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ID-83-41 1 (1983-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFiCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NORTIRICTED 0- aippird val. INTER~NATIONAL DIVISION Accaiw ,rr Q'(, B-21566MAY 12, 1983 B-211 566 b ~ ~ ~ eaiN The Honorable James Abdnor REEASE 1l111 The Honorable Charles H. Percy 121399 United States Senate Subject: Interagency Structure of Economic and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking (GAO/ID-83-41) This report reviews the means by which the President receives information on the economic impact of his foreign policy decisions, as you requested. An additional study is being prepared in re- sponse to other issues raised by Senator Percy. Enclosure I summarizes information on the administration's interagency policy- making structure for foreign and international economic issues and the operations of its cabinet-level groups. Enclosure II contains information you requested on issues of compensation for export- related actions and enclosure III is a listing of GAO reports on trade adjustment assistance programs. A number of high level interagency groups has been formed by the administration--seven cabinet councils report to the President and four senior interagency groups operate under the umbrella of the National Security Council (NSC). We were told that these groups are used extensively by this administration as policymaking bodies and to assist in decisionmaking on specific matters; the levels of activity reportedly vary from group to group and depend in large part on the chairman. Although the high-level interagency system does not preclude the preparation of detailed written analysis and communication, it has emphasized an extensive meeting schedule with concomitant oral deliberations. Mid and lower level working groups are generally set up on an ad hoc basis and provide a written basis for deliberations. Within the high-level system, we have focused on the Senior Interagency Group on International Economic Policy (SIG-IEP)--a group established in July 1982 to develop and coordinate interna- tional economic policy issues with foreign policy concerns. It integrates elements of both the NSC and the cabinet council sys- tems. The Secretary of the Treasury, as chairman pro tempore, was given the responsibility for ensuring that the activities of the various entities dealing with international economic policy issues are fully coordinated and for ensuring that those policies, in turn, are consistent with domestic economic policies. (483374) /,:z./ 39?1

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