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GGD-85-1 1 (1985-03-20)

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                     UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                             WASHINGTON. D.C. 2059


COJESAL GOVERN MENT
    DIVISION                                       MARCH 20, 1985

    B-127685




    The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr.
    Chairman, Committee on Governmental
      Affairs
    United States Senate

    The Honorable John C. Danforth
    Chairman, Subcommittee on Information
      Management and Regulatory Affairs
    Committee on Governmental Affairs
    United States Senate

         Subject: Selected Aspects of the Federal Advisory
                   Committee Act (GAO/GGD-85-1)

          In August 1983 you jointly requested that we review certain
     aspects of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). On
     June 21, 1984, we discussed our findings in testimony before the
     Subcommittee on Information Management and Regulatory Affairs
     and subsequently responded to additional questions arising from
     our review.   This report updates and concludes our review by
     discussing agency views of our analyses and incorporating
     actions taken by the President and by the agencies in the months
     following our June 21, 1984, testimony. There have been several
     developments relating to the five questions in your request.

     OVERSIGHT BY THE GENERAL
     SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

          In response to your question on the performance of the
     General Services Administration (GSA) in guiding and managing
     federal agencies' compliance with the FACA, we reported in our
     June 21, 1984, testimony that GSA had not carried out all of its





     1Both our testimony and additional responses have been published
     in Oversight of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Senate
     Hearing 98-1037, 98th Congress, 2nd sess., pp. 39-58.


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