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AFMD-82-28 1 (1981-12-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabctp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: =OM~rR0A.R GINCRAL OF TX&E UNMTO STATU / 1 RELEASED- B-205794 I r -.t * Iby the '4'td* f Oeth,0e101 o DaCgM&ER 18, 181 t tf6ee 6 C ropecifc The Ronorable Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Speaker of the Souse of Representatives Dear Mr. Speaker: Subject: The Zffectiveness of the Department of Labor's Office of Construction industry Services (AFMD-82-28) In your letter of November 20, 1981, you asked us to provide information on our ongoing review of the Department of Labor's Office of Construction Industry Services (OCIS) program and report on (1) i ts effectiveness in meeting its objectives and (2) its Costs and benefits. OCZS's overall objectives are to improve productivity in the construction industry and reduce the costs of construction services procured by Federal, State, and local gov- ernments. Approaches have centered on reducing seasonality--the regular peaks and valleys in demand--of public construction and improving cooperation among labor, management, and government in construction procurement. We found that OCIS, through Construction Coordin~ating Commit- tees in five cities, has apparently been effective i reducing seasonality and improving cooperation, although it is difficult to show a di~ect causal relationship between OCIS sponsored activi- ties and these improvements. The program's $1.! mi!J ion funding seems modest in light of the tangible and intangible positive re- sults attributed to it. If Federal funding for OCES and its ac- tivities ends on January 15, 1982, as scheduled, Committee parti- cipants do not believe the activities can be .ffectively continued. To obtain the information requested, we interviewed Depart- ment of Labor officials in the Labor-Management Services Adminis- tration, the Office of Construction Industry Services, and the staff at each of the five Construction Coordi:. ating Committees. We also interviewed several labor, management, and government par- ticipants in the Committees. Our purpose was to determine what actions they had taken as a result of the Comaittees and to gain their views on the approaches taken to solve productivity prob- lems. We also reviewed legislation, evaluations, budgets, and other documents related to OCTS objectives and plans. We did not examine the need for OCIS or whether its operations could be im- proved. 111111 III IIIliii (910345) 117130

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