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Administrative Law Judges: Allegations of Interference by the Department of the Interior

GGD-93-6 Published: Oct 02, 1992. Publicly Released: Oct 26, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether: (1) there was evidence that the Department of the Interior's management actions might have compromised administrative law judges' (ALJ) decisional independence; (2) there was evidence that Interior improperly influenced an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) decision to classify eight Indian probate ALJ positions at the GS-15 grade level; and (3) reporting to officials below the agency head has created concerns among ALJ in other agencies regarding their decisional independence.

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