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[Vetarans' Preference in the Federal Civil Service]. october 4,
1977. 8 pp.
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Post Cffice auid Civil
Service: Civil Service Policies and Practices Subcommittee; by
Clifford I. Gould, Deputy Director, Federal Personnel and
Compensation Div.
Issue Area: Personnel Management and Compensation (300).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: Veterans Benefits and Services: Other Veterans
Benefits and Services (705); General GoverEment: Central
Personnel Management (05).
Organization Concerned: Civil Service Commissicn.
Congressional Relevance: Senate Comittee on Post Office and
civil Service: Civil Service Policies and Practices
Subcommittee.
Authority: Veterans Preference Act.
A review was conducted to determine the impact of
veterans' preference on the register placement of applicants and
their opportunities for certification and selection to Federal
entry-level positions. The preference accorded veterans in
competing for Federal civil servicz jobs adversely affects all
ronveterans. Specifically, xhe problems qualified women
applicants may have in competing for Federal employment was
assessed by examining whether women were being ranked lower or
displaced from their positions on civil service registers
because, as a group, they lacked veteran status. The adverse
effects of veterans' preference were demonstrated by the: (1)
displacement of women on civil service registers; (2) loss in
ranking position of women on registers; (3) additional
qualifications needed by ncnveteran women tc compete with
veterans; and (4) lack of women on some civil service
certificates. it was not possible tc ascertain whether women
were represented on civil service registers in proportion to
their availability. Veterans' preference conflicts with the
policy of providirg equal employment opportunity to all job
applicants, particularly women. it interferes with the principle
of merit as the basis for selection to the Federal service.
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