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 2004-04-28 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-481 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481 P0b002ee18039f68c f:d04481 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481 GAO-04-481 Claims processing Claims settlement Comparative analysis Discrimination Federal funds Financial analysis Judgment Fund Other Written Product A09874 The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation (No FEAR) Act, which took effect October 1, 2003, requires agencies to repay discrimination settlements and judgments paid on their behalf. The No FEAR Act is similar to the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) of 1978, which holds agencies accountable for payment in contract disputes. Under both laws, federal agencies must reimburse the Judgment Fund, which is administered by the Treasury Department. Before the No FEAR Act, agencies did not have to repay the fund. The No FEAR Act requires GAO to review the financial impact on Treasury of administering that law and CDA. Based on this requirement, this report provides information on (1) Treasury's estimates of its costs to process discrimination claim payments and CDA payments in fiscal year 2003 and its costs to process and seek reimbursement for claim payments under lawsuits covered by the No FEAR Act beginning in fiscal year 2004, (2) differences in claims processing and reimbursement efforts under CDA and the No FEAR Act, and (3) the extent of federal agency compliance with CDA's reimbursement requirements and Treasury's view of how effective its No FEAR Act collection efforts may be. We make no recommendations in this report. Treasury officials had no official comment on the report https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481.pdf GAO-04-481 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-481 Other Written Product GAO-04-481; Judgment Fund: Treasury's Estimates of Claim Payment Processing Costs under the No FEAR Act and Contract Disputes Act; Claims processing Claims settlement Comparative analysis Discrimination Federal funds Financial analysis Judgment Fund Volume 70 Page 678 70 Stat. 678 Volume 75 Page 415 75 Stat. 415 Volume 92 Page 2383 92 Stat. 2383 Volume 116 Page 566 116 Stat. 566