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CED-82-32 1 (1982-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNME~D STATES GENERAL AccouNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 January 18, 1982 6V.ucr=mN..EASED B-206096 Z S. 6 U The Honorable Morris K. Udall Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Ill 1I1I 11DI I I U.S. House of Representatives 117435 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Beorganization of the Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior (CED-82-32) Your July 23, 1981, letter asked us to review the proposed reorganization of the Office of Surface Mining (OM), Department of the Interior, announced by the Secretary of the Interior on May 20, 1981. From an organization of 5 regional offices, 13 district offices, and 24 field offices, CSM is to be reorganized into 13 State liaison offices supplemented by 6 field offices. A western technical center was planned for Casper, Wyoring, and an eastern technical center for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. OSM stated that the reorganization would save $5.7 million annually by reducing its staffing level from 795 to 628 positions, resulting in a more effective and efficient operation. Under the reorganization, most States will assume primary responsibility for implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-87, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et sec.). We interviewed CSM officials at OSM's headcuarters in Washing- ton, D.C., and at its regional offices in Charleston, West Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; Indianapolis, Indiana; Kansas City, Missouri; and Denver, Colorado. In an attempt to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the reorganization, we reviewed OSM's reorganiza- tion plans and documents relating to its rationale for proposed office locations and budget, correspondence, and associated studies. We also reviewed documents given to us by the employees asso- ciation of OSM's Denver office and contacted the Council of Energy Resources Tribes and other Federal agency officials in Denver, Colorado, and Casper, Wyoming. When we initiated cur review in August 1981, CSM had not pre- pared a comparative analysis of alternative locations that consid- ered such factors as relocation costs; travel time, costs, end

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