Equal Employment Opportunity

Some Racial Imbalance in SSA Region X, Better Data and Remedies Needed Gao ID: HRD-88-6 October 13, 1987

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the employment status of black employees in the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Region X, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

GAO found that: (1) blacks were underrepresented in some grades in three primary job series; (2) the Region X multiyear affirmative action plan identified the job series and grade levels in which minorities and women were underrepresented, but failed to include numerical goals and timetables for remediation or specific strategies for enhancing the advancement of blacks; (3) Region X affirmative action accomplishment and update reports lacked information regarding progress, achievements, and labor statistics; and (4) Region X did not comply with reporting requirements in collecting race and sex data for applicants.

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