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1 online resource (ii, 56 pages) : color illustrations |
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"April 2023." |
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"GAO-23-105431." |
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In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Background -- EOIR's workforce planning practices do not fully align with key principles, and it has not clearly comunicated workforce needs to Congress -- EOIR assesses how judges perform but has not evaluated its overall judge performance appraisal program -- EOIR takes steps to ensure it reports quality data to the public, but does not have updated guidelines -- EOIR implemented an electronic filing system but court staff reported that outages disrupt their work -- Conclusions -- Recommendations for executive action -- Agency comments -- Appendices. |
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Each year, EOIR issues decisions for hundreds of thousands of cases of foreign nationals charged as removable under U.S. immigration law. EOIR is facing a significant and growing backlog of cases pending before the immigration courts. At the start of fiscal year 2023, EOIR's backlog was about 1.8 million pending cases--more than triple the number of pending cases at the start of fiscal year 2017. In 2017, GAO reported on EOIR's management practices, including how it manages and oversees workforce planning and immigration judge hiring. This report assesses, among other things, EOIR's (1) workforce planning practices; (2) judge performance appraisal program; and (3) policies and procedures for reporting quality data to the public. GAO is making six recommendations to improve, among other things, EOIR's workforce planning, judge performance appraisal program management, and data quality practices. |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 4, 2023). |
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United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review -- Personnel management -- Evaluation.
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United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Immigration courts -- United States -- Management -- Evaluation.
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Judges -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Transparency in government -- United States.
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Judges -- Evaluation
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Personnel management -- Evaluation
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Transparency in government
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Actions needed to address workforce, performance, and data management challenges |
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0546-D (online) |
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GA 1.13:GAO-23-105431 |
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