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FPCD-79-41 1 (1979-04-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazjg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - a V® ,e7,olas m o 0-r Accountirg rCZ,, ca ZPCL: apr,7s by Jh. Office 0i~ COMPTROI.LER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Select Committee on Congressional Operations House of Representatives APRIL 6, 1979 LM109643 1q0% Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your e stof October 31, 1978, we reviewed the operations of 10 executive branch legislative liaison offices (LLOs). In addition to determining the roles and functions of LLOs, we identified several practices and procedures which we believe all LLOs should consider adopting to further assure that responses to congressional inquiries are timely and substantive. The LLOs' function is to help in the awareness, under- standing, communication, and cooperation between the Congress and the executive branch on matters of mutual interest. Al- though a large portion of LLOs' workload consists of managing and assuring responses to congressional inquiries, no compre- hensive Government-wide guidelines exist to guide this impor- tant aspect of their operations. We have prepared and included as enclosure I a document entitled Guidelines for the Effective Management and Opera- tion of Executive Branch Legislative Liaison Offices. As requested by your staff, we obtained written comments on the Guidelines from the agencies included in our study. The comments received are included as enclosure II. Generally, the agencies expressed agreement with the Guidelines. For example, the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs said: We found the guidelines a useful and comprehensive description of the various functions of an Executive Branch Legislative Liaison Office. In general, we are in agreement with the contents of these guide- lines and believe that their observance could help improve the effectiveness of legislative liaison offices. ~§23 (/<5~67 109643 FPCD-79-41 (962i2 Y5 B-194300

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