A Troublesome Decline in Disability Hiring

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The Navy and the Federal Aviation Administration have stepped up efforts to recruit disabled employees under LEAD, an EEOC official said, but the report says the overall decline will not be reversed until all agencies pay more attention to the issue.

"Very few agencies are actually setting hiring goals or making concrete plans to meet those goals. This must change," Griffin said in a statement.

The EEOC report recommends that agencies establish numerical hiring goals for the disabled, provide mandatory training on disabilities for management officials and develop procedures to verify that hiring goals are met.

Retirements

Joe Bozik, a surplus plutonium storage engineer for the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration, retired Dec. 31 after 31 years of federal service.

Lynn Eddy, a Treasury Department executive responsible for HR Connect, a personnel management system, retired Jan. 3 after 36 years of federal service.

Stephen Barr's e-mail address isbarrs@washpost.com.

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