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RCED-84-142 1 (1984-05-29)

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.BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE



Report To The Honorable Albert Gore, Jr.

House Of Representatives


Attrition Of Scientists And

Engineers At Seven Agencies



GAO developed data on the attrition of scientists and
engineers between 1979 and 1983 at the Consumer
Product Safety Commission, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National
Bureau of Standards, the National Institutes of Health, and
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

GAO generally found that changes in the scientific work-
force paralleled changes in the total workforce A
comparison of changes in the scientific and nonscientific
workforces, however, showed an inconsistent pattern At
three agencies the attrition was higher for the scientists
and engineers than for the nonscientific workforce, and at
three agencies the attrition rate for scientists and
engineers was lower At one agency, both workforces
increased but the scientific workforce increased at a lesser
rate than the nonscientific workforce.

GAO also found that agency reductions-in-force were a
factor in the attrition of scientists at five of the seven
agencies Further, GAO's analysis of scientific employ-
ment by occupation and type of research and development
activities engaged in disclosed that trends varied by
agency


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    May 29, 1984

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