What is the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)?
When an agency advertises a vacancy and accepts applications from outside its own workforce, the Veterans’ Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) allows veterans or veterans’ preference eligibles to compete for these vacancies under the agency’s merit promotion procedures. Veterans who are selected are given career or career conditional appointments. Veterans are those who have been separated under honorable conditions from the armed forces with 3 or more years of continuous active service. Veterans’ preference, however, does not apply to selections made under merit promotion procedures. Additional veterans’ information can be found on the OPM Website.
