U.S. Department of Agriculture: Problems in Processing Discrimination Complaints

T-RCED-00-286 Published: Sep 12, 2000. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2000.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to process discrimination complaints, focusing on the: (1) timeliness and ability of USDA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to process employment discrimination complaints; and (2) reasons for delays in the implementing GAO's previous recommendations.

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Agriculture and Food

Civil rightsDispute settlementsEmployee trainingEmployment discriminationFair employment programsPersonnel managementAlternative dispute resolutionDiscrimination complaintsGrievance proceduresDiscrimination