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GGD-95-53R 1 (1994-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacksk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-259781 December 28, 1994 The Honorable Thomas C. Sawyer Chairman, Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter presents the results of our review of two key management issues at the Bureau of the Census that are of concern to the Subcommittee. The first issue involves the Bureau's management of research activities that are aimed at improving the Bureau's programs. The second concerns the Bureau's management of the surveys it does for other federal agencies on a reimbursable basis. Our review of these issues was part of a larger study of management issues at the Bureau that we initiated at your request. In June of this year, we testified on the Bureau's efforts to recover unliquidated obligations (obligations incurred but not paid) as well as the Bureau's recent reorganization.' We had planned to convey the results of our review of the Bureau's research and reimbursable activities in testimony that was to be delivered at a Subcommittee hearing scheduled for December 13, 1994. Although this hearing was cancelled, we are forwarding the information contained in the testimony to you as requested. As part of our work on the Bureau's research activities, we reviewed available documentation on the Bureau's procedures and practices for planning, selecting, and monitoring research projects, but we did not evaluate the projects themselves. We interviewed program managers to ascertain the usefulness of research efforts relative to program goals. We also interviewed current and former Bureau officials who have or had key roles in the Bureau's management of its research efforts. To examine the Bureau's reimbursable survey program we interviewed 'Bureau of the Census: ManaQement Issues Require Prompt Attention (GAO/T-GGD/AIMD-94-171, June 9, 1994). GAO/GGD-95-53R, Management of Census Activities

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