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FPCD-80-71 1 (1980-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbbw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: R ELEASED RESTRICTED - Not to he released outside the Ceneral Acle:nting off x:e e×tt on the basis of specific approval by 0e om 0 o'g'esoa Reiations. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-199588 AUGUST 26,1980 The Honorable Joseph M. McDade Committee on Small Business House of Representatives 113420 Dear Mr. McDade: Subject: CRotation Policy for SBA District Directors (FPCD-80-71) In response to your request in November 1979 and subsequent discussions held with your staff in early 1980, we obtained informnation on certain aspects of the Small Busi- ness Administration's (SBA's) implementation of a rotation program for its district directors. In this respect, we have determined, to the extent possible, the costs that were involved in the first round of rotations, profile information on the 54 incumbent district directors, the rationale for the rotation policy, the criteria used for selecting direc- tors for rotation, and the extent such a policy is used by other Federal agencies. We reviewed available documents that were related to the development and implementation of the policy, personnel files of the district directors, and interviewed headquarters officials involved in the policy development. SBA has been criticized in recent years for question- able personnel practices and program abuses. In August 1974 the U.S. Civil Service Commission (now the Office of Person- nel Management) issued a report to the SBA Administrator entitled, Alleged Political Influence in Personnel Actions at the Small Business Administration. The Commission con- cluded that: Sponsorship by partisan political figures, political affiliations and political clearances were factors in the selection of four district directors in SEA; in the absence of a viable (964163)

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