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FPCD-80-3 1 (1979-10-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazuo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PCbrRAL PURGONN4KL ANO COMPENSATION OIVISION OCTOBER 16, 1979 B-165959 Mr. Arch S. Ramsay Associate Director for Staffing Services Office of Personnel Management 110597 Dear Mr. Ramsay: Subject: LAssistance to Displaced Federal Civilian Employees--Avoiding Loss of Needed Trained Personnelj(FPCD-80-3) We have completed a review of .assistance provided to Federal civilian employees displaced from their positions through no fault of their own when agencies reorganize or act to adjust to program, funding, personnel ceilings, or other changes. We made our review at six selected Federal facilities representing both civilian and Department of Defense (DOD) agencies in the Denver, Colorado, and Ogden, Utah, areas. ')Our work focused on the displacement assis- tance betweeh January 1977 and December 1978. We reviewed program documents and available results data and held meet- ings with responsible program representatives in the field and at Washington, D.C., headquarters. As a result of our work we developed some opinions on positive placement pro- grams, reemployment priority lists, and the displaced em- ployee program (DEP). Information collected during our review is described more fully in the enclosures. The Federal Government cannot afford to lose the serv- ices of competent experienced workers in whom it has in- vested substantial training and development. To protect this investment and retain persons with needed skills and expertise, it is important that Federal agencies have effec- tive programs that provide their displaced employees with an appropriate level of consideration for position vacancies when they develop. We do recognize, however, that, regard- less of program efficiency or the degree of consideration given to displaced employees, the number of placements can be no greater than the number of position vacancies avail- able for which these persons qualify. The current administration has expressed the need for special attention directed at the displacement issue. In 007367 (962120)