' Management Information and Controls (Testimony, 6/14/95,
GAO/T-AIMD-95-170). 

School Safety:  Promising Initiatives for Addressing School Violence
(Report, 4/25/95, GAO/HEHS-95-106). 

School Facilities:  America's Schools Not Designed or Equipped for
21st Century (Report, 4/4/95, GAO/HEHS-95-95).  Testimony on same
topic (4/4/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-127). 

School Facilities:  Condition of America's Schools (Report, 2/1/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-61). 

Multiple Youth Programs (Letter, 1/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-60R). 

Charter Schools:  New Model for Public Schools Provides Opportunities
and Challenges (Report, 1/18/95, GAO/HEHS-95-42).  Testimony on same
topic (1/19/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-52). 

Health Care:  School-Based Health Centers Can Expand Access for
Children (Report, 12/22/94, GAO/HEHS-95-35). 

Education Finance:  Extent of Federal Funding in State Education
Agencies (Report, 10/14/94, GAO/HEHS-95-3). 

Precollege Math and Science Education:  Department of Energy's
Precollege Program Managed Ineffectively (Report, 9/13/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-208). 

Education Reform:  School-Based Management Results in Changes in
Instruction and Budgeting (Report, 8/23/94, GAO/HEHS-94-135). 

Hispanics' Schooling:  Risk Factors for Dropping Out and Barriers to
Resuming Their Education (Report, 7/24/94, GAO/PEMD-94-24). 

Title I Formula in S.  1513 (Letter, 6/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-190R). 

School-Age Children:  Poverty and Diversity Challenge Schools
Nationwide (Report, 4/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-132).  Testimony on same
topic (3/16/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-125). 

Regulatory Flexibility in Schools:  What Happens When Schools Are
Allowed to Change the Rules (Report, 4/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-102). 

Special Education Reform:  Districts Grapple With Inclusion Programs
(Testimony, 4/28/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-160). 

Military Dependents' Education:  Current Program Information and
Potential Savings in DODDS (Testimony, 4/26/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-155). 

GAO Work Related to ESEA of 1965 (Letter, 4/26/94, GAO/HEHS-94-156R). 

Immigrant Education:  Federal Funding Has Not Kept Pace With Student
Increases (Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-146). 

Hispanic Dropouts and Federal Programs (Letter, 4/6/94,
GAO/PEMD-94-18R). 

Total Quality Education (Letter, 2/10/94, GAO/HEHS-94-76R). 

Elementary School Children:  Many Change Schools Frequently, Harming
Their Education (Report, 2/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-45). 

Limited English Proficiency:  A Growing and Costly Educational
Challenge Facing Many School Districts (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-
94-38). 

Rural Children:  Increasing Poverty Rates Pose Educational Challenges
(Report, 1/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-75BR). 

School-Linked Human Services:  A Comprehensive Strategy for Aiding
Students at Risk of School Failure (Report, 12/30/93, GAO/HRD-94-21). 

Food Assistance:  Schools That Left the National School Lunch Program
(Report, 12/3/93, GAO/RCED-94-36BR). 

Food Assistance:  Information on Meal Costs in the National School
Lunch Program (Report, 12/1/93, GAO/RCED-94-32BR). 

States' Regulatory Reform Efforts (Letter, 11/3/93, GAO/HRD- 94-51R). 

School Age Demographics:  Recent Trends Pose New Educational
Challenges (Report, 8/5/93, GAO/HRD-93-105BR). 

Exchange Programs:  Inventory of International Educational, Cultural
and Training Programs (Report, 6/23/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-157BR). 

Educational Achievement Standards:  NAGB's Approach Yields Misleading
Interpretations (Report, 6/23/93, GAO/PEMD-93-12). 

Systemwide Education Reform:  Federal Leadership Could Facilitate
District-Level Efforts (Testimony, 5/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-20). 
Testimony on same topic (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-97). 

Educational Testing:  The Canadian Experience with Standards,
Examinations, and Assessments (Report, 4/28/93, GAO/PEMD-93-11). 

School Construction:  Sallie Mae Financing Activities (Report,
4/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-61). 

Planning for Education Standards (Letter, 4/12/93, GAO/PEMD-93-21R). 

Exiting Program Improvement (Letter, 3/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-2R). 

Chapter 1 Accountability:  Greater Focus on Program Goals Needed
(Report, 3/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-69). 

Exchange Programs:  Observations on International, Educational,
Cultural and Training Programs (Testimony, 3/23/93,
GAO/T-NSIAD-93-7). 

Compensatory Education:  Difficulties in Measuring Comparability of
Resources Within School Districts (Report, 3/11/93, GAO/HRD-93-37). 

Compensatory Education:  Additional Funds Help More Private School
Students Receive Chapter 1 Services (Report, 2/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-65). 

Student Achievement Standards and Testing (Testimony, 2/18/93,
GAO/T-PEMD-93-1). 

Student Testing:  Current Extent and Expenditures, With Cost
Estimates for a National Examination (Report, 1/13/93,
GAO/PEMD-93-8).  Testimony on same topic (2/18/93, GAO/T-PEMD-93-1). 

Department of Education:  The Eisenhower Math and Science State Grant
Program (Report, 11/10/92, GAO/HRD-93-25). 

Compensatory Education:  Most Chapter 1 Funds in Eight Districts Used
for Classroom Services (Report, 9/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-136FS). 

Remedial Education:  Modifying Chapter 1 Formula Would Target More
Funds to Those Most in Need (Report, 7/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-16). 

Within-School Discrimination:  Inadequate Title VI Enforcement by the
Office for Civil Rights (Report, 7/22/91, GAO/HRD-91-85).  Testimony
on same topic (4/25/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-17). 

Immigrant Education:  Information on the Emergency Immigrant
Education Act Program (Report, 3/15/91, GAO/HRD-91-50). 


   HIGHER EDUCATION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:4

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Josepth J.  Eglin,
Jr., at (202) 512-7009, Eleanor L.  Johnson at (202) 512-7209, or
Wayne B.  Upshaw at (202) 512-7006. 

Financing College Facilities:  Factors Limit Connie Lee's Ability to
Help More Schools (Report, 12/8/95, GAO/HEHS-96-6). 

Higher Education:  Selected Information on Student Financial Aid
Received by Legal Immigrants (Report, 11/24/95, GAO/HEHS-96-7). 

Land-Grant College Revenues (Letter, 10/20/95, GAO/HEHS-96-10R). 

National Service Programs AmeriCorps*USA--Early Program Resource and
Benefit Information (Testimony, 10/17/95, GAO/T-HEHS-96-14).  Report
on same topic (8/29/95, GAO/HEHS-95-222). 

AmeriCorps*USA Clarifications (Letter, 9/11/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 267R). 

AmeriCorps*USA Benefit-Cost Study (Letter, 9/7/95, GAO/HEHS-95-
255R). 

Direct Student Loans (Letter, 8/25/95, GAO/HEHS-95-225R). 

College Savings:  Information on State Tuition Prepayment Programs
(Report, 8/3/95, GAO/HEHS-95-131). 

Vocational Education:  2-Year Colleges Improve Programs, Maintain
Access for Special Populations (Report, 7/26/95, GAO/HEHS-95-163). 

Teacher Training:  Status and Participants' Views of Delta Teachers
Academy (Report, 6/29/95, GAO/RCED-95-208). 

Student Loan Defaults:  Department of Education Limitations in
Sanctioning Problem Schools (Report, 6/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-99). 

Direct Student Loans:  Selected Characteristics of Participating
Schools (Testimony, 3/30/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-123). 

Higher Education:  Restructuring Student Aid Could Reduce Low-Income
Student Dropout Rate (Report, 3/23/95, GAO/HEHS-95-48). 

GAO's 1995 High Risk Reports:  Student Financial Aid (Report, 2/95,
GAO/HR-95-10). 

Guaranteed Student Loans:  Actions to Ensure Continued Student Access
to Subsidized Loans (Report, 2/24/95, GAO/HEHS-95-64). 

Multiple Teacher Training Programs:  Information on Budgets,
Services, and Target Groups (Report, 2/22/95, GAO/HEHS-95-71FS). 

Adult Education Act (Letter, 2/16/95, GAO/HEHS-95-65R). 

GAO Education Products (Letter, 2/3/95, GAO/HEHS-95-72R). 

NCAA Student Athlete Pell Grants (Letter, 1/10/95, GAO/OSI-95- 13R). 

Women's Educational Equity Act:  A Review of Program Goals and
Strategies Needed (Report, 12/27/94, GAO/PEMD-95-6). 

College Savings Issues (Report, 11/4/94, GAO/HEHS-95-16R). 

Motor Carrier Academy (Letter, 11/2/94, GAO/RCED-95-43R). 

Pell Grant Costs (Letter, 9/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-215R). 

Pell Grants for Prison Inmates (Letter, 8/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 224R). 

Delta Teachers Academy (Letter, 5/19/94, GAO/RCED-94-213R). 

Higher Education:  Grants Effective at Increasing Minorities' Chances
of Graduating (Testimony, 5/17/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-168). 

Default Rates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(Letter, 3/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-97R). 

Peace Corps:  Status of the Educational Assistance Grants
Demonstration Program (Report, 2/25/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-89). 

Higher Education:  Information on Minority-Targeted Scholarships
(Report, 1/14/94, GAO/HEHS-94-77). 

Deaf Education:  Improved Oversight Needed for National Technical
Institute for the Deaf (Report, 12/16/93, GAO/HRD-94-23). 

Student Financial Aid Programs:  Pell Grant Program Abuse (Testimony,
10/27/93, GAO/T-OSI-94-8). 

Financial Management:  Education's Student Loan Program Controls Over
Lenders Need Improvement (Report, 9/9/93, GAO/AIMD-93-33). 

Vocational Rehabilitation:  Evidence for Federal Program's
Effectiveness Is Mixed (Report, 8/27/93, GAO/PEMD-93-19). 

Student Loans:  Default Rates at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (Report, 8/19/93, GAO/HRD-93-117FS). 

Direct Student Loan Savings (Letter, 7/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-25R). 

HEAF 1992 Financial Condition (Letter, 6/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-21R). 

Direct Student Loans:  The Department of Education's Implementation
of Direct Lending (Testimony, 6/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-26). 

Athletic Department Profiles (Letter, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-24R). 

Comments on CRS Direct Loan Report (Letter, 4/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-20R). 

Financial Audit:  Guaranteed Student Loan Program's Internal Controls
and Structure Need Improvement (Report, 3/16/93, GAO/AFMD-93-20). 

Direct Loan Debate (Letter, 2/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-15R). 

Sallie Mae Activities (Letter, 12/1/92, GAO/HRD-93-6R). 

High Risk Series:  Guaranteed Student Loans (Report, 12/92,
GAO/HR-93-2)

Student Loans:  Direct Loans Could Save Billions in First 5 Years
With Proper Implementation (Report, 11/25/92, GAO/HRD-93-27). 

Guaranty Agency Solvency:  Can the Government Recover HEAF's First-
Year Liquidation Cost of $212 Million?  (Report, 11/13/92,
GAO/HRD-93-12BR). 

Nonfederal Student Loans (Letter, 10/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-1R). 

Parent and Supplemental Student Loans:  Volume and Default Trends for
Fiscal Years 1989 to 1991 (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-138FS). 

Intercollegiate Athletics:  Compensation Varies for Selected
Personnel in Athletic Departments (Report, 8/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-121). 
Testimony on same topic (4/9/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-25). 

Stafford Student Loans:  Prompt Payment of Origination Fees Could
Reduce Costs (Report, 7/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-61). 

Guaranteed Student Loans:  Eliminating Interest Rate Floors Could
Generate Substantial Savings (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-113). 

Stafford Student Loan Program:  Correspondence Schools' Loan Volume
Declines Sharply (Report, 3/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-62FS). 

Student Financial Aid:  Most Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grants Are Awarded to Needy Students (Report, 1/31/92,
GAO/HRD-92-47). 

Stafford Student Loans:  Lower Subsidy Payments Could Achieve Savings
Without Affecting Access (Report, 1/6/92, GAO/HRD-92-7). 

Perkins Student Loans:  Options That Could Make the Program More
Financially Independent (Report, 12/9/91, GAO/HRD-92-6). 

Medical Residents:  Options Exist to Make Student Loan Repayments
Manageable (Report, 11/26/91, GAO/HRD-92-21). 

Student Loans:  Direct Loans Could Save Money and Simplify Program
Administration (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-144BR).  Testimony on
same topic (10/29/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-8). 

Student Financial Aid:  Education Can Do More to Screen Schools
Before Students Receive Aid (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-145). 

Student Loans:  Characteristics of Defaulted Borrowers in the
Stafford Student Loan Program (Report, 4/26/91, GAO/HRD-91-82BR). 
Testimony on same topic (5/29/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-33). 

Perkins Student Loans:  Need for Better Controls Over Loans Recovered
From Closed Schools (Report, 3/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-70). 


   SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITION
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2:5

Youth Training (Letter, 9/6/94, GAO/PEMD-94-32R). 

Transition From School to Work:  S.  1361 Addresses Components of
Comprehensive Strategy (Testimony, 9/28/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-31).  Report
on same topic (9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-139). 

Vocational Education:  Status in 2-Year Colleges in 1990-91 and Early
Signs of Change (Report, 8/16/93, GAO/HRD-93-89). 

Vocational Education:  Status in School Year 1990-91 and Early Signs
of Change at Secondary Level (Report, 7/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-71). 

Skill Standards:  Experience in Certification Systems Shows Industry
Involvement to Be Key (Report, 5/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-90).  Testimony on
same topic (5/14/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-23). 

Systemwide Education Reform:  Federal Leadership Could Facilitate
District-Level Efforts (Testimony, 5/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-20). 
Testimony on same topic (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-97). 

Apprenticeship Training:  Administration, Use, and Equal Opportunity
(Report, 3/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-43). 

Student Financial Aid:  Characteristics of Jobs Provided Through the
College Work-Study Program (Report, 2/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-72BR). 


EMPLOYMENT
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 3


   EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:1

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Lawrence J. 
Horinko at (202) 512-7001, or Wayne B.  Upshaw at (202) 512-7006. 

Military Equal Opportunity:  Problems with Services' Complaint
Systems Are Being Addressed by DOD (Report, 1/26/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-
9). 

Military Equal Opportunity:  Certain Trends in Racial and Gender Data
May Warrant Further Analysis (Report, 11/17/95, GAO/NSIAD-96- 17). 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  Women and Minority Representation at
Interior, Agriculture, Navy, and State (Report, 9/29/95, GAO/GGD-
95-211). 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  DOL Contract Compliance Reviews Could
Better Target Federal Contractors (Report, 9/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-
177). 

Employment Discrimination:  Most Private-Sector Employers Use
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Report, 7/5/95, GAO/HEHS-95-150). 

Federal Affirmative Employment:  Progress of Women and Minority
Criminal Investigators at Selected Agencies (Report, 4/25/95,
GAO/GGD-95-85). 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  Group Representation in Key Jobs at
the National Institutes of Health (Report, 3/16/95, GAO/GGD-95-83). 

Equal Opportunity:  DOD Studies on Discrimination in the Military
(Report, 4/7/95, GAO/NSIAD-95-103). 

Discrimination Complaints:  Monetary Awards in Federal EEO Cases
(Report, 1/3/95, GAO/GGD-95-28FS). 

Managing DOE:  Further Review Needed of Suspensions of Security
Clearances for Minority Employees (Report, 12/8/94, GAO/RCED-95- 15). 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  Immigration and Naturalization
Service's Equal Employment Opportunity Program (Testimony, 11/17/94,
GAO/T-GGD-95-41). 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  Displacement Rates, Unemployment
Spells, and Reemployment Wages by Race (Report, 9/16/94, GAO/HEHS-
94-229FS). 

Federal Affirmative Employment:  Better Guidance Needed for Small
Agencies (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/GGD-94-71). 

Application of Laws:  Comments on the Congressional Accountability
Act--S.  2071 (Testimony, 6/29/94, GAO/T-OGC-94-2). 

Employment Discrimination:  How Registered Representatives Fare in
Discrimination Disputes (Report, 3/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-17). 

Sex Discrimination:  Agencies' Handling of Sexual Harassment and
Related Complaints (Testimony, 3/8/94, GAO/T-OSI-94-22). 

Sex Discrimination:  DEA's Handling of Sexual Harassment and Other
Complaints (Report, 3/4/94, GAO/OSI-94-10). 

EEO at the National Park Service (Letter, 3/3/94, GAO/GGD-94-54R). 

EEOC's Expanding Workload:  Increases in Age Discrimination and Other
Charges Call for New Approach (Report, 2/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 32). 

Federal Personnel:  The EEO Implications of Reductions-In-Force
(Testimony, 2/1/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-87). 

Pay Equity:  Experiences of Canada and the Province of Ontario
(Report, 11/2/93, GAO/GGD-94-27BR). 

EEOC:  An Overview (Testimony, 7/27/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-30). 

Assessing EEO Progress at INS (Letter, 7/15/93, GAO/GGD-93-54R). 

Legislative Employment:  EEO Complaint Processing by the Office of
Fair Employment Practices (Testimony, 5/27/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-30). 

Federal Employment:  Progress of Women and Minorities in Key Federal
Jobs and Handling EEO Complaints at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms (Testimony, 5/26/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-33). 

Monetary Payments in Federal EEO Cases (Letter, 5/25/93,
GAO/GGD-93-45R). 

Information on Black Employment at INS (Letter, 5/17/93,
GAO/GGD-93-44R). 

Age Employment Discrimination:  EEOC's Investigation of Charges Under
1967 Law (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-82). 

Federal Workforce:  Continuing Need for Federal Affirmative
Employment (Report, 11/27/91, GAO/GGD-92-27BR).  Testimony on same
topic (10/23/91, GAO/T-GGD-92-2). 

Women in the Military:  Air Force Revises Job Availability but Entry
Screening Needs Review (Report, 8/30/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-199). 

Federal Affirmative Action:  Better EEOC Guidance and Agency Analysis
of Underrepresentation Needed (Testimony, 5/16/91, GAO/T- GGD-91-32). 


   LABOR AND MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:2

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Charles A.  Jeszeck
at (202) 512-7036 or Sigurd R.  Nilsen at (202) 512-7003. 

Federal Employee Redress:  An Opportunity for Reform (Testimony,
11/29/95, GAO/T-GGD-96-42). 

Worker Protection:  Federal Contractors and Violations of Labor Law
(Report, 10/24/95, GAO/HEHS-96-8). 

Federal Personnel Management:  Views on Selected NPR Human Resource
Recommendations (Report, 9/18/95, GAO/GGD-95-221BR). 

U.S.  Postal Service:  The State of Labor-Management Relations
(Testimony, 11/30/94, GAO/T-GGD-95-46). 

U.S.  Postal Service:  Labor-Management Problems Persist on the
Workroom Floor (Volume I) (Report, 9/29/94, GAO/GGD-94-201A). 

Workplace Regulation:  Information on Selected Employer and Union
Experiences (Report, 6/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-138, vols.  I and II). 

Federal Trade Commission:  Enforcement of the Trade Regulation Rule
on Franchising (Report, 7/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-83). 

Transition Series:  Labor Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-19TR). 

Minimum Wages and Overtime Pay:  Change in Statute of Limitations
Would Better Protect Employees (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-144). 
Testimony on same topic (9/22/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-59). 

The Federal Labor-Management Relations Program (Testimony, 11/19/91,
GAO/T-GGD-92-8). 

Labor-Management Relations:  Tennessee Valley Authority Situation
Needs to Improve (Report, 9/26/91, GAO/GGD-91-129). 

Federal Labor Relations:  A Program in Need of Reform (Report,
7/30/91, GAO/GGD-91-101). 

Labor-Management Relations:  Construction Agreement at DOE's Idaho
Laboratory Needs Reassessing (Report, 5/23/91, GAO/GGD-91-80BR). 

Labor-Management Relations:  Firefighters' Concerns About Working
Conditions at Fort Campbell (Report, 3/27/91, GAO/GGD-91-55). 


   TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
   ASSISTANCE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:3

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Lawrence J. 
Horinko at (202) 512-7001, Charles A.  Jeszeck at (202) 512-7036,
Sigurd R.  Nilsen at (202) 512-7003, or Wayne B.  Upshaw at (202)
512- 7006, . 

Job Corps Program (Letter, 11/9/95, GAO/HEHS-96-61R). 

Department of Labor:  Senior Community Service Employment Program
Delivery Could Be Improved Through Legislative and Administrative
Actions (Report, 11/2/95, GAO/HEHS-96-4).  Testimony on same topic
(11/2/95, GAO/T-HEHS-96-57). 

Job Corps:  High Costs and Mixed Results Raise Questions About
Program's Effectiveness (Report, 6/30/95, GAO/HEHS-95-180). 

Department of Labor:  Rethinking the Federal Role in Worker
Protection and Workforce Development (Testimony, 4/4/95, GAO/T-
HEHS-95-125). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Information Crosswalk on 163
Employment Training Programs (Report, 2/14/95, GAO/HEHS-95-85FS). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Major Overhaul Needed to
Create a More Efficient, Customer-Driven System (Testimony, 2/6/95,
GAO/T-HEHS-95-70). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Major Overhaul Needed to
Reduce Costs, Streamline the Bureaucracy, and Improve Results
(Testimony, 1/10/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-53). 

Dislocated Workers:  An Early Look at the NAFTA Transitional
Adjustment Assistance Program (Report, 11/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-31). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Basic Program Data Often
Missing (Testimony, 9/28/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-239). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  How Legislative Proposals
Address Concerns (Testimony, 8/4/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-221). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Overlap Among Programs Raises
Questions About Efficiency (Report, 7/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 193). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Conflicting Requirements
Underscore Need for Change (Testimony, 3/10/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-120). 

Job Training Partnership Act:  Labor Title IV Could Improve Relations
With Native Americans (Report, 3/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-67). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Major Overhaul is Needed
(Testimony, 3/3/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-109). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Most Federal Agencies Do Not
Know If Their Programs Are Working Effectively (Report, 3/2/94,
GAO/HEHS-94-88). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Overlapping Programs Can Add
Unnecessary Administrative Costs (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-80). 

Multiple Employment Training Programs:  Conflicting Requirements
Hamper Delivery of Services (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-78). 

Military Downsizing:  Persons Returning to Civilian Life Need More
Help from DOD (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-39). 

Dislocated Workers:  A Look Back at the Redwood Employment Training
Programs (Report, 12/13/93, GAO/HRD-94-16BR). 

Dislocated Workers:  Proposed Re-employment Assistance Program
(Report, 11/12/93, GAO/HRD-94-61). 

Dislocated Workers:  Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Flawed
(Testimony, 10/19/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-4). 

Transition From School to Work:  S.  1361 Addresses Components of
Comprehensive Strategy (Testimony, 9/28/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-31).  Report
on same topic (9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-139). 

Unemployment Insurance:  Program's Ability to Meet Objectives
Jeopardized (Report, 9/28/93, GAO/HRD-93-107). 

Vocational Rehabilitation:  Evidence for Federal Programs
Effectiveness is Mixed (Report, 8/27/93, GAO/PEMD-93-19). 

Multiple Employment Programs:  National Employment Training Strategy
Needed (Testimony, 6/18/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-27). 

Multiple Employment Programs (Letter, 6/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-26R). 

Prisoner Labor:  Perspectives on Paying the Federal Minimum Wage
(Report, 5/20/93, GAO/GGD-93-98). 

The Job Training Partnership Act:  Potential for Program Improvements
but National Job Training Strategy Needed (Testimony, 4/29/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-18). 

Acquisition Management:  Waivers to Acquisition Workforce Training,
Education, and Experience Requirements (Report, 3/30/93,
GAO/NSIAD-93-128). 

Dislocated Workers:  Implementation of the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (Testimony, 2/23/93, GAO/T-
HRD-93-6).  Report on same topic (2/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-18). 

Dislocated Workers:  Improvements Needed in Trade Adjustment
Assistance Certification Process (Report, 10/19/92, GAO/HRD-93-36). 

Dislocated Workers:  Comparison of Assistance Programs (Report,
9/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-153BR).  Testimony on same topic (9/10/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-57). 

Job Corps Costs and Outcomes (Letter, 2/19/93, GAO/HRD-93-16R). 

Transition Series:  Labor Issues (Report, 12/92, GAO/OCG-93-19TR). 

The Job Training Partnership Act:  Abuse of On-The-Job Training and
Other Contracting Is an Ongoing Problem (Testimony, 7/30/92, GAO/T-
HRD-92-47). 

Multiple Employment Programs (Letter, 7/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-39R). 

Job Training Partnership Act:  Actions Needed to Improve Participant
Support Services (Report, 6/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-124). 

Comments on JTPA Bills (Letter, 5/20/92, GAO/HRD-92-35R). 

Declining UI Recipiency (Letter, 4/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-34R). 

Apprenticeship Training:  Administration, Use, and Equal Opportunity
(Report, 3/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-43). 

Antirecessionary Job Creation:  Lessons From the Emergency Jobs Act
of 1983 (Testimony, 2/6/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-13). 

Federal Employment:  Job Placement Assistance for Displaced Workers
(Testimony, 12/11/91, GAO/T-GGD-92-6). 

Vocational Rehabilitation:  Clearer Guidance Could Help Focus
Services on Those With Severe Disabilities (Report, 11/26/91,
GAO/HRD-92-12). 

Welfare to Work:  States Begin JOBS, but Fiscal and Other Problems
May Impede Their Progress (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-106). 

Vocational Rehabilitation:  Improved Federal Leadership Could Help
States Focus Services on Those With Severe Handicaps (Testimony,
9/26/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-10). 

Job Training Partnership Act:  Racial and Gender Disparities in
Services (9/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-148).  Testimony on same topic
(7/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-42). 

Employment Service:  Improved Leadership Needed for Better
Performance (Report, 8/6/91, GAO/HRD-91-88).  Testimony on same topic
(10/16/90, GAO/T-HRD-91-4). 

Transition From School to Work:  Linking Education and Worksite
Training (Report, 8/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-105). 

Job Training Partnership Act:  Inadequate Oversight Leaves Program
Vulnerable to Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement (Report, 7/30/91,
GAO/HRD-91-97).  Testimony on same topic (5/9/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-28). 

Advance Notice:  Public and Private Sector Policy and Practice
(Testimony, 4/18/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-19). 

Workforce Issues:  Employment Practices in Selected Large Private
Companies (Report, 3/13/91, GAO/GGD-91-47). 


   WORKPLACE QUALITY
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:4

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more information on the topics discussed, contact Lawrence J. 
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Sigurd R.  Nilsen at (202) 512-7003. 

MSHA Lobbying (Letter, 10/19/95, GAO/HEHS-96-9R). 

OSHA:  Potential to Reform Regulatory Enforcement (Testimony,
10/17/95, GAO/T-HEHS-96-42). 

Schools and Workplaces:  An Overview of Successful and Unsuccessful
Practices (Report, 8/31/95, GAO/PEMD-95-28). 

Department of Labor:  Rethinking the Federal Role in Worker
Protection and Workforce Development (Testimony, 4/4/95, GAO/T-
HEHS-95-125). 

Garment Industry:  Efforts to Address the Prevalence and Conditions
of Sweatshops (Report, 11/2/94, GAO/HEHS-95-29). 

Health and Safety:  Protecting Department of Energy Workers' Health
and Safety (Testimony, 3/9/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-143). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Safety and Health Oversight at DOE
Defense Nuclear Facilities (Testimony, 3/1/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-138). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Changes Needed in the Combined
Federal-State Approach (Report, 2/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-10).  Testimony
on same topic (10/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-3). 

Pesticides on Farms:  Limited Capability Exists to Monitor
Occupational Illnesses and Injuries (Letter Report, 12/15/93,
GAO/PEMD-94-6). 

Aviation Safety:  FAA Can Better Prepare General Aviation Pilots for
Mountain Flying Risks (Report, 12/9/93, GAO/RCED-94-15). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Differences Between Programs in the
United States and Canada (Report, 12/6/93, GAO/HRD-94-15FS). 

U.S.-Mexico Trade:  The Work Environment at Eight U.S.-Owned
Maquiladora Auto Parts Plants (Report, 11/1/93, GAO/GGD-94-22). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Changes Needed in the Combined
Federal-State Approach (Testimony, 10/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-3). 

Toxic Substances:  Information on Lead Hazards in Child Care
Facilities and Schools is Limited (Testimony, 9/15/93,
GAO/T-RCED-93-48). 

Pesticides:  Pesticide Reregistration May Not Be Completed Until 2006
(Report, 5/21/93, GAO/RCED-93-94). 

Americans With Disabilities Act:  Initial Accessibility Good but
Important Barriers Remain (Report, 5/19/93, GAO/PEMD-93-16). 

Safety and Health:  Key Independent Oversight Program at DOE Needs
Strengthening (Report, 5/17/93, GAO/RCED-93-85). 

Nuclear Health and Safety:  Corrective Actions on Tigers Teams'
Findings Progressing Slower Than Planned (Report, 3/25/93,
GAO/RCED-93-66). 

Mine Safety and Health:  Tampering Scandal Led to Improved Sampling
Devices (Report, 2/25/93, GAO/HRD-93-63). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Uneven Protections Provided to
Congressional Employees (Report, 10/2/92, GAO/HRD-93-1). 

Minimum Wages and Overtime Pay:  Change in Statute of Limitations
Would Better Protect Employees (Report, 9/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-144). 
Testimony on same topic (9/22/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-59). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Improvements Needed in OSHA's
Monitoring of Federal Agencies' Programs (Report, 8/28/92,
GAO/HRD-92-97). 

Foreign Farm Workers in U.S.:  Department of Labor Action Needed to
Protect Florida Sugar Cane Workers (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-95). 

Child Labor:  Information on Federal Enforcement Efforts (Report,
6/15/92, GAO/HRD-92-127FS). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Worksite Safety and Health Programs
Show Promise (Report, 5/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-68). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Options to Improve Hazard-Abatement
Procedures in the Workplace (Report, 5/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-105). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Employers' Experiences in Complying
With the Hazard Communication Standard (Report, 5/8/92,
GAO/HRD-92-63BR). 

Summary Information on Farmworkers (Letter, 4/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-30R). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Penalties for Violations Are Well
Below Maximum Allowable Penalties (Report, 4/6/92, GAO/HRD-92-48). 

Child Labor:  Work Permit and Death and Injury Reporting Systems in
Selected States (Report, 3/16/92, GAO/HRD-92-44FS). 

Occupational Safety and Health:  Worksite Safety and Health Programs
Show Promise (Testimony, 2/26/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-15). 

Hired Farmworkers:  Health and Well-Being at Risk (Report, 2/14/92,
GAO/HRD-92-46). 

Occupational Safety & Health:  OSHA Action Needed to Improve
Compliance With Hazard Communication Standard (Report, 11/26/91,
GAO/HRD-92-8). 

Occupational Safety & Health:  Worksite Programs and Committees
(Testimony, 11/5/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-9). 

Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants:  Regulatory Actions Provide
Uncertain Protection (Report, 10/2/91, GAO/PEMD-92-3). 

Managing Workplace Safety and Health in the Petrochemical Industry
(Testimony, 10/2/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-1). 

Labor's Child Labor Enforcement Efforts:  Developments After
Operation Child Watch (Testimony, 8/7/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-44). 

Farmworkers Face Gaps in Protection and Barriers to Benefits
(Testimony, 7/17/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-40). 

Occupational Safety and Health and Child Labor Policies of the United
States and Mexico (Testimony, 4/30/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-22). 

Child Labor:  Characteristics of Working Children (Report, 6/14/91,
GAO/HRD-91-83BR).  Testimony on same topic (3/19/91, GAO/T-
HRD-91-13). 

Air Force Depot Maintenance:  More Efforts Are Needed to Improve
Safety and Training (Testimony, 5/23/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-89). 

OSHA's Oversight of Federal Agency Safety and Health Programs
(Testimony, 5/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-31). 

U.S.-Mexico Trade:  Information on Wages, Fringe Benefits, and
Workers' Rights (Report, 5/10/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-220). 

Occupational Safety & Health:  OSHA Policy Changes Needed to Confirm
That Employers Abate Serious Hazards (Report, 5/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-
35). 

Occupational Safety and Health and Child Labor Policies of the United
States and Mexico (Testimony, 4/30/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-22). 

Workers At Risk:  Increased Numbers in Contingent Employment Lack
Insurance, Other Benefits (Report, 3/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-56). 



   OTHER EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3:5

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Lawrence J. 
Horinko at (202) 512-7001, Charles A.  Jeszeck at (202) 512-7036, or
Sigurd R.  Nilsen at (202) 512-7003, or Fred E.  Yohey, Jr., at (202)
512-7218. 

Postal Employment and Barcoding (Letter, 12/15/95, GAO/GGD-96- 54R). 

Legislative Branch Reductions (Letter, 12/15/95, GAO/GGD-96- 57R). 

Retention Allowances:  Usage and Compliance Vary Among Federal
Agencies (Report, 12/11/95, GAO/GGD-96-32). 

Government Shutdown:  Funding Lapse Furlough Information (Letter,
12/1/95, GAO/GGD-96-52R). 

Federal Job Classification:  Comparison of Job Content with Grades
Assigned in Selected Occupations (Report, 11/6/95, GAO/GGD-96-20). 

Review of Compensation Comparability Report (Letter, 10/30/95,
GAO/GGD-96-34R). 

Defense Contractors:  Pay, Benefits, and Restructuring During Defense
Downsizing (Report, 10/10/95, GAO/NSIAD-96-19BR). 

Federal Reorganization:  Congressional Proposal to Merge Education,
Labor, and EEOC (Report, 6/7/95, GAO/HEHS-95-140).  Testimony on same
topic (6/29/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-188). 

Personnel Practices:  Selected Characteristics of Recent Ramspeck Act
Appointments (Testimony, 5/24/95, GAO/T-GGD-95-173). 

Title 6 T&A Data (NASA) (Letter, 5/23/95, GAO/AIMD-95-140R). 

Title 6 T&A Data (NRC) (Letter, 5/23/95, GAO/AIMD-95-139R). 

Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (Letter, 4/14/95,
GAO/GGD-95-129R). 

Federal Quality Management:  Strategies for Involving Employees
(Report, 4/18/95, GAO/GGD-95-79). 

Federal Downsizing:  The Administration's Management of Workforce
Reductions (Testimony, 3/2/95, GAO/T-GGD-95-108). 

Labor's Regional Structure and Trust Funds (Letter, 2/10/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-82R). 

Block Grants:  Characteristics, Experience, and Lessons Learned
(Report, 2/9/95, GAO/HEHS-95-74).  Testimony on same topic (2/9/95,
GAO/T-HEHS-95-80). 

GAO Labor Products (1990-1995) (Letter, 2/3/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 73R). 

Veterans' Preference:  Data on Employment of Veterans (Report,
2/1/95, GAO/GGD-96-13). 

Department of Labor:  Opportunities to Realize Savings (Testimony,
1/18/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-55). 

Federal Personnel:  Federal/Private Sector Pay Comparisons (Report,
12/14/94, GAO/OCE-95-1). 

The Public Service:  Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian
Workforce (Report, 8/25/94, GAO/GGD-94-157). 

Federal Employment:  H.R.  4361, Federal Employees Family Friendly
Leave Act (Testimony, 5/18/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-152). 

Federal Employment:  Impact of the President's Budget on Federal
Employees (Testimony, 3/10/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-108). 

Department of Labor:  Noncompetitive, Discretionary Grants (Report,
2/22/94, GAO/HEHS-94-9). 

Davis-Bacon Act (Letter, 2/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-95R). 

North American Free Trade Agreement:  A Focus on the Substantive
Issues (Testimony, 9/21/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-44).  Report on same topic
(9/9/93, GGD-93-137). 

U.S.-Mexico Trade:  The Maquiladora Industry and U.S.  Employment
(Report, 7/20/93, GAO/GGD-93-129). 

Federal Trade Commission:  Enforcement of the Trade Regulation Rule
on Franchising (Report, 7/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-83). 

The Public Service:  Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian
Workforce (Report, 3/16/93, GAO/GGD-93-53). 

The Changing Workforce:  Comparison of Federal and Nonfederal
Work/Family Programs and Approaches (Report, 4/23/92, GAO/GGD-
92-84). 

Labor's Child Labor Enforcement Efforts:  Developments After
Operation Child Watch (Testimony, 8/7/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-44). 

Federal Workforce:  Inappropriate Use of Experts and Consultants at
Selected Civilian Agencies (Report, 7/17/91, GAO/GGD-91-99). 

NASA Personnel:  Shortages of Scientists and Engineers Due to
Retirements Unlikely in the 1990s (Report, 6/17/91,
GAO/NSIAD-91-185). 

Federal Personnel:  Review of Evaluation of Personnel Demonstration
Project at Commerce (Report, 5/14/91, GAO/GGD-91-93). 

Federal Pay:  Private Sector Salary Differences by Locality (Report,
4/29/91, GAO/GGD-91-63FS). 

Workforce Issues:  Employment Practices in Selected Large Private
Companies (Report, 3/13/91, GAO/GGD-91-47). 


SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY, AND
WELFARE
(COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 4


   CHILDREN'S ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:1

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact David P.  Bixler at
(202) 512-7201, Diana S.  Eisenstat at (202) 512-5562, or Robert L. 
MacLafferty at (415) 904-2123. 


      CHILD SUPPORT
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:1.1

Child Support Enforcement:  States and Localities Move to Privatized
Services (Report, 11/20/95, GAO/HEHS-96-43FS). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Opportunity to Reduce Federal and State
Costs (Testimony, 6/13/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-181). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Families Could Benefit From Stronger
Enforcement Program (Report, 12/27/94, GAO/HEHS-95-24). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Federal Efforts Have Not Kept Pace With
Expanding Program (Testimony, 7/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-209). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Credit Bureau Reporting Shows Promise
(Report, 6/3/94, GAO/HEHS-94-175). 

Child Support Enforcement:  States Proceed With Immediate Wage
Withholding; More HHS Action Needed (Report, 6/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-
99). 

Child Support Assurance:  Effect of Applying State Guidelines to
Determine Fathers' Payments (Report, 1/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-26). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Timely Action Needed to Correct System
Development Problems (Report, 8/13/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-46). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Opportunity to Defray Burgeoning Federal
and State Non-AFDC Costs (Report, 6/5/92, GAO/HRD-92-91). 

Interstate Child Support:  Wage Withholding Not Fulfilling
Expectations (Report, 2/25/92, GAO/HRD-92-65BR). 

Interstate Child Support:  Mothers Report Receiving Less Support From
Out-of-State Fathers (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-39FS). 

Child Support Enforcement:  A Framework for Evaluating Costs,
Benefits, and Effects (Report, 3/5/91, GAO/PEMD-91-6). 


      OTHER CHILDREN'S ISSUES
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:1.2

Child Welfare:  Complex Needs Strain Capacity to Provide Services
(Report, 9/26/95, GAO/HEHS-95-208). 

Children and Families Services Programs (Letter, 9/1/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-191R). 

Federal Reimbursement for Foster Care (Letter, 8/11/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-197R). 

Child Welfare:  Opportunities to Further Enhance Family Preservation
and Support Activities (Report, 6/15/95, GAO/HEHS-95-112). 

Child Support Enforcement:  Opportunity to Reduce Federal and State
Costs (Testimony, 6/13/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-181). 

Foster Care:  Health Needs of Many Young Children Are Unknown and
Unmet (Report, 5/26/95, GAO/HEHS-95-114). 

Child Care:  Recipients Face Service Gaps and Supply Shortages
(Testimony, 3/1/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-96). 

Child Care:  Narrow Subsidy Programs Create Problems for Mothers
Trying to Work (Testimony, 1/31/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-69). 

Low-Income Families:  Comparison of Incomes of AFDC and Working Poor
Families (Testimony, 1/25/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-63). 

Child Care:  Child Care Subsidies Increase Likelihood That Low-
Income Mothers Will Work (Report, 12/30/94, GAO/HEHS-95-20). 

Child Care:  Promoting Quality in Family Child Care (Report, 12/7/94,
GAO/HEHS-95-36).  Testimony on same topic (12/9/94, GAO/T-
HEHS-95-43). 

Child Care:  Current System Could Undermine Goals of Welfare Reform
(Testimony, 9/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-238). 

Dependent Exemption (Letter, 8/31/94, GAO/GGD-94-200R). 

Child Welfare:  HHS Begins to Assume Leadership to Implement National
and State Systems (Report, 6/8/94, GAO/AIMD-94-37). 

Lead-Based Paint Poisoning:  Children in Section 8 Tenant-Based
Housing Are Not Adequately Protected (Report, 5/13/94, GAO/RCED-94-
137). 

Child Care:  Working Poor and Welfare Recipients Face Service Gaps
(Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-87). 

Infants and Toddlers:  Dramatic Increases in Numbers Living in
Poverty (Report, 4/7/94, GAO/HEHS-94-74). 

Foster Care:  Parental Drug Abuse Has Alarming Impact on Young
Children (Report, 4/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-89). 

Child Care Quality:  States' Difficulties Enforcing Standards
Confront Welfare Reform Plans (Testimony, 2/11/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-
99). 

Residential Care:  Some High-Risk Youth Benefit, But More Study
Needed (Report, 1/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94-56). 

Foster Care:  Federal Policy on Title IV-E Share of Training Costs
(Report, 11/3/93, GAO/HRD-94-7). 

Lead-Based Paint Poisoning:  Children in Public Housing Are Not
Adequately Protected (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/RCED-93-138). 

Toxic Substances:  The Extent of Lead Hazards in Child Care
Facilities and Schools Is Unknown (Report, 9/14/93, GAO/RCED-93-197). 
Testimony on same topic (9/15/93, GAO/T-RCED-93-48). 

Foster Care:  Services to Prevent Out-of-Home Placements Are Limited
by Funding Barriers (Report, 6/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-76). 

Intercountry Adoption:  Procedures Are Reasonable, but Sometimes
Inefficiently Administered (Report, 4/26/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-83). 

Lead-Based Paint Poisoning:  Children Not Fully Protected When
Federal Agencies Sell Homes to Public (Report, 4/5/93,
GAO/RCED-93-38). 

Foster Care:  State Agencies Other Than Child Welfare Can Access
Title IV-E Funds (Report, 2/9/93, GAO/HRD-93-6). 

Child Care:  States Face Difficulties Enforcing Standards and
Promoting Quality (Report, 11/20/92, GAO/HRD-93-13). 

Food Assistance:  School Milk Contract Bid Rigging (Report, 10/16/92,
GAO/RCED-93-5). 

Integrating Human Services:  Linking At-Risk Families With Services
More Successful Than System Reform Efforts (Report, 9/24/92,
GAO/HRD-92-108). 

Financial Audit:  House Child Care Center Financial Statements for
the Years Ending 8-31-91 and 8-30-90 (Report, 9/18/92,
GAO/AFMD-92-88). 

Child Abuse:  Prevention Programs Need Greater Emphasis (Report,
8/3/92, GAO/HRD-92-99). 

Toxic Substances:  Federal Programs Do Not Fully Address Some Lead
Exposure Issues (Report, 5/15/92, GAO/RCED-92-186). 

Reducing Youth Violence:  Coordinated Federal Efforts and Early
Intervention Strategies Could Help (Testimony, 3/31/92, GAO/T-
HRD-92-22). 

Child Abuse and Neglect:  Progress of the National Center Since May
1991 (Testimony, 2/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-14). 

Accidental Shootings:  Data on Children (Testimony, 9/24/91,
GAO/T-PEMD-91-15). 

Foster Care:  Children's Experiences Linked to Various Factors;
Better Data Needed (Report, 9/11/91, GAO/HRD-91-64). 

Child Welfare:  Monitoring Out-of-State Placements (Report, 9/3/91,
GAO/HRD-91-107BR). 

Child Abuse Prevention:  Status of the Challenge Grant Program
(Report, 5/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-95). 

Implementation of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of
1988 by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (Testimony,
5/9/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-29). 

Mother-Only Families:  Low Earnings Will Keep Many Children in
Poverty (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-62). 



   PENSIONS
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:2

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Michael D.  Packard
at (202) 512-7250 or Donald C.  Snyder at (202) 512-7204. 


      PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
      CORPORATION
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:2.1

PBGC (Letter, 8/24/95, GAO/AIMD-95-225R). 

Management Letter:  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Accounting
Procedures (Report, 8/29/94, AIMD-94-168ML). 

Proposal to Strengthen H.R.  3396 (Letter, 6/24/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
181R).  Testimony on same topic (6/15/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-191), and
4/19/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-149). 

Underfunded Pension Plans:  Stronger Funding Rules Needed to Reduce
Federal Government's Growing Exposure (Testimony, 6/15/94, GAO/T-
HEHS-94-191).  Testimony on same topic (4/19/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-149). 

Financial Audit:  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's 1993 and
1992 Financial Statements (Report, 5/4/94, GAO/AIMD-94-109). 

Financial Audit:  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's 1992 and
1991 Financial Statements (Report, 9/29/93, GAO/AIMD-93-21). 

Pension Plans:  Underfunded Plans Threaten PBGC (Testimony, 2/4/93,
GAO/T-HRD-93-2).  Report on same topic (12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93- 7). 

Government Management:  Status of Progress in Correcting Selected
High-Risk Areas (Testimony, 2/3/93, GAO/T-AFMD-93-1).  Report on same
topic (3/2/92, GAO/AFMD-92-35).  Assessing PBGC's Short-Run and
Long-Run Conditions.  (Testimony, 2/2/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-1).  Report on
same topic (12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7). 

High-Risk Series (Report, 12/92, GAO/HR-93-5). 

Pension Plans:  Hidden Liabilities Increase Claims Against Government
Insurance Program (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7).  Testimonies on
same topic (2/4/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-2), (2/3/93, GAO/T- AFMD-93-1),
(2/2/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-1), (9/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-60), and (8/11/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-52).  Report on same topic (3/2/92, GAO/AFMD-92-35). 

Pension Restoration Act (Letter, 12/18/92, GAO/HRD-93-7R). 

Improving the Financial Condition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (Testimony, 9/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-60).  Report on same
topic (12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7). 

Financial Condition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(Testimony, 8/11/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-52).  Report on same topic
(12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-7). 

Premium Accounting System:  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
System Must Be an Ongoing Priority (Report, 8/11/92,
GAO/IMTEC-92-74). 

Pension Plans:  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Needs to Improve
Premium Collections (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-103). 

Premium Accuracy (Letter, 3/23/92, GAO/HRD-92-28R). 

PBGC's Premium Accounting System RFP (Letter, 5/6/92,
GAO/IMTEC-92-49R). 

Financial Audit:  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's 1991 and
1990 Financial Statements (Report, 3/2/92, GAO/AFMD-92-35). 

Financial Audit:  System and Control Problems Further Weaken the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Fund (Report, 11/13/91, GAO/AFMD-92-1). 

Defined Benefit Pensions:  Hidden Liabilities From Underfunded Plans
and Potential New Obligations Confront PBGC (Testimony, 10/31/91,
GAO/T-HRD-92-6). 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation:  Weak Financial Condition
Worsened by Serious Internal Control Weaknesses (Testimony, 8/1/91,
GAO/T-AFMD-91-9). 


      PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PENSION
      ISSUES
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:2.2

Proposed Pension Reversion (Letter, 10/24/95, GAO/HEHS-96-54R). 

Federal Pensions:  Thrift Savings Plan Has Key Role in Retirement
Benefits (Report, 10/19/95, GAO/HEHS-96-1). 

Private Pension Plans:  Efforts to Encourage Infrastructure
Investment (Report, 9/8/95, GAO/HEHS-95-173). 

Penson COLAs (Letter, 8/11/95, GAO/HEHS-95-219R). 

Combined Fund Analysis (Letter, 8/7/95, GAO/HEHS-95-230R). 

Federal Retirement System Financing (Testimony, 6/28/95, GAO/T-
GGD-95-197). 

Overview of Federal Retirement Programs (Testimony, 5/22/95,
GAO/T-GGD-95-172). 

Federal Retirement:  Benefits for Members of Congress, Congressional
Staff, and Other Employees (Report, 5/15/95, GAO/GGD-95-78). 
Testimony on same topic (5/15/95, GAO/T-GGD-95-165). 

CSRS Funding (Letter, 4/3/95, GAO/GGD-95-200R). 

Federal Retirement Issues (Testimony, 3/10/95, GAO/T-GGD-95- 111). 

District Pensions:  Federal Options for Sharing Burden to Finance
Unfunded Liability (Report, 12/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-40). 

Private Pensions:  Funding Rule Change Needed to Reduce PBGC's
Multibillion Dollar Exposure (Report, 10/5/94, GAO/HEHS-95-5). 

DOE Management:  Contract Provisions Do Not Protect DOE From
Unnecessary Pension Costs (Report, 8/26/94, GAO/RCED-94-201). 

Pension Plans:  Stronger Labor ERISA Enforcement Should Better
Protect Plan Participants (Report, 8/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-157). 

Early Retiree Health:  Health Security Act Would Shift Billions in
Costs to Federal Government (Report, 7/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-203FS). 

D.C.  Pensions:  Plans Consuming Growing Share of District Budget
(Testimony, 6/14/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-192). 

District's Workforce:  Annual Report Required by the District of
Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/GGD-94-64). 

D.C.  Pension Benefits (Report, 11/4/93, GAO/HRD-94-18). 

ERISA Targeting (Letter, 9/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-34R). 

Federal Personnel:  Employment Policy Challenges Created by an Aging
Workforce (Report, 9/23/93, GAO/GGD-93-138). 

Army Materiel Command:  Providing Early Retirement Incentives in 1990
Could Have Saved Money (Report, 8/24/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-233). 

Financial Management:  Estimate of Interest on Selected Benefits
Received by Postal Service Retirees (Report, 7/29/93,
GAO/AIMD-93-11). 

Small Pension Plans:  Concerns About the IRS Actuarial Audit Program
(Report, 6/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-64). 

Private Pensions:  Most Underfunded Plan Sponsors Are Not Making
Additional Contributions (Testimony, 4/20/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-16). 

Private Pensions:  Protections for Retirees' Insurance Annuities Can
Be Strengthened (Report, 3/31/93, GAO/HRD-93-29). 

District's Workforce:  Annual Report Required by the District of
Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Report, 3/31/93, GAO/GGD-93-81). 

Pension Plans:  Labor Should Not Ignore Some Small Plans That Report
Violations (Report, 3/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-45). 

The Public Service:  Issues Confronting the Federal Civilian
Workforce (Report, 3/16/93, GAO/GGD-93-53). 

Underfunded State and Local Pensions Plans (Letter, 12/3/92,
GAO/HRD-93-9R). 

District's Pensions:  Billions of Dollars in Liability Not Funded
(Report, 11/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-32). 

Lump-Sum Retirements (Letter, 10/20/92, GAO/GGD-93-2R). 

Pension Plans:  Benefits Lost When Plans Terminate (Testimony,
9/24/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-58). 

Private Pensions:  Changes Can Produce a Modest Increase in Use of
Simplified Employee Pensions (Report, 7/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-119). 

Pension Plans:  Investments in Affordable Housing Possible With
Government Assistance (Report, 6/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-55). 

Financial Reporting:  Accounting for the Postal Service's
Postretirement Health Care Costs (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/AFMD-92-32). 

Public Pension Offset (Letter, 5/15/92, GAO/GGD-92-15R). 

Employee Benefits:  Improved Plan Reporting and CPA Audits Can
Increase Protection Under ERISA (Report, 4/9/92, GAO/AFMD-92-14). 

Women's Pensions:  Recent Legislation Generally Improved Pension
Entitlement and Increased Benefits (Testimony, 3/26/92,
GAO/T-HRD-92-20). 

Employee Benefits:  States Need Labor's Help Regulating Multiple
Employer Welfare Arrangements (Report, 3/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-40). 

Pension Plans:  Survivor Benefit Coverage for Wives Increased After
1984 Pension Law (Report, 2/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-49). 

Significant Reductions in Corporate Retiree Health Liabilities
Projected If Medicare Eligibility Age Lowered to 60 (Testimony,
11/5/91, GAO/T-HRD-92-7). 

Employee Benefits:  Effect of Bankruptcy on Retiree Health Benefits
(Report, 8/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-115). 

Pension Plans:  IRS Needs to Strengthen Its Enforcement Program
(Report, 7/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-10). 

Insurance Company Failures Threaten Retirement Income (Testimony,
6/27/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-41). 

Pension Plans:  Fiduciary Violations in Terminated Underfunded Plans
(Report, 5/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-87). 

U.S.-Mexico Trade:  Information on Wages, Fringe Benefits, and
Workers' Rights (Report, 5/10/91, GAO/NSIAD-91-220). 

Retiree Health:  Company-Sponsored Plans Facing Increased Costs and
Liabilities (Testimony, 5/6/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-25). 

Private Pensions:  Risks to Retirees Posed by Insurance Company
Failures (Testimony, 4/30/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-23). 

Private Pensions:  Millions of Workers Lose Federal Benefit
Protection at Retirement (Report, 4/25/91, GAO/HRD-91-79). 

Private Pensions:  1986 Law Will Improve Benefit Equity in Many Small
Employers' Plans (Report, 3/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-58). 

Workers at Risk:  Increased Numbers in Contingent Employment Lack
Insurance, Other Benefits (Report, 3/8/91, GAO/HRD-91-56). 

Pension Plans:  Terminations, Asset Reversions, and Replacements
Following Leveraged Buyouts (Report, 3/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-21). 


   SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Cynthia A. 
Bascetta at (202) 512-7207, Michael T.  Blair at (404) 679-1944,
Christopher C.  Crissman at (202) 512-7051, Cynthia M.  Fagnoni at
(202) 512-7202, or Rolland H.  Miller at (202) 512-7246. 


      DISABILITY
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3.1

Social Security Disability:  Management Action and Program Redesign
Needed to Address Long-Standing Problems (Testimony, 8/3/95, GAO/T-
HEHS-95-233). 

Disability Insurance:  Broader Management Focus Needed to Better
Control Caseload (Testimony, 5/23/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-164). 

D.C.  Disability Retirement Rate (Report, 3/31/95, GAO/GGD-95- 133). 

Supplemental Security Income:  Recipient Population Has Changed as
Caseloads Have Burgeoned (Testimony, 3/27/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-120). 

Social Security:  New Functional Assessments for Children Raise
Eligibility Questions (Report, 3/10/95, GAO/HEHS-95-66). 

Social Security:  Federal Disability Programs Face Major Issues
(Testimony, 3/2/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-97). 

Supplemental Security Income:  Recent Growth in the Rolls Raises
Fundamental Program Concerns (Testimony, 1/27/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95- 67). 

Social Security:  Rapid Rise in Children on SSI Disability Rolls
Follows New Regulations (Report, 9/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-225). 

CDR Process Could Be Enhanced (Letter, 7/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 212R). 

Social Security:  New Continuing Disability Review Process Could Be
Enhanced (Report, 6/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-118). 

Disability Benefits for Addicts (Letter, 6/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 178R). 

Social Security Disability:  SSA Quality Assurance Improvements Can
Produce More Accurate Payments (Report, 6/3/94, GAO/HEHS-94-107). 

Social Security Disability:  Most of Gender Difference Explained
(Report, 5/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-94). 

Social Security:  Major Changes Needed for Disability Benefits for
Addicts (Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-128).  Testimony on same topic
(2/10/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-101). 

Social Security:  Continuing Disability Review Process Improved, But
More Targeted Reviews Needed (Testimony, 3/10/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-
121).  Report on same topic (7/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-109). 

Social Security:  Disability Rolls Keep Growing, While Explanations
Remain Elusive (Report, 2/8/94, GAO/HEHS-94-34). 

Social Security:  Increasing Number of Disability Claims and
Deteriorating Service (Report, 11/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-11).  Testimony
on same topic (3/25/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-11). 

Social Security Disability:  SSA Needs to Improve Continuing
Disability Review Program (Report, 7/8/93, GAO/HRD-93-109). 

Social Security:  Rising Disability Rolls Raise Questions That Must
Be Answered (Testimony, 4/22/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-15). 

Social Security:  SSA's Processing of Continuing Disability Reviews
(Testimony, 3/9/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-9). 

Social Security:  Racial Difference in Disability Decisions
(Testimony, 9/22/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-41).  Report on same topic
(4/21/92, GAO/HRD-92-56). 

Social Security Disability:  Growing Funding and Administrative
Problems (Testimony, 4/27/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-28). 

Social Security Disability:  Action Needed to Improve Use of Medical
Experts at Hearings (Report, 5/20/91, GAO/HRD-91-68). 

Social Security:  Reforms in the Disability Determination and Appeals
Process (Testimony, 5/2/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-24). 


      SOCIAL SECURITY
      ADMINISTRATION
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3.2

PASS Program:  SSA Work Incentive for Disabled Benneficiaries Poorly
Managed (Report, 2/28/96, GAO/HEHS-96-51). 

Social Security:  Telephone Access Enhanced at Field Offices Under
Demonstration Project (Report, 2/23/96, GAO/HEHS-96-70). 

Supplemental Security Income:  Noncitizens Have Been A Major Source
of Caseload Growth (Testimony, 2/6/96, GAO/T-HEHS-96-88). 

Social Security Trust Funds (Letter, 12/12/95, GAO/AIMD-96-30R). 

Supplemental Security Income:  Disability Program Vulnerable to
Applicant Fraud When Middlemen Are Used (Report, 8/31/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-116). 

OHA Backlogs (Letter, 7/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-228R). 

Supplemental Security Income:  Growth and Changes in Recipient
Population Call for Reexamining Program (Report, 7/7/95, GAO/HEHS-
95-137). 

Social Security Administration:  Leadership Challenges Accompany
Transition to an Independent Agency (Report, 2/15/95, GAO/HEHS-95-
59). 

SSA Services to Employers (Letter, 12/6/94, GAO/HEHS-95-38R). 

Accuracy of Form SSA 1099 (Letter, 9/26/94, GAO/HEHS-94-234R). 

Social Security Administration:  Risks Associated With Information
Technology Investment Continue (Report, 9/19/94, GAO/AIMD-94-143). 

Social Security:  Trust Funds Can Be More Accurately Funded (Report,
9/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-48). 

Social Security:  Most Social Security Death Information Accurate But
Improvements Possible (Report, 8/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-211). 

Social Security Administration:  Major Changes in SSA's Business
Processes Are Imperative (Testimony, 4/14/94, GAO/T-AIMD-94-106). 

Social Security Administration:  Many Letters Difficult to Understand
(Testimony, 3/22/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-126). 

Social Security:  Sustained Effort Needed to Improve Management and
Prepare for the Future (Report, 10/27/93, GAO/HRD-94-22).  Testimony
on same topic (10/28/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-46). 

Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency (Testimony,
9/14/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-34). 

Status of Agency Use of SSA Death Information (Letter, 7/20/93,
GAO/HRD-93-31R). 

Social Security:  Need to Improve Postentitlement Service to the
Public (Report, 5/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-21). 

Social Security:  IRS Tax Identity Data Can Help Improve SSA Earnings
Records (Report, 3/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-42). 

Social Security:  Telephone Busy Signal Rates at Local SSA Field
Offices (Report, 3/4/93, GAO/HRD-93-49). 

SSA Problems in Processing Wage Reports (Letter, 1/27/93,
GAO/HRD-93-10R). 

Social Security:  Causes of Increased Overpayments, 1986 to 1989
(Report, 9/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-107). 

Social Security:  Need for Better Coordination of Food Stamp Services
for Social Security Clients (Report, 9/25/92, GAO/HRD-92-92). 

Social Security:  Reporting and Processing of Death Information
Should Be Improved (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-88). 

Social Security:  Reconciliation Improved SSA Earnings Records, but
Efforts Were Incomplete (Report, 9/1/92, GAO/HRD-92-81). 

SSA Pilot for Centralized Folder Storage (Letter, 8/17/92,
GAO/IMTEC-92-75R). 

Social Security:  Beneficiary Payment for Representative Payee
Services (Report, 6/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-112). 

Social Security:  Telephone Access to Local Field Offices (Report,
9/13/91, GAO/HRD-91-112). 

Social Security:  Measure of Telephone Service Accuracy Can Be
Improved (Report, 8/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-69). 

Debt Management:  More Aggressive Actions Needed to Reduce Billions
in Overpayments (Report, 7/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-46). 

Welfare Benefits:  States Need Social Security's Death Data to Avoid
Payment Error or Fraud (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-73). 

Social Security Downsizing:  Significant Savings but Some Service
Quality and Operational Problems (Report, 3/19/91, GAO/HRD-91-63). 

Social Security:  Restoration of Telephone Access to Local SSA
Offices (Report, 3/5/91, GAO/HRD-91-76FS). 


      OTHER SOCIAL SECURITY
      PROGRAMS
-------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:3.3

SSA's Rehabilitation Programs (Letter, 9/7/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 253R). 

Social Security:  GAO's Analysis of the Notch Issue (Testimony,
9/16/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-236). 

Social Security Retirement Accounts (Letter, 8/12/94, GAO/HEHS-
94-226R). 

Public Pension Offset (Letter, 5/15/92, GAO/GGD-92-15R). 

GAO Views on H.R.  2898, the "Social Security Protection Act of 1991"
(Testimony, 9/26/91, GAO/T-AFMD-91-11). 



   WELFARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:4

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact David P.  Bixler at
(202) 512-7201. 

Welfare To Work:  Approaches That Help Teenage Mothers Complete High
School (Report, 9/29/95, GAO/HEHS/PEMD-95-20). 

Welfare To Work:  Child Care Assistance Limited; Welfare Reform May
Expand Needs (Report, 9/21/95, GAO/HEHS-95-220). 

Welfare to Work:  State Programs Have Tested Some of the Proposed
Reforms (Report, 7/14/95, GAO/PEMD-95-26). 

Low-Income Families (Letter, 6/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-162R). 

Welfare Benefits:  Potential to Recover Hundreds of Millions More in
Overpayments (Report, 6/20/95, GAO/HEHS-95-111). 

Welfare Programs:  Opportunities to Consolidate and Increase Program
Efficiencies (Report, 5/31/95, GAO/HEHS-95-139). 

Welfare to Work:  Most AFDC Training Programs Not Emphasizing Job
Placement (Report, 5/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-113). 

Welfare to Work:  Measuring Outcomes for JOBS Participants (Report,
4/17/95, GAO/HEHS-95-86). 

Means-Tested Programs (Letter, 2/24/95, GAO/HEHS-95-94R). 

Welfare Reform:  Implications of Proposals on Legal Immigrants'
Benefits (Report, 2/2/95, GAO/HEHS-95-58). 

Welfare to Work:  AFDC Training Program Spends Billions, but Not Well
Focused on Employment (Testimony, 1/10/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-51).  Report
on same topic (12/19/94, GAO/HEHS-95-28). 

Child Care:  Current System Could Undermine Goals of Welfare Reform
(Testimony, 9/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-238). 

JOBS and JTPA:  Tracking Spending Outcomes and Program Performance
(Report, 7/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-177). 

Efforts to Assist the Homeless in Baltimore (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94-239R). 

Efforts to Assist the Homeless in St.  Louis (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94-97R). 

Efforts to Assist the Homeless in San Antonio (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94-238R). 

Efforts to Assist the Homeless in Seattle (Letter, 7/11/94,
GAO/RCED-94-237R). 

Welfare to Work:  JOBS Automated Systems Do Not Focus on Program's
Employment Objective (Report, 6/8/94, GAO/AIMD-94-44). 

Families on Welfare:  Teenage Mothers Least Likely to Become Self-
Sufficient (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-115). 

Families on Welfare:  Focus on Teenage Mothers Could Enhance Welfare
Reform Efforts (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-112). 

Families on Welfare:  Sharp Rise in Never-Married Women Reflects
Societal Trend (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/HEHS-94-92). 

Child Care:  Working Poor and Welfare Recipients Face Service Gaps
(Report, 5/13/94, GAO/HEHS-94-87). 

Homelessness:  McKinney Act Programs Provide Assistance but Are Not
Designed to Be the Solution (Report, 5/31/94, GAO/RCED-94-37). 

Automated Welfare Systems:  Historical Costs and Projections (Report,
2/25/94, GAO/AIMD-94-52FS). 

Homelessness:  Appropriate Controls Implemented for 1990 McKinney
Amendments' PATH Program (Report, 2/22/94, GAO/HEHS-94-82). 

Homelessness:  Information on and Barriers to Assistance Programs
Providing Foreclosed Property (Report, 9/30/93, GAO/RCED-93-182). 

Tax Policy:  Earned Income Tax Credit:  Design and Administration
Could Be Improved (Report, 9/24/93, GAO/GGD-93-145). 

Self-Sufficiency:  Opportunities and Disincentives on the Road to
Economic Independence (Report, 8/6/93, GAO/HRD-93-23). 

Public Housing:  Low-Income Housing Tax Credit as an Alternative
Development Method (Report, 7/16/93, GAO/RCED-93-31). 

Welfare to Work:  States Move Unevenly to Serve Teen Parents in JOBS
(Report, 7/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-74). 

Welfare to Work:  JOBS Participation Rate Data Unreliable for
Assessing States' Performance (Report, 5/5/93, GAO/HRD-93-73). 

Earned Income Tax Credit:  Effectiveness of Design and Administration
(Testimony, 3/30/93, GAO/T-GGD-93-20). 

Homelessness:  McKinney Act Programs and Funding Through Fiscal Year
1991 (Report, 12/21/92, GAO/RCED-93-39). 

Health and Human Services Issues (Letter, 12/92, OCG-93-20TR). 

Food Stamp Program Provisions (Letter, 11/25/92, GAO/RCED-93-70R). 

Welfare to Work:  States Serve Least Job-Ready While Meeting JOBS
Participation Rates (Report, 11/12/92, GAO/HRD-93-2). 

Welfare to Work:  Implementation and Evaluation of Transitional
Benefits Need HHS Action (Report, 9/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-118). 

Poverty Trends, 1980-88:  Changes in Family Composition and Income
Sources Among the Poor (Report, 9/10/92, GAO/PEMD-92-34). 

Homelessness:  HUD Improperly Restricts Applicants for Supplemental
Assistance Program (Report, 8/13/92, GAO/RCED-92-200). 

Asistencia Alimentaria:  Situacion Nutricional y Programas
Alternativos en Puerto Rico (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/RCED-92-114SV). 

Food Assistance:  Nutritional Conditions and Program Alternatives in
Puerto Rico (Report, 7/21/92, GAO/RCED-92-114). 

Welfare Programs:  Ineffective Federal Oversight Permits Costly
Automated System Problems (Report, 5/27/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-29). 

Unemployed Parents:  An Evaluation of the Effects of Welfare Benefits
on Family Stability (Report, 4/29/92, GAO/PEMD-92-19BR). 

Welfare to Work:  Effectiveness of Tribal JOBS Programs Unknown
(Report, 3/19/92, GAO/HRD-92-67BR). 

Employee Benefits:  States Need Labor's Help Regulating Multiple
Employer Welfare Arrangements (Report, 3/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-40). 

Welfare to Work:  States Begin JOBS, but Fiscal and Other Problems
May Impede Their Progress (Report, 9/27/91, GAO/HRD-91-106). 

Child Welfare:  Monitoring Out-of-State Placements (Report, 9/3/91,
GAO/HRD-91-107BR). 

Mother-Only Families:  Low Earnings Will Keep Many Children in
Poverty (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-62). 

Welfare Benefits:  States Need Social Security's Death Data to Avoid
Payment Error or Fraud (Report, 4/2/91, GAO/HRD-91-73). 


   OTHER PRODUCTS RELATED TO
   SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY,
   AND WELFARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4:5

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Diana S.  Eisenstat
at (202) 512-5562. 

Food Stamp Program:  Achieving Cost Neutrality in Minnesota's Family
Investment Program (Report, 2/12/96, GAO/RCED-96-54). 

Thrift Savings Plan (Letter, 11/14/95, GAO/HEHS-96-66R). 

Federal Grants to New Jersey (Letter, 11/8/95, GAO/AIMD-96-8R). 

Block Grants:  Issues in Designing Accountability Provisions (Report,
9/1/95, GAO/AIMD-95-226). 

Illegal Aliens:  National Net Cost Estimates Vary Widely (Report,
7/25/95, GAO/HEHS-95-133). 

Health and Human Services:  Opportunities to Realize Savings
(Testimony, 1/12/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-57). 

Illegal Aliens:  Assessing Estimates of Financial Burden on
California (Report, 11/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-22). 

Financial Audit:  House Child Care Center--Fiscal Years Ended
9-30-93, 9-30-92, and Month Ended 9-30-91 (Report, 10/14/94,
GAO/AIMD-95-2). 

UMWA's Combined Fund Finances (Letter, 6/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 201R). 

Americans with Disabilities Act:  Effects of the Law on Access to
Goods and Services (Report, 6/21/94, GAO/PEMD-94-14). 

Federal Aid:  Revising Poverty Statistics Affects Fairness of
Allocation Formulas (Report, 5/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-165). 

Quality Assurance Independence (Letter, 4/28/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 151R). 

Local Tax Abatement (Letter, 4/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-84R). 

Federal Mandates:  Unfunded Requirements Concern State and Local
Officials (Letter, 4/5/94, GAO/HEHS-94-110R). 

Vietnamese Amerasian Resettlement:  Education, Employment, and Family
Outcomes in the United States (Report, 3/31/94, GAO/PEMD-94- 15). 

Grant Administration:  CDC Oversight of Grantees' Activities Needs
Improvement (Report, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-12). 

Refugee Resettlement:  Unused Federal Funds in 1991 and 1992 (Report,
12/7/93, GAO/HRD-94-44). 

State and Local Finances:  Some Jurisdictions Confronted by Short-
and Long-Term Problems (Report, 10/6/93, GAO/HRD-94-1).  Testimony on
same topic (10/6/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-1). 

Benefits for Illegal Aliens:  Some Program Costs Increasing, But
Total Costs Unknown (Testimony, 9/29/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-33). 

Federal Personnel:  Employment Policy Challenges Created by an Aging
Workforce (Report, 9/23/93, GAO/GGD-93-138). 

Illegal Aliens:  Despite Data Limitations, Current Methods Provide
Better Population Estimates (Report, 8/5/93, GAO/PEMD-93-25). 

Refugee Resettlement:  Initial Reception and Placement Assistance
(Report, 6/18/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-193BR). 

Rural Disaster Assistance (Letter, 6/14/93, GAO/RCED-93-170R). 

Puerto Rico:  Confusion Over Applicability of the Electoral Law to
Referendum Process (Report, 5/28/93, GAO/HRD-93-84). 

Tax Abatement (Letter, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-27R). 

Income Security:  Reports Issued During 1990-92 and Testimonies
Delivered in 1992 (Bibliography, 3/93, GAO/HRD-93-80). 

Legal Services Corporation:  National Support Center Grantees'
Activities (Report, 2/5/93, GAO/HRD-93-9). 

Rural Credit:  Availability of Credit for Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Infrastructure (Report, 11/25/92, GAO/RCED-93-27). 

Michigan Communities:  Services Cut in Response to Fiscal Distress
(Report, 9/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-142). 

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance
Act of 1972 (Letter, 8/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-143R). 

Block Grants:  Increases in Set-Asides and Cost Ceilings Since 1982
(Report, 7/27/92, GAO/HRD-92-58FS). 

Urban Poor:  Tenant Income Misreporting Deprives Other Families of
HUD-Subsidized Housing (Report, 7/17/92, GAO/HRD-92-60). 

Income Security:  Reports Issued From FY 1988 Through June 1992
(Bibliography, 7/92, GAO/HRD-92-122). 

Intergovernmental Relations:  Changing Patterns in State-Local
Finances (Report, 3/31/92, GAO/HRD-92-87FS). 

Puerto Rico:  Audit of Grant Funds Provided to Three Major Political
Parties (Report, 1/15/92, GAO/HRD-92-29). 

Potential Impact of Using Adjusted Census Counts for Federal Formula
Programs (Testimony, 11/13/91, GAO/T-GGD-92-5). 

Victims of Crime Act Grants:  Better Reporting Needed for
Compensation and Assistance Programs (Report, 10/23/91,
GAO/GGD-92-2). 

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance:  Observations on HHS's
Administration of the Program (Report, 9/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-119FS). 

Product Liability:  Insurance Rate Levels and Claim Payments During
the 1970s and 1980s (Report, 9/16/91, GAO/HRD-91-108). 

Homelessness:  Transitional Housing Shows Initial Success but
Long-term Effects Unknown (Report, 9/9/91, GAO/RCED-91-200). 

D.C.  Government:  Information on the Homeless Family Program
(Report, 8/22/91, GAO/GGD-91-108). 

Debt Management:  More Aggressive Actions Needed to Reduce Billions
in Overpayments (Report, 7/9/91, GAO/HRD-91-46). 

Health and Human Services:  Funding for State Legalization Impact
Assistance Grants Program (Report, 5/23/91, GAO/HRD-91-109). 

Counting the Homeless:  Limitations of 1990 Census Results and
Methodology (Testimony, 5/9/91, GAO/T-GGD-91-29). 

Homelessness:  McKinney Act Programs and Funding Through Fiscal Year
1990 (Report, 5/1/91, GAO/RCED-91-126). 


VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MILITARY
HEALTH (COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR LISTING)
============================================================ Chapter 5


   MILITARY HEALTH CARE
---------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5:1

For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Daniel M.  Brier at
(202) 512-6803 or George F.  Poindexter at (202) 512-7213. 

Military Physicians:  DOD's Medical School and Scholarship Program
(Report, 9/29/95, GAO/HEHS-95-244). 

Defense Health Care:  Despite TRICARE Procurement Improvements,
Problems Remain (Report, 8/3/95, GAO/HEHS-95-142). 

Defense Health Care:  Problems With Medical Care Overseas Are Being
Addressed (Report, 7/12/95, GAO/HEHS-95-156). 

Operation Desert Storm:  Health Concerns of Selected Indiana Persian
Gulf War Veterans (Report, 5/16/95, GAO/HEHS-95-102). 

Wartime Medical Care:  Aligning Sound Requirements with New Combat
Care Approaches Is Key to Restructuring Force (Testimony, 3/30/95,
GAO/T-NSIAD-95-129). 

Defense Health Care:  DOD's Managed Care Program Continues to Face
Challenges (Testimony, 3/28/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-117). 

Defense Health Care:  Issues and Challenges Confronting Military
Medicine (Report, 3/22/95, GAO/HEHS-95-104). 

VA/DOD Health Care:  More Guidance Needed to Implement CHAMPUS-
Funded Sharing Agreements (Report, 10/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-15). 

Operation Desert Storm:  Questions Remain on Possible Exposure to
Reproductive Toxicants (Report, 8/5/94, GAO/PEMD-94-30).  Testimony
on same topic (8/5/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-31). 

Defense Health Care:  Uniformed Services Treatment Facility Health
Care Program (Report, 6/2/94, GAO/HEHS-94-174). 

Medical Records Control (Letter, 5/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-161R). 

Defense Health Care:  Challenges Facing DOD in Implementing
Nationwide Managed Care (Testimony, 4/19/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-145). 

Reserve Forces:  DOD Policies Do Not Ensure That Personnel Meet
Medical and Physical Fitness Standards (Report, 3/23/94, GAO/NSIAD-
94-36). 

Defense Health Care:  Expansion of CHAMPUS Reform Initiative Into
DOD's Region 6 (Report, 2/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94-100). 

Defense Health Care:  Expansion of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative Into
Washington and Oregon (Report, 9/20/93, GAO/HRD-93-149). 

Psychiatric Fraud and Abuse:  Increased Scrutiny of Hospital Stays is
Needed for Federal Health Programs (Report, 9/17/93, GAO/HRD-93-92). 

Operation Desert Storm:  Army Medical Supply Issues (Report, 8/11/93,
GAO/NSIAD-93-206). 

Operation Desert Storm:  Improvements Required in the Navy's Wartime
Medical Care Program (Report, 7/28/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-189). 

Medical Readiness Training:  Limited Participation by Army Medical
Personnel (Report, 6/30/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-205). 

DOD Health Care:  Further Testing and Evaluation of Case-Managed Home
Care Is Needed (Report, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-59). 

Defense Health Care:  Lessons Learned From DOD's Managed Health Care
Initiative (Testimony, 5/10/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-21). 

Defense Health Care:  Additional Improvements Needed to CHAMPUS's
Mental Health Program (Report, 5/6/93, GAO/HRD-93-34). 

DOD Mental Health Review Efforts (Letter, 3/31/93, GAO/HRD-93-19R). 

Defense Health Care:  CHAMPUS Mental Health Demonstration Project in
Virginia (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-53). 

Composite Health Care System:  Outpatient Capability Is Nearly Ready
for Worldwide Deployment (Report, 12/15/92, GAO/IMTEC-93-11). 

Defense Health Care:  Physical Exams and Dental Care Following the
Persian Gulf War (Report, 10/15/92, GAO/HRD-93-5). 

Operation Desert Storm:  Full Army Medical Capability Not Achieved
(Report, 8/18/92, GAO/NSIAD-92-175).  Testimony on same topic
(2/5/92, GAO/T-NSIAD-92-8). 

Disability Benefits:  Selected Data on Military and VA Recipients
(Report, 8/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-106). 

Medical ADP Systems:  Composite Health Care System Is Not Ready to be
Deployed (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-54). 

Army Force Structure:  Plans to Restructure and Reduce Medical Corps
(Testimony, 5/1/92, GAO/T-NSIAD-92-37). 

Defense Health Care:  Efforts to Manage Mental Health Care Benefits
to CHAMPUS Beneficiaries (Testimony, 4/28/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-27). 

Defense Health Care:  Obstacles in Implementing Coordinated Care
(Testimony, 4/7/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-24). 

Health Care:  Readiness of U.S.  Contingency Hospital Systems to
Treat War Casualties (Testimony, 3/25/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-17). 

Defense Health Care:  Efforts to Address Health Effects of the Kuwait
Oil Well Fires (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-50). 

Defense Health Care:  Transfers of Military Personnel With Disabled
Children (Report, 1/9/92, GAO/HRD-92-15). 

DOD Medical Inventory:  Reductions Are Possible Through the Use of
Commercial Practices (Testimony, 12/5/91, GAO/T-NSIAD-92-6).  Report
on same topic (12/5/91, GAO/NSIAD-92-58). 

Defense Health Care:  CHAMPUS Mental Health Benefits Greater Than
Those Under Other Health Plans (Report, 11/7/91, GAO/HRD-92-20). 

Defense Health Care:  Implementing Coordinated Care--A Status Report
(Report, 10/3/91, GAO/HRD-92-10). 

Medical ADP Systems:  Changes in Composite Health Care System's
Deployment Strategy Are Unwise (Report, 9/30/91, GAO/IMTEC-91-47). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139). 

Defense Health Care:  Health Promotion in DOD and the Challenges
Ahead (Report, 6/4/91, GAO/HRD-91-75). 

DOD's Management of Beneficiaries' Mental Health Care (Testimony,
4/24/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-18).  Testimony on same topic (5/15/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-30). 

The Military Health Services System--Prospects for the Future
(Testimony, 3/14/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-11). 


   VETERANS' BENEFITS
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For information on ordering these reports, call (202) 512-6000.  For
more information on the topics discussed, contact Irene P.  Chu at
(202) 512-7102. 

Veterans' Preference:  Data on Employment of Veterans (Report,
12/29/95, GAO/GGD-96-13). 

Hispanic Veterans (Letter, 11/2/95, GAO/HEHS-96-25R). 

VA Student Financial Aid:  Opportunity to Reduce Overlap in Approving
Education and Training Programs (Report, 10/30/95, GAO/HEHS-96-22). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Effective Interaction Needed Within VA to
Address Appeals Backlog (Report, 9/27/95, GAO/HEHS-95-190). 

Veterans Benefits Modernization:  Further Service Improvement Depends
on Coordinated Approach (Testimony, 6/22/95, GAO/T-
AIMD/HEHS-95-184). 

Veterans' Benefits:  VA Can Prevent Millions in Compensation and
Pension Overpayments (Report, 4/28/95, GAO/HEHS-95-88). 

Concurrent Receipt (Letter, 4/27/95, GAO/HEHS-95-136R). 

Veterans Compensation:  Offset of DOD Separation Pay and VA
Disability Compensation (Report, 4/3/95, GAO/NSIAD-95-123). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Basing Survivors' Compensation on Veterans'
Disability Is a Viable Option (Report, 3/6/95, GAO/HEHS-95-30). 

Veterans' Preference:  Data on Employment of Veterans (Report,
2/1/95, GAO/GGD-96-13). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Better Assessments Needed to Guide Claims
Processing Improvements (Report, 1/13/95, GAO/HEHS-95-25). 

Fiscal Year 1995 VA Certification (Letter, 11/10/94, GAO/HEHS-
95-32R). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Lack of Timeliness, Poor Communication Cause
Customer Dissatisfaction (Report, 9/20/94, GAO/HEHS-94-179). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Status of Claims Processing Initiative in VA's
New York Regional Office (Report, 6/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-183BR). 

Military Downsizing:  Persons Returning to Civilian Life Need More
Help From DOD (Report, 1/21/94, GAO/HEHS-94-39). 

Veterans Benefits:  Redirected Modernization Shows Promise (Report,
12/9/93, GAO/AIMD-94-26). 

Disabled Veterans Programs:  U.S.  Eligibility and Benefit Types
Compared With Five Other Countries (Report, 11/24/93, GAO/HRD- 94-6). 

Armed Forces Retirement Home (Letter, 11/3/93, GAO/HRD-94-49R). 

DOD Military Disability Retirement (Report, 11/3/93,
(GAO/HRD-94-50R). 

Homeownership:  Appropriations Made to Finance VA's Housing Program
May Be Overestimated (Report, 9/8/93, GAO/RCED-93-173). 

Veterans' Compensation:  Premature Closing of VA Office in the
Philippines Could Be Costly (Report, 7/15/93, GAO/HRD-93-96). 

Transition Series:  Veterans Affairs Issues (Report, 12/92,
GAO/OCG-93-21TR). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Availability of Benefits in American Samoa
(Report, 11/18/92, GAO/HRD-93-16). 

Vocational Rehabilitation:  VA Needs to Emphasize Serving Veterans
With Serious Employment Handicaps (Report, 9/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-133). 

Vocational Rehabilitation:  Better VA Management Needed to Help
Disabled Veterans Find Jobs (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-100). 

Disability Benefits:  Selected Data on Military and VA Recipients
(Report, 8/13/92, GAO/HRD-92-106). 

VA Life Insurance:  Premiums and Program Reserves Need More Timely
Adjustments (Report, 7/20,92, GAO/HRD-92-71). 

VA Life Insurance:  Administrative Costs for Three Programs Should Be
Paid From Excess Funds (Report, 3/10/92, GAO/HRD-92-42). 

Veterans' Benefits:  Savings From Reducing VA Pensions to Medicaid-
Supported Nursing Home Residents (Report, 12/27/91, GAO/HRD-92-32). 

Financial Audit:  VA Housing Credit Assistance Program Financial
Statements for Fiscal Years 1989 and 1988 (Report, 10/24/91,
GAO/AFMD-92-2). 

Veterans' Benefits:  VA Needs to Verify Medical Expenses Claimed by
Pension Beneficiaries (Report, 7/29/91, GAO/HRD-91-94). 


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more information on the topics discussed, contact James R.  Linz at
(202) 512-7110 or Paul R.  Reynolds at (202) 512-7109. 

Veterans' Health Care:  Facilities' Resources Allocations Could Be
More Equitable (Report, 2/7/96, GAO/HEHS-96-48). 

VA Health Care:  Exploring Options to Improve Veterans' Access to VA
Facilities (Report, 2/6/96, GAO/HEHS-96-52). 

Fiscal Year 1996 VA Certification (Letter, 1/29/96, GAO/HEHS-96-
84R). 

VA Health Care:  Trends in Malpractice Claims Can Aid in Addressing
Quality of Care Problems (Report, 12/21/95, GAO/HEHS-96-24). 

VA Health Care:  How Distance From VA Facilities Affects Veterans'
Use of VA Services (Report, 12/20/95, GAO/HEHS-96-31). 

VA Health Care:  Effects of Facility Realignment on Construction
Needs Are Unknown (Report, 11/17/95, GAO/HEHS-96-19). 

Fiscal Year 1996 VA Certification (Letter, 11/14/95, GAO/HEHS-
96-67R). 

VA Health Care:  Efforts to Increase Sharing With DOD and the Private
Sector (Testimony, 10/18/95, GAO/T-HEHS-96-41). 

VA Health Care Delivery:  Top Management Leadership Critical to
Success of Decision Support Systems (Report, 9/29/95, GAO/AIMD-95-
182). 

VA Clinic Funding (Letter, 9/19/95, GAO/HEHS-95-273R). 

Proposed VA Hospital at Travis Air Force Base (Letter, 9/19/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-268R). 

VA Medical Resources Allocation (Letter, 9/12/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 252R). 

Medical Care Budget Alternatives (Letter, 9/12/95, GAO/HEHS-95-
247R). 

VA Health Care:  Need for Brevard Hospital Not Justified (Report,
8/29/95, GAO/HEHS-95-192). 

VA Construction Contract Award Delays (Letter, 8/25/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-240R). 

VA Health Care:  Issues Affecting Eligibility Reform (Testimony,
7/19/95, GAO-T-HEHS-95-213). 

VA Health Care:  Physician Peer Review Identifies Quality of Care
Problems but Actions to Address Them Are Limited (Report, 7/7/95,
GAO/HEHS-95-121). 

Brockton Substance Abuse (Letter, 6/2/95, GAO/HEHS-95-172R). 

VA Savings Options (Letter, 5/18/95, GAO/HEHS-95-165R). 

VA's Florida Network Planning (Letter, 5/16/95, GAO/HEHS-95- 160R). 

Operation Desert Storm:  Health Concerns of Selected Indiana Persian
Gulf War Veterans (Report, 5/16/95, GAO/HEHS-95-102). 

VA Health Care:  Challenges and Options for the Future (Testimony,
5/9/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-147). 

VA Health Care:  Retargeting Needed to Better Meet Veterans' Changing
Needs (Report, 4/21/95, GAO/HEHS-95-39). 

Barriers to VA Managed Care (Letter, 4/20/95, GAO/HEHS-95-84R). 

VA Health Care:  Albuquerque Medical Center Not Recovering Full Costs
of Lithotripsy Services (Report, 12/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-19). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Veterans' Perceptions of VA Services and VA's
Role in Health Care Reform (Report, 12/23/94, GAO/HEHS-95-14). 

VA Health Care:  Inadequate Planning in the Chesapeake Network
(Report, 12/22/94, GAO/HEHS-95-6). 

VA Health Care:  Purchases of Safer Devices Should Be Based on Risk
of Injury (Report, 11/17/94, GAO/HEHS-95-12). 

Fiscal Year 1995 VA Certification (Letter, 11/10/94, GAO/HEHS-
95-32R). 

VA/DOD Health Care:  More Guidance Needed to Implement CHAMPUS-
Funded Sharing Agreements (Report, 10/28/94, GAO/HEHS-95-15). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Use of VA Services by Medicare-Eligible
Veterans (Report, 10/24/94, GAO/HEHS-95-13). 

Veterans Health Care:  Implications of Other Countries' Reforms for
the United States (Report, 9/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-210BR). 

Veterans' Health Care:  A Profile of Married Veterans Using VA
Medical Centers in 1991 (Report, 8/26/94, GAO/HEHS-94-223FS). 

Health Security Act:  Analysis of Veterans' Health Care Provisions
(Report, 7/15/94, GAO/HEHS-94-205FS). 

Universal Health Care:  Effects on Military Systems in Other
Countries and the United States (Report, 7/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-
182BR). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Efforts to Make VA Competitive May Create
Significant Risks (Testimony, 6/29/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-197). 

VA Health Care:  Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 6/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-170). 

VA and the Health Security Act (Letter, 5/9/94, GAO/HEHS-94- 159R). 

VA Health Care Reform:  Financial Implications of the Proposed Health
Security Act (Testimony, 5/5/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-148). 

Medical Records Control (Letter, 5/4/94, GAO/HEHS-94-161R). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Most Care Provided Through Non-VA Programs
(Report, 4/25/94, GAO/HEHS-94-104BR). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Veterans' Perceptions of VA Services and Its
Role in Health Care Reform (Testimony, 4/20/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-150). 

VA Health Care:  A Profile of Veterans Using VA Medical Centers in
1991 (Report, 3/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-113FS). 

VA Appropriations (Letter, 3/29/94, GAO/HEHS-94-127R). 

VA Health Care For Women:  In Need of Continued VA Attention
(Testimony, 3/9/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-114).  Testimony on same topic
(7/2/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-33, and 7/19/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-42).  Report on
same topic (1/23/92, GAO/HRD-92-23). 

Homelessness:  Demand for Services to Homeless Veterans Exceeds VA
Program Capacity (Report, 2/23/94, GAO/HEHS-94-98). 

VA Health Care:  VA Medical Centers Need to Improve Monitoring of
High-Risk Patients (Report, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-27). 

VA Appropriations (Letter, 12/10/93, GAO/HRD-94-72R). 

Department of Veterans Affairs Appropriation (Letter, 11/12/93,
GAO/HRD-94-57R). 

VA Health Care:  Tuberculosis Control Receiving Greater Emphasis at
VA Medical Centers (Report, 11/9/93, GAO/HRD-94-5). 

Veterans Affairs:  Service Delays at VA Outpatient Facilities
(Testimony, 10/27/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-5).  Testimony on same topic
(7/21/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-29).  Report on same topic (10/15/93,
GAO/HRD-94-4). 

VA Health Care:  Restructuring Ambulatory Care System Would Improve
Services to Veterans (Report, 10/15/93, GAO/HRD-94-4). 

VA Health Care:  Medical Care Cost Recovery Activities Improperly
Funded (Report, 10/12/93, GAO/HRD-94-2)

VA Health Care:  Labor Management and Quality-of-Care Issues at the
Salem VA Medical Center (Report, 9/23/93, GAO/HRD-93-108). 

VA Health Care:  Comparison of VA Benefits With Other Public and
Private Programs (Report, 7/29/93, GAO/HRD-93-94). 

VA Health Care:  Potential for Offsetting Long-Term Care Costs
Through Estate Recovery (Report, 7/27/93, GAO/HRD-93-68). 

Veterans Affairs:  Accessibility of Outpatient Care at VA Medical
Centers (Testimony, 7/21/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-29). 

VA Health Care:  Variabilities in Outpatient Care Eligibility and
Rationing Decisions (Report, 7/16/93, GAO/HRD-93-106). 

VA Health Care:  Veterans' Efforts to Obtain Outpatient Care From
Alternative Sources (Report, 7/14/93, GAO/HRD-93-123). 

VA Health Care:  Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 5/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-101). 

VA Health Care:  Problems in Implementing Locality Pay for Nurses Not
Fully Addressed (Report, 5/21/93, GAO/HRD-93-54). 

VA Health Care:  Enforcement of Federal Ethics Requirements at VA
Medical Centers (Testimony, 5/19/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-22).  Reports on
same topic (5/12/93, GAO/HRD-93-39S) and (4/30/93, GAO/HRD-93-39). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Potential Effects of Health Care Reforms on
VA's Major Construction Program (Testimony, 5/6/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-19). 

Veterans' Affairs:  Establishing Patient Smoking Areas at VA
Facilities (Report, 5/3/93, GAO/HRD-93-104). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Potential Effects of Health Financing Reforms
on Demand for VA Services (Testimony, 3/31/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-12). 

Management of VA:  Improved Human Resource Planning Needed to Achieve
Strategic Goals (Report, 3/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-10). 

Veterans' Health Care:  Potential Effects of Health Reforms on VA
Construction (Testimony, 3/3/93, GAO/T-HRD-93-7). 

VA Health Care:  Selection of a Planned Medical Center in East
Central Florida (Report, 3/1/93, GAO/HRD-93-77).  Letter on same
topic (6/2/93, GAO/HRD-93-23R). 

VA Health Care:  Actions Needed to Control Major Construction Costs
(Report, 2/26/93, GAO/HRD-93-75). 

Veterans Disability:  Information From Military May Help VA Assess
Claims Related to Secret Tests (Report, 2/18/93, GAO/NSIAD-93-89). 

Transition Series:  Veterans' Affairs Issues (Report, 12/92,
GAO/OCG-93-21TR). 

VA Health Care:  Medical Centers Are Not Correcting Identified
Quality Assurance Problems (Report, 12/30/92, GAO/HRD-93-20). 

VA Health Care:  Closure and Replacement of the Medical Center in
Martinez, California (Report, 12/1/92, GAO/HRD-93-15). 

VA Health Care:  Use of Private Providers Should Be Better Controlled
(Report, 9/28/92, GAO/HRD-92-109). 

VA Health Care:  Verifying Veterans' Reported Income Could Generate
Millions in Copayment Revenues (Report, 9/15/92, GAO/HRD-92-159). 

VA Health Care:  VA Did Not Thoroughly Investigate All Allegations by
the Froelich Trust Group (Report, 9/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-141). 

VA Health Care:  Offsetting Long-Term Care Costs by Adopting State
Copayment Practices (Report, 8/12/92, GAO/HRD-92-96). 

VA Health Care:  Demonstration Project Concerning Future Structure of
Veterans' Health Program (Testimony, 8/11/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-53). 

VA Health Care:  Inadequate Controls Over Scarce Medical Specialist
Contracts (Testimony, 8/5/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-50).  Report on same topic
(7/29/92, GAO/HRD-92-114). 

VA Health Care:  Role of the Chief of Nursing Service Should be
Elevated (Report, 8/4/92, GAO/HRD-92-74). 

VA Health Care For Women:  Despite Progress, Improvements Needed
(Testimony, 7/2/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-33).  Testimony on same topic
(6/19/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-42).  Report on same topic (1/23/92,
GAO/HRD-92- 23). 

VA Health Care:  Alternative Health Insurance Reduces Demand for VA
Health Care (Report, 6/30/92, GAO/HRD-92-79). 

VA Health Care:  Copayment Exemption Procedures Should be Improved
(Report, 6/24/92, GAO/HRD-92-77). 

VA Health Care:  Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 6/11/92, GAO/HRD-92-111). 

VA Health Care:  Efforts to Improve Pharmacies' Controls Over
Addictive Drugs (Testimony, 6/10/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-38). 

VA Health Care:  The Quality of Care Provided by Some VA Psychiatric
Hospitals is Inadequate (Testimony, 6/3/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-37).  Report
on same topic (4/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-17). 

Health Care:  VA's Implementation of the Nurse Pay Act of 1990
(Testimony, 6/3/92, GAO/T-HRD-92-35). 

Medical ADP Systems:  Composite Health Care System Is Not Ready to be
Deployed (Report, 5/20/92, GAO/IMTEC-92-54). 

VA Health Care:  VA Plans Will Delay Establishment of Hawaii Medical
Center (Report, 2/25/92, GAO/HRD-92-41). 

VA Health Care:  Modernizing VA's Mail-Service Pharmacies Should Save
Millions of Dollars (Report, 1/22/92, GAO/HRD-92-30). 

VA Health Care:  Compliance With Joint Commission Accreditation
Requirements is Improving (Report, 12/13/91, GAO/HRD-92-19). 

Medicaid:  Changes in Drug Prices Paid by VA and DOD Since Enactment
of Rebate Provisions (Report, 9/18/91, GAO/HRD-91-139). 

Health Care for Hawaii Veterans (Testimony, 8/16/91, GAO/T-HRD-
91-45). 

VA Health Care:  Telephone Service Should Be More Accessible to
Patients (Report, 7/31/91, GAO/HRD-91-110). 

Controls Over Addictive Drugs in VA Pharmacies (Testimony, 6/19/91,
GAO/T-HRD-91-36). 

VA Health Care:  Inadequate Controls Over Addictive Drugs (Testimony,
6/19/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-101).  Report on same topic (6/6/91,
GAO/HRD-91-101). 

VA Health Care:  Delays in Awarding Major Construction Contracts
(Report, 5/30/91, GAO/HRD-91-84). 

Alcoholism Screening Procedures at VA Medical Centers (Testimony,
4/18/91, GAO/T-HRD-91-15).  Report on same topic (3/27/91,
GAO/HRD-91-71). 


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Leslie D.  Albin
Jessie L.  Battle
David W.  Bieritz
Susan Y.  Higgins
James L.  Kirkman
Stephen F.  Palincsar



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