Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the major educational and legal issues involved with public single-gender education.GAO found that: (1) single-gender educational programs are thought to reduce dropout rates and improve overall academic performance among urban males and academic achievement in mathematics and science among females; (2) single-gender settings are believed to reduce...

The Supreme Court granted a GAO petition for a writ of certiorari in Bristol Laboratories Division of Bristol-Myers Co. v. Staats. In that case, a United States court of appeals had affirmed a decision granting GAO access to the firm's records pertaining to direct manufacturing costs, but it denied GAO access to records pertaining to indirect costs such as research and development, general, admini...

A review was requested of the District of Columbia Government's use of additional funding and positions provided by Congress in fiscal year 1977 to Forest Haven, a residential facility for the care and treatment of the mentally retarded. The review included an examination of the extent to which these additional resources helped Forest Haven comply with Federal standards under the Medicaid program...