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248. Memorandum From Margaret Barnhart of the Recruitment Division, Office of Recruitment, Examination, and Employment in the Bureau of Personnel to Robert Drexler of the Office of Recruitment, Examination, and Employment in the Bureau of Personnel1

Washington, November 6, 1980

SUBJECT

  • Written Examination Application Statistics

We have just received statistics on the numbers of applications to take the 1980 FSO written examination (as of October 30). For informal comparison purposes, I have used only those numbers of applicants for the State FSO applications.

1977 1978 1979 1980
Total 18,022 17,094 15,549 19,649
Women 6,079 5,798 5,470 7,902
Blacks 1,057 1,479 1,628
Hispanics 920 953 961
Asians 327 427 477
Native Am. 64 69 78
Sub-Total Minorities 2,368 2,928 3,144

A breakdown by minorities was not made for Exam Applications in 1979.

A brief comparison indicates that some 50% more women applied to take the written examination in 80 than compared with those women who applied in 1979.

  1. Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Under Secretary for Management (M), 1980, Box 8, Chron November 17–22, 1980. No classification marking. Copies were sent to Lynwood Eaton (REE), Fred Sacksteder (BEX), Dave Rogers (REC), and Eloise Lee (EMP).↩