[Nfbf-l] FW: Hiring Goals for Persons with Targeted Disabilities

Tue Jun 2 08:23:05 UTC 2009

Thanks Betty for your exvciting information for our friends that are looking 
for employment! Your friend, Kirk

Kirk Harmon
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Orlando, FL. 32812

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elizabeth McNally" <bethmac at bellsouth.net>
To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] FW: Hiring Goals for Persons with Targeted Disabilities

> Hiring Goals for Persons with Targeted Disabilities
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> What a wonderful opportunity this is to be in touch with you again,
> especially after more than two months.  The primary reason surrounding 
> this
> time gap in communications stems from our having to work on issues 
> relating
> to our software, which is still in need of upgrading to the new operating
> system.  But, in light of very recent developments within the past 24 
> hours
> or so, I simply had to find a way to get the word out quickly, even before
> system improvements are implemented and finalized.  Having just returned
> from travel late last night, my goal today has been to get in touch with 
> you
> as quickly as possible.
>
> Getting right to the heart of today's e-mail, I am extremely pleased to
> share information with you that is late-breaking.  Our Attorney General,
> Eric Holder, head of the U.S. Department of Justice, has just issued a
> Department-wide call to hire and promote persons with targeted 
> disabilities
> (i.e., those with physical, psychiatric, and intellectual disabilities) to
> be hired to fill positions for which they qualify within the various
> Department components.  As such, within my capacity as Member of the
> Attorney General's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities, I
> immediately wanted to share with you the original Portable Document File
> format copy of a Department memorandum, dated May 27, 2009 (text also 
> pasted
> below).  I strongly advise you to print and retain this memo for your
> records and to share this important document with everyone in your
> respective networks who wishes to seek employment in our Department.
> Job-seekers may include a copy of this memo in their applications as a
> reminder to hiring authorities of the call to action issued by the 
> Attorney
> General.
>
> Supplementing this PDF, I am also taking the liberty of re-sending to the
> network an article on employment of individuals with disabilities, which 
> was
> last revised in late 2007.  Of specific note, job-seekers may wish to
> utilize "Schedule A" Hiring Authority, which allows individuals with
> targeted disabilities to be hired non-competitively into all levels of
> leadership (with the position later ideally to be converted from
> probationary status to permanent employment).  The article describes this
> further.  Also contained in the piece are dozens of national resources 
> that
> may assist with efforts to attain gainful employment.
>
> I can tell you from my personal perspective that working in this 
> Department
> has been an amazing and fulfilling experience in more ways than one.  I
> would like nothing more than for all individuals with disabilities, who 
> have
> an interest in joining our ranks, to make application to available 
> positions
> for which they qualify  To make this more of a concerted effort, I am 
> taking
> the liberty of sending a CC of this e-mail to Fred Parmenter, an attorney
> with the Antitrust Division, who is also the founder and chair of the
> Attorney General's Committee on which I sit.  (This Committee first came
> into being under Attorney General Reno during the years of the Clinton
> Administration.)  He may provide you with additional insight and guidance.
>
> Even if you yourself may not be interested in serving with us here at the
> Justice Department, I respectfully urge you to forward this information 
> far
> and wide because of the direct difference that may be made in someone's 
> life
> as a result.  President Obama has expressed a commitment to advancing
> employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, and our Attorney
> General has now followed the President's lead by communicating to all
> component heads his commitment to advance Management Directive 715, issued
> by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which affirmatively
> encourages the recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of persons 
> with
> disabilities (among others).  Help us fulfill the goal of greater 
> employment
> of individuals with disabilities by ensuring that every community member
> that you know ends up receiving this e-mail, and urge them to spread the
> word still further.  Encourage posting of this information on websites, on
> social networks, on newsgroups, and in online and offline organization and
> agency publications.  Help us achieve the goal of our having 2% of our
> workforce of more than 100,000 consist of people with disabilities.  Take
> action immediately so that, together, we may contribute to the lives of
> persons with disabilities being changed for the better while infusing this
> Department with the richness of talents, abilities, and skills that will
> effectively contribute to the Department's mission being fulfilled in 
> every
> way.
>
> Thank you very much, and here's to everyone's success!
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Olegario D. Cantos VII, Esq.
>
> Member
>
> Attorney General's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
>
>
>
>
>
> OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
>
> Washington, DC   20530
>
>
>
> May 27, 2009
>
>
>
> MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS
>
> FROM:  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL <Initialed>
>
> SUBJECT: Hiring Goals for Persons with Targeted Disabilities
>
> President Barack Obama has a comprehensive agenda to empower individuals
> with disabilities and enhance access to employment for all Americans. As
> Attorney General, I am committed to making the Department of Justice (DOJ) 
> a
> model employer with a diverse workforce that includes people with
> disabilities.
>
> The Department, like other Federal agencies, must comply with the Equal
> Employment Opportunity Commission's Management Directive 715, which 
> requires
> hiring goals to increase employment and advancement of people with
> disabilities. While I recognize that DOJ's workforce is comprised of many
> law enforcement positions that have physical requirements, I ask that
> managers, supervisors, and hiring officials assist me in working toward a
> Department-wide two-percent hiring goal of people with disabilities. If
> achieved, this goal will align DOJ with the most successful agencies in
> employing individuals with severe disabilities.
>
> The Justice Management Division's (JMD) Human Resources and Equal 
> Employment
> Opportunity Staffs are available to assist you and to provide information 
> on
> special hiring authorities and accommodations for people with 
> disabilities.
> These offices also will report quarterly to me on the Department's 
> progress.
> If you have any questions you may contact Rod Markham, Director, Human
> Resources Staff, JMD or Vontell D. Frost-Tucker, Director, Equal 
> Employment
> Opportunity Staff, JMD.
>
> President Obama has said, "We must build a world free of unnecessary
> barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination. Policies must be developed,
> attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations must be designed
> to ensure that everyone has a chance to get the education they need and 
> live
> independently as full citizens in their communities." I am asking the DOJ
> leadership for its pledge to incorporate talented persons with 
> disabilities
> into the workplace.
>
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