Dumont: 500 books
DRUG INDUSTRY
Profits, Research and Development Spending, and Merger and Acquisition Deals
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Retail prescription drug expenditures were estimated to account for about 12 percent of total personal health care service spending in the United States in 2015, up from about 7 percent through the 1990s. Much of this growth was driven by use of expensive brand-name drugs, but price increases have...
IMMIGRATION COURTS
Observations on Restructuring Options and Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Management Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
DOJ’s EOIR is responsible for conducting immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings to fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly administer and interpret U.S. immigration laws and regulations...
SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Agencies Need to Take Steps to Assess Progress Toward Commercializing Technologies
Language: French
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Through the SBIR and STTR programs, federal agencies have awarded about 162,000 contracts and grants totaling $46 billion to small businesses to help them develop and commercialize new technologies. Eleven federal agencies participate in the SBIR program, and 5 agencies also participate in the STTR...
HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROJECTS
Evaluation Guidance Needed for States with National Environmental Policy Act Authority
Language: French
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Since 2005, over 30 provisions have been enacted in law to speed up the delivery of highway and transit projects, mainly by streamlining the NEPA review process. NEPA requires federal agencies to evaluate the potential environmental effects of proposed projects on the human environment. These project...
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
DHS and DOJ Are Working to Enhance Responses to Incidents Involving Individuals with Mental Illness
Language: French
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Law enforcement encounters with individuals with mental illness may require special training and skills and can sometimes involve volatile situations, risking tragic injuries or even death...
TAX FRAUD AND NONCOMPLIANCE
IRS Can Strengthen Pre-refund Verification and Explore More Uses
Language: French
Release Date: February 3, 2018
IRS continues to confront the ongoing problems of identity theft (IDT) refund fraud. The agency estimates that at least $1.68 billion was paid in IDT refund fraud in 2016. To help address this issue, consistent with GAO’s prior reporting, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 advanced...
FOREST SERVICE
Improvements Needed in Internal Controls over Budget Execution Processes
Language: French
Release Date: February 3, 2018
The Forest Service, an agency within USDA, performs a variety of tasks as steward of 193 million acres of public forests and grasslands. Its budget execution process for carrying out its mission includes (1) allotments, which are authorizations by an agency to incur obligations within a specified...
COAL MINE RECLAMATION
Federal and State Agencies Face Challenges in Managing Billions in Financial Assurances
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Coal accounts for 17 percent of domestic energy production. SMCRA requires coal mine operators to reclaim lands that were disturbed during mining and to submit a financial assurance in an amount sufficient to ensure that adequate funds will be available to complete reclamation if the operator does...
BUREAU OF PRISONS
Better Planning and Evaluation Could Help Ensure Effective Use of Retention Incentives
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
BOP is the largest employer within DOJ and is responsible for the care and custody of an inmate population of about 186,000. BOP has faced challenges retaining staff at correctional facilities, although it has used retention incentives, along with other human capital flexibilities. GAO was asked to review BOP’s use of retention incentives...
PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE
Low Participation by Pharmacies and Other Entities as Voluntary Collectors of Unused Prescription Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
In 2015, 3.8 million Americans reported misusing prescription drugs within the last month, and deaths from prescription opioids have more than quadrupled since 1999. About half of the people who reported misusing prescription drugs in 2015 received them from a friend or relative...
by Leroy Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2010
Davad Colandar is a bounty hunter employed to track down Naro Maldini and his band of raiders. After dispatching several members of the band, he locates Maldini at the raucous border village where a gambler suggests Colandar could increase his fortune by meeting Maldini in a staged formal duel. Death of one of the combatants is the only acceptable outcome.
by Leroy Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Dagast is a grotesque monster whose shoulders and neck seemed oversized, even on his six-foot-six frame. The outlaw chieftain is as ruthless as his appearance, commanding a band of cutthroats that terrorize the provinces neighboring the Desfalan wilds. No one dares challenge Dagast until the youthful son of a commander of a city guard, Algin Tamas, ventures into his lair.
by Leroy Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2009
On the isle of Calista, the Klarans and the Montigs are on the brink of war. Fastian Vedal, brother to the earl of Klaran is marshaling an army to attack Montig. Lord Redan of Montig beseeches his nephew and heir to assume control of the domain but Dagar Redan is unwilling to command until a Ludrin hag presents him with a crystal that elicits prophetic visions.
by Leroy Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Kidnapped with the able-bodied of her village, Calena is taken to the mines of Kristan and brutalized. Left for dead on the slag pile, she recovers but the trauma has left the voice of Krela, the spirit of death, resident within her mind. Pressed by Krela, Calena sets out to free her enslaved people and destroy the fort at Kristan.