What is the Five-Year Rule? Legislation enacted in 1965 established a general five-year limit on Peace Corps employment explained in this Peace Corps memo in greater detail. In February 2003, a change to the Five-Year rule was included in the Consolidated Apropriations Bill that passed Congress. The change exempted employees working in Safety and Security from the Five-Year rule. Director Vasquez sent letters to 54 members of Congress asking them to support this change. On May 20, 2004 the House of Representatives passed the Peace Corps Safety and Security Bill that further expanded exemptions to the Five-Year rule to include employees working in the Medical Office and the Inspector General's office. At the Senate Hearings to consider the bill, PCOL wrote an editorial and submitted it as a statement to the Senate pointing out the flaw in the proposed bill that would expand the agency's Five-Year Rule creating a two-tiered employment structure at the agency. |
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Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview - Recent Changes to the Five-Year Rule
Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview - Recent Changes to the Five-Year Rule
Read our interview with Director Vasquez in this month's issue of PCOL Magazine:
Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview
This month we sat down for an extended interview with Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez. Read the entire interview from start to finish and we promise you will learn something about the Peace Corps you didn't know before.
Then read the questions and answers one by one and leave your comments on the issues raised during the interview including Infrastructure Upgrades and the new Situation Room at Headquarters, Is there a Budget Crunch this year at Peace Corps, Peace Corps' Long Term Expansion, the Changes to the Five-Year Rule made last year, Safety and Security Issues, the Cooperative Agreement with NPCA, RPCVs in Policy Making Positions at Peace Corps Headquarters, Peace Corps' Departure from Russia in 2002, Director Vasquez's Accomplishments as Director, the Peace Corps Safety and Security Bill before Congress, Continuity at the Agency during Changes in Administration, the Community College Program, and the Director's Message to the Returned Volunteer Community.
Read the questions and answers and leave your comments.