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DOT's Restructuring: Limited Progress in Streamlining Field Office Structure

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 30, 1998
Report No. RCED-98-138
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Summary:

GAO has reported for years that the Department of Transportation (DOT) could realize significant savings by restructuring its field organization. DOT has begun examining its field office structure and has identified options for streamlining its 1,700 field offices nationwide. This report examines the results of two DOT streamlining efforts--the field office Colocation Task Force and the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Organization Structure Task Force. The Colocation Task Force issued an interim report in November 1996 and mentioned several field offices that could be colocated over the next several years. FHWA's February 1998 report on its regional offices' restructuring called for replacing the agency's nine regional offices with four resource centers. GAO discusses the assumptions, limitations, findings, and potential cost savings associated with these two streamlining initiatives.

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