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B-115398 1 (1972-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablds0001 and id is 1 raw text is: pri.,r 0 , COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U T WASHINGTON, D.C. 20 .1CU RELEASED B-115398 S...Dear Mr. Chairman: In this letter we are providing answers to the questions you asked in your letter of March 31, 1972. We hope these answers will clarify the record on the Joint Committee's March 1 hearings on,,implementation of sections 201, 202, and 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. 1. Question: What is GAO's timetable for delivering its defi- nition of Congressional information needs and requirements . to OMB and Treasury? Has OMB developed procedures for incor- - porating Congressional needs and requirements as these are communicated to them by GAO? Have the agencies involved agreed on a continuing exchange of documentation to insure that GAO's survey schedule will not delay OMB and Treasury? Answers: GAO delivered its preliminary description of the congressional needs on February 17, 1972,,to all members of Congress and committees. We have received responses from most committees and are drafting a final report on congressional needs to be delivered by June 30, 1972. The final report will, in a general way, describe the types of information the committees and members expect from the OMB-Treasury system. As we see our job, it does not stop there. We plan to per- form two more tasks. First, we plan to provide OMB and Treasury with greater detail on what information the com- mittees and members want. For instance, our current report would indicate that committees and members want to know such information as how much is budgeted for and spent on mapping by the several Federal agencies which perform or finance such work. In the next phase of our work, we will consult with the committee staffs to determine such things as the frequency with which such information is needed, the extent of de- tail needed, and the preferred method of displaying the information. We plan to do this for each major subject area. Second, we plan to work with OMB and Treasury to

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