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B-197793 1 (1981-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjzh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 205 B-197793 March 3, 1981 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government 01o r Operations t6 U.S.-House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: I appreciate the opportunity to comment on HiR. 18, a bill to establish a Commission on More Effective Government, which you recently sent to us for comment. I think a commission of this general type could be very useful during this period of our Nation's history. A commission, with broad public and private representation, could help focus public attention, discussion, analysis, and support on the steps that need to be taken to im- prove our ability to govern ourselves, and to restore public con- fidence in government at all levels. I urge you to consider this bill and act on a proposal to establish such a commission. Every viable Nation has a need for periodically renewing its sense of national purpose and of the appropriate role of govern- mental institutions within that Nation's life. I believe that now is such a time for our Nation, and that a broadly based commission could serve as a catalyst for such national self-renewal. Looking back over my 40 years of Federal Service, there have been few times as opportune as the present for taking stock of the limitations and capabilities of our governmental institutions, and for deliberately choosing the general course we should take over the next several decades to improve our processes of government. A commission could assist greatly in this task by outlining the kinds of steps that need to be taken. When considering the specific provisions of such a bill, you may want to consider some of the following comments I have on the version before you. First, I am concerned about the size of the co=.ission. In my opinion, the more effective commissions in the past several decades have been the smaller ones. Scholars who have studied com- missions have concluded that smaller commissions tend to meet more often, work harder, resolve their differences more constructively,

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