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B-167710 1 (1979-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjpp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-167710 November 14, 1979 The Honorable Abraham A. Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs S ' Cf United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This r ponds to your request of October 30, 1979, for our comments onH.R. 5176, t ting ffice Pcrzcnncl-A t o0.fl.49- a bill to establish an independent personnel system for ( A employeesg-the Jenerdl ALLouLI~iLpg--f. This bill was originally introduced on March 29, 1979, as H.R. 3339 in the House of Representatives by Chairman James M. Hanley of the-Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, at-ou-rrequest. Its primary purpose is to give the General Accounting Office as much independence from the executive branch as is feasible - an independence which we have long believed is essential to insure the integrity and effectiveness of the work we do in assisting the Congress with the oversight of executive branch programs. During the consideration of this legislation in the House of Representatives we worked extensively with members of the staff of ->. the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and of the Subcommittee-c. on Civil Service to make certain that in achieving this desired inde- pendence we did not jeopardize the benefits or rights of our employees. We believe that the revised bill, H.R. 5176, introduced by Subcommittee ChairwomanYa ricia Schroeder and passed by the House of Representatives on October 15, 1979, aequately serves the needs of the General Accounting 'Office and at the same time fully protects its employees. Similar legislation, S. 1879, was introduced at our request in the. Senate on October II, 1979, by Chairman John Glenn of the Sub- committee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, andederal Services,-- Committee on Governmental Affairs. That subcommittee held hearings fd'oe on that bill on October 16, 1979. We understand that the Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services under the chairmanship of Senator David H. Pryor is also considering S. 1879. OO78I

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