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FPCD-81-25 1 (1980-12-30)

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                  UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING Ot1(!rovaI ,/  ,
                          WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548


FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND
COMPENSATION DIVISION
                                            DECEMBER 30, 1980

      B-201335



      The Honorable Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
      Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human
        Resources
      United States Senate

      The Honorable Alan Cranston
      United States Senate

           Subject: fmplementation of Affirmative Action
                     Planning (FPCD-81-25)

           This responds to your May 23, 1980, letter asking whether
      the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should develop
      more objective standards by which to measure the progress
      of Federal departments and agencies in enhancing equal
      employment opportunity. As agreed with Committee repre-
      sentatives we (1) reviewed the status of the Commission's
      implementation of its December 11, 1979, instructions for
      preparing Federal affirmative action plans, (2) contacted
      selected agencies and obtained views on the instructions from
      officials responsible for preparing affirmative action plans,
      and (3) obtained information on the Commission's plans for
      monitoring Federal agencies' compliance.

           On August 28, 1980, we briefed a Committee representative
      on the work we had done and agreed at that time not to pursue
      an evaluation of affirmative action planning because of the
      extensive changes being undertaken by the Commission as a
      result of its experience during fiscal year 1980. Instead,
      we agreed to provide a summary of our work and our overall
      observations. (See enc. I.)

      AGENCIES WERE SLOW IN IMPLEMENTING
      AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANNING

           While most Federal agencies submitted affirmative action
      plans to the Commission during fiscal year 1980, few met the

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