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Official or agency to coordinate and
control the management problems
Of all Federal departments and
agencies.
Saving of public funds through
elimination of projects and curtail-
nlent of programs as result of the
Ramspeck investigation amounted
to s471 006.685.
This included reduction of 145.-
900 personnel in the War Depart
ment on an annual basis of $780,
100000. in the Army Service Forces
Sl27000,000 through disallowment
OF salary items in the budget for
1913, in the Army Service Forces a
saving Of $4,000 resulting from
liquidation of the recruiting and
training program of the WASPS; in
the Air Technical Service Com
mand, sl7,500; in the Electronics
Production Agency of the War and
Navy Departments through liquida-
ton, SO 624, ,432; at the Bellevue Mag
azine. Navy Department, salary saw.
1ngs through Redistribution and re-
assignment, $13.526; Civil Service
Commission salary savings from re-
organizing in the Retirement Divi-
sion, s27o,3o0, and Maritime Com
mission through reduction In force
and reorganization on salaries alone,
S96,4 ,427. All of these savings are on
an annual basis, the investigating
committee reports.
Further Savings Possible.
Through halting or curtailing ex-
pandlng programs the Ramspeck
committee claims it had been in
strumental in saving S70O 900. 900 an
nually in Federal agencies by pre-
venting the hiring of $4,000 addi-
tional employees. 1t also claims a
saving in 90-day period alone of
S26, ,184 ,060 on overtime pay for 242,-
445 civilian employees in the Army
Service Forces.
How further savings could be made
through empowering some agency to
coordinate the whole MANAGEMENT
program was explained by the COM
n1ittee.
I'VE believe that if this is done
millions of dollars can be saved
each year through the adoption of
better working procedure, the use
OF modern office equipment and
the application of modern methods
found to be helpful in private busi-
ness" Chairman Ramspeck said in
placing the recommendations of the
investigators before the House to-
day.
Favor Budget Bureau.
He explained that some members
of the Civil Service Committee be-
lieve the proposed control should
be lodged with the Budget Bureau.
Some suggest that the power be
given to the General Accounting
Office Some believe that a new
agency should be created for this
purpose.
It appears to the committee.
Chairman Ramspect reported, that
the power to require the adoption
of better management practices
should rest with some one agency
or official with definite response
bility.
Emphasizing that 'in time of
crisis the Seventy eighth Congress
charged this committee with the re-
sponsibility of investigating and re-
porting the policies and practices
relating to civilian employment in
the Government" the Ramspeck
= committee found that, II one de-
partnfent or agency develops good
management policies or finds prac-
tices that save personnel and money
at present there is no one to see that
such practices or policies are adopt
ed in other departments or agencies.
The Civil Service Commission is not
empowered to deal with manage
ment problems.
Has Management Division.
The Budget Bureau has man
agement division. 1t makes studies
and often recommends procedures,
but 1t has no authority to require
any department or agency to adopt
its suggestions.
The General Accounting Office has
power to investigate 1t has power
to suspend payments for illegal pro-
cedures, but it has no power to re-
quire the adoption of better man.
agement. Only the President has
the power to bring about better
management and he has no time
for such problems, the report con-
eludes.
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