Summary: In 1994, the law transferred complete operating responsibility for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to its Board of Trustees. Previously, that responsibility had been divided between the Board and the National Park Service. At the time of the transfer, GAO and others pointed out the need for an organizational structure that would clearly define and assign responsibilities for facility operations. The Center's managers decided that the facility management program would be run by a few managers supported by an in-house staff and contractor technical staff. Currently, six managerial positions have been established, and the Center does not anticipate a need for additional positions in the future. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Kennedy Center: Preventing Audit Duplication and Developing Facility Management Capability, by Bernard L. Ungar, Director of Government Business Operations Issues, before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO/T-GGD-98-86, Mar. 25 (five pages).
