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B-153509 1 (1978-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjlo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Lh~~ ~WASH4INGTON. D.C. 20548 EC7 # 2. 1978 B-153509 Dr. James T. Bonnen Executive Director Federal Statistical System Project Presidential Reorganization Task Force 1815 Lynn Street Rosslyn, VA 22209 Dear Jim: I want to thank you for the opportunity to/ommentson the issues and pptions paper of the President's Reorganization Project for the Federal tatistical %ystem Your group is certainly to be commendeffor putting-together, in rather short order, a document that is both informative and comprehensive in terms of its range of recommendations and options for improving the Federal statistical system. The issues and options paper provides a variety of; options and recommendations in eight broad areas. It also discusses options for possible organizational alignments. I generally agree with the thrust of the paper that both organizational and procedural changes are needed to improve the statistical operations of the Federal Government. Following are our comments on those matters which we have previously taken positions. The paper discusses various organizational alignments for locating the central statistical office. It could be in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in the Executive Office of the President outside of OMB, in a cabinet department, in a separate executive branch agency, or in a commission independent of the executive branch. In terms of responsibilities, the paper contains options which would assign policy and oversight responsibilities as well as certain operating functions to the central statistical office. I believe policy and oversight activities are very dissimilar to operating programs such as those carried out by the Departments of Agriculture and Labor. These activities have always, been considered to be staff activities to the President, helping him to oversee the operating departments and agencies and, in my opinion, should continue to be so regarded. Z -003093.

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