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Personnel Appeals Board is an independent entity established by the General
Accounting Office Personnel Act of 1980 (GAOPA) to
adjudicate disputes, issue decisions and order corrective or disciplinary
action, as appropriate, involving employees (and applicants for employment)
of the U.S. General Accounting Office.
The Act provides that the Board may consider and order corrective
or disciplinary action in cases involving: an appeal from a removal,
suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough
of not more that 30 days; a prohibited personnel practice; a decision
on the appropriateness of an employees for collective bargaining; an
election or certification of a collective bargaining representative;
certain labor-management relations issues; an action involving discrimination;
and personnel-related issues that by the Comptroller General
in regulation for PAB resolution. (31
U.S.C. § 753 (a)).
The Personnel Appeals
Board also is charged by statute with oversight of equal employment
opportunity at GAO. The provisions of the GAOPA, 31 U.S.C. § 731 et
seq., can be found online.
The Board
By statute, the PAB is comprised of five members. It is, however, currently operating with a quorum of three members who are appointed to five-year, non-renewable terms by the Comptroller General. The Board has elected Paul M. Coran as its Chair and Mary E. Leary as Vice-Chair; Steven H. Svartz is the third member.
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