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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND SEPTEMBER 15, 1980
COMPENSATION DIVESION
B-200276
The Honorable Alan K. Campbell
Director, Office of Personnel
Management
Dear Mr. Campbell:
Subject: Iteragency Advisory Group for Personnel
Policy and Operations7(FPCD-80-77) o ...
ISince implementation of the Civil Service Reform Act in
January 1979, the relationship between the new office of
Personnel Management (OPM) and agency personnel staffs has
been fundamentally altered. Accordingly, the Interagency
Advisory Group (IAG) was restructured to reflect this changed
relationship. We examined the new structure and the activi-
ties of IAG and talked with OPM officials and many agency
personnel directors about the group. We believe several
changes may improve IAG's efficiency and effectiveness.
IAG was, and is, an excellent forum for regular communi-
cation from the agency personnel directors to OPM, ard vice
versa, as well as a network for personnel directors., Because-
personnel activities have been decentralized, information-
sharing between OPM and the personnel directors and among the-
personnel directors are more important than ever.
The former Civil Service Commission dealt almost
exclusively with agency personnel directors. JOPM has opened
and widened the lines of communication to agencies and has
encouraged two-way dialogue on policy issues by also involving
agency heads, assistant secretaries, and line managers in
personnel activities.'],
Although informal communication channels between OPM
and agencies exist with all OPM groups,, two formalized organi-
,zations--the restructured IAG and the.Agency Relations Group--
were establis ed by OPM to foster better communication with
the agencies.I
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