Section 5 · CRS & GAO Oversight
CRS and GAO reports document the federal skills-gap and assessment-capacity problems the LER.me platform was built to solve. Auditable, verifiable evidence of worker skills replaces self-assessments and degree screens.
Congressional Research Service report describing the OPM Merit Hiring Plan, federal hiring freeze, EO 14210 (DOGE), and skills-based assessments in the federal hiring process. A useful overview of the policy stack on skills-based federal hiring.
Source: Congress.gov CRS: full report
Government Accountability Office report identifying critical skills gaps in the federal workforce — cited in OPM's U.S. Tech Force memorandum to justify expanded skills-based hiring.
EBSCOed and LER.me deliver the citizen-owned Learning and Employment Records, credential registry, and talent marketplace federal policy now requires.