President Obama issued Executive Order 13583 establishing a coordinated government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the Federal Workforce. The Executive Order was broken down into several parts: Section 1 Policy. Section 2 Government-wide Diversity and Inclusion Initiative and Strategic Plan. Section 3 Responsibilities of Executive Departments and Agencies and Section 4 General Provisions.
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That’s a whole mouth-full. That Executive Order was issued by President Obama on August 18, 2011. The anniversary of that issuance is upon us marking 3 years August 18, 2014. I would certainly be interested in the progress that has been made by the agencies in 3 years. We write down beautiful goals and objectives with tremendous intent, but how do we measure up when it comes to actually making the words active and accountable? What do you do when an Executive Order is not enough?
I have participated in many studies with the goal of creating true diversity, including a mammoth study for the Department of Veteran Affairs, where I designed a Barrier Analysis Methodology (BAM) to assist the VA in identifying and removing barriers to opportunities for identified members of its workforce. Yet, with an exhaustive study done for the VA in 2008 published by the National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA), the VA, like all Federal agencies, continues to struggle with achieving true diversity and inclusion throughout its ranks.
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