United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-07-17 monographic deposited born digital 44 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-965T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T P0b002ee1803a1459 f:d01965t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T GAO-01-965T Federal employees Human resources utilization Personnel management Merit compensation Personnel evaluation GAO Executive Candidate Development Program Testimony A01402

This testimony discusses GAO's three-stage approach for addressing the federal government's human capital challenges. First, agencies must take all administrative steps available to them under current laws and regulations to manage their people for results. While much of what agencies need to accomplish these steps is already available to them, they will need the sustained commitment from top management and the support from both the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to do so. Second, the Administration and Congress should pursue selected legislative opportunities to put new tools and flexibilities in place that will help agencies attract, motivate, and retain employees--both overall and, especially, in connection with critical occupations. Third, all interested parties should work together to determine the nature and extent of more comprehensive human capital (or civil service) reforms that should be enacted over time. These reforms should include placing greater emphasis on skills, knowledge, and performance in connection with federal employment and compensation decisions, rather than the passage of time and rate of inflation, as is often the case today. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T.pdf GAO-01-965T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-965T Testimony GAO-01-965T; Human Capital: Taking Steps to Meet Current and Emerging Human Capital Challenges; Federal employees Human resources utilization Personnel management Merit compensation Personnel evaluation GAO Executive Candidate Development Program Title 5 Section 4703 5 U.S.C. 4703