United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-03-24 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:T-GGD-98-88 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88 P0b002ee18038c624 f:gg98088t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88 T-GGD-98-88 Civilian employees Hiring policies Military facilities Veterans benefits Veterans employment programs Labor statistics Reductions in force Testimony GGD

GAO discussed the work its done on veterans' hiring preference and on reductions-in-force (RIF) at selected military installations and at the United States Geological Survey (USGS).<p/>GAO noted that: (1) preference-eligible veterans represent a larger portion of the federal workforce than veterans do of the civilian workforce; (2) from 1993 through 1997, veterans with preference represented about 21 percent of all new career appointments to federal service; (3) the assignment of veterans' preference and the placement of veterans on federal hiring certificates were properly done in nearly all cases GAO reviewed from July 1990 through June 1991; (4) however, hiring officials more frequently returned unused those certificates headed by the names of preference-eligible veterans than those without the names of preference-eligible veterans at the top; (5) in the three RIFs conducted at military installations in fiscal year 1991, GAO's review showed that those without veterans' preference were much more likely to have lost their jobs than were preference-eligible veterans; (6) similarly, during an October 1995 RIF at the USGS, those employees without veterans' preference were much more likely to have lost their jobs than employees with such preference; (7) GAO found that during USGS's 1995 RIF, as required by law and Office of Personnel Management Regulations, employees with veterans' preference were consistently given higher retention standing than competing employees without such preference; and (8) GAO also found that preference-eligible veterans were just as likely to be affected in some manner during the RIF as were employees without veterans' preference. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88.pdf GAO/T-GGD-98-88 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-98-88 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-98-88; The Public Service: Veterans' Preference in Hiring and Reductions-in-Force; Civilian employees Hiring policies Military facilities Veterans benefits Veterans employment programs Labor statistics Reductions in force Title 5 Section 2108(3) 5 U.S.C. 2108(3)