The Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) is an independent entity in the legislative branch of government that performs the combined functions of its executive branch counterparts: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the Federal Labor Relations Authority; the Merit Systems Protection Board; and the Office of Special Counsel. Established by the GAO Personnel Act of 1980, the PAB protects against potential or perceived conflicts of interest arising from GAO’s oversight of the executive branch.

The PAB has additional statutory authority to oversee equal employment opportunity at GAO and issues evaluative reports on the EEO impact of GAO’s policies, procedures, and practices. 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has jurisdiction to review PAB decisions.