Joint Hearing on the Government Accountability Office's Personnel Reform Efforts

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