Federal Contractor Hiring: Effect of Veteran Hiring Legislation Is
Unknown (Letter Report, 10/18/93, GAO/GGD-94-6).

The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1972 seeks to
promote the employment of disabled and Vietnam veterans by federal
contractors.  Although federal contractors and state job service centers
are generally meeting the requirements of the legislation, the impact of
the law on the number of veterans actually hired by federal contractors
is unclear.  No reliable means has been established for evaluating the
impact of these efforts on veteran employment levels or for producing
data needed to carry out such an evaluation.  In addition, the
Department of Labor is limiting employment opportunities for veterans by
narrowly defining job openings that are suitable for listing with state
job service centers.  Labor has defined suitable job openings as those
paying less than $25,000 per year, an interpretation that seems
inconsistent with the law's intent of increasing the numbers of jobs
listed with state job service centers and that unnecessarily limits
opportunities for veterans, most of whom are now in midcareer.

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 REPORTNUM:  GGD-94-6
     TITLE:  Federal Contractor Hiring: Effect of Veteran Hiring 
             Legislation Is Unknown
      DATE:  10/18/93
   SUBJECT:  Veterans employment programs
             Hiring policies
             Personnel recruiting
             Contractor personnel
             Fair employment programs
             Federal employees
             Veterans benefits
             Information gathering operations
             Labor legislation
             Handicapped persons

             
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