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Conflicting Congressional Policies: Veterans' Preference and
Apportionment V. Equal Employment Opportunity. PPCD-77-61;
B-167015. September 29, 1977. 31 pp. + 18 appendices (36 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Robert P. Keller, Acting comptroller
General.
Issue Area: Personnel nanagement ard Compensation: Equal
Employment Opportunity (302) ; Non-Discrimination and Equal
Opportunity Programs: Employment Discrimination in the
Federal Sector (1004).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: General Government: Central Personnel
Management (805).
Organization Concerned: Civil Service Commissicn; Department of
Defense; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on PoEt Office and
civil Service; Senate Committee on Human ReEources;
Congress.
Authority: Civil Service Act of 18e3 (22 Stat. 403). Ramspeck
Act of 1940 (5 U.S.C. 2102; 5 U.S.C. 3304). (P.L. 94-502; 5
U.S.C. 2108(a) (B)). Veterans' preference Act of 1944. Civil
Rights Act of 1964. Equal Emplcyment Opportunity Act.
Executive Order 10925. Executive Order 11246. Executive
Order 11375. Executive Order 11478. H.R. 5054 (95th Cong.).
S. 386 (95th Cong.). S. 865 (95th Cong.). S. 1133 (95th
Cong.).
Veterans' preference in Federal hiring in its present
form severely limits job opportunities for those who are not
veterans. It particularly diminishes the employment chances of
women, since they seldom have veteran status. Apportionment of
hiring by State populations has no place in a modern merit
system, since it has an adverse effect on equal employment
opportunity and merit principles and has not achieved its
purpose. Findings/Ccnclusions: The question of whether, and to
what extent, cne congressional policy objective should take
precedence over another is a matter for the Cor gress to decide.
Congress is urged to reconsider whether granting preference to
veterans, in its present form, is appropriate in light of the
contradiction to equal employment opportunity. If the Congress
wishes to lessen this conflict, modifications could be
introduced which would diminish the adverse imract of veterans'
preference. Suggested modifications include livitation on the
application cf preference to a one-time use and imposition of a
time limit for use of veterans' preference. Reccmmendations:
Legislation which directs that appcintments to competitive civil
service positions in Federal departments in Washington be
apportioned among the States, territories, and the District of
Columbia on the basis of population should be repealed.
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