Governor Mark Gordon has signed two bills from this year's legislative session that are aimed to increase oversight and transparency of the Wyoming Military Department, which oversees the National Guard. This came after Wyoming Public Media and Wyofile reported on complaints about the department mishandling reports of harassment and assault.
"I think the concept of what's written in the bill isn't terrible," said Marilyn Burden. She served in the Wyoming National Guard for 17 years. She's one of the original whistleblowers of what she calls the National Guard's toxic culture when reporting sexual harassment and assault.
Burden is talking about HB 0053, a bill that requires an agreement between the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and the Wyoming Military Department to develop a system where workforce services employees handle the military department's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaints. That's the federal authority charged with investigating employer discrimination.
"But it depends upon how the details are written between the military department and workforce services," said Burden.
That's because one of the original complaints of Burden and others interviewed was that the guard makes it really hard to file a complaint with the EEOC. And even though this new law creates an outside entity in charge of EEO complaints, Burden said she's worried the guard will continue its toxic culture.
"There's a possibility, where they could create this never...
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