5.

The International Division remains unchanged, except that
responsibility for review of accounting systems in operation
is assigned to the Financial and General Management Studies
Division.

6. Three new positions of "Assistant Comptroller General" are
established.

a.

One of these supersedes the present position of
Director, Office of Policy and Program Planning.

Three new offices are established under this Assistant:
the Office of Policy, the Office of Program Planning,
and the Office of Internal Review.

b. One Assistant Comptroller General will be responsible
for the four divisions appearing on the left of the
chart. These divisions are concerned with reviews
of Federal management functions--financial, logistics
and communications, procurement and systems acquisition,
personnel and compensation.

c.

The other Assistant Comptroller General will have similar responsibilities for the three domestic program divisions shown on the right of the chart.

The Assistant Comptroller Generals described in paragraphs "b" and "c" will be full line representatives of the Comptroller General, responsible for overseeing and assisting the divisions assigned. However, it is desired that the Division Directors have maximum latitude in identifying the most fruitful audit areas; preparing and executing audit plans; preparing final reports; defending their reports before review groups; and representing GAO to the Congress and to top agency officials.

7.

A new "Office of Federal Elections" is established to
discharge the Comptroller General's responsibilities under
the Presidential Campaign Fund Act and the Federal Election
Campaign Act. (A special task force was established on
January 6, 1972, under the direction of Mr. L. Fred Thompson
to prepare the operating plan for these new responsibilities.)

NEXT STEPS

1.

Attachment 2 to this memorandum shows the names of individuals who have been chosen for the new positions. These appointments become effective April 3, 1972. However, each of these designees will begin work now (in collaboration with the Implementation Planning Committee named below) to prepare his plan of internal organization and staffing.

2.

The Implementation Planning Committee will consist of Mr. Robert
Keller, Chairman, and Messrs. Morse, Samuelson, Thornton, and
Morris. Each Division Director-designee will be a member of
the Committee in respect to his own division's plans. The
Committee's responsibilities will cover the steps needed to
assure an orderly transition to the revised structure and will
include the following:

a. The functions and agencies assigned to each of the
new divisions, and a draft of the C.G. Order to place
such assignments into effect.

b.

c.

d.

e.

Plans for the internal structuring and staffing of
each division, including the rotation of staff among
divisions.

The functions of the Assistant Comptroller Generals, and
plans for performing the following support functions in
an effective and economical manner: operational planning,
manpower management, administrative services, report
review and editing, and the coordination of Congressional
and public requests. In developing these plans, the
Committee will consult with the Director, Office of
Personnel Management and the Director, Office of
Administrative Planning and Services. Consideration will
be given to the feasibility of having these Offices provide
any of these support services on a centralized basis.

Plans for the assignment of responsibilities to the Field Operations Division for financial settlement work and recurring financial audits.

Plans for the recruitment and assignment of new college graduates during the remainder of FY 1972 and for FY 1973. Consideration will be given to the desirability of maximizing such assignments to regional offices, and to the need for augmenting regional office staffing in the Washington, D.C. area.

CONCLUSION

The overall objective of the above blueprint is to enable GAO to continue to grow soundly, and to perform its broader responsibilities with greater effectiveness. In order to do this, our organization must offer more opportunities to men and women with outstanding capabilities to grow and advance to positions of top responsibility. I believe that the above actions, suitably modified, will enable us to move more rapidly toward achieving these goals. I will appreciate the cooperation and assistance of all concerned to this end.

Zeme R. Pasta

es

Comptroller General

of the United States

CLAIMS DIVISION: NEW POSITIONS

Senator HOLLINGS. For the Claims Division, you are requesting an additional eight employees in the Washington office, for a total of 167. On page N-5, it is stated that the work volume in this Division has increased significantly over the last 2 fiscal years. To what do you attribute this?

Mr. STAATS. The increased workload has resulted from several factors, including (1) an increased awareness on the part of Government agencies of their responsibilities for claims, and (2) the new responsibility delegated to us under Public Law 90-616, approved October 21, 1968, which requires us to consider all claims aggregating more than $500 in amount, claims of any amount which were the subject of exceptions in the accounts of accountable officers, and claims which the head of an executive agency has doubt as to whether waiver is proper.

Although our workload in the Claims Division has increased significantly over the last 2 years, the eight additional employees requested are not primarily for our internal workload but are needed to shore up our agency review and assistance work. We plan to increase our review of claim activities in other agencies because we believe that as the operations in other agencies are improved, this will reduce the volume of work coming into our Office and will accomplish greater results from the standpoint of overall economy and efficiency.

5-YEAR WORKLOAD COMPARISON

Senator HOLLINGS. Do you have a graph or table already prepared which you can supply for the record showing workload, say, for the past 5 fiscal years?

(The information follows:)