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[Public Relations Personnel Costs in 2 r z4eral Agencies and
Various Other Costs]. LCD-77-424; E-161939. June 10, 1977. 11
pp. + 2 enclosures (2 pp.).
Report to Sen. William L. Scott; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller
General.
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budget Function: General Government: other General Government
(806).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Defease; Department of
Agricultare; Civil Service Commission; General Services
Administration.
congressional Relevance: Sen. William L. Scott.
Authority: Food Ztamp Act of 1964, as amended. P.L. 94-419. 44
U.S.C. 1905. 44 U.S.C. 1718. 44 U.S.C. 1301. 7 U.S.C. 417.
Much of the data requested on the costs essociated with
various specific Federal programs i' not available in any
centralized form. GAO investigated the following &reas: the
number of Federal employees in public affairs and congressional
relations in the 20 largest Government agencies; the amount
spent for recruitment by the mil.tary; Government audiovisual
costs; the development and printiu; -osts of the Agricultural
Yearbook bicentennial issue and the farmers' bulletin cost; the
cost of the Department of Agriculture's Food Stamp Outreach
program for fiscal year 1976; and advertising costs in the
Federal Government. Findings/Conclusions: Information submitted
by the 20 agencies indicated that total personnel expenses for
public affairs and congressional relations totaled about $82
million in FY 1976. According to the Department of Defense,
about $516 million was spent for military recruitment during FY
1976. Limited information is available on Government audiovisual
costs, and agency accounting systems are not generally designed
to report the information. The total cost for the 1976 Yearbook
produced by the Department uf Agriculture was about $577,000.
The Department also spent about $578,000 on production of the
farmers' bulletins in fiscal year 1976. Both the Yearbook and
the bulletins are published primarily for delivery to, or
distribution for, Memers of Congress. The Department of
Agriculture reimbursed State agencies $968,604 for costs
incurred in the Food Stamp Outreach program iz FT 1976. No
current information is available on Government advertising
costs. SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacja0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)