Government to Recruit More Disabled Workers
I enjoyed this story from the website for Government Computer News. It reports that the federal government is trying to hire more Information Technology workers with disabilities. Here's an excerpt from the story:
“The administration feels that IT is one area in which the government can increase its representation of people with disabilities,” an OPM spokesman said.
Linda Jackson, disability services team leader at the Social Security Administration, agreed: “IT jobs are quite suited for most people with disabilities if they have the basic qualifications.”
A push to get disabled workers into IT jobs could also help talent-starved agencies fill critical positions. Filling IT jobs was the No. 1 concern identified by respondents to the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s annual IT executive survey [GCN, Feb. 21, Page 14].
“It is imperative that we knock down the employment barriers that these candidates encounter when seeking a job with the federal government,” OPM Director Janice R. Lachance said in a July 26 memo to agency heads.
