Summary: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed certain U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) personnel policies and practices, focusing on whether ACDA effectively addressed personnel problems the Department of State's Office of Inspector General and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) identified in 1989.
GAO found that ACDA did not: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of personnel positions, structure, and staffing, as State's Inspector General recommended; (2) reassess or revalidate the numbers and grades of its employees; (3) establish formal training or upward mobility programs for its career employees; or (4) implement its affirmative action plan or upgrade its goals. GAO also found that, although ACDA: (1) made some progress in hiring women, it made no progress in meeting minority hiring goals; and (2) sought OPM assistance regarding its staffing structure, it did not implement OPM recommendations to develop a new structure and career path for its clerical and technical staff.
