U.S. Forest Service: Independence Still Lacking in Law Enforcement
Organization (Testimony, 10/05/93, GAO/T-OSI-94-1).

Allegations recently came to GAO's attention that program line managers
in the U.S. Forest Service's law enforcement area had frequently
"interfered" with investigations and that law enforcement personnel were
sometimes put in the position of having to investigate their superiors,
making them vulnerable to management reprisal.  GAO concludes that the
Forest Service's efforts so far to achieve an independent law
enforcement structure are destined to fail.  Forest Service management's
conflicting signals and indecisiveness have resulted in interference
with law enforcement efforts and fear of reprisal on the part of law
enforcement employees.  GAO believes that the problems could best be
overcome with a direct supervisory chain of command and integration of
the Forest Service's land, resource, and law enforcement functions.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-OSI-94-1
     TITLE:  U.S. Forest Service: Independence Still Lacking in Law 
             Enforcement Organization
      DATE:  10/05/93
   SUBJECT:  Law enforcement
             Human resources utilization
             Law enforcement agencies
             Law enforcement personnel
             Operations analysis
             Information disclosure
             Labor-management relations
             Personnel management
             Investigations by federal agencies
             Federal agency reorganization

             
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