Employment of people with disabilities by the U.S. federal government hit a record high last year, according to the Office of Personnel Management, which submitted its report to President Barack Obama last month.
The total number of permanent federal employees with disabilities increased from 234,395 in 2013, to 247,608 in 2014, representing an increase from 12.80 percent to 13.56 percent of the federal workforce. New hires with disabilities totaled 20,615, representing an increase from 18.18 percent in 2013 to 19.74 percent in 2014.
According to the Office of Personnel Management, the number of people with disabilities was the highest and represented a larger share of the federal workforce than at any other time since the department began keeping these records 34 years ago.
