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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Final Rules to Improve Employment of Veterans and People with Disabilities</span></p>
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<h1 style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:maroon; font-weight:normal">Final Rules to Improve Employment of Veterans and People with Disabilities
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<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Dear Friends,
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<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Earlier today, during a speech to the American Legion’s national convention in Houston, Vice President Biden announced that the U.S. Department
of Labor has finalized updates to the regulations implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
</span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">A full press release explaining today’s announcement is below and available online in both English:
<a href="http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwODI4LjIyMzQxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDgyOC4yMjM0MTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODk4MTM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VzYW4uc3RhbnplbEBrY2MudXNkYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXN1c2FuLnN0YW56ZWxAa2NjLnVzZGEuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20131578.htm">
<span style="color:#336699">http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20131578.htm</span></a> and Spanish:
<a href="http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwODI4LjIyMzQxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDgyOC4yMjM0MTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODk4MTM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VzYW4uc3RhbnplbEBrY2MudXNkYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXN1c2FuLnN0YW56ZWxAa2NjLnVzZGEuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20131578s.htm">
<span style="color:#336699">http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20131578s.htm</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Also, please check out this blog post from Secretary of Labor Tom Perez:
<a href="http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwODI4LjIyMzQxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDgyOC4yMjM0MTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODk4MTM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VzYW4uc3RhbnplbEBrY2MudXNkYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXN1c2FuLnN0YW56ZWxAa2NjLnVzZGEuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/27/promoting-opportunity-veterans-and-disabled-workers">
<span style="color:#336699">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/27/promoting-opportunity-veterans-and-disabled-workers</span></a>.
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<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Best,
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<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Claudia Gordon
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Associate Director <br>
Office of Public Engagement </span></p>
<h1 style="line-height:12.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:maroon">News Release
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:maroon; font-weight:normal"></span></h1>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">OFCCP News Release: [08/27/2013]<br>
Contact Name: Laura McGinnis or Mike Trupo<br>
Phone Number: (202) 693-4653 or x6588<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:McGinnis.Laura.K@dol.gov"><span style="color:#336699">McGinnis.Laura.K@dol.gov</span></a> or
<a href="mailto:Trupo.Michael2@dol.gov"><span style="color:#336699">Trupo.Michael2@dol.gov</span></a><br>
Release Number: 13-1578-NAT </span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">US Labor Department announces final rules to improve employment of veterans, people with disabilities</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">
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<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">WASHINGTON</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> — The U.S. Department
of Labor today announced two final rules to improve hiring and employment of veterans and for people with disabilities. One rule updates requirements under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974; the other updates those under Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For more than 40 years these laws have required federal contractors and subcontractors to affirmatively recruit, hire, train and promote qualified veterans and people with disabilities respectively.</span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">“In a competitive job market, employers need access to the best possible employees,” said Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “These rules
make it easier for employers to tap into a large, diverse pool of qualified candidates.”
</span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">“Strengthening these regulations is an important step toward reducing barriers to real opportunities for veterans and individuals with
disabilities,” said Patricia A. Shiu, director of the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which enforces both laws.
</span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">The VEVRAA rule provides contractors with a quantifiable metric to measure their success in recruiting and employing veterans by requiring
contractors to annually adopt a benchmark either based on the national percentage of veterans in the workforce (currently 8 percent), or their own benchmark based on the best available data. The rule strengthens accountability and record-keeping requirements,
enabling contractors to assess the effectiveness of their recruitment efforts. It also clarifies job listing and subcontract requirements to facilitate compliance.
</span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">The Section 503 rule introduces a hiring goal for federal contractors and subcontractors that 7 percent of each job group in their workforce
be qualified individuals with disabilities. The rule also details specific actions contractors must take in the areas of recruitment, training, record keeping and policy dissemination–similar to those that have long been required to promote workplace equality
for women and minorities. </span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">The rules will become effective 180 days after their publication in the Federal Register. More information is available at
<a href="http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwODI4LjIyMzQxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDgyOC4yMjM0MTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODk4MTM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VzYW4uc3RhbnplbEBrY2MudXNkYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXN1c2FuLnN0YW56ZWxAa2NjLnVzZGEuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&103&&&http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/VEVRAARule">
<span style="color:#336699">www.dol.gov/ofccp/VEVRAARule</span></a> and <a href="http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwODI4LjIyMzQxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDgyOC4yMjM0MTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODk4MTM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VzYW4uc3RhbnplbEBrY2MudXNkYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXN1c2FuLnN0YW56ZWxAa2NjLnVzZGEuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&104&&&http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/503Rule">
<span style="color:#336699">www.dol.gov/ofccp/503Rule</span></a>. </span></p>
<p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">OFCCP enforces Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance
Act of 1974. These three laws require those who do business with the federal government, both contractors and subcontractors, to follow the fair and reasonable standard that they not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national
origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. For general information, call OFCCP's toll-free helpline at 800-397-6251 or visit
<a href="http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwODI4LjIyMzQxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDgyOC4yMjM0MTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODk4MTM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VzYW4uc3RhbnplbEBrY2MudXNkYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXN1c2FuLnN0YW56ZWxAa2NjLnVzZGEuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&105&&&http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/">
<span style="color:#336699">http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/</span></a>. </span></p>
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<span style="color:#336699">http://www.dol.gov</span></a>. The information above is available in large print, Braille or CD from the COAST office upon request by calling 202-693-7828 or TTY 202-693-7755.
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