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FPCD-80-15 1 (1979-10-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazvb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0548 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-192698 OCTOBER 22, 1979 . Patrick Swygert, Special Counsel 0 jt Office of the Special Counsel 0 Subject: Jerit Systems and Employee Protection ( FPCD-80-15) Dear Mr. Swygert: As part of our congressionally mandated oversight ac- tivities, we evaluated what actions the Merit Systems Pro- tection Board and particularly the Office of the Special Counsel, have taken in carrying out their responsibilities for protecting Federal employees from prohibited personnel practices. The Civil Service Reform Act directed the Office of the Special Counsel, along with the Board, to be the focal point--receiver, investigator, enforcer, and spokesperson-- for insuring the integrity of Federal merit systems and pro- tecting the rights of employees within those systems. We are aware of the resource problems you have faced in starting up operations. Since the eventual success of your office may be directly attributed, to a great extent, to how you are perceived and accepted by Federal employees, we feel that this startup period is very important. Our ob- servations which follow are directed at improving areas which we feel may negatively affect your operations. Our discus- sions with officials from the Office of the Special Counsel, 12 selected agency hotlines, and GAO's fraud hotline showed that the Special Counsel had not --adequately communicated its role and responsibili- ties to Federal employees; --established itself as the focal point within the Federal service for receiving and investigating allegations of prohibited personnel practices; --issued guidance and instructions to hotline offi- cials about the criteria for referring allegations of prohibited personnel practices; and /(964139)

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