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B-167710 1 (1985-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduxv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CITf~c ~738 1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20. I: 'w A'v B-167710 August 22, 1985 The Honorable Patricia Schroeder Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Civil Service committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Madam Chairwoman: This is in response to your letter of August 1, 1985 asking seven questions concerning the appeals process available to General Accounting Office employees. Your questions are presented in response to our June 12, 1985 letter to Chairman William D. Ford asking that GAO be excluded from the provision of H.R. 917. That bill proposes to extend to employees in the excepted service, including GAO employees, appeal rights to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). It is our view that GAO employees should not have appeal rights to the MSPB. As you know, the General A counting office Personnel Act of 1980, 31 U.S.C. SS 731 et seq., created a GAO Personnel Appeals Board (Board) to perform-the functions that the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would otherwise perform. The Act also established a General Counsel to the Board to investigate and prosecute allegations of prohibited personnel practices and to investigate labor management and employment discrimination cases. The Act contains several provisions to ensure the independenee of th Board and its General Counsel. See 31 U.S.C. SS 751;16nd 752Y. Generally the Board is empowered to hear the same matters as the above offices. These include removals, suspensions for more than 14 days, reductions in grade or pay or furloughs of not more than 30 days, prohibited person- nel practices, prohibited political activity, matters concerning collective bargaining and discrimination. Our specific responses to your questions,which are enclosed, provide more detail. ':{. *

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