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FPCD-81-63 1 (1981-08-05)

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                   UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
  a .WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


FDERAL PERSONNEL AND
COMPENSATION DIVISION


     B-203094                                         AUGUST 5, 1981


     The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr.H
     Chairman, Committee on Governmental
       Affairs                                           116006
     United States Senate

          Subject: EStaffing Levels in the Department of
                    Education3(FPCD-81-63)

     Dear Mr. Chairman:

          This letter is in response to your February 5, 1981,
     request that we review ,taffing levels in the Department of
     Education :ED) and in the agencies affected by its estab-
     lishment.

          You asked whether (1) the affected agencies had increased
     their staffing levels during the 2-year period before ED was
     established to offset legislatively mandated reductions,
     (2) agencies that transferred personnel to ED decreased their
     staffs accordingly, and (3) using full-time equivalent work
     years as an annual staffing limitation is more effective than
     end-of-year personnel ceilings.

          The Congress created ED in October 1979 so that the Fed-
     eral Government could manage its education functions more
     efficiently. As a result, the education and health functions
     of the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
     (HEW) were transferred in May 1980 to ED and the Department
     of Health and Human Services (HHS). In addition, some educa-
     tional functions were transferred from other agencies to ED.
     Because of the Congress' desire to control the size of ED,
     the Department of Education Organization Act mandated a reduc-
     tion of 500 full-time equivalent personnel positions by the
     end of the first fiscal year after ED was established.




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