Budget Issues: Assessing Executive Order 12837 on Reducing Administrative Expenses

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the implementation of Executive Order 12837, focusing on the: (1) Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) and executive agencies' efforts to develop a definition of administrative expenses; (2) presentation of fiscal year (FY) 1994 administrative expense budgets; and (3) potential budgetary and management implications of the required administrative cost reductions.