Federal Civilian Personnel: Federal Labor Relations Authority and Administrative Roles and Case Processing

摘要

The report addresses the role of the General Counsel and FLRA case processing. With regard to the first issue, the Members of the Authority and the General Counsel disagree as to whether the Chairman or the General Counsel should control the budget and staff allocations for OGC. In brief, GAO believes that the administrative responsibilities of the Charman and the General Counsel are unclear and that those responsibilities should be clarified by the Congress. Regarding FLRA case processing, the data generally indicate reductions in the agency's case backlog and caseload between fiscal years (FY) 1983 and 1985. Case processing time decreased in the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of Administrative Law Judges but generally increased in the Authority.