LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM J. CLAY SMITH JR AND JOHON H. RODRIGUEZ REGARDING SECTION 501 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2007
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: March 24, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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Interagency
Committee on
Handicapped
Employees
Equal Employment Opportunity Coo3nmission
2401 E Street, N.W. r.,)
Washington. D.C. 20506 cn
MAR 4 i 2
William J. Casey, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112)
requires every department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive
branch of the Federal government to submit to the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) an annual affirmative action program
plan and an accomplishment report in regard to hiring, placement, and
advancement of handicapped individuals. Section 403 of the Vietnam
Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-508)
requires a separate specification of plans for disabled veterans.
The Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees (ICHE) was
established by section 501 to provide a focus for Federal and other
employment of handicapped individuals. Statutory members of the
Committee are the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Labor, Secretary
of Education, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Administrator of
General Services, Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, and Chair of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or their designees.
In consultation with the Interagency Committee, EEOC reviews agency
affirmative action program plans and accomplishments and submits an
annual report to Congress. The 1981 report was reviewed by the ICHE
on February 16, 1982.
This report indicates that your agency did not submit an affirmative
action accomplishment report for FY 1981 or an affirmative action
program plan for FY 1982. EEOC forwarded instructions regarding
these requirements to agencies in EEO-MD-709, dated October 6, 1981.
Also, the 1981 report to Congress indicates that your agency failed
to submit the FY 1980 accomplishment report and the FY 1981 program
plan required by EEO-MD-708, dated February 24, 1981.
The FY 1982 program plan should be prepared as quickly as possible
to allow adequate time for implementation. In addition, even though
your agency did not submit an FY 1981 program plan, every effort
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should be made to submit as complete a report as possible of FY 1981
accomplishments. If your staff needs assistance in completing these
materials, please call Sharon Wilkin of EEOC's Office of Government
Employment (703-756-6051).
The members of the ICHE have statutory responsibility for helping
EEOC assure that Federal agencies comply with the laws named above.
On behalf of the Interagency Committee, we are asking for your personal
support and assistance in ensuring that your agency submits required
affirmative action plans and reports. Furthermore, we are asking
for your personal attention to see that your agency's FY 1982 plan
is prepared and fully implemented.
We are confident of your desire to comply with statutory requirements,
and we will be happy to work with you in any way that would be helpful.
J. Clay Smith, Jr.
Cochair, Interagency Committee
on Handicapped Employees
Commissioner, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
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John H. Rodriguez l
Cochair, Interagency Committee
on Handicapped Employees
Deputy Under Secretary for
Intergovernmental and Interagency
Affairs, Department of Education
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