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RCED-92-164R 1 (1992-05-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackal0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f1Af~United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-248084 May 5, 1992 IIIlIU111 146522 The Honorable Jon H. Seymour Assistant Secretary for Administration Department of Transportation Dear Mr. Seymour: As we recently discussed with you and members of your office, we have completed our survey of the systems that the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its operating admin- istrations have for responding to GAO's recommendations and tracking actions taken on them. Because of other work priorities, we are not proceeding at this time to a more detailed review of the systems. However, as discussed at the meeting, we noted three matters on which we believe corrective action is needed. These matters, which are summarized in this letter and discussed in more detail in enclosures I through III, were brought to your attention in view of your interest in improving the Department's and operating administrations' efforts to respond to and implement GAO's recommendations on a timely basis. The three matters relate to the Department's incomplete compliance with legislative, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and/or DOT requirements in the following areas: -- Advising congressional committees within a specified time of actions taken or to be taken on GAO's recommendations. DOT has not been timely in submitting written statements to the House Committee on Government Operations and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs of actions taken or to be taken on GAO's recommendations. A 60-day limit from the report date (or the date of the letter transmit- ting the report to the agency) is set by 31 U.S.C. 720. This limit is repeated or referred to in OMB and DOT directives on audit follow-up. For 97 GAO products issued from January 1985 through September 1990, an average of 184 days--three times the statutory limit-- elapsed before DOT sent the required written statements to the committees. (See enc. I.) GAOIRCED-92-164R, DOT's Recommendation Response System

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