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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
This report describes the Department of Education's process for estimating costs of the Pell grant program, which provides grants to financially needy students pursuing a postsecondary education. The Department uses a three-step process to develop its Pell grant budget estimate: a computer cost model incorporating over 30 economic indicators, a…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Income Contingent Loans
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
In 1985, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) reserves had accumulated over $2 billion in reserve surplus, precipitating the program's first refund. Concerned about FEHBP reserve practices, the chairman of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Congress, asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation, Financial Problems
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
In fiscal year 1995, Head Start--the centerpiece of federal early childhood programs--was appropriated $3.5 billion to provide a range of services to eligible, preschool-aged children from low-income families. Since 1990, Congress increased funding for Head Start by 135 percent to allow more children the opportunity to participate and to improve…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgets, Cost Estimates, Expenditures
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC. Statistical Policy Div. – 1985
The Federal Government will spend an estimated $1.5 billion in fiscal year 1986 for the production and publication of statistical data. This estimate represents the expected obligations for statistical activities of over 70 agencies or departmental units reporting outlays of at least $500,000 for such activities in their budgets for any of fiscal…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Data Collection, Federal Government, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
Aid to Families with Dependent Children for Unemployed Parents (AFDC-UP) is a state option under which cash aid is provided to two-parent families whose principal earner is unemployed or employed less than 100 hours a month. As of January 1988, 27 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam had AFDC-UP. This report reviews the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC. Statistical Policy Div. – 1986
This report on the statistical programs and activities of the Federal Government covers some 70 Federal agencies or separate departmental units budgeting at least $500,000 in any of fiscal years 1985-87. The budgets of agencies whose sole mission is statistical represent less than half the $1.6 billion that the Federal Government will spend on…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Cost Estimates, Data Collection, Federal Government
