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RCED-83-56 1 (1982-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmsp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC OEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-207703 December 9, 1982 The Honorable Robin West Assistant Secretary, Policy, Budget, and Administration Hi H Department of the Interior 120099 Dear Mr. West: Subject: Followup on GAO Recommendations at the Department of the Interior (GAO/PCED-83-56) On October 29, 1982, members of my staff met with Mr. Gabriel Paone of your staff and others to discuss prob- lems we identified with Interior's followup on recommenda- tions made in our reports. During that meeting we learned that your office is already working on improvements to Interior's procedures for resolving our recommendations. Your staff suggested that a letter summarizing our findings would be useful in that effort. We hope that you find our observations helpful in finalizing an audit followup system. To determine what actions the Department of the Interior has taken regarding our recommendations, we interviewed repre- sentatives of your office and officials of the Department's Office of the Executive Secretariat, Office of Budget, Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Mines, Minerals Management Service, and U.S. Geological Survey. We also examined 22 letters from the Interior Department responding to final reports issued by our former Energy and Minerals Division between January 1980 and May 1982. (Note: on October 1, 1982, this Division was merged with our former Community and Economic Development Division to form the present Resources, Community and Economic Development Division.) We evaluated these letters to determine their timing, content, and conformance with the requirements of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-50. 1/ Finally, we reviewed the Department's trial tracking system procedures, manual, and internal correspondence on audit resolution. 1/OMB Circular A-50 provides policies and instructions to executive agencies when responding to our reports. The recent Sept. 29, 1982, revision of the circular did not substantially change any administrative requirements rele- vant to this review. (008511)

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