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PAD-83-16 1 (1982-12-27)

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REPORT BY THE U. S.



General Accounting Office






Attrition Of Scientists At

Three Regulatory Agencies



Changes in the number of scientific person-
nel employed at the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), and the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from
October 1979 through December 1980were
compared to changes occurring in calendar
year 1981.

The data revealed that

   --In FDA and EPA, total net losses of
   scientific and technical personnel over
   both periods were very small. CPSC
   experienced losses of scientific per-
   sonnel in both periods with the rate of
     loss accelerating in 1981.

   --RIFs played a negligible role in person-
     nel changes in all three agencies, and
     there was little change in the rate of
     separations across the two periods.
     Declines in 1981 were attributable pri-
     marily to not replacing departing scien-
     tists and engineers.

   --Gains and losses were not concen-
     trated in specific occupational or func-
     tional categories.
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                                                               GAO/PAD-83-18

                ~I~h~jDECEMBER 27, 1982

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