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PAD-77-73 1 (1977-08-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacoq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RRSVMF 03114 - [A24335751 Progress in Improving Program and Budget Information for Congressional Use. PAD-77-73; B-115398. August 30, 1977. 23 pp. Report to the Ccngress; by Elmer V, Staets, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Program ?valuation Systems (2600). Contact: Program Analysis Div. Budget Function: General Government: other General 3overnment (806) ; Miscellaneous: Financial Management and Information Systems (1002). Organization Concerned: General Accounting office. Congressional Relevance: Congress. Authority: Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (P.L- 93-344). Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-F10). OM3 Circular A-11. As required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, GAO has assisted both authorizing and appropriations committees by providing leadership and asbistance in: meeting their recurring needs for program and budget information; developin7 systems for authorizing commit'.ees' oversight and budget activities; using information generated by the evaluative approach of title VII of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to assist committees in their budget as well as oversight activities; and facilitating the future congressional use of zero-base budgeting information. Findings/Conclusions: Durina the past year GAO developed an automated data base for providing program authorization and budgetary informatior obtained from executive agencies to authorizing committees. The data base contains information on Federal programs and activities authorized by legislation and has been substantially developed for most committees. GAO ads continued workin- to identify needs for information at the program level and recommended improved structures for reporting information in budget justifications, the budget appendix, and other documents. GAO is working on improving budget practices; the focus is on the methods of financing now being used and those proposed for Federal programs and on the related effectiveness of the congressional control they provide. GAO is also working toward improving standard classifications to best satisfy congressional information needs. lowever, the Office of Management and Budget has resisted change n several areas. GAO publishes three sourcebooks useful to thp Congress. (Author/SC)

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