diversity equity and inclusion

Labor Department wants to ease at least one piece of contractor administrivia

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs launched a portal for contractors and subs to certify their affirmative action programs.

Contracting

YouTube

Lawrence Tabak, NIH, National Institutes of Health

Proposed NIH budget boost spending for experimentation, examines lower grant funding for minority scientists

Budget

AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Agencies get new workforce priorities to focus on for next few years

Federal Newscast

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electronic health record, EHR, veterans affairs, VA

Federal health tech leaders want to extract data for greater equity

Technology

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2020, file photo with the Capitol in the background, two women toast in the air from afar while enjoying a warm fall afternoon as the sun begins to set on the National Mall in Washington. Officials in the nation's capital are questioning the results of the 2020 census, which show a large boost in population but not as high as they had expected. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Capital Planning Commission’s equity plan calls for stronger project site considerations

Facilities/Construction

YouTube

Federal banking agencies trying to ensure AI, ML benefit most rather than the few

Artificial Intelligence

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OPM, DOL to use data, early-career pathways to advance hiring equity

Hiring/Retention

Army implements sweeping parental, pregnancy, postpartum policies

Army

USAID’s first DEI director starting with demographic data for recruits, promotions

People

New campaign asks service members to share stories to push sexual assault reforms farther

Defense

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova speaks with refugees outside a processing center in Lviv, Ukraine on March 22, 2022. She has stationed prosecutors at refugee centers across the country and at border crossings to extract evidence from millions of displaced Ukrainians and register them as victims potentially eligible for compensation. (AP Photo/Erika Kinetz)

Federal employees can now send portion of their pay to help Ukrainian refugees

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

They have their plans, can federal agencies follow through on equity?

Not since the Civil Rights Movement have we seen such a large concentration of executive branch directives around diversity, equity and inclusion issued…

Federal Report

FILE - Shalanda Young, President Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing, Feb. 1, 2022 in Washington. Young is awaiting a vote by the Senate to confirm her as director. She would be the first Black woman to lead the office if confirmed, which is expected. Six Black members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet will be meeting for a Black History Month event Thursday highlighting their roles in the administration, some of which are historic firsts. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via AP, File)

Agencies release over 300 actions to advance equity in federal services

Over 90 agencies release 300 new actions aiming to expand opportunities in federal services for disadvantaged communities.

Management

President Joe Biden speaks about status of the country's fight against COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden admin. hopes to make government services more inclusive for transgender people

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the White House wants to boost inclusion for transgender people in federal services.