{"id":11228,"date":"2010-07-28T02:48:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T07:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11228"},"modified":"2010-07-28T04:26:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T09:26:04","slug":"increasing-federal-employment-of-individuals-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/07\/28\/increasing-federal-employment-of-individuals-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Barack Obama Issues Executive Order \u2014 Increasing Federal
\nEmployment of Individuals with Disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

The White House
\nOffice of the Press Secretary
\nFor Immediate Release
\nJuly 26, 2010<\/p>\n

Executive Order– Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with
\nDisabilities<\/p>\n

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
\nof the United States of America, and in order to establish the Federal
\nGovernment as a model employer of individuals with disabilities, it is
\nhereby ordered as follows:<\/p>\n

Section 1. Policy. Approximately 54 million Americans are living with a
\ndisability. The Federal Government has an important interest in reducing
\ndiscrimination against Americans living with a disability, in eliminating
\nthe stigma associated with disability, and in encouraging Americans with
\ndisabilities to seek employment in the Federal workforce. Yet Americans
\nwith disabilities have an employment rate far lower than that of Americans
\nwithout disabilities, and they are underrepresented in the Federal
\nworkforce. Individuals with disabilities currently represent just over 5
\npercent of the nearly 2.5 million people in the Federal workforce, and
\nindividuals with targeted disabilities (as defined below) currently
\nrepresent less than 1 percent of that workforce.<\/p>\n

On July 26, 2000, in the final year of his administration, President Clinton
\nsigned Executive Order 13163, calling for an additional 100,000 individuals
\nwith disabilities to be employed by the Federal Government over 5 years.
\nYet few steps were taken to implement that Executive Order in subsequent
\nyears.<\/p>\n

As the Nation’s largest employer, the Federal Government must become a model
\nfor the employment of individuals with disabilities. Executive departments
\nand agencies (agencies) must improve their efforts to employ workers with
\ndisabilities through increased recruitment, hiring, and retention of these
\nindividuals. My Administration is committed to increasing the number of
\nindividuals with disabilities in the Federal workforce through compliance
\nwith Executive Order 13163 and achievement of the goals set forth therein
\nover 5 years, including specific goals for hiring individuals with targeted
\ndisabilities.<\/p>\n

Sec. 2. Recruitment and Hiring of Individuals with Disabilities. (a)
\nWithin 60 days of the date of this order, the Director of the Office of
\nPersonnel Management, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the Chair
\nof the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Director of the
\nOffice of Management and Budget, shall design model recruitment and hiring
\nstrategies for agencies seeking to increase their employment of people with
\ndisabilities and develop mandatory training programs for both human
\nresources personnel and hiring managers on the employment of individuals
\nwith disabilities.<\/p>\n

(b) Within 120 days of the date the Office of Personnel Management sets
\nforth strategies and programs required under subsection (a), each agency
\nshall develop an agency specific plan for promoting employment opportunities
\nfor individuals with disabilities. The plan shall be developed in
\nconsultation with and, as appropriate, subject to approval by the Director
\nof the Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of
\nManagement and Budget, and shall, consistent with law, include performance
\ntargets and numerical goals for employment of individuals with disabilities
\nand sub goals for employment of individuals with targeted disabilities.
\n(c) Each agency shall designate a senior-level agency official to be
\naccountable for enhancing employment opportunities for individuals with
\ndisabilities and individuals with targeted disabilities within the agency,
\nconsistent with law, and for meeting the goals of this order. This
\nofficial, among other things, shall be accountable for developing and
\nimplementing the agency’s plan under subsection (b), creating recruitment
\nand training programs for employment of individuals with disabilities and
\ntargeted disabilities, and coordinating employment counseling to help match
\nthe career aspirations of individuals with disabilities to the needs of the
\nagency.
\n(d) In implementing their plans, agencies, to the extent permitted by law,
\nshall increase utilization of the Federal Government’s Schedule A excepted
\nservice hiring authority for persons with disabilities and increase
\nparticipation of individuals with disabilities in internships, fellowships,
\nand training and mentoring programs.<\/p>\n

(e) The Office of Personnel Management shall assist agencies with the
\nimplementation of their plans. The Director of the Office of Personnel
\nManagement, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management
\nand Budget, shall implement a system for reporting regularly to the
\nPresident, the heads of agencies, and the public on agencies’ progress in
\nimplementing their plans and the objectives of this order. The Office of
\nPersonnel Management, to the extent permitted by law, shall compile and post
\non its website Government wide statistics on the hiring of individuals with
\ndisabilities.<\/p>\n

Sec. 3. Increasing Agencies’ Retention and Return to Work of Individuals
\nwith Disabilities. (a) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
\nin consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Chair of the Equal
\nEmployment Opportunity Commission, shall identify and assist agencies in
\nimplementing strategies for retaining Federal workers with disabilities in
\nFederal employment including, but not limited to, training, the use of
\ncentralized funds to provide reasonable accommodations, increasing access to
\nappropriate accessible technologies, and ensuring the accessibility of
\nphysical and virtual workspaces.<\/p>\n

(b) Agencies shall make special efforts, to the extent permitted by law, to
\nensure the retention of those who are injured on the job. Agencies shall
\nwork to improve, expand, and increase successful return to work outcomes for
\nthose of their employees who sustain work-related injuries and illnesses, as
\ndefined under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA), by increasing
\nthe availability of job accommodations and light or limited duty jobs,
\nremoving disincentives for FECA claimants to return to work, and taking
\nother appropriate measures. The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with
\nthe Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall pursue innovative
\nre employment strategies and develop policies, procedures, and structures
\nthat foster improved return to work outcomes, including by pursuing overall
\nreform of the FECA system. The Secretary of Labor shall also propose
\nspecific outcome measures and targets by which each agency’s progress in
\ncarrying out return to work and FECA claims processing efforts can be
\nassessed.
\nSec. 4. Definitions. (a) “Disability” shall be defined as set forth in
\nthe ADA Amendments Act of 2008.<\/p>\n

(b) “Targeted disability” shall be defined as set forth on the form for
\nself identification of disability, Standard Form 256 (SF 256), issued by the
\nOffice of Personnel Management, or any replacements, updates, or revisions
\nthereto.<\/p>\n

(c) Not less than 1 year after the date of this order and in consultation
\nwith the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor,
\nand the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management
\nshall review the effectiveness of the definition of targeted disability set
\nforth in SF 256 and replace, update, or revise it as appropriate.
\nSec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
\nto impair or otherwise affect:<\/p>\n

(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head
\nthereof; or<\/p>\n

(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
\nrelating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.<\/p>\n

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and
\nsubject to the availability of appropriations, and shall not be construed to
\nrequire any Federal employee to disclose disability status involuntarily.<\/p>\n

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
\nbenefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
\nparty against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
\nofficers, employees, or agents, or any other person.<\/p>\n

BARACK OBAMA
\nTHE WHITE HOUSE,
\nJuly 26, 2010.<\/p>\n

Source: United States Department of Labor ODEP – In Focus Update<\/p>\n

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