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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED S
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548
RELEASED
B-130515 Jon 2 0 1973
The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums
House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Dellums:
In response to your letter of March 15, 1973, and subse-
quent discussion with yourstaff, we:
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1. Investigated the validity of 'a.leg ations concerning
- the firing.without cause .of two Office of Economic
]?OFLlDX -t y ttoey~s:. Mr. -Thomas J. Mack, Re-
gional Legal Services DiYrector, San Francisco, and
Mr. H. Tim Hoffman, an attorney in the San Francisco
regional legal services office and President of the
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 3009.
2. Reviewed the general policy and procedures followed
by OEO's San Francisco regional office in releasing
employees.
3. Determined if such policy and procedures conformed
with Civil Service Commission (CSC) regulations.
OEO REDUCTION-IN-FORCE PROCEDURES
The San Francisco regional office was initially scheduled
,.for a reduction in force (RIF) on April 28, 1973. The RIF was
designed to reduce the ttaff ceiling from 92 permanent positions
to a residual force of 30. Effective July 1, 1973, these 30
positions and their responsibilities were to have been trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration. However, on
April 11, 1973, the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia enjoined OEO from any further efforts to
dismantle. On April 13, 1973, preparation for the scheduled
RIF was halted, and it is our understanding that OEO does not
intend to appeal this courtorder.,
As of April 11, 1973, 77 of the 92 permanent positions
were occupied by full-time employees. To test the procedures
that would have been used to implement the RIF, we took a ran-
dom sample of 25 names from the retention register and com-
pared the data on the register with the data in the employees'
personnel files. Specifically, we tested the accuracy of the
register's data on the employees' preference for retention](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobabkjo0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)