Posted on 05/03/2016 1:42:19 PM PDT by jazusamo
To make public-sector jobs more accessible to convicts, President Obama has issued a new order prohibiting federal agencies from asking candidates about criminal history when applying for positions. It’s part of the commander-in-chief’s mission to reduce barriers to reentry and employment for incarcerated individuals once they leave jail. The new measure, announced in a Friday media dump, will affect tens of thousands of federal government positions funded with taxpayer dollars.
Government often tries to escape fallout by burying controversial or bad news right before the weekend, but it’s difficult to keep this outrageous development below the radar. At the president’s order the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is publishing a proposed rule that would prohibit federal agencies from asking those applying for competitive service and career senior executive service positions about criminal and credit history. People with criminal records are already eligible to compete for the vast majority of federal jobs, a White House announcement states, and the proposed rule ensures that hiring managers are making selection decisions based solely on qualifications. “Early inquiries into an applicant’s criminal history may discourage motivated, well-qualified individuals who have served their time from applying for a federal job,” the announcement says, adding that “early inquiries could also lead to the disqualification of otherwise eligible candidates.”
The administration refers to criminal background checks as “barriers to employment” that “unnecessarily narrow the pool of eligible and qualified candidates for federal employment while also limiting opportunities for those with criminal histories to obtain the means to support themselves and their families.” If a candidate’s criminal record becomes known, they’re not be eliminated but rather evaluated via a “suitability determination” that considers character and conduct as well as the following factors; “relevance of any past criminal conduct to the job; the nature, seriousness, recency, and circumstances of any criminal conduct; the age of the individual at the time of the conduct; contributing societal conditions; and whether any efforts have been made toward rehabilitation.” This can easily be interpreted as a mandate to look the other way when evidence of a criminal record surfaces in the federal workforce.
The new directive is part of a broader effort by the administration to slash recidivism among ex-cons by providing them with tools to maximize their likelihood of success after prison. It’s called the Roadmap to Reentry and the president is pushing it hard in the aftermath of his sentencing reduction plan that resulted in the early release of tens of thousands of federal inmates, mostly serving time for drug-related crimes. To prepare criminals for life after prison Uncle Sam will provide a series of perks , including education, employment and life skills training in jail as well as substance abuse and mental health plans and programs to build family relationships behind bars. Once the cons are released, the government will help them find jobs and housing and provide a number of other programs to facilitate the reintegration process under Obama’s Roadmap to Reentry.
Years ago the administration tried slamming the private sector with a ban on job applicant background checks by claiming that they discriminate against minority candidates. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces the nation’s workplace discrimination laws, wasted taxpayer dollars suing companies for checking criminal histories asserting that it violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The apparent intent was to discourage other businesses from checking criminal histories out of fear of getting sued by the government, but it didn’t quite work out that way. A federal judge eventually blasted the EEOC’s claims, calling them laughable, distorted, cherry-picked, worthless and an egregious example of scientific dishonesty. Of interesting note is that the EEOC conducts criminal background checks as a condition of employment.
At first one thinks that the purpose here is to pack the polls with Rat voters. That is a secondary purpose. The real purpose is to build an internal army of vicious criminals who will run concentration camps, confiscate guns, “disappear” people, etc. Much like the communist insurgencies and the infamous Brown Shirts, these organizations were recruited from the crmial ranks.
Real USArmy troops would likely refuse such orders. A police force made up of murders, rapists, crips, etc would find it fun.
This is a racist thing as liberals think the violent crimes of blacks should be ignored. Maybe it is time just not to hire anyone that is liberal. If they vote democrat, don’t hire them.
TSA is always looking for a few good candidates.
This might be why Robin Hood was considered a hero of the legend.
You make a good point, our next president had better be there for the country and do away with bambams criminal orders.
If it’s Trump he has his work cut out for him, putting out the trash so to speak.
Absolutely, and I think he’ll be able to do it.
Jails and criminals have been one of the largest areas on conversion for Islam.
Sure this will work out well.
The more I look at this, the more I think America is getting set up, by the very grace of God, to dodge a bullet. Not even because America deserves it, but because God still sees possibilities.
There never was an utterly ironclad rule — a jaywalking obviously doesn’t presage the same risk as a string of robberies — but there was room for discretion.
Trump will make wonderful hay out of this — “Now the Democrats want our government to be even worse crooks than they already are!”
What could go wrong?
Well, we already see what it has done. What government agency ISN'T corrupt to the core? Answer that.
Birds of a feather flock together!!!! lol
We had to know this was coming when we got a tax cheat as Secretary of the Treasury and a pedophile as the safe school czar.
He is an enemy agent sent here to weaken USA, our defenses, or economy, jobs for American people, our resolve, faith, morals, morale, and allies..... in any and all ways he can
and he’s been doing a spectacularly successful job of it, alas!
please Pray for America!
we have 9 months yet to survive this dark, dark period in our national life
It’s kind of hard to be levelheaded when a government, that used to be trusted to reflect virtue, actually does get wicked. Cynical gets to be normal then.
I pray you’re right, our grandkids and great grandkids deserve better than what’s been taking place.
Well like big O has been a gun salesman, maybe he has been a prayer salesman too.
God is like, if you really want to press Me to get mad, then I will get mad. But you probably won’t like it.
Checkbox - If required, are you eligible to apply for a concealed carry permit?
We hope better for them, but they are from the same sinful root as we. The big secret of the bible is that we never were expected to “deserve” anything. We were only expected to be willing to receive grace. The idea of “deserving” things was one that mankind pulled on itself with the consumption of the forbidden fruit (knowledge of good and evil, an impossible conceit because only God can do that).
Obama knows if he had to check off the box he wouldn’t be President today..he needs these criminals to continue to vote Democrat
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