United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-06-08 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-719 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719 P0b002ee1803867bc f:d01719 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719 GAO-01-719 Quality control Product safety Safety standards Other Written Product A01167 This report reviews changes in fastener industry practice "resulting from or apparently resulting from" the small-lot exemption of the Fastener Quality Act. GAO found no evidence that the fastener industry changed any practices resulting from, or apparently resulting from, the small-lot exemption. The Customs Service's limited tests of imported fasteners in 2001 found no evidence of substandard fasteners and no evidence of any decline in the quality of fasteners from the results of tests Customs conducted in 1998. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719.pdf GAO-01-719 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-719 Other Written Product GAO-01-719; Quality Assurance: The Fastener Quality Act's Small-Lot Exemption; Quality control Product safety Safety standards Public Law 101-592 Public Law 105-234 Public Law 106-34