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117379 1 (1982-02-03)

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               U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548

                                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                      Expected about 10:00 a.m.
                                      Wednesday, Feburary 3, 1982


                         STATEMENT OF

                  CLIFFORD I. GOULD, DIRECTOR
          FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION

                          BEFORE THE                          117379

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
     OF THE HOUSE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE

                              ON

     ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT


Madam Chair and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We appreciate your invitation to discuss the proposed

legislation to provide permanent authorization for Federal agen-

cies to use flexible and compressed work schedules.

     The Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Sched-

ules Act of 1978, which expires in March, provided for a 3-year

experiment to evaluate the impact of alternative work schedules

in six areas of interest.  While the experiment has not provided

conclusive data on the impact of the program in each of the six

areas, it has generated considerable data, primarily based on

perceptions, which indicate alternative work schedules have had

positive impacts.  Although there is little empirical data on

the benefits of alternative work schedules, there is also little

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