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B-181844 1 (1974-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaedy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: P=NP ED-Ntt e T'e,,3ed 000 10 the General ciE reoze- o t-a 5evspcii approval COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D C 20548 B- 181844 RELEASED DEC 2 1974 The Honorable Roy A Taylor House of Representatives Dear Mr Taylor This letter is in response to your July 16, 1974, request relating to the July 12, 1974, announcement by the Administi ator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), Department of Agriculture, that the Asheville, North Carolina, and Salt Lake City, Utah, aerial photography laboratories would be con- solidated into one operation in Salt Lake City, effective July 1, 1975 Your request and requests from nine other Members of Con- gress asked that we review the practicality and economic feasibility of the Administrator's decision You requested also that we con- sider the possibility that special construction may be needed in Salt Lake City to handle the combined laboratories In addition, we were requested to ptovide information on --the costs of moving to Salt Lake City and --the effect of the consolidation on the service quality We reviewed pertinent ASCS and Department studies and inter- viewed the Administrator and other ASCS officials responsible for the aerial photography activities, officials in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, and officials of the Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Office of Management and Finance, and Office of Operations The review was made at the Department's headquarters in Washington, D. C , the Eastern Aerial Photography Laboratory in Asheville, and the Western Aerial Photography Laboratory, the Aerial Photography Field Office, and the ASCS State office in Salt Lake City In summary, some of the information ASCS used to justify con- solidation was outdated and other information, which should have been developed and considered, was not available Consequently, none of

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