Justice Management Division
Serving Justice - Securing Results

What are Special Emphasis Programs?

Special Emphasis Programs are management programs established to ensure equal employment opportunity for minorities, women, and persons and veterans with disabilities in various categories and occupations and in all organizational components throughout the Department. The EEO Special Emphasis Programs include the following:

• Federal Women's Program
• Selective Placement Program for Persons and Veterans with Disabilities
  Manual and Procedures for Providing Reasonable Accommodation
• Black Affairs Program
• Hispanic Employment Program
• Asian/Pacific American Program
• American Indian Program
• DOJ Enhances Diversity to Include Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT)

The primary objectives of the EEO Special Emphasis Programs are:

• Analyzing agency workforce data and identifying barriers in the areas of recruitment, hiring, promotions, career development, reasonable accommodation and retention affecting the full representation of protected groups (i.e. minorities, women and persons with disabilities).
• Compiling, developing, and disseminating information and documents for managers, supervisors, and employees to provide knowledge and sensitivity in all facts or issues of accessibility and reasonable accommodation of persons and veterans with disabilities.
• Developing and conducting programs such as training courses, workshops, job fairs, conferences, and commemorative observances to provide awareness, sensitivity and understanding of the special issues affecting employment of the protected groups.