Consistency of Current Civil Service Regulations and GAO Decisions With Judicial Determinations Construing the Back Pay Act

GAO responded to the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice's disagreement with GAO's construction of the Back Pay Act of 1966, 5 U.S.C. § 5596, and with the Civil Service Commission's amended Back Pay Regulations contained in 5 C.F.R. Part 550, subpart H.