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 2002-11-15 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-264R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R P0b002ee18039f938 f:d03264r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R GAO-03-264R Federal employees Human resources utilization Personnel management Performance measures Strategic planning NASA Strategic Human Capital Implementation Plan Correspondence A05533

GAO reviewed several issues relating to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) workforce and management challenges. These issues are associated with NASA's proposed legislative provisions for additional flexibilities and authorities to help it address its human capital challenge. GAO found that agencies must ensure that their strategic human capital plans are results-oriented and data-driven. This includes developing appropriate information on the number and location of employees and their key competences and skills, as well as data on the profile of the workforce, and performance goals and measures for human capital approaches. NASA's legislative proposal for streamlined demonstration and alternative personnel system authority would provide a mechanism for converting a successful demonstration project, upon approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to a permanent alternative personnel system, without the need for special legislation and without any limitation on the number of employees that would be covered by the project as is under current authority. Human capital systems should have appropriate transparency and adequate safeguards in order to help ensure that it is efficient, effective, credible, and equitable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R.pdf GAO-03-264R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-264R Correspondence GAO-03-264R; Human Capital Legislative Proposals to NASA's Fiscal Year 2003 Authorization Bill; Federal employees Human resources utilization Personnel management Performance measures Strategic planning NASA Strategic Human Capital Implementation Plan Title 5 Section 4701 Title 5 Section 4703 5 U.S.C. 4701 5 U.S.C. 4703