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RCED-83-155 1 (1983-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmze0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT May 19, 1983 DIVISION B-21 1612 The Honorable Martin Frost House of Representatives 121457 The Honorable John Bryant House of Representatives Subject: Impact of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Proposed Consolidation of Its Field Offices in the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, Area (GAO/RCED-83-155) In your February 25, 1983, joint letter you requested that we study the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) proposal to consolidate the Dallas Area Office with the Fort Worth Regional and Service Office in one office in Fort Worth, Texas. That proposal is part of HUD's major reorganiza- tion plan for field activities, published in the Federal Register February 22, 1983. Pursuant to your request, our work focused on two issues: (1) the cost effectiveness of consolidating all of the Dallas and Fort Worth HUD operations in Fort Worth and (2) the impact of such a consolidation on Dallas housing activities and of HUD's changing program initiatives and direction. We analyzed the material elements of the cost and savings projection prepared by the HUD Fort Worth regional staff which supported the figures they furnished to you that $1,570,000 would be saved in the first year and $2,370,000 each year thereafter. We also examined per- tinent documents and interviewed HUD and other Federal officials and representatives of the Dallas housing industry. In addition, using statistical sampling methods, we selected and interviewed HUD employees to obtain an estimate of the number of eligible employees in the Dallas area willing to relocate their residences to Fort Worth. We did not evaluate the cost effectiveness or efficacy of the overall field reorganization plan proposed in the Federal Register. Our evaluation showed that the potential cost and savings projection developed by the HUD Fort Worth regional staff included personnel savings that could be achieved independent of a consolidation of the Dallas and Fort Worth offices. Certain costs and savings related to leased space and potential reloca- tions of employees also appeared questionable due to improper assumptions or methodology. Finally, in computing estimates of personnel savings attributable to the consolidation, a material (382328) OcD J-O

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