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AFMD-84-65 1 (1984-06-06)

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               UNITED STATES GENERAL AItCfJTING OFFItE
                      WASHINGTON, D.C. 10646


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B-21421 0                                    June 6, 1984


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The Honorable Patricia Schroeder
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Civil
  Service
Committee on Post Office and
  Civil Service
House of Representatives


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Dear Madam Chairwoman:

     Subject: Inquiry Into Allegations Against the Chairman,
              Merit Systems Protection Board (GAO/AFMD-84-65)
     Pursuant to your request of January 26, 1984, we reviewed the
anonymous allegations you received regarding travel and leave ac-
tivities of Herbert E. Ellingwood, Chairman, Merit Systems Protec-
tion Board, (MSPB). We also included in our review an allegation
received over the GAO hotline concerning Mr. Ellingwood's use of a
vehicle for home-to-work transportation. Our review covered the
period December 18, 1981, when Mr. Ellingwood became Chairman,
through February 23, 1984. We reviewed the Chairman's travel
orders and travel vouchers, and conducted numerous interviews with
MSPB officials.

     Our work disclosed the following.

     --During the time period reviewed the Chairman received
       thirty honorariums for speeches made to religious groups.
       Receipt of seven honorariums coincided with official
       travel, but in each instance, the speeches were made while
       he was on his personal time or on a leave of absence. The
       Chairman did not receive any honorariums for speeches made
       while conducting official business.

    --The Chairman made five trips to California while on
      official travel; on all five of the trips he conducted
      official government business.

    --The Chairman has made no attempt to cover-up the nature of
      his travel.


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