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T-GGD-91-32 1 (1991-05-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaappy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee We are pleased to be here today to share with you results from our work concerning the hiring, promotion, and retention of women and minorities in the federal government. I will (1) summarize findings from our work during the past 5 years on specific agency equal employment opportunity issues, and (2) discuss the results of the first phase of our governmentwide review of the federal affirmative employment program. My comments regarding that review are based on our May 10, 1991, report1 done at your request. BACKGROUND The Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, requires federal agencies to develop and implement affirmative employment programs to eliminate the historic underrepresentation of minorities and women in the work force. EEOC is responsible for providing agencies with guidance on their affirmative employment programs. EEOC's Management Directive 714, issued in October 1987, assigns agency heads responsibility for ensuring compliance with affirmative employment program instructions issued by EEOC, establishing agencywide objectives, submitting multiyear affirmative iFederil Affirmative Action: Better EEOC Guidance and Agency Analysis of Underrepresentation Needed,,(GAO/GGD-91-86, May 10, 1991). 1