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[Proposed Program Evaluation Act of 1977, S. 21. September 28,
1977. 11 pp.
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration; by Harry S. Havens, Director, Program Analysis
Div.
Issue Area: Program Evaluation Systems (2600).
Contact: Program Analysis Div.
Budget Function: General Government: Executive Direction and
Management (802) ; General Government: General Property and
Records Management (804).
congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration.
Authority: Program Evaluation Act cf !977; S. 2 (95th Cong.),
The proposed Program Evaluation Act of 1977 would
require that the Congress periodically reautho-zize related
Federal programs. The bill would establish a schedule nf
termination dates for nearly all programs grouped by budget
subfunctions. The key ingredient necessary to achieve effective
review of programs is legislative commitment to the oversight
process, ccupled with some form of discipline to trigger the
oversight activity, and the careful study of programs, policy
issues, and alternatives for improvement. Congress should
consider alternative ways of articulating this legislative
commitment and triggering the review process tc avoid the
problems associated with the threat of actual program
termination. The set cf programs that are reviewed together
should depend on the issues involved and the objectives of the
review rat.her than on an arbitrary determinaticn of budget
-bfunction. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to conduct
the kind of comprehensive evaluatins anticipated within the
time-frames establisled in the bill. Periodic review and
reconsideration of tax expenditures should alsc be included, as
should transition provisions for pzcgrams which are to be
terminated. GAO should be given the responsibility for compiling
and maintaining an inventory of Federal programs. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxwj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)