United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-08-15 monographic deposited born digital 78 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213 P0b002ee1803a04a8 f:gg95213 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213 GGD-95-213 Surveys Federal employees Personnel management Employment discrimination Appellate procedure Federal personnel law Independent agencies Agency missions Internal controls Investigations into federal agencies Letter Report GGD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) performance, management, and operations, focusing on: (1) whether the MSPB appeals process is effectively protecting federal employees against improper personnel practices; (2) the accountability mechanisms MSPB has in place to provide its employees with merit system protections; and (3) the actions MSPB has taken to foster an environment of trust, respect, and fairness.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the practitioner groups surveyed generally felt that MSPB has been fair in processing employee appeals of agency personnel actions and MSPB is accomplishing its statutory mission; (2) during the 4-year period ending September 1994, 91 percent of the final MSPB decisions appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals were upheld; (3) MSPB regional offices met their 120-day case processing guideline 96 percent of the time during the same period, while MSPB headquarters met its 110-day guideline 61 percent of the time; (4) the differences in the timeliness in processing appeals has been due to the complexity of headquarters' cases; (5) MSPB has established accountability mechanisms and an equal employment opportunity (EEO) policy to protect its employees against workplace discrimination, mismanagement, abuse, and improper personnel practices; (6) two-fifths of MSPB employees surveyed said they would be reluctant to become involved in the processing of EEO complaints; and (7) although MSPB has taken a variety of actions to foster an environment of trust, respect, and fairness, only 29 percent of survey respondents felt that MSPB has been successful. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213.pdf GAO/GGD-95-213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-213 Letter Report GAO/GGD-95-213; Merit Systems Protection Board: Mission Performance, Employee Protections, and Working Environment; Surveys Federal employees Personnel management Employment discrimination Appellate procedure Federal personnel law Independent agencies Agency missions Internal controls Investigations into federal agencies Title 5 Section 7702(a)(1) 5 U.S.C. 7702(a)(1) Public Law 103-424