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119783 1 (1981-10-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UJN .1) J i L % UL1XL1%XL. I.VI *~ '1~. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 . * TtRNATIONAL DIVISION 13 OCT 1081 The Honorable M. Peter McPherson Administrator, Agency for International Development 119783 Dear Mr. McPherson; On July 9, 1981, we notified you that the General Accounting Office was initiating a survey of personnel staffing practices of the Agency for International Development. During the course of this work, we learned of several recently completed internal Agency studies that covered this subject such as the Task Force Report on Programming and Implementation Processes, the Financial Management Survey of Current Overseas Mission Staff Levels, the AID portfolio management analysis, and also the on-going Finan- cial Management Task Force study of overseas mission staffs. These studies, supplemented by AID testimony at this year's con- gressional hearings, indicate that AID is taking or is planning to take a number of actions aimed at improving personnel prac- tices and performance. Accordingly, we have decided to postpone further work at this time to enable you to address the related Agency findings and to act on those recommendations you deem most appropriate. Some of the concerns noted in these studies include: --the lack of a correlation between a mission's program and the size of its staff; --the lack of objective criteria for staffing decisions; --the question of rational assignment of foreign service personnel to Agency headquarters; --the staffing implications related,.to suggested remedies to improve project implementation; --the need for specialists with technical skills and in-depth knowledge of their fields; and --the various problems which arise with contractor per- sonnel performance overseas. We believe that attention should also be focused on whether the Agency has a justified need for the large number of Partici- pating Agency Service Agreements (PASAs) and Resource Support Service Agreements (RSSAs); and whether all these agreements are actually cost-beneficial. In fiscal year 1980, the level of Agency PASA/RSSA activity reportedly totalled $39.3 million; PASA

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