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f4 ..... -,,,UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
PROGRM ANALYS. , JUL ? 19,80
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William Donald Gray-9
Chief Investigator
Conimitt:ee on Appropriations
b.S. Senate
Subject: ear-end Obligations Broken Down . 4 -) <J'
cy Subcornittee jurisdiction 7 C --f.14 CG -
Dear Mr. Gray:
As you requested on may 22, 1980, we are providing schedules of
year-end obligations by month for each of the 3 months of the fourth
quarter and the total ob].igations for. the fourth auarter nnd the fiscal
year. This information irs provided for fiscal years 1977, 1978, and
1979, and is broken out by sTco,:tt.e jurisdiction to the d jaiL.u ex-
tent possible. The: infor;T]atoUii was obtained from Treasury Bulletins,
Table FO--3 for ta, 1977 to Pecombe, 1991 and Table FO-2 for January and
February 1980.
You should he aware that. there are some serious limitations to the
data and what we have been able to do'.with it. Information in the Treas-
ury Bulletin ;- not di,..,h.'ed at lovler than the agency level. Therefore,
we. are unable to provid7, you with data on individual bureaus or on most
independent agencies y .,ubcommittee jurisdiction. Although information
is available at. Treasuiy, ext.ensiLve manual cOmluu ation would be required
to put it into useablc forin. Similarly, in cases where an agency's pro-
graips fall under T'oore than one subcommittee, we have placed full agency
totals under the one subcommittee which appears to have jurisdiction over
the largest portion of that gc:;nVc. As explainbd in'footnotes to the
enclosed information, total figures for some agencies nay not agree with
those publishcd in the Trcasury Bulletins, which is due largely to rounding
differences. You will notc some negative figures in the schedules, which
would not normally be expected for gross obligations; they appear to be
the result of adjustments between months.
Due to the short tinieframe of this request, the enclosed information
has not been verified with the agencies or Department of the Treasury.
With these limitations, we believe that further analysis, verification and
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