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GGD-96-80R 1 (1996-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaclcx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-260230 April 5, 1996 The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes United States Senate Dear Senator Sarbanes: This letter responds to a request we received from former Representative Kweisi Mfume asking us to provide information on the status of African-Americans in the Social Security Administration's (SSA) workforce in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. As Mr. Mfume's office and your office agreed, we are sending you the information Mr. Mfume requested. Specifically, Mr. Mfume asked us to update our 1987 report' on SSA's Baltimore area workforce2 with regard to - the representational status of African-Americans, overall, and by pay grade, in fiscal year 1994 as compared to fiscal year 1989 and - how African-Americans fared in hires, promotions, separations, awards, training, and disciplinary actions since fiscal year 1989., SUMMARY In September 1994, African-Americans accounted for nearly 44 percent of SSA's Baltimore area worlforce, which was about 0.8 percent lower than in September 1989. African-American women made up 36 percent of the workforce in 1994; African-American men almost 8 percent. The former constituted a slight decrease from 1989; the latter, a slight increase. 'Affirmative Action: Social Security Can Do More to Improve Blacks' Representation in Its Workforce (GAO/HRD-87-2, Jan. 2, 1987). 2 Throughout this letter, we use the term Baltimore area workforce to refer to employees in SSA Headquarters, the Office of Central Operations, and the Office of Disability and International Operations. As explained in the Background section, these offices were essentially the ones we covered in our 1987 report. GAO/GGD-96-80R Workforce Profile at SSA Baltimore

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