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FPCD-79-51 1 (1979-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazay0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /OqI q RELEV'P D B-115398 COMPTROL.XR GEDERAL OF THE UNITED STATEN WASHINOT N . 2a48 REST CV , ..... , :,v:e General Accountf g,4 0: S I p secic approval by the Office of RetafiaffL 20.,1979 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate _ e Dear Mr. Chairman: Your October 26, 1978, letter xgqk ted our assistance in providing oversight of the transition and establishment of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Personnel D/6 -O2F Management, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. As a result, we now have staff at these agencies to monitor their activities and implementation of the Civil Service Reform Act. As part of our monitoring activities we reviewed the budget, current staffing and operations of the Board and the Office of Special Counsel. In our opinion, with their present staffing and funding, the Board and particularly the Special Counsel do not have adequate resources to estab- lish full operations and effectively carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned to them under the Civil Serv- ice Reform Act. As a result, the intent of the legislation cannot be achieved. We believe the Board and Special Counsel should receive immediate attention and action on their budget requests. Your attention to this matter may help. The Board and the Special Counsel were established on January 1, 1979, by Reorganization Plan number 2 of 1978. The plan transferred the adjudicatory, appellate and certain merit system enforcement functions previously performed by the Civil Service Commission. Also transferred were those personnel, funds and other resources related to the func- tional transfers under the reorganization plan. A total of 289 positions were initially transferred to the Board and 19 positions to the Special Counsel to perform these func- tions. Subsequently, the functions and responsibilities of the Board and Special Counsel were expanded and strengthened under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 which took effect on January 11, 1979. However, no personnel or additional funds were transferred. As a result, certain program responsibili- ties and functions of the Board and Special Counsel have not been implemented because of inadequate resources. Following are those functions and responsibilities which e feel do not F PCD- 79-51 II~hu~ju(964139) 109169

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