How is veterans preference applied at TSA?
Preference consists of giving qualified, eligible veterans an advantage over others when recruiting under competitive external procedures (announcements open to anyone in the general public). Depending on the position being filled and the evaluation method being used, it may mean adding 5 or 10 points to a candidate’s earned score or placing the veteran ahead of other candidates in a category. TSA will provide preference at the point of selection to eligible veterans who were discharged or released from military service under honorable conditions. Veterans’ preference is only applicable when the applicant applies under external procedures. This means current TSA employees do not receive veterans’ preference when applying under the internal merit promotion procedures. Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions: TSA provides the broadest application of veterans’ preference in the Federal Government by applying veterans’ preference as defined in P.L. 107-71 and to those individuals e
