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 2005-11-17 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16 P0b002ee18038d649 f:d0616 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16 GAO-06-16 Agency proceedings Competitive procurement Consultants Contract administration Contracting officers Contractors Grievance procedures Prices and pricing Prohibited personnel practices Sole source procurement Strategic planning Policies and procedures Other Written Product A41637 In January 2005, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) implemented a plan, in part, to address a backlog of pending cases. This report discusses actions related to the development of this plan, including whether required practices and procedures were followed in contracting for the services of a management consulting company and in hiring an intermittent employee as a consultant. Also, the report identifies avenues of redress available to OSC employees for filing prohibited personnel practice allegations against OSC, and other redress options that could be made available. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16.pdf GAO-06-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-16 Other Written Product GAO-06-16; U.S. Office of Special Counsel: Selected Contracting and Human Capital Issues; Agency proceedings Competitive procurement Consultants Contract administration Contracting officers Contractors Grievance procedures Prices and pricing Prohibited personnel practices Sole source procurement Strategic planning Policies and procedures Volume 118 Page 3 Volume 118 Page 339-340 Volume 118 Page 2809 Volume 118 Page 3263-3264 118 Stat. 3 118 Stat. 339-340 118 Stat. 2809 118 Stat. 3263-3264 Public Law 108-199 Public Law 108-447