Equal Employment: Minority Representation at USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service
GGD-91-31BR
Published: Mar 18, 1991. Publicly Released: Mar 18, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) equal employment opportunity (EEO) upward mobility program (UMP) and merit promotion process, focusing on: (1) NASS compliance with its merit plan promotion requirements; (2) the extent to which NASS employees filed discrimination complaints regarding UMP; (3) NASS efforts to address underrepresentation; and (4) representation of EEO groups in NASS.
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