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CIGIEs roadmap moves DEIA efforts from words into clear actions

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 12:36 p.m.

b'After a push from the White House, most agencies have spent the last couple of years trying to improve diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the federal workforce.\\nBut for the federal oversight community, the journey toward a more equitable and diverse workforce started even earlier \\u2014 before President Joe Biden issued the 2021 executive order.\\n\\u201cWe started this DEIA committee because we felt like we needed to make sure that we had a mechanism where folks could come together and really talk about things and create a safe place for us to enhance our DEIA competency,\\u201d Sandra Bruce, Inspector General for the Department of Education, said in an interview with Federal News Network. \\u201cIt really is a journey, not a destination.\\u201d\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'