In the 39 years since President Richard Nixon issued his 16-point plan to address the underrepresentation of Hispanics in the federal workforce, the increase in Hispanic representation has averaged less than 1 percent annually. As of July 2008, Hispanics made up 15 percent of the U.S. population. Another 4 million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico are almost all Hispanics. Yet Hispanics make up only 8 percent of the federal workforce and filled only 3.6 percent of Senior Executive Service slots in fiscal 2007.   (READ ENTIRE ARTICLE)