Obama orders new plan to diversify federal workers

Associated Press ^ | August 18, 2011 | SUZANNE GAMBOA

[reaganaut1]

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order directing the federal government to design a new strategy for hiring, promoting and keeping workers of diverse backgrounds. The three-page order released Thursday directs the head of the Office of Personnel Management, a deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget and two other agencies to develop the strategy within 90 days. Agencies then have 120 days to implement it. An Office of Personnel Management report says that in fiscal year 2010, the federal workforce was 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.8 percent Native American. It was 56.1 percent male.

[STARWISE]

More tyranny!

[Altura Ct.]

It’s a good thing ‘race doesn’t matter’ because it is being rammed right up white’s rear end.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks reaganaut1. Holder's People Ping:

...for hiring, promoting and keeping workers of diverse backgrounds.

The currently "diverse" gov't "work"force will still be immune to disciplinary actions, layoffs, and firings.

[StAnDeliver]

I'm telling you all, Bobo knows he's toast in 2012. NO ONE in modernity is ever going to be reelected President of the United States with 9% unemployment. Not Kennedy, not Reagan, NO ONE. So why not peel back the mask? Hopa!

[mamelukesabre]

Grow a ponytail, get a suntan, wear a brown suede jacket, and call yourself native american. why not? you were born here weren’t you?

[maine-iac7]

WEll, guess they gotta hire more whites and less blacks - if you go by percentages;

If they have almost 18% blacks and 65% whites - when the population is only 12.3 black and 75.1 white - whites and Hispanic are underrepresented and black overrepresented. (Hispanic only at 8% in Fed Gov't but 12.5 in population.

So blacks are hired at a higher rate than others.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762156.html

Yep, Time to correct that. (I'm SURE that's what O'Bummer is aiming at.)

We need to send the link to this chart to all our reps - and FOX - Rush - et al. Maybe SOMEONE will bring this out.

[GourmetDan]

Maybe so that persecuting Christianity can become official government policy at all levels?

[DugwayDuke]

“Per OPM statistics, it looks like the federal workforce already represents the national racial distribution accurately. But that’s not good enough! No, we have to have more racial minorities in federal jobs than in the general population. (shaking my head) So much for my hope of getting a federal job.”

I doubt that. Can’t find a copy of the actual order but from the commentary it looks like this is directed at increasing diversity across labor categories and at higher pay grades. IOW, not enough women and minority engineers especially at the GS-15 level.

[Art in Idaho]

Just another one for the 'something every day' list. Will anyone vote for Obama? Yeah I know, his base will, etc, but all this data, every day, it's almost overwhelming. His approval should be at 1%. . .

[maine-iac7]

“the federal workforce was 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.8 percent Native American.” This looks close to what America looks like, what’s the problem?

Actually - the Hispanic is equal to racial makeup - but blacks are only 12.5 of the general populations and whites are 75.1.

Ergo - gotta cut done on blacks and up on whites.

I'm sure that's what will happen. - s/

[dfwgator]

Di longer you verk here, di-verse it gets.

[hflynn]

America has a new plan to diversify Federal employee No 1. The next President will be white, natural born, have a birth certificate, have a high school and college transcript, have a SSN that is his or hers and have a f**king brain. Obama need not apply since he has none of the qualifications listed.

[combat_boots]

2 words: Ulsterman Insider

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This year’s Executive Orders

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2011.html

[Americanexpat]

There is no way I am believing that blacks make up just 17.3 per cent of the federal work force.

[boomop1]

Detroit on a massive scale.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

the black population is 18% if you count the millions aborted since roe v wade

[DrewsDad]

Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP, said fighting job discrimination is as important for minorities as job creation.

Are you sure this didn't come from the Onion?

[rfp1234]

And don’t forget dwarves.

[MNDude]

“Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP, said fighting job discrimination is as important for minorities as job creation.

“We are a country where it’s easier for a white male with a felony record to find a job than a black man that has never committed a crime, and that in itself is a crime,” Jealous said.”

Ben Jealous? The Irony...