LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503

2 8 DEC 1976

Honorable Vance Hartke

Chairman, Veterans Affairs Committee

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

P.L. 94-123, the "Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975," requires the Office of Management and Budget to report to the Congress on recruitment and retention of federally employed physicians and dentists.

The required report was officially transmitted to the Congress today. Because matters within the jurisdiction of your committee are addressed in the report, I am sending three copies directly to you.

I trust the report will be of assistance to the committee in its work.

Best regards,

Enclosure

Sincerely yours,

(V)

James T. Lynn
Director

The cooperation and assistance of agencies studied in this report and of the General Accounting Office is gratefully acknowledged.