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GAO-01-1081R 1 (2001-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamuw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 September 14, 2001 The Honorable Christopher S. Bond Ranking Minority Member Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship United States Senate The Honorable Dave Weldon Chairman, Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization Committee on Government Reform House of Representatives Subject: Personnel Practices: Monetary Awards Provided to Political Appointees As part of its human capital management, the federal government administers an incentive awards program, consisting of monetary and nonmonetary (letters of appreciation, for example) awards, to recognize individual employees or groups of employees for especially significant performance and contributions that enhance government operations and programs. However, Congress has placed various prohibitions on cash awards to political appointees, in contrast to regular federal employees.' A 1994 law, for example, prohibits certain appointees, such as political appointees in Senior Executive Service (noncareer SES) and Schedule C positions, from receiving cash and time-off awards during presidential election periods for superior accomplishments.2 The law defines a presidential election period as beginning on June 1 of the election year and ending on the following January 20. Federal law also prohibits the payment of cash awards at any time to presidential appointees who are confirmed by the Senate and who are paid either under the Executive Schedule pay plan or occupy a position for which the compensation is set by reference to the Executive Schedule pay rates.3 You asked us to monitor selected types of awards given to political appointees and provide information about two topics. One, you asked us to provide information on the number and types of monetary and time-off awards provided to political appointees during the period September 1, 1999, through April 30, 2001, and how that compared to awards provided to 'As used in this report, political appointees are defined as those who obtained noncareer appointments to the Senior Executive Service (SES); limited term and limited emergency SES appointments; and presidential appointees, including executive-level appointees and noncareer ambassadors. We also included appointees serving under Schedule C appointments. 25 U.S.C. 4508 35 U.S.C. 4509 GAO-01-1081R Monetary Awards for Political Appointees

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