Veterans Benefits: Federal Employment Assistance

Abstract

There are federal employment and training programs and policies specifically targeted to help veterans seeking employment in the civilian economy. Transition assistance programs are operated by the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Labor (DOL) to assist servicemembers as they prepare to leave the military. DOL operates grant programs to states to provide outreach and assistance to veterans in finding civilian employment. In addition, the federal government has policies (including veterans preference) that assist veterans in obtaining jobs with the federal government and federal contractors. P.L. 112-56 makes several changes to the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for separating servicemembers and permits a servicemember who is within 120 days of separation from military service to be certified as a preference eligible for federal employment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1171921

Entities

People

  • Christine Scott

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • United States Government

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.