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B-198733 1 (1980-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjtp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .5 'COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. =US 35'Z B-198733 May 21, 1980 A The Honorable Abraham-Ribicoff i Chairman, Committee o4 Governmental Alfairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Yur April 22, 1980, letter re.u§L d ourLomments on S.248, a bill to reform the laws Telating to former Presi- dents. The bill proposed a number of amendments to the Former Presidents Act of 1958 and the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, many of which are consistent with legislative recommendations we made in our report on the Audit of Ford- Carter Presidential Transition Expenditures (December 23, 1977, GGD-78-36). We also presented these recommendations in our November 7, 1979, testimony before the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The f3llow;ing discusses several issues we identified earlier and which are not addressed in the bill. We are also including our recommendations for the Committee's use in considering the subject bill. DETAILS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Section 202(a) of the bill provides that any Federal employee may be detailed to the office staff of a former President on a reimbursable basis with the consent of the head of the agency involved. However, the bill does not prescribe a limit on the periods of such details. In our November 1979 testimony we recommended that the Former Presidents Act of 1958 be amended to authorize the detailing of Government employees on a reimbursable basis during the fiscal year in which the transition occurs. During the first fiscal year of a transition, a former President usually experiences a high level of activity and requires a larger staff than in succeeding years. After the initial transition period, a former President's activi- ties should stabilize at a level that could be adequately handled by the permanent office staff. Accordingly, we recommend that the bill be modified to limit the authority for employee details to the fiscal year in which the transi- tion occurs.

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