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B-163762 1 (1979-06-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadivj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-163762 June 6, 1979 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations 0 1 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: I would like to offer our comments on the Intergovern- mental Productivity Improvement Act of 1979 (H.R. 2735), Our comments are in response to your March 15, 1979, letter. This bill would establish a limited Federal grant pro- gram to encourage additional productivity improvement efforts by States and localities. We strongly support the general thrust of this bill, which would implement a major recommen- dation proposed in our report, State and Local Government Productivity Improvement: What Is the Federal Role? (GGD- 78-104, December 8, 1978). In that report, a copy of which is enclosed, we stated that the Federal Government should increase its efforts to promote productivity improvement in the State and local sec- tors because of Federal interest in controlling inflation and improving the implementation of Federal grant programs. We recommended (1) implementation of a Federal seed money grant program for State and local management improvement, (2) crea- tion of a renewed federally sponsored research and develop- ment effort to evaluate different approaches to the delivery of public services, and (3) designation of a Federal focal point for State and local productivity improvement to provide better leadership and coordination for the disparate Federal efforts in this area. We found that Federal funds play an important role in supporting productivity improvement programs begun by interested State and local managers. Due to limited in- house expertise and information, most State or local govern- ments needed some form of external assistance to embark on improvement programs. In some cases, Federal funds served to reduce the start-up costs as well as the risks that local managers face in using local funds for new and innovative management improvements.

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