United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Office of Special Investigations author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-10-05 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-OSI-94-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-OSI-94-1 P0b002ee1803a27f6 f:tos94001 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-OSI-94-1 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-OSI-94-1 T-OSI-94-1 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 Testimony OSI 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-OSI-94-1/html/GAOREPORTS-T-OSI-94-1.htm GAO/T-OSI-94-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-OSI-94-1 Testimony GAO/T-OSI-94-1; U.S. Forest Service: Independence Still Lacking in Law Enforcement Organization; 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