This is an e-supplement to GAO-16-62. It presents the results from GAO's survey of 57 senior CFPB executives as of January 31, 2015. A total of 36 senior executives responded to our executive survey for a response rate of 63 percent. GAO excluded responses to demographic and open-ended narrative questions.

Nonexecutive employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) who responded to GAO's survey identified strengths and areas for improvement in CFPB's personnel practices and culture. Most respondents agreed that enthusiasm for CFPB's mission is high and that immediate supervisors respect and value differences among individuals. However, GAO's survey found heightened concerns related to

Retention incentives encompass the majority of 3R incentives awarded to FDA employees in recent years. FDA's employees in mission-critical occupations received the greatest number of 3R incentives from 2007 to 2009. However, without an updated strategic workforce plan or established agencywide indicators for tracking its use of 3R incentives, FDA cannot assess the impact that these incentives hav

GAO analyzed and grouped into eight, the factors that EEO practitioners identified as those they believed impeded the fair, prompt, and impartial processing of federal EEO complaints: (1) lack of accountability by some agency officials and EEOC practitioners in carrying out their responsibilities; (2) lack of sufficient resources by some EEO programs and EEOC to fulfill their responsibilities; (3

Executive branch agencies are not required to and do not collect and maintain information on the post-government employment activities of former senior federal employees who represent foreign principals. Post-government employment restrictions prohibit former senior federal employees from engaging in certain activities, such as lobbying or other advocacy communications, for a specified period of

GAO believes that the General Service Administration should amend the Federal Travel Regulation to permit extensions of temporary storage beyond 180 days for transferred civilian employees to make it consistent with the Joint Federal Travel Regulation provision for military personnel. The current regulation has resulted in inequities where employees could not be reimbursed for storage expenses fo

GAO believes that the General Service Administration should amend the Federal Travel Regulation to permit extensions of temporary storage beyond 180 days for transferred civilian employees to make it consistent with the Joint Federal Travel Regulation provision for military personnel. The current regulation has resulted in inequities where employees could not be reimbursed for storage expenses fo

The International Boundary and Water Commission requested a decision on whether employees could use free companion tickets for personal use. GAO held that: (1) the employees could not use the companion tickets for personal use, since they are the Commission's property and could only be used in accordance with General Service Administration (GSA) regulations; and (2) GSA could change its regulatio

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO issued its opinion on whether federal employees should be able to donate frequent flyer mileage credits earned for official travel to charity. GAO held that the question should be referred to the Administrator of General Services for amendment to the federal travel regulations, if applicable.