GAO: FECA Riddled with Inefficiencies

The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) has operated without meaningful change for the past 38 years and suffers from widespread inefficiencies, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report released on Friday.The GAO reviewed 65 reports issued by the inspectors general for various federal agencies and concluded that the FECA system is in need of reform. The act, administered by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) within the U.S. Department of Labor, provides medical and indemnity benefits for injured federal workers.GAO said it examined reports iss...