diversity equity inclusion and accessibility
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In today's Federal Newscast, the president has a new directive for all agencies: Cease and desist all training on critical race theory or white privilege.
September 08, 2020 -
Organizations of all sizes including federal agencies have been rethinking their approaches to ensuring all employees have equal chances for advancement.
August 31, 2020 -
Naval leadership wants to find bias or systemic racism in the ranks of the Navy and root it out.
August 14, 2020 -
NASA's unity campaign launched last September, but it's taken on new meaning during the pandemic and recent nationwide protests. Under its unity initiative, NASA is reviewing its personnel management, recruitment, hiring and retention practices to ensure the agency's workforce is diverse and inclusive.
August 06, 2020 -
A new bill from Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) would require agencies to update and maintain their diversity plans -- and develop new practices for recruiting and retaining a more inclusive workforce.
July 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Mark Esper bans photographs from being used in the process to promote officers and enlisted service members.
July 16, 2020 -
This is an important time for AAFEA, who has been advocating on behalf of black federal civil servants for nearly 20 years, to be heard.
June 25, 2020 -
The Senior Executives Association points out the non-SES portion of the federal workforce is 18% black, but the SES is less than 11% black.
June 22, 2020 -
Improvement may come more from individual self reflection than in some grand gesture.
June 19, 2020 -
Another senior Pentagon official is resigning. Katie Wheelbarger, the acting assistant secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday.
June 19, 2020 -
The State Department has recognized diversity challenges across multiple administrations, but GAO has reported on the same workforce challenges for the past 30 years.
June 18, 2020 -
Joe Paiva, a retired Army officer and former CIO at the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration, offers federal and industry executives some ideas for making hiring more equitable and less unintentionally biased.
June 05, 2020 -
Diversity is only half of the agency's upcoming workforce strategy. Mirembe Nantongo, one of the State Department's deputy assistant secretaries in the Bureau of Global Talent Management, said the other half focuses on inclusion.
April 15, 2020 -
The workforce at the Department of Homeland Security is more diverse than most other federal agencies, but the agency struggles to retain those employees for future leadership positions.
March 02, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that while diversity has increased among workers at the State Department overall, that has not been the case for upper level managers.
February 26, 2020