The State Department’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer is asking Congress for more funding to build out its data analytics capabilities, after spending much of the past two years getting a baseline of the department's workforce diversity.
![Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley joined Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the inaugural meeting of the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2021. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/51325791872_651e8c0248_o-974x650.jpg)