United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-03-24 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:T-GGD/AIMD-99-129 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129 P0b002ee180384844 f:g199129t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129 T-GGD/AIMD-99-129 Budget outlays Future budget projections Hiring policies Budget deficit Budget receipts Reprogramming of appropriated funds Personnel recruiting Special fund appropriation accounts Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund Other Written Product GGD AIMD GAO concludes that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is not experiencing an overall budget shortfall at this time. The hiring policy that the agency followed in fiscal year 1998 in an attempt to meet congressional and administration expectations resulted in INS having to commit a greater share of its fiscal year 1999 budget to salaries and benefits than in earlier years. Overall, however, INS now has more discretionary funds than it had in fiscal year 1998. With respect to the examinations fee account, INS overestimated the number of applications it would receive and did not detect the consequent revenue shortfall for months because of computer programming errors. When it became apparent that the anticipated revenues would not be realized, INS decided to seek reprogramming of money from other accounts to cover the costs. The overhiring and reduced examinations fee revenue meant that most INS programs had less discretionary funding in fiscal year 1999 than in fiscal year 1998. Although INS has not experienced an overall budget shortfall, the combination of higher personnel costs, declining examination fee revenues, and the resultant need to reduce discretionary funding allocations to most programs has created fiscal stress for the agency. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129.pdf GAO/T-GGD/AIMD-99-129 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-AIMD-99-129 Other Written Product GAO/T-GGD/AIMD-99-129; INS Budget: Overhiring and Decline in Revenues Have; Budget outlays Future budget projections Hiring policies Budget deficit Budget receipts Reprogramming of appropriated funds Personnel recruiting Special fund appropriation accounts Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund Public Law 103-317 Public Law 105-119