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procurement llie National Perfonnance Review also wOl address some of these 

 specific personnel and contracting issues which now hanger Bonneville's 

 attenq)ts to become more eflBcient We need to move aggressively to 

 administratively remove tmnecessary barriers vihich inxpede Bonneville's 

 eflBciency. We stand ready to help in any way we can. 



Not having a lot of the details, I must add that the Coimdl is not sure that 

 changing BonneviUe to a government coiporation is necessary to achieve most of 

 its eflBciency goals. We are confident that increased flexibility and eflBciency could 

 be achieved administratively without dramatically changing Bonneville's basic 

 structure. We are concerned that proposals to incorporate Bonneville could slow 

 down needed inqjrovements in eflBciency. We hope that eaqploring the concept of 

 incorporation will not detract fixnn the vu-gency of it becoming more efiBdent and 

 less bureaucratic. 



We look forward to receiving more details on Bonneville's incorporation 

 proposal. As we read Bonneville's preliminary outline for incorporation l^islation. 

 we have severzil basic concerns. The Covmcil wants to insure that Bonneville's 

 mission continues to include the goals of the Northwest Power Act. We also think 

 the ciurent level of regional accountability and Congressional oversight is 

 essential in any new Bonneville structiu^. For example, we wonder about the 

 eflTect on Congressional and regional oversight of Bonneville's propos£d that its 

 Administrator be named by the President for a fixed term. 



The nature of Congressional authorization and appropriations oversight also is 

 unclear. Diminished accountability eit the federal level would lessen regional 

 oversight of this public agency. 



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