45 U.S.C. § 165: Evaluation and audit of Mediation Board

In order to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of the programs, operations, and activities of the Mediation Board, the Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate and audit the programs and expenditures of the Mediation Board. Such an evaluation and audit shall be conducted not less frequently than every 2 years, but may be conducted as determined necessary by the Comptroller General or the appropriate congressional committees. information management and security, including privacy protection of personally identifiable information; resource management; workforce development; procurement and contracting planning, practices, and policies; the extent to which the Mediation Board follows leading practices in selected management areas; and initial investigations of applications requesting that an organization or individual be certified as the representative of any craft or class of employees; determining and certifying representatives of employees; and ensuring that the process occurs without interference, influence, or coercion. an evaluation of the existing processes and changes to such processes that have occurred since the establishment of the Mediation Board and whether those changes are consistent with congressional intent; and a description of the extent to which such processes are consistent with similar processes applied to other Federal or State agencies with jurisdiction over labor relations, and an evaluation of any justifications for any discrepancies between the processes of the Mediation Board and such similar Federal or State processes. In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.