Veterans' Preference: Data on Employment of Veterans

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other federal agencies have given veterans hiring preference, focusing on: (1) OPM implementation of its veterans' preference oversight responsibilities; (2) whether the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) authority over veterans' preference appeals has been weakened by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978; and (3) how reductions-in-force (RIF) have affected women and minorities when veterans' preference was applied.