Saturday, July 03, 2010
Despite the addition of 100,000 new jobs to the federal workforce by the end of last year, representation of Hispanics in U.S. government jobs did not increase, says the Coalition for Fairness for Hispanics in Government. This development upset the group because of the already existing under-representation of Hispanics in civil service ranks.
Hispanics make up 14.5% of the nation’s labor force, but hold only 8% of federal positions, and only 3.6% of senior government posts. According to a report from the Office of Personnel Management, the percentage of new hires that were Hispanic dropped from 9.2% to 7.3%.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Hispanic Leaders Decry Obama Administration’s Failure to Address Crisis of Underrepresentation in Federal Workforce (Coalition for Fairness for Hispanics in Government)
Hispanic Hiring (by Joe Davidson, Washington Post)
Ninth Annual Report to the President on Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government (Office of Personnel Management) (pdf)
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