Minority Hiring Increases On Federal Payroll

Agencies are increasing the number of minority employees on the federal payroll. The Office of Personnel management says more than 31,000 minorities joined the federal workforce in 2010. The numbers come from OPM's annual Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program Report to Congress. It shows the number of minorities exceeded 647,000. That's a 5 percent increase from 2009. Minorities made up about 34 percent of the federal workforce in 2010.