Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Hearing ... on S.164 ... March 13, 19471947 - 59 pages |
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... understand , if they were reporting for a period of 30 minutes it would take him 3 months . Senator LODGE . Well , there you are . Senator FERGUSON . Three months to get his report in from those that are to report directly to him ...
... understand , if they were reporting for a period of 30 minutes it would take him 3 months . Senator LODGE . Well , there you are . Senator FERGUSON . Three months to get his report in from those that are to report directly to him ...
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... understand the reorganization bill , this committee is given that definite job to do . Senator LODGE . Yes . Senator MCCARTHY . Now , the question , I think , will arise in our minds as to whether it can better be done by the type of ...
... understand the reorganization bill , this committee is given that definite job to do . Senator LODGE . Yes . Senator MCCARTHY . Now , the question , I think , will arise in our minds as to whether it can better be done by the type of ...
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... understand it , not responsible to the executive branch- the Comptroller exercised a tremendous amount of supervision over expenditures and held the executive branches of government to a meticulous obedience to the law as it was written ...
... understand it , not responsible to the executive branch- the Comptroller exercised a tremendous amount of supervision over expenditures and held the executive branches of government to a meticulous obedience to the law as it was written ...
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... understand from going over the record that the Comp- troller General has been repeatedly sending down reports such as the report which we received in the San Diego Aqueduct case showing the various branches of the Government had ...
... understand from going over the record that the Comp- troller General has been repeatedly sending down reports such as the report which we received in the San Diego Aqueduct case showing the various branches of the Government had ...
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... Government has the policy , as I understand it has at the present time , of laying off people whose rating is " excellent " and retaining people whose rating is only " fair " . 18 ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT.
... Government has the policy , as I understand it has at the present time , of laying off people whose rating is " excellent " and retaining people whose rating is only " fair " . 18 ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT.
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Accounting Office action administrative appointed apportionment Appropriations Committee audit authority basis Brookings Institution Budget Bureau CHAIRMAN chart Civil Service Commission on Organization COMMISSION SEC committee of Congress Committees on Expenditures Comptroller General's confidential congressional continuing cost course curtailing deficiency Director duplication effective enacted estimates executive branch Executive Departments extend his full Federal Communications Commission fiscal responsibility functions and activities Government hearings Interstate Commerce Commission investigation LAWTON legislation Maritime Commission matter ment MERIAM methods million 9 mittee Navy operation organizational studies personnel present proposed purpose question recommendations Reorganization Act Representative Wigglesworth responsibility goes Robert Heller royal commission Senator Aiken Senator FERGUSON interposing Senator HICKENLOOPER Senator HOEY Senator LODGE Senator O'CONOR Senator ROBERTSON Senator THYE spoils system staff statement submitted supervision survey Taft commission thing tion undertake veterans War Shipping Administration
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Page 2 - Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Page 2 - Commission, may conduct hearings. (f) Members of Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 1 - ... (2) eliminating duplication and overlapping of services, activities, and functions; (3) consolidating services, activities, and functions of a similar nature; (4) abolishing services, activities, and functions not necessary to the efficient conduct of government...
Page 2 - The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 3 - Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or any subcommittee or members thereof.
Page 3 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman...
Page 2 - Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 2 - The members from private life shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.
Page 1 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, DECLARATION OF POLICY SECTION 1 . It is hereby declared to be the policy of...
Page 1 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business...