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B-161470 1 (1979-05-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjji0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Ky. WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-161470 May 14, 1979 The Honorable Abraham A. Ribicoff: Chairman, Committee on GovernnenhIn0f4 avai1a)de to public readlu United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: I appreciated the opportunity, in your hearings on May 1, 1979, to give you ourL on the President's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979 . to establish in the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA). As I said at that time, we consider effective coordination of develop- ment assistance an important function. However, we believe that a stronger reorganization proposal is essential. I believe your request for the issuance of an Executive order which would incorporate the assurances given to you by the Administration wit- nesses in their testimony, will require the Administration to significantly strengthen the Plan. Issuance of an Executive order as you envisioned will significantly strengthen the overall capability of IDCA to coordinate our development assistance programs with those of the international financial institutions and other international organizations. It will also go a long way toward overcoming many of the problems, weaknesses, and deficiencies in the Reorganization Plan which I outlined in my testimony such as --making IDCA more independent, thereby permitting IDCA to exercise a more effective coordinating role as a neutral honest broker; --giving IDCA more status and authority to exercise the role of principal development advisor to the President and the Secretary of State, both in the U.S. Government and in international fora; and --strengthening the hand of IDCA to more effectively coordi- nate bilateral and multilateral assistance programs. In summary, I believe the Reorganization Plan coupled with an effective Executive order incorporating the assurances you requested will be a signif- icant improvement over the present system for administering the resources ,Z- e,

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