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Article Title: New Pathways to Federal Service
Snippet of Article: "...The White House last week issued an executive order ending the controversial Federal Career Intern Program and replacing it with a more streamlined, transparent and uniform hiring process for students and recent college graduates. ..."
Article Title: AFGE Applauds MSPB Ruling Against Federal Career Intern Program Snippet of Article: "...This inconsistency with Civil Service Rules has a major effect on veterans preference, as demonstrated in the case of Larry Evans, a preference-eligible veteran with a 60 percent service-connected disability who applied for a Veterans Service Representative position at the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2009. VA conducted a competitive examination for the VSR position and generated a certificate with the names of 25 candidates, all of whom were preference-eligible veterans who received near-perfect scores even without veterans preference points being applied. Yet VA filled all nine of the open VSR positions with FCIP appointments under excepted service rules...."
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