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Federal Workforce: Implementation of the Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act of 1986

GGD-89-62 Published: Mar 31, 1989. Publicly Released: Mar 31, 1989.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed an experimental component of the President's Commission on Executive Exchange (PCEE) Program to identify advantages and disadvantages of private-sector employers paying their participants' salaries, instead of the government.

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Matter for Congressional Consideration

Matter Status Comments
Congress should extend the authority provided by Public Law 99-424 to permit private-sector executives assigned to government agencies in the PCEE program to be paid their full salaries by their corporate employers.
Closed – Not Implemented
The President abolished PCEE, effective September 30, 1991.
Congress should expand the authority to permit more corporate executives to be paid their full salaries by their corporate employers.
Closed – Not Implemented
The President abolished PCEE, effective September 30, 1991.
Congress should authorize federal executives assigned to private-sector companies, as part of the PCEE program, to be placed on detail to the private sector during the exchange assignment. This would allow executives to remain in federal pay status and continue to receive all benefits which, as federal employees, they would normally be entitled to receive.
Closed – Not Implemented
This was accomplished with the enactment of P.L. 101-416, October 22, 1990. However, the President abolished PCEE, effective September 30, 1991.
Congress should authorize the corporate host companies to reimburse the sponsoring federal agencies for the executives' salaries.
Closed – Not Implemented
The President abolished PCEE, effective September 30, 1991.
Congress should include in legislation authorizing this authority a statement that it is enacted "notwithstanding any other law" in order to preclude the need to amend any other existing statutes that may be relevant to the PCEE program and for which exemptions for federal participants may be necessary.
Closed – Not Implemented
The President abolished PCEE, effective September 30, 1991.
Congress should include in legislation authorizing this authority an enumeration of those statutes that should continue to apply to the PCEE program, such as applicable statutes relating to compensation, benefits, travel and relocation, conflict of interest, standards of ethical conduct for government officers and employees, post-employment restrictions for exchange executives, and authority for agencies to accept reimbursements for executives' salaries from private-sector companies. The applicable statutes should be listed and incorporated by reference into the PCEE program statute.
Closed – Not Implemented
The President abolished PCEE, effective September 30, 1991.

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Conflict of interestsEmployee benefit plansExchange of persons programsExecutive compensationFederal agenciesFederal employeesInternal controlsPrivate sectorProgram managementPublic officials