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(Conferences under Department of Defense Auspices Held in Hawaii
during Fiscal Year 1976 and Transition Quarter l. FPCD-77-50;
B-5019. May 26, 1977. 7 pp. + enclosure (3 pp.).
Report to Sen. John L. McClellan, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Appropriations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Personnel management and Compensation (300).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: National Deferse: Defense-related Activities
(054).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Defense.
Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Appropriations.
The Army, Navy, Air Force, and other Defense agencies
held 60 conferences in Hawaii during fiscal yaar 1976, and the
transition quazter ending September 30, 1976. Estimated
trans-ortation and per diem costs for the conferences totaled
$49.2,400. Findings/Conclusions: A lack of clear guidance in
scheduliug conferences may h&ve led to unnecessary conference
costs. Only the Navy has implemented a servicevide instruction
for scheduling and approving conferences, although the Pacific
Air Force Command has a crmparable local instruction. None of
the military activities in Hawaii were aware of Office of
Management and Budget guidelines which require establishment
procedures to reduce confereuce travel. Recommendations: The
Secretary of Defense should direct Defense agencies and the
military departments to improve conference scheduling procedures
and reduce conference costs by: incorporating Office of
Management and Budget guidelines into existing instructions;
making sure that approving officials are apprised of conference
costs as well as purpose; justifying each conference
individually rather than authorizing certain conferences on a
recurring basis; requiring justification where more than one
participant from each activity is scheduled to attend; exploring
the potential for consolidating conferences with similar
purposes; and having one trip serve more than one official
purpose. In addition, temporary duty travel costs coule be
reduced by requiring conference planners to obtain statements of
nonavailability for all Government quarters before allowing
military personnel to stay in commercial facilities. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaache0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)