Age Discrimination and Other Equal Employment Opportunity Issues in the Federal Work Force

GAO was asked to determine whether Federal employees were being treated in a manner free of age discrimination. In its review, GAO concentrated on four issues: (1) the system for processing discrimination complaints; (2) how age complaints are processed in relation to complaints dealing with race, sex, national origin, or other discrimination issues; (3) the severity of age discrimination in the Federal workforce; and (4) occupational exemptions from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.