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B-279095.2 1 (1998-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahrm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-279095.2 June 16, 1998 The Honorable Charles H. Taylor Chairman, Subcommittee on District of Columbia Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This responds to your letter dated April 7, 1998, asking whether the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (the Authority) has complied with the limitation provided in section 102 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (the Act), Pub. L. No. 104-8, 109 Stat. 97 (1995), in paying the Authority's staff. You asked that we consider all Authority staff who received pay for any period from the Authority's inception through March 31, 1998. We requested information from the Authority concerning its staff compensation, held several meetings with Authority staff, and reviewed personnel and pay records of a number of Authority employees. As explained in detail in the attachments to this letter, we conclude that for some or all of the period in question, the Authority has paid four of its staff members at rates exceeding the pay limitation established by section 102. Section 101(a) of the Act establishes the Authority as an entity within the government of the District of Columbia, and not as a department, agency, establishment, or instrumentality of the United States government. The Authority consists of five members appointed by the President who serve without pay, one of whom the President designates to serve as Chair. Sections 102(b) and (d) of the Act. The Act provides that the Authority shall adopt by-laws, rules, and procedures governing its activities, including procedures for hiring experts and consultants. Section 102(e). The Act provides that the Chair with the consent of the Authority shall appoint an Executive Director, who shall be paid at a rate determined by the Authority, excent 325615

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