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oversight Reform Proposals. April 19, 1978. 10 pp.
Testimony bef7rip t.he Senate Committee cn Rules and
Administration; by Elrer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Contact: ffice of t.Li cnv'tcoller General.
Congriissional Relevance: Senate Committee cn Rules and
Ad ministra tion.
Authority: Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Congressional
Budget Act of 1971'. Legislative Reorganization Act cf 1974.
Federal Spendinq Control Act of 1977. Program EvaTUation Act
of 197- S. 1244 (95th Cong.). S. (95th Cong.).
The Program Evaluation Act of 1977 represents a major
landmark in the evolution of congressional ovarsight, ind
interest in this subject, stimulated ky the legislative
proposals, will lead to hadly needed improvements in the
oversiqht process and in the operations of the federal
Government. A resoluticn concerning the Ercgram review process
would have proqram reviews, including evaluations, available on
a time schedule tied to each committee's oversight Elan. This
would provide the committees the flexibility they need tQ plan
meaningful proqzam reviews. The definition of progra %includes
excrcises of the Federal taxing power and uther activities that
do not have directly ussociated Federal expenditures. GAOa work
under the Conqressional Budget Act of 1974 to develop &;tandard
classificatiorns for fiscal, budgetary, and program-related
information provides a basis for assuring in appropriate degroe
of consistency. Although the concept embodied in oversight
reform proposals is not compleA, guidance to agencies cculd
hecome confused ty separate planniag processes in the House and
Senate; ccmmittees should achieve a coordinated apprcacb tetween
the two Houses of Congress. In the evaluatica Fzociss, the
committees should concentrate on idcntifyirg qcestions to be
answered rather than on the methodology of the process. 4RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxzd0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)