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PAD-80-77 1 (1980-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabapo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C- 20648 8-198842 MAY 22, 1980 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: servations on Oversight Reform Proposals7 PAD-80-77) We understand your committee will be addressing congres- sional oversight reform (sunset) legislation in the next few weeks. We have testified and provided written comments on a number of such proposals over the past year, several of them since we last testified before your committee. Therefore, we thought it would be useful to provide your committee with a summary of our views and positions on ways to strengthen congressional oversight. in the following discussion and in enclosure I (Summary of GAO Positions on Strengthening Oversight) we have sum- marized our positions and provided references to our full statements. A complete list is in enclosure II (GAO State- ments to Congressional Committees Relating to Oversight Reform During 1979) and copies of each have been provided to your committee staff. In the 96th Congress, we made statements to congres- sional committees about a wide range of proposals to improve congressional and administrative decisionmaking and control processes. In addition to proposals for periodic reexamina- tion of programs (sunset review) and more detailed state- ments of program objectives (sunrise requirements), we com- mented on congressional consideration of regulatory action (including legislative veto proposals), grant reform, re- search and development funding, legislative savings, fraud and abuse, as well as several other matters (see enclosure II). Although we focused on the particular reform being considered during each presentation, several common themes underlie these reform measures. H ,,, I (972886) 112430

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