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B-197793 1 (1981-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjzg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 17371 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED ST 'ES , *,. WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-197793 March 3, 1981 JThe Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs J ' United States Senate Dear Mr. _hairan: I am most nterested in S. 10, a bill you are sponsoring to establishC.-Commission on More Effective Government. I think a commission of this general type could be very usefu-r during this period of our Nation's history. A commission, with broad public and private representation, could help focus public atten- tion, discussion, analysis, and support on the steps that need to be taken to improve our ability to govern ourselves, and to restore public confidence in government at all levels. Every viable Nation has a need for periodically renewing its sense of n-ational purpose and of the appropriate role of govern- mental institutions within that Nation's life. I believe that now is such a time for our Nation, and that a broadly based commission could serve as a catalyst for such national self-renewal. Looking back over my 40 years of Federal Service, there have been few times as opportune as the present for taking stock of the limitations and capabilities of our governmental institutions, and for deliberately choosing the general course we should take over the next several decades to improve our processes of government. A commission could assist greatly in this task by outlining the kinds of steps that need to be taken. When considering the specific provisions of such a bill, you may want to consider some of the following comments T have on the version before you. First, I am concerned about the size of the commission. In my opinion, the more effective commissions in the past several decades have been the smaller ones. Scholars who have studied commissions have concluded that smaller commissions tend to meet more often, work harder, resolve their differences more construc- tively, and produce a report more rapidly than large commissions.

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