Download or read book Personnel Practices OPM Can Improve Oversight and Transparency of Agencies Hiring of Political Appointees Into Career Federal Positions Report to Congressional Requesters written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel practices career appointments of former political and Congressional employees report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal agencies must use appropriate authorities and follow proper procedures in converting political appointees to career positions, including obtaining prior approval from OPM. GAO was asked to provide information on political conversions and examine the implementation and effectiveness of OPM’s policy for reviewing them. GAO, as part of its review, examined (1) conversion requests submitted by agencies and reviewed by OPM, (2) whether agencies used appropriate authorities and proper procedures in conversions approved by OPM, and (3) conversion requests denied by OPM and referred to OSC. GAO recommends that OPM (1) ensure its finalized records schedule lists all documentation that must be saved in OPM’s case files, and (2) establish a policy requiring its staff to verify they reviewed all documentation required by OPM checklists before recommending approval or denial of a conversion request.
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the career appointments that agencies granted to employees who held either noncareer Senior Executive Service (SES) or Schedule C appointments before their career appointments, focusing on: (1) whether the appointments adhered to merit system principles dealing with fair and open competition and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) implementing regulations; and (2) OPM oversight of the appointments. GAO found that: (1) the propriety of conversions and agencies' adherence to merit system principles are difficult to ensure, because officials can easily give the appearance that fair and open competition was achieved when it was not; (2) of 46 conversions made in the period February 1988 through December 1989, 37 appeared proper, 7 were questionable, and 2 did not fully comply with merit staffing requirements; (3) OPM has established a review process that has identified and prevented some improper conversions; and (4) the subjectivity in the selection process will continue to make it difficult for OPM to oversee conversions.
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the propriety of career appointments in the competitive service and Senior Executive Service during the 1992 presidential transition. Also reviews allegations from federal workers and others involving potentially improper career appointments of political appointees, agency reorganizations, and rule changes. 4 charts and tables.
Download or read book Office of Personnel Management written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-23 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political appointees in the federal government sometimes seek appointments to career positions that, unlike political appointments, do not terminate at the end of an administration. Federal agencies must use appropriate authorities and follow proper procedures in making these conversions, including obtaining prior approval from OPM. GAO was asked to provide information on political conversions. This report identifies (1) the number of conversions of political appointees to career positions reported by executive branch agencies from January 1, 2010, to October 1, 2015; (2) the extent to which agencies complied with OPM requirements to receive approval before making such conversions and the results of that approval process; and (3) the status of OPM's efforts to comply with reporting requirements mandated by the Transitions Act. GAO obtained OPM data on the number of conversion requests reviewed from January 1, 2010, to October 1, 2015, for 30 agencies. This time period begins with the implementation of OPM's January 2010 policy requiring OPM's prior approval of political conversions, and continues through the end of fiscal year 2015. GAO asked agencies to verify conversion requests made to OPM and the numbers of conversions completed during this period.
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO found that 18 agencies that offered career civil service jobs to 36 former political appointees and legislative branch employees used the appropriate appointment authority to hire each of them and followed proper procedures. However, the circumstances surrounding six of the appointments could, in GAO's opinion, give the appearance that the appointments had received favoritism or preference that increased these individuals' chances of getting the job. For example, in two cases, the vacancy announcements appeared tailored to include specific work experiences possessed by the two appointees.
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Political appointees in the federal government sometimes seek appointments to career competitive and other positions which, unlike political appointments, do not terminate at the end of an administration. Federal agencies must use appropriate authorities and follow proper procedures in making these conversions. GAO was asked to determine for departments and selected agencies (1) the number and characteristics of all political to career conversions occurring during the period from May 1, 2005, through May 30, 2009, and (2) whether appropriate authorities were used and proper procedures were followed in making these conversions at the GS-12 level and above. "
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political appointees in the federal government sometimes seek appointments to career positions, which do not end with an administration. Although merit system principles require that selections be determined solely on the basis of merit after fair and open competition, questions have been raised about whether some individuals have received political favoritism or an unfair advantage, even the appearance of which could adversely compromise the integrity of the system. The 45 agencies GAO surveyed reported that 100 employees converted from political appointments and 11 converted from congressional staff positions from October 1998 through April 2001. All the conversions took place at 21 agencies. Ninety-five of the 111 conversions were to positions at the GS-12 level and above. GAO found that the 21 agencies used appropriate appointment authorities, such as civil service certificates from the competitive selection process, and generally followed merit system procedures. In 17 instances, however, the appointments could give the appearance that individuals had received political favoritism or preferences.
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political appointees in the federal government sometimes seek appointments to career competitive and other positions which, unlike political appointments, do not terminate at the end of an administration. Federal agencies must use appropriate authorities and follow proper procedures in making these conversions. GAO was asked to determine for departments and selected agencies (1) the number and characteristics of all political to career conversions occurring during the period from May 1, 2005, through May 30, 2009, and (2) whether appropriate authorities were used and proper procedures were followed in making these conversions at the GS-12 level and above.
Download or read book Personnel Practices written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the propriety of career appointments in the Civil Service and the Senior Executive Service (SES) during the 1992 presidential transition; and (2) federal workers' allegations of improper career appointments of political appointees, agency reorganizations, and rule changes. GAO found that: (1) 25 of the 33 federal departments and agencies surveyed had 121 conversions and noncompetitive appointments from January 1992 through March 1993; (2) all of the conversions and appointments met basic procedural requirements, but in nine cases, the appointees may have received preferential treatment; (3) six of the appointments were exempt from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) preappointment review because the employees had reinstatement rights earned through their prior career status or were being appointed to the excepted service; (4) the other noncompetitive appointments under the Ramspeck Act were also not subject to any preappointment review; (5) eight additional cases involved noncompetitive appointees returned to congressional service for brief periods of time and OPM ordered two of these persons removed from their positions; (6) OPM suspended SES processing during the 1992 presidential transition at only five agencies where the agency head was resigning because neither the White House nor the transition team requested other suspensions; (7) 76 allegations of improper personnel practices were substantiated and 163 were unsubstantiated; and (8) 52 other allegations involving a variety of practices were referred to the appropriate agency inspectors general for their review.
