(D) GAO Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) denies official report that GAO preferentially promotes minorities, females, and younger employees over older, white, male employees.

Case 16:  (D) GAO's Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) reports discrimination against white, male, older employees.

On September 30, 1999, GAO’s Personnel Appeals Board (PAB), issued a long delayed 37-page report titled "Promotions of Banded Employees (1991-1995)."

PAB concluded that GAO’s "Younger employees had nearly a 40% more favorable rate of promotion; females had nearly a 30% more favorable rate; and, minority employees had nearly a 20% more favorable rate."

PAB recommended that GAO "further investigate the disparities revealed by this study to ascertain their underlying causes. If improper selection methods, rather than merit, are found to be the cause of disparities, GAO should institute appropriate changes."

In its June 18, 1999 response to a draft of the report, GAO stated that "the report’s analysis and conclusions are seriously flawed." However, PAB did not change its report.

Many current and former older white male GAO employees believe the cause of the promotion disparities was age discrimination and reverse discrimination that resulted from mandates to give preferential treatment to younger employees, to females, and to minorities.

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