United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-09-16 monographic deposited born digital 212 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-96-178 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178 P0b002ee1803987f1 f:he96178 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178 HEHS-96-178 Human resources utilization Compensation Employment or training programs Federal agency reorganization Employee benefit plans GS grade classification Federal downsizing Centralization Administrative costs Cost control National Education Goals Dept. of Education National Assessment of Educational Progress Boston (MA) Philadelphia (PA) Atlanta (GA) Chicago (IL) Dallas (TX) Kansas City (KS) Denver (CO) San Francisco (CA) Seattle (WA) New York (NY) Letter Report HEHS

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about the field offices supporting the Departments of Education and Labor, focusing on the field offices': (1) locations; (2) functions, staffing, space and operating costs; and (3) proposed structural changes.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in fiscal year 1995, the Department of Education had 72 field offices and the Department of Labor had 1,074 field offices; (2) Labor and Education spent a total of $867 million dollars in support of their field office operations; (3) about 94 percent of Education's field staff and 42 percent of Labor's field staff were located in ten regional cities; (4) Labor had a high concentration of staff in its field offices, reflecting the agency's general responsibilities; (5) the majority of the amount spent in supporting field offices operations was for staff salaries and benefits; and (6) Labor and Education are planning to make changes in their field office structures to improve efficiency and contain administrative costs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178.pdf GAO/HEHS-96-178 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-178 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-96-178; Education and Labor: Information on the Departments' Field Offices; Human resources utilization Compensation Employment or training programs Federal agency reorganization Employee benefit plans GS grade classification Federal downsizing Centralization Administrative costs Cost control National Education Goals Dept. of Education National Assessment of Educational Progress Boston (MA) Philadelphia (PA) Atlanta (GA) Chicago (IL) Dallas (TX) Kansas City (KS) Denver (CO) San Francisco (CA) Seattle (WA) New York (NY) Title 5 Section 7120 5 U.S.C. 7120 Title 22 Section 4117 22 U.S.C. 4117 Title 29 Section 1000note Title 29 Section 201 29 U.S.C. 1000note 29 U.S.C. 201 Title 40 Section 276a 40 U.S.C. 276a Title 41 Section 351 41 U.S.C. 351 Public Law 102-235 Public Law 102-530