Cabinet Members to Amplify Governmentwide Efforts to Hire Veterans

November 11, 2009 5:15 PM EST

On Thursday, November 12, at 1:30 p.m., Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, OPM Director John Berry, Deputy Secretary for Veterans Affairs Scott Gould, and Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gail McGinn will outline a number of efforts that will be made in support of the launch of the Veterans Employment Initiative.

The event comes just a few days after President Barack Obama's historic signing of the Executive Order on the Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government, which establishes the Initiative.

** Members of the press wishing to cover this event should contact OPM's Office of Communications at 202.369.7777. Media should plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the event.

WHAT: Discussion of the Veterans Hiring Initiative and how the Federal Government will support the employment of Veterans

WHO:

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis

OPM Director John Berry

Deputy Secretary for Veterans Affairs Scott Gould

Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gail McGinn

WHERE:

The Department of Labor

Secretary's Conference Room

3rd and C Street, NW (2nd Floor)

Washington, DC

WHEN: Thursday, November 12, at 1:30 p.m.

CONTACT: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of Communications, +1-202-606-2402

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Nov. 11/

SOURCE U.S. Office of Personnel Management

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