Government Reorganization: Issues and Principles (Testimony, 05/17/95,
GAO/T-GGD/AIMD-95-166).

Much attention today is being focused on improving the delivery of
services to the American people by identifying and eliminating
inefficiencies in the way the executive branch is organized. This
challenge will be made even more complicated by ongoing government
downsizing and budgetary constraints. Although budget reductions and
eliminating redundancy are driving the reorganization agenda for the
moment, hard choices remain to define both the role of government and
determine the right organizational structures for delivering services to
the public. Recent GAO reports relating agency spending and personnel
levels to budget functions (GAO/AIMD-95-115FS and GAO/AIMD-95-116FS)
show just how complex the delivery of services has become. The
Comptroller General's testimony identifies a number of useful principles
that Congress may want to keep in mind as it reorganizes the federal
government.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-GGD/AIMD-95-166
     TITLE:  Government Reorganization: Issues and Principles
      DATE:  05/17/95
   SUBJECT:  Federal agency reorganization
             Reductions in force
             Agency missions
             Management information systems
             Financial management
             Strategic planning
             Oversight by Congress
             Block grants
             Cost control
             Federal/state relations

             
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