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NSIAD-85-85 1 (1985-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnrq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND a' 23 1 8 INTERqNATIONALA AFF,~~aO Im MaI3,18 B-215009 RELEASED The Honorable Edward Zorinsky United States Senate 127226 Dear Senator Zorinsky: Subject: United States Information Agency's Use of Consultant Services (GAO/NSIAD-85-85) You requested that we review allegations relating to the United States Information Agency's (USIA) hiring and travel practices and its use of consultant services. We previously briefed your office on the results of our inquiry, and this report summarizes our work on the adequacy of USIA's controls over hiring and paying of consultants. As agreed with your office, the scope of the review was limited to the 17 consultant contracts you asked us to examine. We obtained and analyzed applicable laws, USIA regulations, and USIA records; reviewed USIA Offices of Inspections and Audits reports; and interviewed current as well as former USIA offi- cials. We conducted our review in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. REVIEW RESULTS All 17 consultants were hired under 5 U.S.C. 3109. This authority is used by agencies to appoint experts and consult- ants, whether the services are paid or unpaid. Five of the 17 consultants were hired while awaiting the approval and security clearances necessary to convert them to Schedule C1 appoint- ments. Additionally, two consultants worked without compensa- tion. Regulations relating to the employment and payment of con- sultants and experts are set forth in chapter 304 of the Federal Personnel Manual and in chapter 800 of the Manual of Operations lAs defined in title 5, CFR, sec. 213.3301, Schedule C positions are those of a confidential or policy-determining character at grades GS-15 and below which are not subject to competitive career appointment requirements. (462524)

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