ABSTRACT This paper assesses the federal government's ability to bring about social change by examining the results of its program to ensure equality of employment opportunity in federal employment for minority group members. For more than a century the federal government has attempted to develop a fair and impartial personnel system. During the past 40 years the federal government has intensified its efforts to ensure equality of opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, or national origin. These efforts have met with success by increasing significantly the overall employment of minority group members but have been unable to obtain equality of opportunity for all minority group members. Thus, it appears that the federal government is effective in bringing about macro changes in the environment of federal employment, but is unable to fine tune the micro changes needed to ensure that the environment is an equal opportunity employer.
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