HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.gao/gaobaawiw0001 and id is 1 raw text is:
DOCUMENT SESOME
04318 - (B3534776]
Proposals to Resolve Longstanding Problems in Investigations of
Federal Employees. FPCD-77-64; B-132376. December 16, 1977. 55
pp + 8 appendices (28 pp.).
Rap:rt to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General..
Issue Area: Personnel Management and Compensation (300).; 'Federal
Records Management (1400).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: National Defense (050); Law Enfor'cement.:anl
Justice (750); General Government (800).
Organization Concerned: Civil Service Commissicn.* Office of
Management and Budget; Department of iJustice.'
Authority: Civil Service Act of 1883, sec. 2'. P.L. 811-733.
Executive Order 10450. Executive.: Order 9835. -
Authority to conduct inve'stigati'ons. of :-Federal
personnel is based on Executive Order.10450 which unit e.d
previously separate suitability, securi y,land ::loyalty pro.rams
under the framework of a security program. --.The Civil Ser
Commission is primarily responsiblefor conductin such
investigations. Findings/Conclusi2cns: 'Since 1 953, .i..
court decisions have imposed constraints' ;in the in'vbigation
process which have had the effect cf redlucing the .au hi -o
employing agencies to remove employees u-nder the pr6vi'i sZr :of
the Executive Order and limiting the ComliSSio::'s bilt.
obtain information bearing on their: suit-ability for eploy-e
Federal regulations provide criteria for agency cl.ssificat ow
of positions according to the sensitivity .of. th'i; dui.es which-
indicates to the Commission what type of' investiat 'o.o
conduct. Criteria for these determ'inations -are 'lt cear,and:-
many positions are classified. as cnsensitiv 41
involve a high degree of public-trust.-The - nat.1nae tgi! i:hck
and inquiry as now conducted are irade. . e fox em.oe
positions with sensitive duties, -whilehe exten.t f:
investigation is excessive for the majority of. positions'. .
Deficiencies noted :in the Commissicn's informati.nh sstem, we, re-
the information gathering system .has few liit s o n co 'ro 'he,
Commission has no overview on:,how the agencies use ti
information; it disseminates information developed -during
investigations even though muchof the informatiAn ma
h: of.he orma qimo ; a.y~ii av -,, .: ! -!.
little relationship to disloyalty; and security i es maintained
on supposedly subversive individuals are not spec-ficy, .
authorized. Recommendations:- Congress shoud conolid'a.int-
one law the authority to investigate and, judge tu...sui.. tabi
of federal employees including gt:.helr po en tal to .pair r
national security. The Civil Service Commission uils, improve.
agencies' consistency in classifyi g posi tion. s a s.. to thlescojpe, -,
of investigation needed, establish. criteria, tO'pr6.ide ....
instructions on classifying positions based -on ..f.-... s, , -ty-
duties, and assign mere people to the reiie.w of agen.'y.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawiw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)