Subject Index 455U.S. Department of Personnel, 250
U.S. Department of State, 345
U.S. Department of Veteran
Affairs, 117
U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
(EEOC), 23–24, 57, 67, 81, 84,
87, 96–97, 100, 152, 160, 188,
189, 196, 198, 295, 396
U.S. Federal Employee
Compensation Study
Commission Act, 278
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, 5
U.S. Foreign Service, 90
U.S. Forest Service, 117
U.S. General Accounting Offi ce/
Government Accountability
Offi ce (GAO), 36, 38, 48, 54,
91, 101, 110, 178, 345
U.S. Geological Survey, 117
U.S. Government Printing Offi ce,
101, 344–345
U.S. Information Agency, 101, 345
U.S. Justice Department, 64
U.S. Merit Systems Protection
Board, 6, 91, 105, 184, 185,
197, 266, 267, 268
U.S. Military: and admissions
policies, 81; and the Boy
Scouts of America, 103; and
employer-provided benefi ts,
288–289; family leave in the,
65–66, 85; and job
analysis, 173
U.S. National Guard, 103, 288–289
U.S. Navy, 81, 103
U.S. Offi ce of Personnel
Management, 6, 35, 39,
101, 173, 182, 199, 244 , 258,
283, 334
USA Freedom Corps, 131
USAJobs, 185, 186
United States v. Paradise, 83
U.S. Postal Service, 345
U.S. Secret Service, 101, 345
U.S. State Department, 90, 101
U.S. Supreme Court cases. See
specifi c cases
U.S. surgeon general, 118
United States weekly work hours,
ranking of the, 121United Steelworkers of America v.
Weber, 83
United Way, 104, 137, 281
UnitedHealth Group, 298
University of Michigan admissions
program, 81
University of Texas admissions
program, 82–83
Unpaid leave, 302
Up Next: Generation Change and
Leadership of Nonprofi t
Organizations (Kunreuther), 32
“Updating a Program to Help
Nonprofi t Organizers Save,”
290
Upward Mobility Program, 326–327VVacancies: qualifi cations needed
to fi ll, reviewing, 182; reasons
for, 181
Vacation pay, 295–296
Valence, defi ned, 222
Validity, described, 200–203
Variety, defi ned, 399
Vesting, 292–293
Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service, 71, 289
Veterans’ Reemployment Right
Statute, 289
Videoconferencing, 377, 389
Vietnam Veterans Readjustment
Act, 71, 72–73
Vinson, Meritor Savings Bank v., 96
Virginia Beach, City of, 143
Virtual Leaders, 320
Virtual reality, use of, 319–320
Virtual recruitment, 121
Virtual volunteering, 121–122
Vision, defi ned, as a leadership
competency, 331
Voluntary affi rmative action, 69
Voluntary recognition, 349
Voluntary sector, defi ned, 21
Volunteer administration
associations, 116
Volunteer banks, 121
Volunteer Center National
Network, 116
Volunteer coordinators, hiring,
127, 128Volunteer information/application
sheets, 124, 125
Volunteer pool, size of the, 128
Volunteer Protection Act, 131
Volunteers: boards serving as,
132–139; conclusion on,
139–140; costs associated
with, 118; episodic, 123;
evaluation of, 130; exercises
involving, 141, 142; laws
protecting, 131; managing,
126–128; motivation of,
119–120; orientation and
training of, 118, 124, 128–129;
overview of, in the public and
nonprofi t sectors, 115–116;
phased planning for, 126;
prerecruitment of, process for
the, 122–126; questions and
activities on, 143; recognition
of, 129–130; recruitment
of, 120–122; and service
initiatives, 131–132; similarities
between board and service,
134; use of, 117–119; and
worker’s compensation, 288
Volunteers in Police Service, 131
Volunteers in Service to America
(VISTA), 131
Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP)
program, 117
Voluntourism, 141
Von Raab, National Treasury
Employees Union v., 77, 300WWage surveys, 254
Walter E. Washington Convention
Center, 177
“Washington Counties Create
Training Video on Pandemic
Flu Preparation,” 317
Washington Mutual, 317
Watson v. Fort Worth Bank and
Trust, 68
Web, the. See Internet entries
Webb v. City of Philadelphia, 84
Weber, United Steelworkers of
America v., 83
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