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• Publication Date: October 2, 1989
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' `FIRINGS IN THE GOVERNMENT
Agency.x.:?),.. . 14, r.,A,1 . ,Terminations i .; Terminations,. , Discharged, no. , ?.,,ftesignatfonl!. ' , , , :Total Discharges
and Removals ' during probation . ; , right of Appeal '' .' .. .. :, (rate per ,1 ,DDD workers)
Alf Force! ''.1. ' ' '''''' ''., ' ..' ? '432 . , ''',:?'';?,''' P:134 . '..:.,. e.?': i.,, ? 1.834 ,., . .. ?
..: .'.81 ' '' ..,??"...,. 1,181 ' (4'.9)
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63 ????? . .. 492' (4.2)
ArmY?? , . ? . \ ? :..632 ' ' ' 432 ? ''' ' 664 .' " ' ' '
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ti' ' 35 i.'! .'f-'., 3c,... ..291'1 (8.1):
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.??Approilrhately 12% of agency separation actions missing for fiscal 1988:".. , ' 7.' !
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? tfilliiiiliSeritieeReforni Act to iin- .1
04.00,1401110yernmenrs Jpeitirm4li
? antOby." rewardmg l'good ...workersT,
? anft.getting"rieofi slug$ardspfple
,fired;?-,a4Cirding'.1
tP:fikes'prOirided 'the Office of
Personnel Mahaienient:'
i;:,94Xpercentage baSis;.:;there
Peap,, be a huge increase-47
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1p,60o:49,044,Agop?.15,09,7 la?t,,i
year4he Jargest.?04mberlpf,Wqrk:
ero are ;let go Awing ,thelp proba-.1i
tiiinarY,periqd, and another. large!
group of terminationsoociiro Among ,
employees without.appeal 'rights,
? "The Civil Service 'Reformi Act
really, did, not; do all.. that .much-. to:
make .it. easier to ,fire4iepPle,'!..said,',..
Robert , Shelton, assistant director
of .the general government branch
fi'prrnanc.e lost,yearzcompAqd W411.,'j ? of the,sceneral., Accounting Office.
1P78.ciaittithe,A4tgli000Fi.4'p?...? "It just said that agencies have. got
minuscule ielative to the oto;f0;,?, .to have ':good :performance ap- ? .
,eral ? praisal system.. But that is essential,''i ?
??'..4'Wfiehyi7fresisdeAt.i ? Jimmy. -Carter, because without 'good perf?rni;
ounced1 his, effort to enact a ance 'appraisal isystem you; OrAi
"sweeping reform ;shortcut WhaO, Make a case, and you ? 411 have to
was sometimes a three year firing Make a'caSe.tolire.sdines'4aylf-.1..1!!
process.4.fOrincOMpiten60he said 'Recently, he said, the pAco'syi:41 ?
Onlyj.226.Of the.gayethineitt'OmiFft v? the handlirie,4 per-
lion,
yOlkeit:hatUbeerflited-foepoor *Mere, in the Social ',Security'
Ad-
performance year ministration.;and.,,,f.otMd a strikingtair year';'.-qhCCofnpit'able-',,figui picture of agency "success' in
elim
was 4332The government has 2 2 inotingdeadwoodFolongside a:con7
riiiilk#A7,111,iiii*,oikeio.:2-y*PP.Ac,' timing. Vattern of .' frustration and,
figures'do' not include the.iiiilitAir passivity; 'ik? _
QT;t40.04c4mice..,' ?,"Iyhat- that `study showed ? Was
p}iriose of the"'legislation that when 'yon try, you can do it,"
was tore?at least the possibilitY. Sheltoirtaid:-"Most"of-. the -time'
that.** could be taken for mad- when managers took the time to fol-
equate performance," said Alanickklp*(the? [perfOrinar4 iMProverrient...
"Scotty"' Campbell, Carter's civil' '2or'-diiniissalr''proCe4;they 'were
service chief. "We did notitecessar7,, succeashiVs
fly anticipate a large increase.inihe,.,1 Of workers iclqtAtieg a being
numbers, . but we hOped..49,,,achiee,:i poor, performers, 54' percent subse-
an,atMoSphereiWith greater. einpha- quently impcoy,edjo,..a,Nii;o0ofid,,
iii',3404orthance."' '''? ? ? 17percent. resigned,
? 'Anthony F. Ingrassia, deputy is- ,retirecli:Orirequestedi reassignment
sobiateailectof:of opm.. said that demotion';: the GAO said ?? 1.1
althtitigh*firingSyarelaip aut. abouei,25?1.percent (of,Social-
!!,
Securityr.man.ams ,gApntiajlt..put.
up withthe poor .pe,rfornlahoe, te117..,v
ing.the.GAO:in7questionnairOlhaVi
theYbelieved .they lacked 'sufficient
authoritY to. initiate action 'or, they
did. not ,believe?higher inanagenient
would' support their efforts.
GAO found one "minimally
successful" employee Whose Work '
continued below par for three years
? while'at least 10 'progress reviews
were. held with the ? employee ,
well as 'an offer of 'additional train- !
. ing; which the Oiriploiree, declined:" ,
A survey . by the Merit I Systems
Protection 'Board, an agenCy estab-
lished by the .Civil Service'Reform
.4ct;.,,,tc: protect employees from i
abuse and OverSee, the merit sys-
found ?iftirtherl- possible.. evi-
dence ;of ? the'' law's Wed :on per-.
iformante:1 Althoigh the ;board has.,
Iriot:;.studied dismissals, ian .;analysis
Of eMploYeeturnpverlfound'that the
poorly performing I1WOrkers?as
shPwri by their performance op- ,
,Viaisal,ratings-Lleft. at a 'far higher
. .rate than the outstanding; above-
average and average employees. ?
Acidss The government, firing
rate's vary ? tremendously, 'With the
departments of Transportation and
? .Vetera0"Affairs-And .the General
.ServiceS. Administration dismissing
.,,thelhighest proportion.- of their
-workers., 'Roughly .7' out of .1,000
federal, eiriployees. re let go each
Y4r.. VanO.DOrtatiqiiisms.sed:, 14
-oIl 000 labt year
r4tp.pt:Transolc4t0,..
??is gtkib,to?le .19.,the
terfnilkation.,of (air . tragis,Contr011eri,
trainecsAuring Iheirprobationary
pericK,Vi, According to QP.M.,,
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