Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-07

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780788129315

The Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Navy, and State have made progress in improving women and minority representation in their workforces. However, some groups are still underrepresented on an overall basis and often underrepresented to a greater degree in key jobs. Also, although the numbers of women and minorities in key jobs increased across all white-collar grade and management levels, as of 1992 these groups continued to be less well represented in the higher grades at agencies. Furthermore, the four agencies' milder affirmative employment planning program analyses did not completely address each of the eight required program elements set forth by The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Management Directive 714. For example, none of the four completely analyzed its recruitment and hiring, promotions, or separations program elements, all of which are needed to identify the basic causes of underrepresentation. Finally, neither the Office of Personnel Management nor EEOC provided the oversight needed to ensure that agencies' affirmative employment program could effectively correct imbalances in their workforces.