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GGD-79-34 1 (1979-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmta0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SS UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 v M7-re outs~de the 89alIa1 GENERALGOVERNMENT . - ....... DIVISION byte(gn o0 Cnht B-146285 RELEASED APRIL 16,1979 GG9-19 The Honorable Paul Findley House of Representatives Dear Mr. Findley: In your letter of October 31, 1978, you advised us of several problems you had in dealing with the Office of Revenue Sharing (ORS), Department of the Treasury. Most of the problems were caused by using incorrect Bureau of the Census per capita income figures used in the formula to compute revenue sharing payments to Pitman Township, Illinois. You asked us to audit Pitman's revenue sharing account to determine the exact amount of restitution due the township because of acknowledged errors in the infor- mation provided to ORS by the Bureau of the Census. You also asked us to look into the problems some local gov- ernments in your district had in getting their names removed from ORS' delinquent list of governnments that had not filed the required revenue sharing forms. Per capita income--Pitman Township The base data used for computing the per capita income in the formula for allocation of revenue sharing funds is the 1970 decennial census. In that census, 20 percent of the households were asked about their income for 1969. To determine the per capita income for each entitlement period, the Census Bureau adjusts the 1970 base data by the rate of income change calculated from Federal income tax returns and Bureau of Economic Analysis data. As you know, the Census Bureau has rechecked the data for Pitman several times, because of statements by you and Pitman Township officials that the per capita GC-D-79-34 III JO if JI (018420) 120176 ~~1/ 2.0J f77

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