Topic Collection: Government Policy and Guidance

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Since 2010

GAO Schedule Assessment Guide

Designing Evaluations

2012 Revision (Supersedes PEMD-10.1.4)
GAO-12-208G, Jan 31, 2012

Performance Measurement and Evaluation

Organizational Transformation

Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies
Government Auditing Standards (The Yellow Book)
GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM)
GAO Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM)

Prior to 2010

Employment

Discount Rate Policy
OCE-17.1.1, May 1, 1991

Auditing and Financial Management

Using Structured Interviewing Techniques
PEMD-10.1.5, Jul 1, 1991

Auditing and Financial Management

Auditing and Financial Management

Case Study Evaluations
PEMD-10.1.9, Nov 1, 1990

Government Operations

Auditing and Financial Management

Justice and Law Enforcement

Government Operations

Using Statistical Sampling
PEMD-10.1.6, May 1, 1992

Employment

The Evaluation Synthesis
PEMD-10.1.2, Mar 1, 1992

Human Capital

GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide

Quantitative Data Analysis

An Introduction
PEMD-10.1.11, Jun 1, 1992

Government Operations

Economic Development

Economic Development

Developing and Using Questionnaires
PEMD-10.1.7, Oct 1, 1993

Content Analysis

Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies

Title 7--Fiscal Guidance
May 18, 1993

Prospective Evaluation Methods

The Prospective Evaluation Synthesis
143140, November 1, 1990

Methodology Transfer Paper 2

Evaluating Inventory Control Decisions
118984, June 1, 1982