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Federal Workforce: Federal Employees' Compensation Act Cost Growth and Workplace Safety

GGD-89-4 Published: Oct 20, 1988. Publicly Released: Oct 20, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Labor's (DOL) Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) Program to: (1) determine the real growth in FECA costs after adjusting for inflation; (2) describe federal agencies' efforts to control program costs; and (3) identify the trend in federal workplace safety.

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Cost controlDisability benefitsEligibility determinationsFederal employee disability programsFederal employeesLabor forceOccupational safetyProgram managementWorkers compensationCompensation