The Biden administration, in its effort to make the federal government a model employer for the rest of the country, is looking to better understand the workplace experiences of federal employees.
To meet that goal, the administration on Tuesday released the first governmentwide diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility strategy in a decade.
The administration, under the strategy, will elevate the role of chief diversity officers within each agency, who in turn will help lead dedicated agency DEIA implementation teams and conduct quarterly updates to track progress in meeting governmentwide goals.
To better understand challenges experienced by federal employees and those looking to join the federal workforce, each agency implementation team will publish its own DEIA strategic plans by March 23.
“Even with decades of progress building a federal workforce that draws from the full diversity of the nation, many underserved communities remain under-represented in the federal workforce, especially in positions of leadership,” the strategy states.
The governmentwide DEIA strategy builds off momentum from an executive order President Joe Biden signed in June to promote these same principles across the federal workforce.
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