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B-163922 1 (1972-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-169 2COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TH U WASHINGTON. D.C. 2-~6iP B-163922FE1697 IDear Mr. Chairman: LM096669 This is the second of a series of reports in response to your letter of July 28, 1971, requesting the General Account- ing Office (GAO) to conduct an ongoing review and evaluation 1 of the programs undertaken by the Department of Labor to im- plement the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 (85 Stat. 146). This report is concerned with the delay in the hiring of per- sons by States, counties, and cities (program agents) and the effect of this delay on the use of funds appropriated to carry out the act. Our review primarily dealt with a comparison of the num- bers of persons actually hired by the program agents with an- ticipated hirings. We examined the funding applications submitted by program agents and the management information reports periodically prepared by the Department, which showed the progress of funding and hiring under the act. PROGRAM FUNDED WITH URGENCY SO THAT JOBS COULD BE CREATED The purpose of the act is to provide unemployed and un- deremployed persons with transitional employment in jobs providing needed public serlces-during times of high unem- ployment, such as are being experienced now. To achieve the purpose of the act, the Department has implemented the Public Employment Program, the Special Employment Assistance Program, and two demonstration programs designed to (1) learn how to get persons off welfare and (2) measure program impact. On July 13, 1971, 1 day after signing the act, the (z President asked the Congress for an urgent appropriation of $1 billion for implementing programs during fiscal year 1972. During hearings on the appropriation request, the Department estimated that, depending upon the average salary cost, from 123,400 to 172,800 jobs would be funded with the $1 billion requested. On August 9, 1971, the Congress, recognizing the immediate need to provide funds so that local governments BEST DOCUMEN T AVAILABLE

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