Equal Employment: Minority Representation at USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) equal employment opportunity (EEO) upward mobility program (UMP) and merit promotion process, focusing on: (1) NASS compliance with its merit plan promotion requirements; (2) the extent to which NASS employees filed discrimination complaints regarding UMP; (3) NASS efforts to address underrepresentation; and (4) representation of EEO groups in NASS.