Health and Human Services: Opportunities to Realize Savings (Testimony,
01/12/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-57).

With estimated outlays of more than $315 billion, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is the largest department in the
government. GAO concludes that the Department warrants a comprehensive
"scrub" of all its activities, with the goal of eliminating, reducing,
or consolidating programs. GAO stresses three points. First,
opportunities exist to reduce HHS' budget through greater administrative
efficiencies and targeting ineffective programs. Second, through
targeting, Congress could preserve funding for essential administrative
functions that enable agencies to avoid unnecessary or wasteful
expenditures. Third, HHS currently lacks the tools--an adequate program
evaluation strategy or modern information systems--to determine whether
its programs work.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-95-57
     TITLE:  Health and Human Services: Opportunities to Realize Savings
      DATE:  01/12/95
   SUBJECT:  Public assistance programs
             Management information systems
             Agency evaluation
             Funds management
             Budget authority rescission
             Federal agency reorganization
             Public administration
             Health care programs
             Budget cuts
             Cost control
IDENTIFIER:  Medicare Program
             Medicaid Program
             Social Security Program
             AFDC
             Social Security Disability Insurance Program
             Supplemental Security Income Program
             Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
             JOBS Program
             Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program
             
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