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GGD-83-96 1 (1983-08-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabncz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITEP £XATI GENERA 1rCC UNT IN OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. Z050!. .' GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-21 1155 AUGUST 29,1983 The Honorable Donald J. Albosta Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Rouse of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of Selected Agencies' Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignments (GAO/GGD-83-96) In response to an August 20, 1982, request from the Subcommittee's former Chairwoman, we reviewed assignments made under Title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (IPA). This title provides for the temporary assignment of cersonne7 between Federal agencies and other organizations for work of mutual concern and benefit. The Chairwoman's concerns were that agencies might be paying a greater share of IPA assign- ment costs than the benefits warranted and that some assignments might be of little benefit to the Federal Government or to the agency paying for the service. This letter presents the results of our review. We reviewed all 436 IPA assignment agreements on file at the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Interior, and Commerce and at the Environmental Protection Aqencv (EPA). The assignments all started between January 1, 1981, and August 31, 1982. We did not consider extensions of assignments begun before January 1, 1981, as new assignments; therefore we did not include them in our review. Although most assignments appeared proper, with appropriate cost-sharing arrangements, 15 percent (66) of them did not. We believe that, for 20 of the 66 assignments, the four agencies paid a greater share of the costs than the benefits warranted. We consider the 46 other assignments questionable be- cause they were not consistent with the IPA or with regulations and policies set by OPM, which is responsible for overseeing the program. Thirty-four of these 46 questionable assignments in- volved Indian Health Service (HHS) employees who were assigned to various Indian health care facilities and would not return to , / j <(966132)

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