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RCED-85-21 1 (1984-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabewu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE U.S, GENERAL ACCOUNT NG OFFCE Report To The Secretaries Of Agriculture And The Interior Program To Transfer Land Between The Bureau Of Land Management And The Forest Service Has Stalled The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service manage land in many of the same or nearby areas of the West. Transferring agency jurisdiction to consolidate the land into larger blocks can reduce management costs, increase management efficiency, and improve public service. In May 1980, the two agencies estab- lished a program to develop legislation for accomplishing such transfers. Preliminary estimates indicated that the program could save about $30 million a year. In January 1983, the joint fieldwork on the program was suspended because the two agency heads could not agree on the scope and size of potential land transfers. Another factor contributing to the suspension, which GAO noted in four of the five states it reviewed, was that field staffs frequently did not follow the program guide- lines and, as a result, did not consider many transfer opportunities or did not develop potential transfer proposals consistent with program objectives. GAO recommends that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior resolve the disagreement so that the program can be resumed. GAO also recommends that once the program is resumed, the agencies instruct their field staffs to follow the guidelines and monitor their progress to make sure the guidelines are followed. <Vj D SE1 0 GAO! RCE D-85-21 DECEMBER 27, 1984 /

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