Civil Fines and Penalties Debt Review of Osms (Office of Surface Mining) Management and Collection Processes

This report summarizes the information presented in a briefing to Congress by the General Accounting Office (GAO) on Dec. 14, 2001, related to the U.S. Dept. of Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) collection of civil fines & penalties debt (CFP). GAO objectives were to determine: (1) the primary reasons for the low collection rates & significant write-offs of OSM's CFP debt, (2) whether adequate processes exist at OSM to collect CFP debt, & (3) what role, if any, the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) & Treasury play in overseeing OSM's collection of CFP debt.Engel, Gary T. is the author of 'Civil Fines and Penalties Debt Review of Osms (Office of Surface Mining) Management and Collection Processes' with ISBN 9780756725754 and ISBN 0756725755.