Federal Affirmative Employment: Better Guidance Needed for Small Agencies (Letter Report, 07/21/94, GAO/GGD-94-71). In reviewing 75 federal agencies ranging in size from 3 employees to nearly 4,700, GAO found that the overall representation of women and minorities in these small and medium agencies increased from 1984 to 1992. However, underrepresentation existed in many of the job categories. In particular, in medium agency key jobs, those that lead to senior-level positions, GAO found that underrepresentation existed in every key job. At the same time, women and minorities were being hired and promoted at rates that should improve their relative shares of the workforce. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) needs to strengthen the management of the federal EEO program by clarifying its requirements for small agencies and ensuring that small agencies are held accountable for developing and implementing affirmative employment programs. In place of affirmative employment plans, EEOC requires small agencies to submit a statement affirming their commitment to equal employment opportunity. This statement, however, does not guarantee that agencies follow EEOC's requirement for affirmative employment planning, nor does it provide EEOC with additional information to show that they are complying. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: GGD-94-71 TITLE: Federal Affirmative Employment: Better Guidance Needed for Small Agencies DATE: 07/21/94 SUBJECT: Fair employment programs Reporting requirements Civil rights law enforcement Employment of minorities Hiring policies Compliance Federal employees Employee promotions Women Minorities IDENTIFIER: OPM Central Personnel Data File ************************************************************************ We regret that the full text of this item is presently unavailable. See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: [email protected]