Certain Personal Services Contracts Administered by the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations Are Unauthorized

GAO became aware of the practice of using contracts, rather than civil service appointing procedures, to obtain the services of administrative and support-type personnel in the headquarters of the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO). The work of these individuals is supervised by government employees. The functions they perform are similar to those performed by government employees whose positions are classified under the General Schedule. Their conditions of employment are for the most part indistinguishable from those of government employees.