The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s annual report on the federal workforce shows that the percentage of men among federal employees dropped to 55.9 percent in fiscal year 2009, from 57.7 percent in 2000, while women increased to 44.1 percent from 42.3 percent.
Additionally, for the first time since 1995, the percentage of people with targeted disabilities in federal jobs held steady, halting a 13-year decline. Despite a modest net gain of 236 employees in 2009, people with targeted disabilities still remain below 1 percent (0.88 percent) of the total workforce.
Targeted disabilities include deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorders, mental retardation, mental illness and distortion of the limb and/or spine.
