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 2003-12-02 monographic deposited born digital 48 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-258 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258 P0b002ee18038eede f:d04258 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258 GAO-04-258 Military personnel National Guard Reporting requirements Whistleblowers Military officers Military training Employee promotions Internal controls Policy evaluation Policies and procedures Other Written Product A08968 In the past few years, the nation's media have focused public attention on a series of misconduct and mismanagement issues within the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. As part of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2003, Congress directed GAO to examine four issues related to the management of the National Guard. In this report, GAO assesses the effectiveness of the (1) procedures that the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard have established and implemented to deal with service members who stop attending required training; (2) procedures that the National Guard uses for federally recognizing state promotions of senior National Guard officers; (3) process that the National Guard uses for disciplining senior officers (colonels and generals) who are guilty of misconduct; and (4) federal protections for National Guard members or civilian federal employees who report allegations of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement (whistleblowers) and the extent to which disciplinary action is taken against those in the National Guard who retaliate against whistleblowers. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258.pdf GAO-04-258 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-258 Other Written Product GAO-04-258; Military Personnel: Information on Selected National Guard Management Issues; Military personnel National Guard Reporting requirements Whistleblowers Military officers Military training Employee promotions Internal controls Policy evaluation Policies and procedures Title 5 Chapter 12 Title 5 Chapter 23 5 U.S.C. Chapter 12 5 U.S.C. Chapter 23 Volume 116 Page 2458 116 Stat. 2458