[The following questions were submitted by Mr. Roybal to be answered for the record:]

For questions 1 and 2, supply the information for the last 3 years.

1. What is the exact number of Negroes, Spanish American, American Indians, and Oriental employees in each of the services of GSA?

2. What is the percentage of each one of the minority groups as compared to the total employment in each service?

Answer (questions 1 and 2); see table below:

1 The services and staff offices in GSA are: Office of Administration (OAD); Office of General Counsel (OGC); Office of the Administrator (OA); Office of Civil Rights (OCR); Automated Data and Telecommunications Service (ADTS); Federal Supply Service (FSS); National Archives and Records Service (NARS); Public Buildings Service (PBS); and Property Management and Disposal Service (PMDS).

3. Describe the recruitment program that the General Services Administration is using to attract Spanish speaking.

Answer. In addition to regular recruitment actions, several other sources are tapped to recruit the Spanish speaking. The Public Buildings Service (PBS), which comprises 59 percent of GSA, established in February 1973 a Spanishspeaking advisory committee. The committee is to advise the PBS EEO coordinator on employment matters affecting the Spanish speaking, and to refer qualified applicants for employment with PBS.

Nationwide, Spanish-speaking community organizations are contacted for recruitment, including—

Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for the Spanish Speaking, Washington, D.C.

Association Promoting Constitutional Rights of the Spanish Speaking, Boston, Mass.

Incorporated Mexican-American Government Employees, Denver, Colo. Latin American Research and Service Organization, Denver, Colo.

GSA representatives attended the Supreme Council Meeting of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Washington, D.C., October 12-14, 1972;and the National Conference of Incorporated Mexican-American Government Employees, Denver, Colo., Feb. 23-25, 1973.

4. Describe how the General Services Administration is implementing the President's 16-point program.

Answer. Sixteen-point program for the Spanish speaking.

(a) Staff Support.-On August 18, 1972, the acting administrator appointed a part-time central office 16-point program coordinator, and charged him with the responsibility of monitoring progress in the recruitment of Spanish-speaking Americans. Five part-time 16-point program coordinators have been appointed in regional offices. For fiscal year 1974, each of our 10 regional offices will hire an EEO specialist who will devote about 75 percent of his or her time to the 16-point program. Two of our present coordinators will attend "EEO: The16-point program for Spanish-speaking Americans" seminar to be conducted by the Civil Service Commission on May 23-25, 1973. The coordinators provide leadership and advice, and act as a central point of contact for advancing EEO policies and activities which affect the Spanish speaking.

(b) Courses in Spanish.-The Boston Federal Executive Board is sponsoring courses in both beginning and intermediate Spanish given by Massachusetts Bay. Community College in Federal buildings. Five GSA employees are enrolled. Two telephone operators in Atlanta attended a Civil Service Commission course in conversational Spanish.

Region 6 (Kansas City) sent a GSA notice to all supervisors down through the branch chief level listing sources of Spanish language course. Employees in public contact positions are encouraged to attend.

(c) Publications in Spanish.-Region 4 (Atlanta) has issued news releases in Spanish and sent them to media serving the Spanish-speaking community. In region 6 an announcement of a minority business opportunity seminar was translated orally into Spanish by a PBS employee and played as a public service announcement over seven radio stations that have Spanish-speaking listeners. In Calexico, Calif., the program for the official ceremony marking start of work on the frontier station was printed in Spanish.

(d) Training for supervisors about Spanish-speaking Americans.-Region 2 (New York) held a 3-day program on employment problems of the Spanish speaking in December 1972.

The Tampa-St. Petersburg building manager attended a Civil Service Commission course on the 16-point program at Sarasota, Fla., and the Miami buildings manager attended a similar Civil Service Commission course in Atlanta.

(e) Bilingual employees in public contact position.—The Office of Civil Rights has made an intensive effort to recruit Spanish-speaking Americans (SSA's) for its staff. The percent of SSA's on the GSA civil rights rose from about 8 percent in 1972 to about 13 percent in 1973, with SSA's on the staff in central office and all regional offices, except region 3 (Washington, D.C.).

Some examples of public contact positions filled by persons fluent in Spanish include:

A GS-11 buildings service specialist in Fort Worth.

A GS-7 quality inspector, Denver.

A GS-7 personnel assistant, Denver.

A GS-5 personnel management specialist trainee, Chicago.

Twelve telephone operators, Fort Worth.

Seven telephone operators, New York.

Four public information specialists, Fort Worth.

(5) With reference to question 1, supply the committee with a breakdown of all minority employees in GSA by GS levels.

(6) Why are the Spanish speaking so underrepresented in the higher GS levels?

Answer: The sources traditionally tapped for top level jobs in the past had been almost exclusively white male, resulting in a preponderance of white males in positions GS-13 and above. Until recently, all trainee positions were also filled predominantly by white males.

(7) What is being done to correct this situation?

Answer: Emphasis on upgrading the employment status of the Spanish speaking in GSA is an integral part of the overall Affirmative Action Plan for the agency. Two special reports on the employment of the Spanish speaking in GSA were furnished to the Acting Administrator at his request on September 29, 1972, and April 6, 1973.

Top level and trainee appointments of the Spanish speaking have been emphasized, resulting in the following fiscal year 1973 appointments:

A Spanish-speaking male to GS-14, assistant contract compliance officer, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Central Office.

A Spanish-speaking male to GS-14, regional director of civil rights, Chicago. A Spanish-speaking female to GS-13, assistant contract compliance officer, OCR, Central Office.

A Spanish-speaking male to GS-13, civil engineer, Public Buildings Service, Central Office.

A Spanish-speaking female to GS-9, assistant contract compliance officer, OCR, Boston.

A Spanish-speaking male to GS-9, management intern, Chicago.

A Spanish-speaking male to GS-7, quality inspector, Federal Supply Service (FSS), Denver.

A Spanish-speaking female to GS-5, personnel management specialist trainee Office of Administration, Chicago.

A Spanish-speaking male to GS-5, procurement assistant trainee, FSS, Chicago As indicated on the charts submitted in response to questions 1, 2, and 5, th number and grade levels of Spanish-speaking employees of GSA have increased significantly over the past 3 years.

(8) Has the Civil Service Commission investigated GSA for either failure t achieve adequate hiring of the Spanish speaking or for terminating the employ ment of Spanish speaking during the cutbacks in Federal employment?

If the answer to the preceding question is affirmative, then specify the natur of the investigation and its findings.

Answer. No.

Justification of the Budget Estimates

PUBLIC BUILDING SERVICE

FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE

Real property activities of GSA administered by the Public Buildings Service can be summarized in two general categories: (a) those financed by direct appropriations, and (b) those financed by transfers of funds or reimbursements from other Government agencies.

a. Activities financed by direct appropriations to GSA are:

(1) Operations and Management.- Acquisition, operation, maintenance, protection and utilization of general-purpose buildings and space; and overall administration of real property programs. The cost of these functions is financed from the appropriation "Operating Expenses, PBS."

(2) Repair and Alteration of Buildings.- Maintaining, repairing, remodeling, improving, extending, and making other changes in Federal buildings under the jurisdiction of GSA. These activities are financed from the appropriation "Repair and Improvement of Public Buildings." (3) Construction.- Acquisition of sites, preparation of drawings and specifications; construction of buildings; and management and inspection of construction. These operations are financed from the appropriations "Construction, Public Buildings Projects", and "Sites and Expenses, Public Buildings Projects."

(4) Miscellaneous Activities.- Provision of furniture, furnishings and rental for expansion space for existing judgeships of the U.S. Courts, funded from the appropriation "Expenses, U.S. Court Facilities" and payment of principal, interest and taxes on purchase contracts authorized under the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 and the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972, from the appropriation "Payments, Public Buildings Purchase Contracts."

b. Activities financed by transfers of funds or reimbursements from other Government agencies are:

(1) Construction,- Acquisition of sites; preparation of drawings and specifications, construction, repair and alteration of general and special-purpose buildings, including construction management and inspection. Amount to be transferred for the foregoing purposes is estimated at $146.6 million in 1973.

(2) Operation, Management, and Special Alterations.- Reimbursements from various Government agencies for the operation and protection of Government-owned space; rental, operation and protection of leased space; job order work for providing special facilities and improvements, and special services such as security guarding. Reimbursements for the foregoing purposes are estimated at $233 million in 1973.