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PLRD-82-101 1 (1982-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmms0001 and id is 1 raw text is: +UNr STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFMC WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCURl rT. LOGITIMCS AND R.ADIt4S DIVISION 8-207870 JULY 16, 1982 The Honorable Frank R. WolfII 1111111 House of Representatives 119111 Dear Mr. Wolf: Subject: Jack Anderson's Column Regarding GPO (GAO/PLRD-82-101) In your April 19, 1982, letter, you asked us to comment on the cost effectiveness of several Government Printing Office (GPO) actions outlined in a Jack Anderson column which appeared in the Washington Post on April 9, 1982. Briefly, those actions con- cerned reno-aitons to offices at a cost of over $234,000 and the hiring of Schedule C employees, as well as increasing the number of General Graded (GG)-18 employees (top professionals who earn $57,500 annually). We found that (1) GPO's Inspector General (IG) has reviewed and issued a report on the renovations, (2) the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) has reviewed the IG report and is satisfied ,ith the conclusions, (3) the Schedule C appointments were approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and (4) the increase of GG-18 employees involved six positions, four of which were newly created. ge reviewed a summary of the IG report and interviewed the IG, as well as the JCP Staff Director. We did not review docu- ments supporting the IG report. In this connection, we could not identify generally accepted criteria on when an office should be renovated--apparently this is left to the judgment of the approving official. We do know that the General Services Administration, as well as GPO, has some standards, but these are related primarily to the amount of space and type of furni- ture rather than when or to what extent renovations should be done. Without criteria, it is difficult to measure the cost effectiveness of GPO's renovations. The IG report was issued on March 4, 1982 (according to GPO, the investigation was ordered in January 1982). The report concluded that: (943394) K~ ~ 'J A

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