The House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia and the Senate Subcommittee on Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia held a joint hearing on GAO personnel reforms. The hearing examined the implementation of GAO’s Human Capital Reform Act of 2004, the market-based compensation study conducted by Watson Wyatt Worldwide for GAO, and the performance ratings of African-Americans at GAO.
The following witnesses testified:
- The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office
- Ms. Anne Wagner, General Counsel, Personnel Appeals Board, Government Accountability Office
- Mr. Ronald Stroman, Managing Director, Office of Opportunity and Inclusiveness, Government Accountability Office
- Mr. Curtis Copeland, Specialist in American National Government, Congressional Research Service
- Mr. Jon Shimabukuro, Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service
- Ms. Jane K. Weizmann, Senior Consultant, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
- Dr. Charles H. Fay, Professor of Human Resource Mgmt, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
- Mr. Max Stier, President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
- Mr. Greg Junemann, IFTPE Union Representative
- Dr. Barry J. Seltser, Former Director, Center for Design, Government Accountability Office
- Ms. Janice M. Reece, Former General Counsel, Personnel Appeals Board, Government Accountability Office