Additional Improvements Needed in the National Survey of Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical Pay
FPCD-82-32
Published: Apr 05, 1982. Publicly Released: Apr 05, 1982.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed the results of the National Survey of Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical (PATC) Pay. This survey is made annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to collect private enterprise data for use by the President's Pay Agent in assessing and adjusting salary rates of Federal white- collar employees.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should, as long as the Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical (PATC) survey is conducted, require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to establish a quality control program to measure and better control nonsampling errors that occur in job-matching and the program should be structured to: (1) identify the source and reasons for nonsampling errors, prescribe remedial actions, and evaluate the effectiveness of such actions; (2) provide prompt feedback to field representatives on the data collection performance; and (3) report program results with PATC survey results or insure that this information is subsequently reported to survey users. |
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to test the statistical assumption used to account for these establishments and, if the statistical assumption cannot be verifed, the opinion of the effect of these refusal on the survey salary estimates should better qualified. |
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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Data integrityFederal employeesLabor statisticsMerit compensationNoncompliancePayPrivate sectorReporting requirementsStatistical methodsWage surveys