[Jobs] Disabled People Need Not APPLY

Wed May 21 10:02:10 CDT 2008

Which of the current Presidential candidates supports the needs of persons 
with disabilities? The one who supports us, is the one we should back in 
this year's election, whether it be democratic or republican Should all 
persons with disabilities vote in a block, we can make a difference. If we 
don't get the change we expect this time, then in four years, we vote in a 
block again. Eventually, like the senior citizens, we  can make a 
difference.

Alabama
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> Same goes for log haired freaky people!
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> Subject: [Jobs] Disabled People Need Not APPLY
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> Disabled People Need Not APPLY
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> May 16th, 2008
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>
> By John M. Williams
>
>
>
> The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) has asked Congressman
> Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government 
> Reform,
> to conduct a hearing on the status of employment of people with 
> disabilities
> in the federal government, which should include review of the Schedule A
> Hiring Authority. Schedule A enables hiring managers to hire qualified
> applicants with disabilities expeditiously through a non-competitive
> process.
>
>
>
> In a letter sent to Waxman, NCIL (www.ncil.org) stated, "NCIL members 
> remain
> extremely concerned that in a workforce of 2.6 million federal employees,
> less than one percent are people with "targeted" disabilities. NCIL does 
> not
> accept this data as anything close to what we might describe as successful
> employment statistics for the United States." The letter further states, 
> "If
> the federal government were to carry out the mandate of the Rehabilitation
> Act and hire qualified people with disabilities, it could serve as a model
> employer to states and private sectors and help end decades of stagnant
> employment rates, which perpetuate painful economic consequences for 
> people
> with disabilities."
>
>
>
> The letter asks that in conducting hearing NCIL urges your Committee to
> review and analyze the employment of people with targeted disabilities in
> the federal workforce, with detailed focus on use of the Schedule A Hiring
> Authority. NCIL believes it is important to provide an overall assessment 
> of
> the federal government's compliance with Section 501 of The Rehabilitation
> Act, with the objective to enhance the recruitment, hiring, placement, and
> advancement opportunities for people with disabilities "by each 
> department,
> agency, and instrumentality in the executive branch of Government."
>
>
>
> The letter states the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 
> reports
> that among cabinet level agencies, the Department of the Treasury has the
> most employees with targeted disabilities and that Homeland Security, the
> Justice Department, and the State Department are rated as the agencies 
> that
> employ the least number of people with targeted disabilities. The 
> Department
> of State has trailed all cabinet level agencies since 2004.
>
>
>
> Calls to the U.S. Department of State, the asking for an explanation about
> why it employed few people with disabilities are employed there were not
> returned.
>
>
>
> NCIL believes the hearing could:
>
>
>
> Call on the federal government to lead and increase its engagement levels 
> on
> the stagnant employment rates of Americans with disabilities in and out of
> the federal government; Highlight factors supporting the economic 
> importance
> and business success of hiring people with targeted disabilities; Show 
> best
> practices of agencies that have successfully hired more people with 
> targeted
> disabilities; Provide a forum to discuss ways to ensure improvement in all
> agencies, including staffing at the 15 Cabinet level Agencies (66% of the
> federal work force); Assess the collection and dissemination tools used 
> for
> annual data and information collected from each agency indicating their
> compliance with the Rehabilitation Act, EEOC regulations and MD 715, and;
> Review Office of Program Management (OPM) activities to ensure the 
> effective
> and appropriate use of the Schedule A Hiring Authority throughout the
> federal government and suggestions for improving their online application
> process.
>
>
>
> NCIL believes that individuals with disabilities who have been denied
> employment with the federal government, despite their education and
> experience, would provide valuable and practical testimony about the
> barriers that prevent them from obtaining federal employment. NCIL's Fact
> Sheet on Schedule A shows that most federal managers are either unaware of
> or do not appropriately use this critical tool, which has the potential to
> measurably increase the number of federal employees with disabilities.
> (www.ncil.org/news/ScheduleA.html).
>
>
>
> In its Waxman letter, NCIL noted that the National Council on Disability
> (NCD) focused a recent report on "Empowerment for Americans with
> Disabilities: Breaking Barriers to Careers and Full Employment." However,
> NCIL was dismayed that the federal workforce was not discussed in this
> report.
>
>
>
> NCIL believes that conducting a hearing on the recruitment, hiring,
> retention, and advancement of people with targeted disabilities in the
> federal government would fill this serious omission in the NCD report.
>
>
>
> The letter urged Waxman to contact EEOC Commissioner Christine M. Griffin,
> who created the initiative LEAD - Leadership for the Employment of 
> Americans
> with Disabilities. LEAD focuses on the declining rate of employment of
> people with targeted disabilities in the Federal Government. Christine has
> extensive information and data about current employment rates and expert
> ideas on how the federal government, working with its partners, can work 
> to
> improve the current situation.
>
>
>
> Waxman's staff has urged NCIL to obtain support from other organizations
> working in the disability before a hearing can be scheduled. NCIL's web 
> site
> (www.ncil/org) provides a place for organizations to sign up for support.
>
>
>
> The Bush Administration came into office with the intention of down sizing
> the federal government. Not hiring people with disabilities is one way to
> accomplish these goals. With eight months left in office, the Bush
> Administration could change its policy and start hiring people with
> disabilities. The next administration could build on this hiring 
> incentive.
>
>
>
> NCIL and other organizations representing people with disabilities should
> press for the hearing and for the federal government to hire people with
> disabilities. They should exercise their voting power to guarantee the
> hearing is held. The result could be that people with disabilities could 
> be
> hired nationwide in the public and private sectors.
>
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