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AFMD-81-31 1 (1981-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbxd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / if -.COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES i ,WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-202445 APRIL 10, 1981 The Honorable Don Young Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Young: Subject: establishing Devel pment Ceilings for all National Park Service Units!(AFMD-81-31) The July 30, 1980, letter from the former Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee asked'us to provide information con- cerning the use of ceilings to control development costs at Na- tional Park Service units. This information was to include (1) units that have development ceilings, (2) units for which ceilings have been exceeded, and (3) items to consider in establishing de- velopment ceilings. SCOPE, OBJECTIVE, AND METHODOLOGY In responding to the request, we interviewed program, plan- ning, and budget officials at the Service's central office and at its Rocky Mountain Regional Office. In addition, we examined Serv- ice records relating to development ceilings and compared those records with the legislation cited in them to ascertain if devel- opment ceilings had been exceeded. Our objective was to determine if development ceilings were controlling the development costs of Park Service units. There- fore, we did not expend the extensive audit effort required to determine if ceilings were exceeded in cases where records did not readily indicate it. And also because of the extensive audit work that would have been required, we were unable to determine--except in the cases that were obvious from our other work--if the Service made recordkeeping errors. DEVELOPMENT CEILINGS--SHOULD THEY BE DISCONTINUED OR THEIR USE EXPANDED? A development ceiling is the total authorization available for development of a particular park unit. Such a ceiling is es- tablished in legislation which is passed by an authorizing commit- tee. Not all park units have development ceilings--in fact, over half do not and none has an estimated completion date. ~5/('ftc / #~~(905025)

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