Welcome to the website of Personnel Appeals Board (PAB), U.S.
Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The Personnel Appeals Board is an independent entity established in
1980 as part of a separate personnel system Congress created for GAO.
The Board’s founding grew in large part from concern over the inherent
conflict of interest in GAO’s role as auditor of executive branch
agencies that maintained regulatory responsibility over GAO’s personnel
system. Congress granted the GAO broad authority to manage its own workforce
but also sought to guarantee the constancy of civil service protections
and employee rights by establishing an internal board to
enforce and adjudicate those rights. The Board's mission - to
provide independent adjudication of employment disputes -guides the Personnel
Appeals Board today, as it has over the history of this institution.
PAB Updates
PAB to Supervise Union Representation Elections
GAO and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) recently entered into an agreement for two elections to determine whether two distinct groups of GAO employees wish to be exclusively represented by IFPTE. The Personnel Appeals Board will supervise all aspects of the elections. You may read the Notice of Elections and other related documents on GAO’s Intranet.
The following PAB link will provide an explanation of the election process and responses to frequently asked questions: Union Representation Elections Process and FAQs.
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