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FPCD-82-41 1 (1982-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdlc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (.. ~UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-206717 JULY 1, 1982 The Honorable Donald J. Devine1111111111 Director, Office of Personnel Management 18848 Dear Dr. Devine: Subject: Better Guidance is Needed for Determining When Examining Authority Should Be Delegated to Federal Agencies (GAO/FPCD-82-41) We have completed our review of the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM's) program for delegating to Federal agencies the authority to examine candidates for Federal jobs. The Civil- Service Reform Act of 1978 authorized OPM to delegate examining authority as a means of improving the timeliness of the hiring process and the quality of Federal job candidates. By the end of fiscal year 1981, OPM had delegated 836 examining authorities to Federal agencies. In September 1981, OPM announced plans to withdraw some of the delegations that had been made. T3he proposed withdrawal was based on the new Director's interpretation that the statute did not allow the extent of delegation that had occurred under the previous Director's interpretation of the law. In our opinion, however, both the prior and the current Directors' interpretations are consistent with the statute. We therefore believe withdrawing the authorities is not required by law. In March 1982, OPM issued revived criteria and policy guid- ance for approving delegations. We found that agencies, for the most part, were highly satisfied with the results of thei- own examiring both in terms of improved timeliness and the quality of hires. OPM's studies have also concluded that agency examining has resulted in im- proved timeliness in the hiring process and in the quality of per- sons hired. Neither our work nor OPM's audits have disclosed problems or abuses that warrant withdrawing examining authority. (966060O)

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