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EMD-80-54 1 (1980-07-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabath0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ...... ....5 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Additional Management Improvements Are Needed To Speed Case Processing At The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Despite notable progress resulting from actions the Commission has taken and continues to take toward improving case management, the agency still faces a large volume of backlogged cases and lengthy processing delays. At the end of fiscal year 1979, over 15,000 cases were pending, many of which were back- logged--i.e., beyond what the Commission con- siders a reasonable processing time--including some that had been pending for over 17 years. The Commission also recently projected that close to 13,000 cases may be pending at the end of fiscal year 1980. Each day these problems remain uncorrected, they continue to add significantly to the costs of both regulated companies and consumers. Clearly, the Commission needs to be even more aggressive toward improving its current case processing procedures. GAO recommendations in this report will help effect most of these improvements under existing legislation, staffing, and funding levels. However, certain legislative recom- mendations are also included to increase in- centives for administrative law judges to ex- pedite the hearings process. .X) St7, .S: , 112765 EMD-80-54 JULY 15, 1980

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