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FGMSD-78-33 1 (1978-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxgm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUENT RESORE 05956 - [B13263301 Improviug Federal Agency Efficiency through the Use of Productivity Data, in the Bulget Process. FGRSD-78-33; B-163762. may 10. 1978. 2 ip. + appendix (28 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Eler B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue area: National Productivity: Fostering the use of Productivity data in the budget prCcess (2905). Contact: Financial and General sanaqesent Studies Div. Budget Function: General Government: Legislative Functions (801). Organization Concerned: Office of Management and Budget; Executive Office of the President. Congressional Relevance: Congress. A survey of the use of productivity data in the budget process covered 13 labor-intensive agencies with a total payroll of about $8 billion. Findings/Conclusions: Although productivity data are available in most agencies, its use by agencies, the Office of anageent and Budget (OB), and the Congress has been limited. The basic reason for agencies not making more use of the data is a lack of incentives. many agency executives felt that productivity-related improvements often result in penalties such as arbitrary reductions in staffing and budget and that ORB and the Congress were insensitive to innovative proposals for increasing productivity. Appropriations committees can stimulate productivity improvements by encouraging agencies to use productivity data in their budget requests through questions which would tlicit information, provide incentives f'x. productirity measurement and reporting, and lead to improved productivity. Legislative oversight committees aud appropriations subcomnittees cen further encourage use of productivity date by: requesting it to support requests for staffing increases; requesting statements on the status of productivity improvement prograp, work measurement systems, and the extent to which budgets are based on productivity data; creating am atmosphere of positive reinforcement for using such da-%a through budgetary and organizational incentives; and encouraging agencies to identify major iroductivity improvementi possible through investment in capital equipment. (Author/UTi)

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