veterans preference

• OPM issues interim rule on veterans preference

  New Office of Personnel Management clarifies statutory language affecting who is eligible to receive veterans preference during the hiring process at federal agencies.

  Defense

  January 02, 2015
• MSPB: Congress should simplify veterans preference hiring laws

  A new report from the Merit Systems Protection Board says that it's time for Congress to simplify the overly complex veterans preference laws to make sure they're doing what Congress put them in place to do.

  Defense

  August 28, 2014
• House lawmakers uneasy about hiring reforms

  Senate passes a bill that calls for many of the same changes the administration is asking for. House committee wants more answers about how the reforms would affect the hiring of veterans. OPM promises more answers in 90 days.

  Defense

  May 20, 2010