5. The International Division remains unchanged, except that 6. Three new positions of "Assistant Comptroller General" are a. One of these supersedes the present position of Three new offices are established under this Assistant: b. One Assistant Comptroller General will be responsible 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 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 a. The functions and agencies assigned to each of the b. c. d. e. Plans for the internal structuring and staffing of The functions of the Assistant Comptroller Generals, and 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:) |