Federal Personnel: Observations on the Navy's Personnel Management Demonstration Project
GGD-88-79
Published: May 03, 1988. Publicly Released: May 03, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reported on the Navy's personnel management demonstration project at two of its laboratories, focusing on the project's relevance to the proposed Defense Industry and Technology Act of 1988 (S. 2254).
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Personnel Management | The Director, OPM, should: (1) ensure that future personnel system demonstration projects are carefully evaluated and fully documented; and (2) arrange for such evaluations to be closely monitored to ensure that they are implemented as designed, and that appropriate alternatives are developed and implemented if there are problems in executing the original evaluation. |
Closed – Implemented
OPM fully concurred; stating that it is closely monitoring the implementation and evaluation of recently implemented projects to ensure that they process according to plan.
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