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Achieving Representation of Minorities and Women in the Federal Work Force

FPCD-81-5 Published: Dec 03, 1980. Publicly Released: Dec 03, 1980.
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The Civil Service Reform Act made federal agencies responsible for establishing recruiting programs to eliminate underrepresentation of minorities and women in the federal work force. The act required the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to establish guidelines for agencies to use in carrying out the program and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to issue regulations implementing a minority recruitment program. OPM required agencies to develop and have in operation by October 1, 1979, plans for eliminating underrepresentation of minorities and women. As of January 1980, about 70 percent of the agencies were still developing plans.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Chairman, EEOC, should amend the affirmative action guidelines to include appropriate occupational data and time frames as the baseline for establishing short-term and intermediate-range hiring goals.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Director, OPM, and the Chairman, EEOC, should work with federal agencies to gather appropriate occupational data for relevant labor markets for various federal occupations. This data should be collected by each SMSA, each state, and the country.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Office of Personnel Management The Director, OPM, and the Chairman, EEOC, should work with federal agencies to gather appropriate occupational data for relevant labor markets for various federal occupations. This data should be collected by each SMSA, each state, and the country.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Director, OPM, and the Chairman, EEOC, should (1) clarify their respective responsibilities for managing Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program (FEORP), which would include determining the authority for respective responsibilities and the actions each agency must take when issuing and modifying regulations and guidelines; (2) clarify common evaluation responsibilities and how they will be coordinated to eliminate duplication and inconsistency; (3) identify and eliminate inconsistencies between the recruitment program and the Affirmative Action Program so that FEORP becomes an effective element of affirmative action plans; and (4) examine the data requirements for recruitment plans and determine what data can be used from OPM's Central Personnel Data File to minimize agencies' data burden and allow agencies more time to develop and implement the plans.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Office of Personnel Management The Director, OPM, and the Chairman, EEOC, should (1) clarify their respective responsibilities for managing Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program (FEORP), which would include determining the authority for respective responsibilities and the actions each agency must take when issuing and modifying regulations and guidelines; (2) clarify common evaluation responsibilities and how they will be coordinated to eliminate duplication and inconsistency; (3) identify and eliminate inconsistencies between the recruitment program and the Affirmative Action Program so that FEORP becomes an effective element of affirmative action plans; and (4) examine the data requirements for recruitment plans and determine what data can be used from OPM's Central Personnel Data File to minimize agencies' data burden and allow agencies more time to develop and implement the plans.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.

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Data collectionFair employment programsMinoritiesPersonnel managementPlanningProgram evaluationProgram managementPublic service employmentWomen's rightsAffirmative action