GAO discussed the status of women and minority representation in the federal workforce. GAO noted that: (1) as of September 1990 the federal civilian workforce representation of white women, Hispanic men, and Hispanic women lagged behind representation in the civilian labor force; (2) white women and minorities have increased their presence in the government's middle and upper management levels,

GAO found that OPM: (1) abolished the Civil Service Commission's training requirements in an effort to delegate more authority to the agencies regarding the content and timing of executive training; (2) established criteria for training Senior Executive Service (SES) candidates and incumbents; and (3) requested that agencies provide data on employee training activities. GAO also found that, in fi

HEW was selected because preliminary efforts indicated that its certification criteria could serve as a basis for development of the evaluation guide. However, the system did not receive high-level departmental support, which is vital to the success of any measurement system, and it was terminated in 1977. HEW certification criteria determined whether a system's approach was feasible, how compreh

GAO provided commentary on the Administration's Recently Submitted Proposed New Title on "Labor-Management Relations."

There are many variations among available grievance systems. Some federal agencies are exempt from requirements of the executive order and C.F.R. Their grievance procedures range from legislated and highly structured systems, such as the one for Foreign Service employees, to unilaterally imposed and more informal systems, such as the one at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Effectiveness of gr

Since 1953, new laws and court decisions have imposed constraints in the investigation process which have had the effect of reducing the authority of employing agencies to remove employees under the provisions of the Executive Order and limiting CSC ability to obtain information bearing on its suitability for employment. Federal regulations provide criteria for agency classification of positions

The question of whether, and to what extent, one congressional policy objective should take precedence over another is a matter for Congress to decide. Congress is urged to reconsider whether granting preference to veterans, in its present form, is appropriate in light of the contradiction to equal employment opportunity. If Congress wishes to lessen this conflict, modifications could be introduc

CSC's Regional Training Center provided about 50 percent of the EEO training received by employees in the agencies surveyed. CSC's training was based on its annual survey of agencies' training needs. Each agency also conducted an annual training needs survey, but these were done after the CSC survey. The results of EEO training provided by the regional training center had not been properly evalua