US General Accounting Office

Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Washington D. C. US General Accounting Office. 

It should also be noted that the demand for primary lithium batteries remains strong, particularly in military applications where there is high demand for lightweight and disposable power supplies for portable electronic devices. In fact, the US General Accounting Office (GAO) has indicated that primary lithium batteries were one of seven items for which supply shortages reduced operational capability and increased risk to [US] troops [3]. 

The dimensions of the brownfields challenge in the United States are staggering. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) estimates that between 500,000 and a million brownfield sites exist nationally, and that the cost for cleaning them up will exceed 650 billion [US General Accounting Office (US GAO), 1995]. Cities across the country estimate that they could create more than 550,000 jobs—and recover 2.4 billion in tax revenue—if these properties were redeveloped (US Conference of Mayors, 2000). Despite this promise, many communities have discovered that redevelopment of brownfields is challenging and requires creative approaches and flexibility to succeed. 

US General Accounting Office (US GAO). (1995). Community development Reuse of urban industrial sites. GAO Report RCED-95—172. 

US General Accounting Office (GAO) (1991, October) Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants, GAO/ PEMD-92-3. Washington, DG US GAO. 

US General Accounting Office. Most drugs withdrawn in recent years had greater health risks for women. Drug Safety, GAO 01-286R Washington, DC. 

A US General Accounting Office (GAO 2001) survey found that the WOTC offset, on average, 47% of employers costs of recruiting, hiring, and training certified workers. 

US General Accounting Office. 1975. Improvements Still Needed in Coal Mine Dust-San ling Program. GPO Washington. 

US General Accountability Office. Status of FAA s actions to oversee the safety of composite airplanes. GAO-11-849, General Accountability Office. A report to congressional requesters 2011. 

Source US General Accounting Office, Arms Control U.S. and International Efforts to Ban Biological Weapons, GAO/NSIAD-93-113 (December 1992), pp.59-61. 

Comptroller-General of US General Accounting Office. Report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives of the United States. Chemical Warfare Many Unanswered Questions. GAO/lPE-83-6, 29 April 1983. 

William Gilman, Inside Porton Down UK s Chem Defense Center Opens Doors , Armed Forces JOURNAL International, May 1988, p. 30. Ian Mather Inside the Noddy Suit , Observer, 25 May 1986. Details of US defensive systems in the mid-1980s can be found in a report by the US General Accounting Office, Chemical Warfare Progress and Problems in Defensive Capability. 

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