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GGD-93-45R 1 (1993-05-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OStates GAO) General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-253476 May 25, 1993 The Honorable John Glenn Chairman, Committee on Governmental 149252 Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: On April 5, 1993, the Committee asked us to help it prepare for an upcoming hearing on S. 404. This bill would amend certain statutes to improve the government's effectiveness in reviewing employment discrimination complaints of federal employees. Specifically, we were asked to update cost information we reported in Discrimination Complaints: Payments to Employees by Federal Agencies and the Judgement Fund' (GAO/HRD-89- 141, Sept. 25, 1989). This letter provides information on payments made to federal employees and their attorneys in fiscal years 1989 through 1992. RESULTS IN BRIEF Although exact numbers were not readily available, at least $47.9 million was paid by federal agencies and the Judgement Fund to federal employees and their attorneys over the 4 fiscal years.2 Much of this amount was back pay to employees. However, at least $19.8 million was paid to employees' attorneys. 'A permanent indefinite appropriation used to pay certain settlements and judgements against the federal government (31 U.S.C. 1304). 2There are further monetary costs. Cabinet-level civilian departments and certain Department of Defense agencies estimated their fiscal year 1991 dollar costs for discrimination complaint counseling and for investigating and processing formal discrimination complaints at about $139 million. See Federal Workforce: Agencies' Estimated Costs for Counseling and Processing Discrimination Complaints (GAO/GGD-92-64FS, Mar. 26, 1992). GAO/GGD-93-45R Monetary Payments in Federal EEO Cases I 2;2

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