Surface Mining: Office of the Solicitor Fiscal Year 1986 Staffing Needs

In response to a congressional request, GAO examined the Department of the Interior's staffing of the Office of the Solicitor for fiscal year (FY) 1986 to determine: (1) if available case-load statistics indicated an appropriate legal support staffing level; (2) how the Solicitor arrived at his staffing decision; and (3) whether current and former Office of the Solicitor officials agreed with the Solicitor's staffing decision.