Report: Half of Gov. Agencies Report On Employment Discrimination

The organization Federally Employed Women is disappointed that so many federal agencies did not meet reporting requirements related to employment discrimination. Only half of the 167 agencies required to submit the reports did so in fiscal 2006, down from 68 percent the year before, according to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data cited by FEW.

“These reporting requirements are an important indication of how well agencies are achieving equal employment for all federal workers,” said Sue Webster, the organization's president. “With only half of the agencies submitting reports, the public, federal workers and potential applicants have no way of knowing which agencies are working the hardest to ensure the employment and advancement of women and minorities,”

The lack of reporting concerns FEW because it affects the Federal Women’s Program in federal agencies.Office of Personnel Management regulations require that each federal agency designate an FWP manager on matters affecting the employment and advancement of women. The rules also require that federal agencies allocate sufficient resources for the program.

More information on FEW can be found at few.org.

By Sara Goo  |  January 7, 2009; 2:02 PM ET
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