text: 8For more information on using surpluses to redeem debt held by the public , see Federal Answers to Frequently Asked Questions-An Update ( GAO / OCG-99-27 , May 28 , 1999 ) , Federal Debt Management in a Period of Budget Surplus ( GAO / AIMD-99-270 , September 29 , 1999 ) , and Federal Debt Management Actions and Future Challenges ( GAO-01-317 , February 28 , 2001 ) .
  
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  For more information see the frequently asked questions .