Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), also known as Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA), prioritizing demographic quotas over merit, potentially undermining equality of opportunity and individual merit.

This is a working list of Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the Federal government.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs

• Office of Research and Development (ORD)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative - https://www.research.va.gov/programs/dei/
• https://marketplace.va.gov/innovations/va-diversity-inclusion-advocate-program

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Health and Human Services

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Disaster Planning and Response -
    • https://www.samhsa.gov/dtac/disaster-planners/diversity-equity-inclusion
    • https://www.samhsa.gov/dtac/disaster-planners/diversity-equity-inclusion/key-dei-terms
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/work-with-us/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
  • PlanetOIT -news and information about the Office of Information Technology at CMS
    • https://planetoit.cms.gov/one-pager/fact-sheet-dei-learning-resources
    • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaV7m2-zFKpgegcxIzjdTs2J2p66onuHm
    • https://planetoit.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/KNOWDOSHAREDEI508Compliant.pdf
  • https://planetoit.cms.gov/one-pager/dei-oit-volume-2-allyship
  • https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/work-with-us/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
  • https://www.cms.gov/files/document/dei-strategic-plan-external-strategy.pdf
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • African American ERG (AAERG): The AAERG works to identify and eliminate barriers to equal employment opportunity for the African American population at CMS. In doing so, the AAERG works to  promote  a  diverse  and  inclusive  work  environment.  Email: AAERG@cms.hhs.gov
    • American Indian/Alaska Native ERG (AI/AN ERG): The AI/AN ERG works to assess barriers to equal opportunity for American Indians & Alaska Natives. The AI/AN ERG also seeks to increase opportunities for outreach, education, and development regarding these communities.  Email: AIANERG@cms.hhs.gov
    • Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander ERG (AANHPI ERG): The AANHPI ERG works to promote the recruitment, promotion, and retention of highly talented Asian American and Pacific Islanders at CMS. The AANHPI ERG also focuses on outreach to, and increasing developmental opportunities for, members of the AANHPI community within CMS.  Email: AANHPIERG@cms​.hhs.gov
    • Disability ERG (DERG): The DERG provides a forum through which Agency employees may provide input and recommendations toward developing and influencing disability-related policies and practices affecting the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention of individuals with disabilities, including Veterans. The DERG provides the Agency with information about existing barriers to equal opportunity and full access and makes recommendations about ways to overcome those barriers. In addition, the DERG conducts activities to educate employees regarding the special interests, needs, and accomplishments of individuals with disabilities in order to raise awareness and generate positive perceptions of disability and promote diversity in the workplace.  Email: DERG@cms.hhs.gov
    • Federal Women’s Group (FWG): The FWG seeks to provide a forum for CMS employees to plan and conduct activities that educate the workforce regarding the special interests, needs, and accomplishments of women in order to promote development and leadership skills. The FWG strives to enhance the awareness of women’s issues and promote cultural diversity within CMS, thus increasing the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention of women in the CMS workforce and eliminating barriers to equal employment.  Email: FederalWomensGroup@cms.hhs.gov
    • CMS Latin American ERG: Better known as Comunidades, this ERG emphasizes the development of successful strategies to enhance the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention of highly qualified Hispanic professionals at CMS to assist the Agency in better reflecting society. Comunidades works to accomplish this mission by identifying and engaging CMS employees of Hispanic heritage to promote community engagement, broad collaboration, and increase understanding of meaningful outreach. Comunidades also collaborates with other entities within CMS and HHS to garner support and develop programs. Email: comunidades@cms.hhs.gov
    • CMS Pride: The CMS lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) ERG, better known as CMS PRIDE, stands for “People respecting individuality, inclusiveness, diversity, and equality for the LGBTI workforce.” Pride is a visible, personal, and professional resource to the LGBTI workforce, allies, and the broader CMS community. CMS PRIDE helps the Agency eliminate discrimination, while fostering diversity, inclusiveness, and a supportive, respectful, and rewarding work. Email: Pride@cms.hhs.gov
    • Veterans Assistance Committee (VAC): The VAC is an employee resource group focused on issues of particular interest to Veterans at CMS. The goal of the VAC is to provide the Agency with input on those issues, so that Veterans may directly influence policies, procedures, and programs impacting them. The VAC also works to increase the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention of Veterans within CMS.  Email:  VAC@cms.hhs.gov
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  • https://staging.nnlm.gov/guides/dei
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/about_the_journal/pcd_diversity.htm

Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation

• Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups (STIPDG)
  • https://highways.dot.gov/careers/summer-transportation-internship-program-diverse-groups

Department of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture

• Northern Forests Climate Hub
  • https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northern-forests/topic/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-land-management

Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Science Council's DEI Tiger Team
    • https://sciencecouncil.noaa.gov/council-products/dei-tiger-team/
  • https://research.noaa.gov/about-us/diversity/
  • https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/abouttpo/dei-statement/
• Patent and Trademark Office
  • https://www.uspto.gov/patents/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/learn-about-ptab-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-committee

Department of Energy

Department of Energy

Offices

DOE Wide

• DOE O 311.1B Chg 1 (LtdChg), Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Program - Still active
• DOE O 314.1A, Telework and Remote Work Program has "DOE is committed to creating a flexible and agile workforce that enables DOE to respond to local and world events and that highlights DOE’s core values and principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility."
• https://www.energy.gov/science/diversity-equity-inclusion
• Community Benefits Plans 101: Informational Video - Still up
• https://www.energy.gov/careers/jobs-doe - "The Department of Energy appreciates the diversity of our..." - Still up
• UNITED STATES ENERGY & EMPLOYMENT REPORT 2023 - 8 references to Diversity/Inclusion - Still up

Loan Programs Office

• LPO Community Benefits Plans - Still up

National Nuclear Security Administration

• National Security Campus
  • https://kcnsc.doe.gov/careers/benefits-culture/ has a Inclusion & Diversity section - Still up
• Inclusion & Diversity
• Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) - https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsa-minority-serving-institution-partnership-program-msipp - Applicable? - Partnerships between Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) - Still up

Office of Energy Justice and Equity (Office of Economic Impact and Diversity)

• https://www.energy.gov/justice/office-energy-justice-and-equity
• https://www.energy.gov/justice/civil-rights (Civil Rights Division)
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Community Benefits (CB) Plan Template - Still up
• Advancing Opportunities for Community Benefits through Energy Project Development - Still up

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

• https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/12/f81/2020%20BTO%20Peer%20PReview%20DEI_Carr%2C%20DOE.pdf- Still up
• https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/workforce-development/embedding-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility - Still up
• Better Buildings Workforce Accelerator (BBWA) - Assuring a strong, sizable, and skilled workforce nationwide requires industry organizations to expand their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. To support BBWA partners in achieving their DEI-related goals, BBWA hosted a Peer Exchange event in April of 2021 to provide partners with tailored and actionable resources

Office of Science (SC)

• Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (SW-DEI) - https://science.osti.gov/SW-DEI
• https://science.osti.gov/SWI/sc-statement-of-commitment
• https://science.osti.gov/-/media/SW-DEI/pdf/Summary-of-SC-DOE-Laboratory-DEI-Promising-Practices-2020---vpublic.pdf- Still up
• https://www.desi.lbl.gov/diversity/ - Still up
• ORAU
  • https://www.orau.gov/sns/atrisktool/files/DiversityintheUnitedStates.pdf

STEM

• National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference
  • https://www.energy.gov/doe-stem/events/sacnas-2024-national-diversity-stem-ndistem-conference - SACNAS 2024 National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference - largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country - Still up
  • https://www.energy.gov/doe-stem/events/sacnas-2023-national-diversity-stem-ndistem-conference - Still up

Labs

Brookhaven National Laboratory

• US Belle II Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee
  • https://www.usbelleii.bnl.gov/collaboration/dei-committee - Still up
  • https://leonawoodsbnl.phy.bnl.gov - Still up
• Advanced Light Source
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accountability at the ALS
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
  • Meet the 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award Honorees - Still up
  • https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=221590

• Job postings that states "Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Brookhaven Science Associates is an equal opportunity employer that values inclusion and diversity at our Lab."
  • https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/deputy-division-director-project-support-office-eic/3437/76379386992
  • https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/magnet-group-leader-electron-ion-collider/3437/76356735968
  • https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/national-security-program-manager/3437/76019216944
  • https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/microsoft-365-applications-analyst/3437/76370937024
  • https://jobs.bnl.gov
  • https://jobs.lbl.gov/diversity/info/page3
  • https://jobs.lbl.gov/diversity/page/early-career-59
• Noel Blackburn - Office of Workplace Collaboration and Stewardship (previous Chief Diversity Officer overseeing the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office)

Fermilab

• https://diversity.fnal.gov
• DEI Awards - Led by Chief Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Officer - Still up
• https://mu2e.fnal.gov/collaboration.shtml has link to Mu2e Diversity and Inclusion (https://mu2e.fnal.gov/atwork/general/diversity)

Idaho National Laboratory

• https://nldc.inl.gov - Still up
• Three Idaho National Laboratory leaders honored by National Diversity Council - Still up
• Idaho National Laboratory welcomes new inclusion and diversity lead - Still up
• Four INL employees named Women Worth Watching - Still up
• Four from Idaho National Laboratory named Diversity MBA ‘Top 100 Under 50 Emerging Leaders - Still up

Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Employee Resource Groups - https://www.lanl.gov/careers/erg - Still up
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkUw1fkgeYU
• Diversity makes us stronger - Still up
• Inside the diversity issue - Still up
• 8 awards go to Los Alamos National Lab for employer excellence - Recognitions in 2024 demonstrate Lab’s support for workforce and diversity - Still up
• The diversity issue - Still up
• https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/connections/2021-october/tribal-economic-diversity - Six tribally-owned businesses are receiving a boost thanks to this year’s grants from the   Regional Development Corporation’s Tribal Economic Diversity Fund – a program supported by LANL operator Triad National Security, LLC. - Any government funds?
• https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/national-security-science/2022-winter/looks-can-be-deceiving - Diversity played a crucial role in building the first atomic bombs - Still up

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• https://jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-program-manager-6312 - Still up
• https://www.lbl.gov/people/diversity-equity-inclusion/ - Still up
• Molecular Foundry
  • https://foundry.lbl.gov - References Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accountability - Still up
  • https://foundry.lbl.gov/diversity-inclusion/ - Still up
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion - Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument - Still up
• Combating Ageism in the Workplace Strengthens Diversity - Still up
• eBuy (the Laboratory’s online ordering solution for common office, lab and computer supplies) supports diversity, small businesses and local suppliers.
• The Diversity of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
• Bottom of page says "Berkeley Lab is committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) and strives to continue building community with these shared values and commitments."
  • https://jobs.lbl.gov/diversity/jobs/structural-biology-postdoctoral-fellow-6558 - Still up
  • https://jobs.lbl.gov/diversity/jobs/physics-post-baccalaureate-fellow-6668 - Still up

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Core values - https://www.nrel.gov/careers/core-values - Still up
  • Has "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility - Create a diverse, inclusive, and caring community that drives a respectful workplace. Learn more about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at NREL."
• https://www.nrel.gov/about/diversity.html - Still up
• https://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy22/80836.pdf- Still up
• Community Benefit Plans – Guidelines and Tips - Still up

National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Diversity Brings a ‘Fresh Set of Eyes’ and More to NETL Workplace - Still up
• Diversity and Inclusion Narrow Gender Gap, Drive Innovation at NETL - Still up

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• https://innovationcrossroads.ornl.gov/diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility - Partnership

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

• https://www.pppl.gov/about/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility - Still up
• Former intern Amelia Chambliss speaks out on diversity, equity, and what she learned from her internship at PPPL at White House summit on fusion energy - Still up

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

• https://inclusion.slac.stanford.edu - Still up

Sandia National Laboratories

• https://www.energy.gov/articles/championing-diversity-stem

Other organization

Hanford site

• EEO & Diversity - https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/DOEHRM/EEO - Still up
• https://bms.hanford.gov/hrisjp/JobOpp.aspx?BU=CPC - Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) supports diversity in the workplace - Still up

Department of Education

Department of Education

• https://oig.ed.gov/sites/default/files/document/2023-02/edoigdeiaannualprogressreport-2021.pdf

Office of Personnel Management

Office of Personnel Management

• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility/reference-materials/diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce.pdf

Department of Justice

Department of Justice

• https://www.justice.gov/archives/jmd/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-deia - Archived

Library of Congress

Library of Congress (LOC)

• The Advisory Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has been renamed the Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility (EDIBA) - https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/advisory/dei.html

Independent Agencies

• Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program
  • https://www.globe.gov/globe-community/people/dei-task-force - GLOBE DEI Task Force has transitioned into the GLOBE Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Working group
• National Credit Union Administration
  • https://ncua.gov/news/events/dei-summit-2024
• United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit
  • https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/workplace/dei/
• Central Intelligence Agency
  • https://www.cia.gov/careers/working-at-cia/diversity-and-inclusion/
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Communications Commission#Diversity
• NASA
  • https://stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/course-offering/a0Bt0000004lBzSEAU/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-intern
• Agency for International Development
  • https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/USAID_DEI_Strategy_Summary_-_Final.pdf
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • https://www.gao.gov/about/careers/why-work-for-gao/diversity-and-inclusion
  • https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106684
• General Services Administration (GSA)
  • https://digital.gov/topics/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
• Securities and Exchange Commission
  • https://www.sec.gov/about/diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • https://www.fdic.gov/action-plan/policies-procedures-and-operations-review-and-enhancement#code-of-workplace-conduct

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/hud_no_23_209

Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior

• Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary - Human Capital and Diversity / Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital and Diversity
• https://www.doi.gov/pmb/eeo

White House

White House

• White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/

Department of Defense

Department of Defense

• https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2929658/diversity-equity-inclusion-are-necessities-in-us-military/
• Army
  • Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Center - https://medcoe.army.mil/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-center/?linkId=171154861

• Navy
  • https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2994957/naval-surface-force-hosts-inaugural-dei-symposium/
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • https://ori.hhs.gov/blog/job-opportunity-dei-director-ori
• Air Force
  • https://ncr.cap.gov/members/directorates/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ncr-dei-news-table-of-contents
• Space Force
  • DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM

Department of Labor

Department of Labor

• https://www.dol.gov/agencies/olms/deia/history

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • https://www.fema.gov/es/node/629174
  • https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_inclusion-diversity-equity-accessibility-exercises.pdf

Multiple organizations

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Searches

• https://www.google.com/search?q=dei+site%3A.gov+-city+-town+-house&client=opera&hs=3xb&sca_esv=43423dbf98504c44&biw=1842&bih=895&sxsrf=ADLYWILl8wiPkLQdQ-teZRtGq8bJJlTnGQ%3A1731819439316&ei=r3c5Z76BE5GsiLMP4O_tiQ4&ved=0ahUKEwj-lPuTyuKJAxURFmIAHeB3O-EQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=dei+site%3A.gov+-city+-town+-house&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIGRlaSBzaXRlOi5nb3YgLWNpdHkgLXRvd24gLWhvdXNlSKA2UNoKWPo0cAF4AJABAJgBLqABsAKqAQE3uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoAe7Ag&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Related

• Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC)

External links

• https://www.insightintodiversity.com
• https://www.ibramxkendi.com
• https://www.acejmc.org/resources/diversity-tips
• https://www.aplu.org/councils/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
• https://www.srainternational.org/blogs/srai-news/2023/10/11/perspectives-on-purpose-from-srais-diversity-engag
• https://fapac.org
• https://www.campuspride.org
• https://www.chronicle.com/article/here-are-the-states-where-lawmakers-are-seeking-to-ban-colleges-dei-efforts
• https://www.aaup.org/issues/diversity-higher-education
• Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiNn9W444mKAxXsPDQIHaR3MwgQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fresponsiblemining.net%2F&usg=AOvVaw3-g0KqHqnH0shinZgWGdYt&opi=89978449