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T-GGD-91-32 1 (1991-05-16)

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Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee


We are pleased to be here today to share with you results from

our work concerning the hiring, promotion, and retention of women

and minorities in the federal government. I will (1) summarize

findings from our work during the past 5 years on specific agency

equal employment opportunity issues, and (2) discuss the results

of the first phase of our governmentwide review of the federal

affirmative employment program. My comments regarding that

review are based on our May 10, 1991, report1 done at your

request.



BACKGROUND



The Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment

Opportunity Act of 1972, requires federal agencies to develop and

implement affirmative employment programs to eliminate the

historic underrepresentation of minorities and women in the work

force. EEOC is responsible for providing agencies with guidance

on their affirmative employment programs. EEOC's Management

Directive 714, issued in October 1987, assigns agency heads

responsibility for ensuring compliance with affirmative

employment program instructions issued by EEOC, establishing

agencywide objectives, submitting multiyear affirmative



iFederil Affirmative Action: Better EEOC Guidance and Agency
Analysis of Underrepresentation Needed,,(GAO/GGD-91-86, May 10,
1991).

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