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IMTEC-85-4 1 (1985-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnoy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT JANUARY 23, 1985 & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION B-208738 __..._ The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes .. United States Senate ....__ RELEASED Dear Senator Sarbanes: Subject: .Review of Allegations Made About the Census Bureau (GAO/IMTEC-85-4) In response to your July 1, 1983, request and subsequent discussions with your office, we have evaluated the validity of several allegations made by one of your constituents about the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the constituent, --during the 1980 Decennial Census, mismanagement and improprieties occurred in the recounting of the Bedford- Stuyvesant district of New York City; --the Department of Commerce's Office of Inspector General covered up the results of an investigation and audit of the recount; --senior Bureau executives, including the former Bureau director, abused travel; and --the Bureau used government resources to ghostwrite a book for the former Bureau director. In reviewing the allegations on the Bedford-Stuyvesant re- count, we obtained some information covering management weaknesses, questionnaire falsification, and improper conduct by temporary census employees. The information on these matters was, however, quite limited. We believe this is partly attributable to the time lag between our review and the recount, which could have affected the recollections of those interviewed and the availability of rec- ords. We have provided Commerce's Inspector General (IG) with the information concerning questionnaire falsification and improper conduct of temporary census employees. Regarding the other allegations, we did not find information to support a coverup by the IG, travel abuse by senior Bureau executives, or the misuse of government resources to write a book. (Details of our review are discussed in encl. I.) SI O 3 (510020)

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