GAO Legislation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and Management of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - Legislative auditing |
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... tion , June 4 , 1973 . 407 The Future of the IRS , Editorial from the Washington Post , April 28 , 1975 410 . Overseeing the IRS , by Louise Brown , from the Washington Post , August 29 , 1975 --- 411 Take Heart - Tax Men Now Being ...
... tion , June 4 , 1973 . 407 The Future of the IRS , Editorial from the Washington Post , April 28 , 1975 410 . Overseeing the IRS , by Louise Brown , from the Washington Post , August 29 , 1975 --- 411 Take Heart - Tax Men Now Being ...
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... tion of the preceding term . 12 13 ( b ) Any individual appointed as Comptroller General or Deputy Comptroller General pursuant to this Act to fill 14 a vacancy prior to the expiration of a term shall serve only 15 for the unexpired ...
... tion of the preceding term . 12 13 ( b ) Any individual appointed as Comptroller General or Deputy Comptroller General pursuant to this Act to fill 14 a vacancy prior to the expiration of a term shall serve only 15 for the unexpired ...
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... tion 6103 ( d ) of such Code , divulge or make known in any 18 manner whatever to any person , other than another officer or employee of such office whose official duties or responsi- 20 bilities require such disclosure , any tax return ...
... tion 6103 ( d ) of such Code , divulge or make known in any 18 manner whatever to any person , other than another officer or employee of such office whose official duties or responsi- 20 bilities require such disclosure , any tax return ...
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... tion which requires Presidential approval or a two - thirds vote in each House to override a Presidential veto , provide the independence vital to achievement of the Comptroller General's statutory mission . An important element of the ...
... tion which requires Presidential approval or a two - thirds vote in each House to override a Presidential veto , provide the independence vital to achievement of the Comptroller General's statutory mission . An important element of the ...
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... tion to find just how we can strengthen that Office and make it more responsive to Congress . It bothers me a little bit that you suggest that perhaps you want to be so completely objective that you might neglect some of the minority ...
... tion to find just how we can strengthen that Office and make it more responsive to Congress . It bothers me a little bit that you suggest that perhaps you want to be so completely objective that you might neglect some of the minority ...
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Page 332 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall reduce his decision to writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor.
Page 332 - ... of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence. In connection with any appeal proceeding under this clause, the Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the...
Page 252 - Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve a political question is found a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; or the impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion...
Page 332 - Contractor mails or otherwise furnishes to the Contracting Officer a written appeal addressed to the Secretary. The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 232 - The Comptroller General shall investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating to the receipt, disbursement, and application of public funds, and shall make to the President when requested by him, and to Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a report in writing of the work of the General Accounting Office, containing recommendations concerning the legislation he may deem necessary to facilitate the prompt and accurate rendition and settlement of accounts and...
Page 121 - Congress created the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) to review the morass of agency budgetary information and to approve agency budget requests.
Page 8 - In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the bureau may invoke the aid of any district court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and such court, within the jurisdiction of which...
Page 161 - Congress is in session, he shall make recommendations looking to greater economy or efficiency in public expenditures. (b) He shall make such investigations and reports as shall be ordered by either House of Congress or by any committee of either House having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures. The Comptroller General shall also, at the request of any such committee, direct assistants from his office to furnish the committee such aid and information as it may request.
Page 134 - ... the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of three years after final payment, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of, and involving transactions related to such contracts or subcontracts...
Page 135 - All departments and establishments shall furnish to the comptroller general such information regarding the powers, duties, activities, organization, financial transactions, and methods of business of their respective offices as he may from time to time require of them; and the comptroller general, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall for the purpose of securing such information have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of...