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Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2024-03494
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-02-21
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to discuss proposed updates and revisions to the Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (known as the Green Book). The meeting will be virtual and is open to the public.
Government Auditing Standards-2024 Revision
Document Number: 2024-02594
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-02-08
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its 2024 revision to Government Auditing Standards, known as the ``Yellow Book.'' To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs of the government auditing community, the Comptroller General of the United States established the Yellow Book Advisory Council to provide input on revisions to the Yellow Book. This 2024 revision of the standards includes the Advisory Council's input regarding the changes. It also includes input from public comments received on the 2023 exposure draft. The changes contained in the 2024 revision to Government Auditing Standards reflect major developments in the auditing, accountability, and financial management professions. The 2024 revision to Government Auditing Standards is available in electronic format for download from GAO's web page at www.gao.gov using GAO-24-106786 as a report number. It will also be available for sale in hardcopy from the Government Publishing Office in the near future at https://bookstore.gpo.gov or other GPO locations listed there. GAO-24- 106786 may be used to find its GPO stock number and ISBN.
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2024-00181
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-09
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective in May 2024. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2023-28102
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-02
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established MACPAC to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 2024. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided within a week of submission.
Notice of Planned Methodology for Estimating Lump Sum Catch-Up Payments to Eligible 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing Victims and 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing Victims; Request for Comment
Document Number: 2023-28674
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-12-28
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
GAO is now accepting comments on our notice of planned methodology for estimating potential lump sum catch-up payments to certain 1983 Beirut Barracks bombing victims and certain 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victims who have submitted eligible claims for payment to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. We invite comments on all aspects of the planned methodologies proposed in this notice. GAO is publishing this notice pursuant to of the requirements of the Fairness For 9/11 Families Act (Fairness Act). Comments should be sent to the email address below.
Personnel Appeals Board; Procedural Rules
Document Number: 2023-25647
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-24
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Government Accountability Office Personnel Appeals Board (PAB or Board) proposes to give the PAB General Counsel authority to process certain retaliation claims that have not first undergone GAO's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process, and to hold certain nondiscrimination claims in abeyance if they are related to a claim pending in GAO's EEO process. These proposed changes are in response to an internal query that brought up the need to clarify perceived ambiguities in the existing regulations. The PAB also proposes to update the definition of prohibited discrimination to be consistent with changes in nondiscrimination laws. In addition, the PAB proposes to replace gendered pronouns with gender-neutral ones to reflect current usage practices. The General Accounting Office Personnel Act of 1980 provides authority to make these changes.
Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards
Document Number: 2023-17801
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Comptroller General's Advisory Council (Council) on Government Auditing Standards will hold a meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to provide input and recommendations on revisions to Government Auditing Standards, also known as the Yellow Book. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss proposed revisions and updates as a result of comments received on the January 2023 Yellow Book Exposure Draft. The agenda and discussion materials for the meeting will be available at https://www.gao.gov/ yellowbook approximately one week before the meeting.
Request for Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2023-12970
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-06-20
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The 21st Century Cures Act established HITAC to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on policies, standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria relating to the implementation of a health information technology infrastructure that advances the electronic access, exchange, and use of health information. The Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing a portion of HITAC's members. The Act requires that members at least reflect providers, ancillary health care workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, health information technology developers, researchers, patients, relevant Federal agencies, and individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, system functions, privacy, security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information, including the use standards for such activity. GAO is now accepting nominations for HITAC appointments that will be effective January 1, 2024. Members serve 3-year terms, with the terms subject to renewal, for a total not to exceed 6 years of service on the committee. From these nominations, GAO expects to appoint two to three new HITAC members, focusing especially on patients or consumers, health plans or purchasers, and researchers. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below.
Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government; Meeting
Document Number: 2023-10659
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-05-18
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is revising Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, known as the Green Book, under its authority provided in the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act. As part of the revision process, GAO is holding a meeting of the Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Council). The Comptroller General established the Council to provide input and recommendations on revisions to the Green Book. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss proposed revisions.
Financial Management and Assurance; Government Auditing Standards
Document Number: 2023-02124
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-02-02
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
On January 30, 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an exposure draft of proposed revisions to Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), also known as the Yellow Book. To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs of the government community and the public it serves, the Comptroller General of the United States appointed the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards to review GAO's proposed revisions of the standards and consider other necessary changes. The advisory council includes experts from all levels of government, the private sector, and academia. This exposure draft includes the advisory council's input regarding the proposed changes. We are requesting public comments on the proposed revisions in the 2023 exposure draft. All comments received from the public will be considered a matter of public record and will be posted on the GAO website. GAO first issued the standards in 1972. The proposed changes in the exposure draft update GAGAS to reflect major developments in the accountability and audit professions and emphasize specific considerations applicable to the government environment.
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2022-27734
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-10
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective in May 2023. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided within a week of submission.
Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2022-17466
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-15
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2021-27495
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-10
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective in May 2022. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2021-27494
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-04
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established MACPAC to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 2022. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2021-15136
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-07-19
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The 21st Century Cures Act established HITAC to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on policies, standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria relating to the implementation of a health information technology infrastructure that advances the electronic access, exchange, and use of health information. The Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing a portion of HITAC's members. The Act requires that members at least reflect providers, ancillary health care workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, health information technology developers, researchers, patients, relevant Federal agencies, and individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, system functions, privacy, security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information, including the use standards for such activity. GAO is now accepting nominations for HITAC appointments that will be effective January 1, 2022. From these nominations, GAO expects to appoint at least 5 new HITAC members, focusing especially on health care providers, ancillary health care workers, health information technology developers, and patient advocates. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)
Document Number: 2021-12145
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-06-14
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations of individuals for this committee.
Notice of Estimated Lump Sum Catch-Up Payments to Eligible 9/11 Victims, 9/11 Spouses, and 9/11 Dependents; Request for Comment
Document Number: 2021-12109
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-06-11
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
GAO is now accepting comments on estimated potential lump sum catch-up payments to certain 9/11 victims, 9/11 spouses, and 9/11 dependents who have submitted eligible claims for payment from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. GAO is conducting a review and publishing this notice pursuant to the requirements of the Sudan Claims Resolution Act. Comments should be sent to the email address below.
Notice of Methodology for Estimating Lump Sum Catch-Up Payments to Eligible 9/11 Victims, 9/11 Spouses and 9/11 Dependents; Request for Comment
Document Number: 2021-06084
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-26
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
GAO is now accepting comments on our methodology for estimating potential lump sum catch-up payments to certain 9/11 victims, 9/11 spouses, and 9/11 dependents who have submitted eligible claims for payment from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. GAO is conducting an audit and publishing this notice pursuant to the Sudan Claims Resolution Act. Comments should be sent to the email address below.
System of Records
Document Number: 2021-02554
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-02-08
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) proposes to revise its system of personnel records under its privacy regulations, Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records. This system of records encompasses records collected, maintained, used and disseminated in the course of conducting GAO human capital management activities. Further, this notice is intended to notify individuals about personally identifiable information (PII) maintained in this system of records and the manner in which that information is maintained and protected.
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2020-28480
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-08
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective May 2021. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for State All Payer Claims Databases Advisory Committee (SAPCDAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2020-29055
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-05
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The No Surprises Act, enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 required the Secretary of Labor to convene an Advisory Committee of 15 members to advise on the standardized format for the voluntary reporting, by group health plans to State All Payer Claims Databases, of medical claims, pharmacy claims, dental claims, and eligibility and provider files collected from private and public payers. The Committee shall also advise the Secretary on the guidance provided to States on the process by which States may collect such data in the standardized reporting format. This Committee will be responsible for issuing a report to the Secretary of Labor and certain congressional committees within 180 days of the enactment of the Act, which shall include recommendations on the standardized format and guidance described above. The Act provides for members of this Committee to have distinguished themselves in fields of health services research, health economics, health informatics, data privacy and security, or the governance of State All Payer Claims Databases, or who represent organizations likely to submit data to or use the database, including patients, employers, employee organizations that sponsor group health plans, health care providers, health insurance issuers, or third-party administrators of group health plans. The Act gave the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, responsibility for appointing 9 of the 15 members to include eight representatives of various agencies within the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, as well as one representative of a State All Payer Claims Database. The Act gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing the remaining 6 of the committee's 15 members, including 1 representative of an employer that sponsors a group health plan; 1 representative of an employee organization that sponsors a group health plan; 1 academic researcher with expertise in health economics or health services research; 1 consumer advocate; and 2 additional members. GAO is accepting nominations of individuals for Committee appointments that will be effective in March 2021. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2020-28477
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-04
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established MACPAC to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 2021. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Nominations for the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Document Number: 2020-06313
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-04-01
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing up to 21 members to the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). In addition, the Directors of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health, or their designees, are members of the Board. As the result of terms ending in September 2020, GAO is accepting nominations in the following categories: A physician, a representative of patients and health care consumers, a representative of pharmaceutical manufacturers or developers, a representative of private payers who represents employers who self-insure employee benefits, and between one and three representatives of private payers who represent health insurance issuers. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)
Document Number: 2020-01699
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-01-30
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations of individuals for this committee.
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2020-00521
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-01-15
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective May 2020. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2019-17736
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-08-19
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The 21st Century Cures Act established HITAC to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on policies, standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria relating to the implementation of a health information technology infrastructure that advances the electronic access, exchange, and use of health information. The Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing a portion of HITAC's members. The Act requires that members at least reflect providers, ancillary health care workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, health information technology developers, researchers, patients, relevant Federal agencies, and individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, system functions, privacy, security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information, including the use standards for such activity. GAO is now accepting nominations for HITAC appointments that will be effective January 1, 2020. From these nominations, GAO expects to appoint at least two new HITAC members, including one advocate for patients or consumers of health information technology. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)
Document Number: 2019-13249
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-06-21
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations of individuals for this committee.
Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2019-00572
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-01-31
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established MACPAC to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 1, 2019. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Nominations
Document Number: 2019-00571
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-01-31
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective May 2019. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
2018 Revision-Government Auditing Standards
Document Number: 2018-15629
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-07-23
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its 2018 revision to Government Auditing Standards, known as the ``Yellow Book.'' To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs of the government auditing community, the Comptroller General of the United States established the Yellow Book Advisory Council to provide input on revisions to the Yellow Book. This 2018 revision of the standards includes the Advisory Council's input regarding the changes. It also includes input from public comments received on the 2017 exposure draft. The changes contained in the 2018 revision to Government Auditing Standards reflect major developments in the auditing, accountability, and financial management professions. The 2018 revision to Government Auditing Standards is available in electronic format for download from GAO's web page at www.gao.gov using GAO-18-568G as a report number. It will also be available for sale in hardcopy from the Government Publishing Office in the near future at https://bookstore.gpo.gov or other GPO locations listed there. GAO-18- 568G may be used to find its GPO stock number and ISBN.
Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)
Document Number: 2018-12736
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-06-14
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models, and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations of individuals for this committee.
Request for Nominations for Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Document Number: 2018-06999
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-04-05
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing 19 members to the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. In addition, the Directors of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health, or their designees, are members of the Board. As the result of terms ending in September 2018, GAO is accepting nominations in the following categories required in statute: A physician, a nurse, a representative of patients and health care consumers, a representative of private payers, a representative of a state or a federal health program or agency, and a representative of pharmaceutical, device, or diagnostic manufacturers or developers. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.
Government Accountability Office, Administrative Practice and Procedure, Bid Protest Regulations, Government Contracts
Document Number: 2018-06413
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-04-02
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
This document amends the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Bid Protest Regulations, promulgated in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA), to implement the requirements in sec. 1501 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which was enacted on January 14, 2014. These amendments implement the legislation's direction to establish and operate an electronic filing and document dissemination system for the filing of bid protests with GAO. The amendments also include administrative changes to reflect current practice, to streamline the bid protest process, and to make clerical corrections.
Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04934
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-12
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nominations
Document Number: 2018-00434
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-23
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective in May 2018. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than February 23, 2018 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to appointment of new members. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please contact Greg Giusto at (202) 512-8268 if you do not receive an acknowledgment.
Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission Nominations
Document Number: 2018-00117
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-16
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 1, 2018. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than February 5, 2018 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to the appointment of new members. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please contact Will Black at (202) 512-6482 if you do not receive an acknowledgement.
Public Availability of Government Accountability Office Records
Document Number: 2017-24340
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-11-08
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
These revisions clarify procedures to obtain Government Accountability Office (GAO) records. Specifically, the revisions add procedures for requesting records of GAO's Office of Inspector General. The revisions also clarify that documents prepared by GAO or GAO's Office of Inspector General for referral to another agency for law enforcement purposes are not subject to the regulations in this part. The previous regulatory language on this point was imprecise.
Public Availability of Government Accountability Office Records
Document Number: 2017-16986
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2017-08-11
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
These proposed revisions would clarify procedures to obtain Government Accountability Office (GAO) records. Specifically, the proposed revisions would add procedures for requesting records of GAO's Office of Inspector General. The proposed revisions would also clarify that documents prepared by GAO or GAO's Office of Inspector General for referral to another agency for law enforcement purposes are not subject to the regulations in this Part. The existing regulatory language on this point is imprecise.
Financial Management and Assurance; Government Auditing Standards
Document Number: 2017-07117
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-10
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
On April 5, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an exposure draft of proposed revisions to Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), also known as the Yellow Book. To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs of the government community and the public it serves, the Comptroller General of the United States appointed the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards to review GAO's proposed revisions of the standards and consider other necessary changes. The advisory council includes experts from all levels of government, the private sector, and academia. This exposure draft includes the advisory council's input regarding the proposed changes. We are requesting public comments on the proposed revisions in the 2017 exposure draft. GAO first issued the standards in 1972. The proposed changes in the exposure draft update GAGAS to reflect major developments in the accountability and audit professions and emphasize specific considerations applicable to the government environment.
Health Information Technology Advisory Committee Nominations; Request for Letters of Nomination and Resumes
Document Number: 2017-04456
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-08
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The 21st Century Cures Act established the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on policies, standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria relating to the implementation of a health information technology infrastructure that advances the electronic access, exchange, and use of health information. The Act gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing 14 of the committee's members. The Act requires that members at least reflect providers, ancillary health care workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, health information technology developers, researchers, patients, relevant Federal agencies, and individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, system functions, privacy, security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information, including the use standards for such activity. GAO is accepting nominations of individuals for this committee. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted by April 14, 2017 for appointments that will be made in July 2017. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please contact Will Simerl at (404) 679-1888 if you do not receive an acknowledgement.
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nominations
Document Number: 2017-00593
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-01-18
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MedPAC appointments that will be effective May 1, 2017. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than March 10, 2017 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to appointment of new members. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please contact Greg Giusto at (202) 512-8268 if you do not receive an acknowledgment.
Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission Nominations
Document Number: 2017-00044
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-01-12
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. GAO is now accepting nominations to MACPAC that will be effective May 1, 2017. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than February 24, 2017 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to appointment of new members. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please contact Will Black at (202) 512-6482 if you do not receive an acknowledgement.
Request for Nominations for Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Document Number: 2016-14157
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-17
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing 19 members to the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. In addition, the Directors of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health, or their designees, are members of the Board. As the result of terms ending in September 2016, GAO is accepting nominations in the following two categories required in statute: A representative of hospitals, and a representative of pharmaceutical, device, or diagnostic manufacturers or developers. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than July 21, 2016 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to appointment. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please contact Mary Giffin at (202) 512-3710 if you do not receive an acknowledgement.
Change in Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission Terms
Document Number: 2016-10535
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-05-09
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Comptroller General appoints the 17 members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). This notice announces the extension of all current members for an additional 4 months.
Government Accountability Office, Administrative Practice and Procedure, Bid Protest Regulations, Government Contracts
Document Number: 2016-08622
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is proposing to amend its Bid Protest Regulations, promulgated in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA), to implement the requirements in sec. 1501 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which was enacted on January 14, 2014, and to make certain administrative changes. The proposed amendments implement the legislation's direction to establish and operate an electronic filing and document dissemination system for the filing of bid protests with GAO. At this time, GAO believes that these proposed revisions are the only regulatory changes necessary to implement the statutory requirement of sec. 1501. The proposed amendments also include administrative changes to reflect current practice and to streamline the bid protest process.
Comptroller General's Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2016-06051
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-03-17
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nominations
Document Number: C1-2016-01264
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-02-11
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Health Information Technology Policy Committee Nominations
Document Number: 2016-02009
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-02-04
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) established the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HIT Policy Committee) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing 13 of its 20 members. As a result of terms ending in April 2016, GAO is accepting nominations of individuals for three openings on the committee in the following categories of representation or expertise required in ARRA: Advocate for patients or consumers, representative of a health plan or third party payer, and representative of purchasers or employers. For appointments to the HIT Policy Committee to be made in April 2016 in these categories, I am announcing the following: Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted by March 2, 2016 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within one week of submission. Please contact Mary Giffin at (202) 512-3710 if you do not receive an acknowledgment.
Physician-focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee Nomination Letters
Document Number: 2015-13983
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-06-09
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models, and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing the committee's 11 members. The Advisory Committee members shall include individuals with national recognition for their expertise in physician-focused payment models and related delivery of care. No more than 5 members of the Committee shall be providers of services or suppliers, or representatives of providers of services or suppliers. A member of the committee shall not be an employee of the federal government. GAO is accepting nominations of individuals for this committee. For appointments to be made in October 2015, I am announcing the following: Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted by July 22, 2015 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within two weeks of submission. Please contact Mary Giffin at (202) 512-3710 if you do not receive an acknowledgement.
Appointments to the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee
Document Number: 2015-11957
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-05-20
Agency: Government Accountability Office, Agencies and Commissions
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires the Comptroller General of the United States to appoint 13 of 20 members to the HIT Policy Committee. As of April 2015, new appointees to the HIT Policy Committee are Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, an expert in health care quality measurement and reporting; Donna Cryer, JD, an advocate for patients or consumers; and Brent Snyder, Esq., a representative of health care providers.
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