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FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1978


094618


               STATEMENT OF
          H. L. KRIEGER, DIRECTOR
FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION
      U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                BEFORE THE
       SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION
           AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
       OF THE HOUSE POST OFFICE AND
          CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE


FEDERAL OVERTIME PRACTICES


MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:
     WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR WORK
ON OVERTIME PRACTICES IN FEDERAL AGENCIES. IN FISCAL YEAR
1977, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SPENT $1.5 BILLION IN OVERTIME
PAY--AN INCREASE OF $300 MILLION OVER 1976. AT YOUR REQUEST,
WE EXAMINED TIME AND ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES AT FOUR FEDERAL
AGENCIES. TWO OF THE AGENCIES--FOREST SERVICE AND CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMISSION--WERE INVOLVED IN PUBLICIZED CASES OF
POSSIBLE OVERTIME FRAUD. THEREFORE, OUR WORK AT THESE
AGENCIES WAS NECESSARILY LIMITED TO IDENTIFYING PAYROLL
SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES WHICH COULD PERMIT OVERTIME ABUSES TO
OCCUR. AT THE OTHER TWO AGENCIES--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
PORTATION AND THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT--WE REVIEWED PAYROLL PROCEDURES AND ALSO
EXAMINED PAYROLL RECORDS OF SELECTED INDIVIDUALS TO TEST THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF OVERTIME CONTROLS-
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