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B-115392 1 (1978-09-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (QMPrnOLLEIR CEN7RAL OF THIE UNlITED STATES 681 SEP 2 0 1978 .3.15392 The Honorable The Attorney General Dear ;. r ell: The House Select Committee on Congressional Operations Leleased their report on the assessment of the General Accounting Office's services to the Congress. One finding the Committee report expressed was the concern about the frequent lack of timeliness in the delivery of services requested by the Congress. In this regard, the Committee recommended that C'AO should make every effort to reduce substantially the time required to complete the preparation and review of reports, including the' time allowed* executive agencies to submit comments. I have taken a personal interest in improving the timeliness of our reports. I have instituted many in, -:,nal improvements to speed up our reoorting. One item whi_.h I have littl direct control over is the receipt of agency cor.;,ents. 1,1y r-sition has always been to solicit agency comments and include them in our final reports. It has been brought to my attention that the Justice Department has been lax in providing timely comments.. Our office has provided 27 draft reports since July 1976 to your Department for comments and your Department has taken, on the average, 89 days to respond.. (See enclosure.) In addition, 12 of these reports required over 100 days before GAO received your comments. I know some of our reports are extrem.ely controversial and require extensive analysis; lhowever, I believe that' 89 days on the average is too extreme. For example, a report sent to your Department on April 19, 1978, reauired 132 days until we received your respon ?. While at the same time, seven other departments and agencies respond,.d on the sane report within 50 days. *~~&~Q ~ ,..-.u. - . . ......... . . . . . ...

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