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Special Emphasis Activities & Programs

Special Emphasis Policy

Special Emphasis Instruction Manual         

African American Initiative

Asian Pacific American Initiative

Executive Order

• Executive Order 13216 "Amendment to Executive Order 13215, Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs" (PDF 86KB)

Disabled Employment Program

• Plan to Implement Special Initiatives for Persons with Disabilities

• OPM Guidance

• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

• CMS New Freedom Initiative

• DHHS New Freedom Initiative

• Disability Etiquette Brochure

• Federal Government New Freedom Initiative

Links to Executive Orders

• Executive Order 13163 "Increasing the Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities to be employed in the Federal Government"

• Executive Order 13164 "Requiring Federal Agencies to Establish Procedures to Facilitate the Provision of Reasonable Accommodation"

Workforce Recruitment Program

• Selective Placement Program

• Student Programs

  • Presidential Management Intern Program (PMI)

  • Outstanding Scholar Program

  • Student Volunteer Program

  • Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)

  • Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)

Hispanic Initiative

• Hispanic Employment Program Brochure

• 12-Point Plan to Increase Hispanic Representation

• OPM Hispanic Initiative

• DHHS Hispanic Agenda For Action

• CMS Hispanic Committee

• DHHS Committee

• Hispanic Population of the U.S. (Click on Subjects A-Z and H for Hispanic)

• Executive Order 12900 "Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans"

• Executive Order 13171 "Executive Order 13171 "Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government"

Native American Indian Initiative

• Code Talk (Federal Inter-Agency Native American Website) 

• Indian Health Service

• U.S. President's Proclamation of American Indian Heritage Month for 2002

Commemorative and Ethnic Observances

• Martin Luther King 2002 Presidential Proclamation

• National African American History Month Proclamation