Description of Selected Systems for Classifying Federal Civilian Positions and Personnel
GGD-84-90
Published: Jul 13, 1984. Publicly Released: Jul 23, 1984.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO studied the principal systems for classifying Federal civilian personnel to provide background information for evaluating sex bias in Federal classification systems. In this initial study, GAO specifically examined General Schedule (GS) positions, Federal Wage System (FWS) positions, Foreign Service professionals, and Veterans Administration (VA) professionals under the Department of Medicine and Surgery schedules.
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CompensationFair employment programsFederal employeesGS grade classificationJob classificationPerformance appraisalPersonnel managementSex discriminationCivil service