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FPCD-78-40 1 (1978-07-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT BESUME 06554 - B19269181 Federal Employment of Handicapped Pecple. FPCD-78-40; B-164031(3). July 6, IS78. Released July 11, 1978. 2 pp. + 2 appendices (20 pp.). Report to Rep. Olin E. Teague, Chairman, Eouse Coemittee cti Science and Technology; by Elmer B. Wtsats, Ccmptrcller General. Issue Area: Personnel Management and Ccu;3nsation: Equal Employment Opportunity (3n2) Personnel Management ard Compenration (300). Contact: Ft .eral Personnel and Crcoensation Div. Budqet Function: General Science, Space, and Tuchnclogy 1250); Education, Manpower, and Social Services (5C0). oranization Concerned: Department of State; Civil Service Commission; General Services A~ministraticr; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Conqressional Uelevance: House Committee on Scianc* and Technoloqy. Rep. Clin E. Teague. Authority: Rehabilitation Act of 1913 4PoL. 93-112; 29 U.S.C. 791). (P.L. 94-617; 5 U.S.C. 7153). Back Pay Act 15 U.S.C. 5596). Privacy Act (3 U.S.C. 552a). Viwtvav Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. Civil Rights Ittorneyso Fees Award Act of 1976. 5 U.S.C. 4109. 42 U.S.C. 1981. Executive Order 11840. 42 Fed. Fej. 2676. 40 Fed. Beg. 2411. Peorqanizaticn Plan I of 1976. FE.., ch. 306. The Civil Service Commission 4CSC) is responsible for leadership in the Federal program for hiring, ;lacimg, and advancing handicapped persons. A recemtly accepted reorqanization plan will transfer functions related to this proqram at tha Equal Employment Opportunity' Commission (EECC). The Chair of the EECC will become a co-ctaiL of the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees. findings/Ccnclusicms: Some proqgress has been made towards imprcviag Federal employment orrortunities tor the handicapped. Affirmative acticn plans are required at all executive igencies, and a 5-year experimental special emphasis program will soon be imp leented tc prcvide expected hiring authority and special selectict procedures. Complaint procedures hive been expanded tc include appeals tor complaints of discrimination based on handicaps. Agency advisory committees vere establishd, training ccures were develcpad, and tests were modified to accommodate handicapped applicants. The tollowinq pr .blemu remain unsolved: definitions C& handicapped individuals and reasonable accommodationu are vaque, attitudes of individuals hamper pzogress, ccordinated research eftorts to develop assistive devices are lacking, and restrictive physicaA requirements for federal positions unnecessarily exclude some handicappdd persons. Alac, as reported in 1974, CSC still is taking only an a-d.aozy role, placement coordinators lacx adequate training ati time, and proqram success cannot be measured because of the lack of

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