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Personnel Practices: Improper Personnel Actions on Selected CPSC Appointments

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 27, 1997
Report No. GGD-97-131
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Summary:

This report investigates alleged improper personnel activities and "burrowing in" by six political appointees at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. GAO found the allegations about the six appointments to be partially true. The appointments did not, as alleged, constitute burrowing in because the individuals did not convert from noncareer political appointments to career appointments in the competitive service. Each of the appointments was beset, however, by irregular or improper personnel actions. These included three instances in which candidate examination and selection procedures were not followed, causing individuals with veterans preference eligibility to be denied proper consideration in the selection process; three instances in which advanced rates of pay based on superior qualifications were set without required documentation to justify such rates; and two instances in which the use of term appointment authority was questionable.

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