The presidents private sector survey on cost control: A response to an opinion essay on its proposals

Abstract

This article is a reply to Robert M. Hayes, “The President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: An Opinion Essay on the Grace Commission Report,” Government Information Quarterly, 3, no. 1 (1986): 73–81. The President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal Government (PPSS) welcomes factual analysis of its report and debate on its recommendations. The author's article on the PPSS Report to the President in the last issue of GIQ, however, provides no evidence that he looked at our report in detail, evaluated our proposals based on factual knowledge, or had any intent other than to discredit the report. While the author states that the PPSS report “should be read with the greatest care by everyone concerned with governmental policies,” our response concludes that he uses innuendo and misdirection to derive his conclusions, since he presents no evidence to support his opinions.