Fed agencies avoid hiring vets

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A House subcommittee will hear testimony that some federal human resources managers appear to be taking extraordinary steps to avoid hiring or promoting veterans.

The House Veterans’ Affairs economic opportunity panel is investigating whether the government is following veterans’ preference rules that apply to hiring, promotion and saving a job during a reduction-in-force.

Overall, the federal government appears to be doing well by veterans, according to committee sources who spoke on the condition that they would not be identified. About one-quarter of all permanent federal workers are veterans, the sources said.

Complaints that some jobs and some promotions are being denied to veterans are not new. Veterans’ service organizations have complained for several years that some agencies are using complicated hiring processes that allow jobs to be opened, closed, and reopened with descriptions modified in a way that seems intended to prevent or hamper veterans from being hired.

One witness scheduled to appear will be an Air Force Audit Agency worker who says managers rigged the system against him.



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I don't doubt this one bit. Conversely, Lou Dobbs has reported a massive number of illegal aliens holding government positions.