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Development of a National Productivity Clearinghouse.
FGMSD-79-4; B-163762. December 12, 1978. 8 pp. + appendix (4
pp.).
Report to James T. McIntyre, Jr., Director, Office of Management
and Budget; by D. L. Scantlebury, Eirector, Financial and
General Manaqement Studies Div.
Issue Area: National Productivity: Evaluation of actions of
National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life
under Public Law 94-136 (2003).
Contact: Financial and General Management Studies Div.
Budget Function: General Government: Other General Govertment
(8061.
Organization Concerned: Department of Cumaerce; National Center
for Productivity and Quality of Working Life.
Authority: P.L. 94-136.
One of the major recommendations in a recent report on
national productivity was the establishment of a productivity
clearinqhouse to provide national and international data and
knowledge on various aspects of productivity. This would include
effective methods, their costs, and how long it takes to provide
results. It would benefit all sectors of the economy.
Findings/Conclusions: Currently, no unified system exists for
the collect3 n, processing, analysis, and disseainaticn of
information, documents, or materials in the field of
productivity. Although the National Center for Productivity and
Quality of orking Life established a cleariughouse, it was not
effective in reaching wide audiences. A clearinghouse should be
equipped to provide the following: copies of reports and
publications from its own or outside collections, information
about new findings and events, special information analysis,
general pul-lications on various aspects of the field, special
handbooks dnd guides, responses to telephone or mail requests
for actnal statistics or inforration, and assistance in locating
information outside the clearinghouse. The clearinghouse should
also: set standards for communications within the field; review,
index, and abstract its collection; and monitor current
research, produce state-of-the-art reports, and research
reviews. Recommendations: The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, in his capacity as Chairman of the
National Prodctivity Council, should assign responsibility for
the development and operation of a productivity clearinghouse.
Adequate funding should be provided to the organization given
responsibility for the development and implementation of the
clearinghouse. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaayhf0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)