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OP ED JORGE PONCE: LATINO REPRESENTATION IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LACKING

In June, the Office of Personnel Management released the Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program report for fiscal year 2011. 

As the acronym implies, the report painted a “FEO” or “ugly” picture of the representation of Hispanics in the federal government.  

After three years of no growth from 2008 through 2010, the latest report showed that the Hispanic representation in the federal workforce increased by only  0.1% from FY 2010 to FY 2011.