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B-202571 1 (1981-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkbv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES , i ;' i WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 - '7,t lS B-202571 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: o hrJ-is is in response to your February 13, 1981, request for our [views and recommendations on S. 381 which would amend title 28 of the United States Code to establish within the Department of Justice an Office of Audit and an Office of Professional Responsibility. We appreciate your giving us the opportunity to review and comment on this proposed legislation. The General Accounting Office strongly supported the Inspec- tor General Act of 1978 and other legislation which has centralized internal audit and investigative activities in certain Federal agencies under statutory Inspectors General. As we stated in our August 26, 1980, testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, GAO believes such legislation is bene- ficial because it: --Insures that high-level agency attention is given to promoting economy and efficiency and to combating fraud, waste, and abuse. --Provides better assurance that the work of audit and investigative units in those agencies and throughout the Government is coordinated. --Insures that both the Congress and agency heads receive information on problems involving economy and efficiency and fraud and abuse. Although S. 381 attempts to address some of these issues for the Department of Justice, the proposed legislation is in- consistent with existing Inspector General legislation and con- tains several serious weaknesses. Also, since Justice already has an Office of Audit and an Office of Professional Responsi- bility, the primary purpose of the bill appears to be to grant 6 w6

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