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FGMSD-80-64 1 (1980-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabavt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLEJR GZNKRAL OF THE UNITEO STATES WASINGTON. D.C. 203d8 B-199484 AUGUST 6,1980 The Honorable Cardiss R. Collins Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing Committee on Government Operations 112951 House of Representatives Dear Madam Chairwoman: Subject: Eire Written Guidelines Needed to Establish New Agencies' Funding Needs. ; (FGMSD-80-64) In December 1979 your office requested that we inquire Sinto the need for the Office of Management and Budget to pub- lish guidelines for new Federal agencies to follow in pre- paring requests for initial or supplemental budgets to cover eir first year of operation. On the basis of information developed during our inquiry, we conclude that little or no benefit would be derived from such guidelines. The interest in the guidelines was prompted by problems the Merit Systems Protection Board encountered when it began operation in fiscal 1979. The Board originally did not get enough funds to cover its operating costs for the year and experienced some difficulty in obtaining the needed funds. Your office raised questions about who had responsibility for ensuring that the new Board--or any other new agency--had ade- quate funds and about what guidance was available for the re- sponsible officials to follow in seeking the initial as well as any supplemental appropriations. We discussed this matter with Office of Management and Budget officials, who emphasized that the Board had to contend with some unique problems. For example, the Board was given additional responsibilities in its charter, beyond those originally planned. Also, the Board's operation was expected to be relatively small in the first year, needing resources to accommodate only about 290 employees, but later the Board's managers decided on a larger organizational structure. Both of these conditions developed after the initial budget was submitted to the Congress and would not have been avoided even (905019)

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