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	  **Released on   Apr 9, 2024**
          Higher Education: Employment Discrimination Case Referrals Between Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Could Be Improved
    GAO-24-105516
      Published:   Mar 6, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 9, 2024
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    Despite recent increases in Black and Hispanic employees on higher education faculties, they're still underrepresented. Current or prospective higher education faculty can file complaints of employment discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They also file complaints with the Department of Education—which refers almost all of them to EEOC. About 90% of Education's referrals to EEOC are required to be sent within 30 days, but...
      **Released on   Jan 25, 2024**
          Paid Parental Leave: OPM Should Take Steps to Further Raise Awareness of the Program
    GAO-24-106654
      Published:   Jan 25, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 25, 2024
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    Starting October 1, 2020, most federal civilian employees became eligible to take up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the arrival of a new child whether by birth, adoption, or foster care. The Office of Personnel Management's government-wide data showed that most federal employees were aware of the benefit, and the number of employees who took paid parental leave generally aligned with OPM's...
      **Released on   Jan 9, 2024**
          Federal Real Property: Improved Data and Access Needed for Employees with Disabilities Using Secure Facilities
    GAO-24-107117
      Published:   Jan 9, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 9, 2024
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    Federal employees use secure facilities—known as "SCIFs"—to work with classified information. But some SCIFs aren't accessible for employees with disabilities—e.g., some doors are too heavy to open, or doorways are too narrow for wheelchairs. While the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has taken some steps to address access issues, it can do more. For example, it should improve its guidance on SCIFs...
      **Released on   Dec 15, 2023**
          Farm Credit System: Policy Considerations for a Potential Grant Program for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
    GAO-24-106646
      Published:   Nov 17, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 15, 2023
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    Minorities and women may have trouble getting loans to buy and run farms. According to lending industry representatives, these socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers are more likely to operate smaller, lower-revenue farms; have weaker credit histories; or lack clear title to their agricultural land. The Farm Credit System provides low-cost credit to farmers and ranchers. Establishing a grant program for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers...
          U.S. Postal Service: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Workforce Diversity Efforts
    GAO-24-105732
      Published:   Dec 15, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 15, 2023
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    The U.S. Postal Service's workforce has become more diverse in recent years, but it's had challenges ensuring its leadership reflects the diversity of its workers. White employees are still more likely to be promoted to some management positions than non-White employees. And managers from historically disadvantaged groups are generally paid less than their White counterparts. USPS's executives have made commitments to supporting diversity, and USPS...
      **Released on   Dec 7, 2023**
          Bureau of Indian Education: Information on Efforts to Count Students for an Educational Services Program
    GAO-24-106844
      Published:   Dec 7, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 7, 2023
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    The Bureau of Indian Education oversees the Johnson O'Malley Program, which provides educational services for American Indian and Alaska Native students—such as language enrichment and buying school supplies. This Q&A report looks at the steps the Bureau took, or plans to take, to update its count of students and allocate funding for the program. In 2018, Congress required the Bureau to estimate the number of...
      **Released on   Nov 30, 2023**
          Disaster Loan Program: SBA Should Include Key Issues in Its Review of How the Program Affects Underserved Communities
    GAO-24-106682
      Published:   Nov 30, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 30, 2023
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    The Small Business Administration's Disaster Loan Program helps homeowners, renters, and businesses recover from disasters that can cause billions of dollars in damage each year. SBA has identified lending criteria—such as credit history—as one barrier to loan access in underserved communities, like those with high poverty rates. For 13 hurricanes in fiscal years 2018-2022, we found that SBA approved applicants from some underserved communities less...
      **Released on   Nov 15, 2023**
          Coast Guard: Issues and Policies Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity of Service Members
    GAO-24-106436
      Published:   Nov 15, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 15, 2023
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    This Q&A report looks at how policies regarding the sexual orientation and gender identity of military service members have changed over time. LGBTQ+ individuals may now serve openly in the Coast Guard, and it is trying to provide an inclusive environment for these members. For example, Coast Guard started a voluntary diversity and inclusion education program. It also has a gender transition request policy which...
      **Released on   Nov 2, 2023**
          Equal Employment Opportunity: Additional Actions Would Improve USDA's Collection and Reporting of Key Data
    GAO-24-106791
      Published:   Nov 2, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 2, 2023
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    Agencies' annual reports on equal employment opportunity complaint data help Congress ensure the agencies are following workplace discrimination laws. We reviewed three reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture issues annually and found ways that the department could improve the accuracy, clarity, and completeness of the data. For example, we recommended that USDA fix a database error that resulted in inaccurate data, and that it...
      **Released on   Oct 5, 2023**
          Special Education: Additional Data Could Help Early Intervention Programs Reach More Eligible Infants and Toddlers
    GAO-24-106019
      Published:   Oct 5, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 5, 2023
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    Early intervention services like speech therapy can help children with developmental delays. The Department of Education provides funding to states to identify children who need services and refer them to care. But our survey found that children of some backgrounds—such as American Indian—weren't evaluated for services as often as others. Education doesn't collect children's demographic data before they enroll in the program, but many states...
      **Released on   Sep 12, 2023**
          VA Equal Employment Opportunity: Increased Attention Needed to Improve Program Effectiveness
    GAO-23-105429
      Published:   Sep 12, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 12, 2023
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    Federal law prohibits discrimination against federal employees on the basis of race, among other things. We reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' efforts to ensure equitable treatment of its employees. VA's workforce is diverse but there are disparities in pay and promotions for some racial, ethnic, and gender groups, and VA could better address discrimination. While VA tracks complaints of alleged racial discrimination, it hasn't...
      **Released on   Jul 27, 2023**
          Older Workers: Retirement Account Disparities Have Increased by Income and Persisted by Race Over Time
    GAO-23-105342
      Published:   Jul 27, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 27, 2023
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    Congress is concerned that federal tax incentives for workers to save in tax-preferred retirement accounts are going mostly to higher income workers—and are doing little to help low-income workers save for retirement. We found that: Disparities between low-income and high-income older workers households' (ages 51-64) retirement accounts were greater in 2019 than in 2007. 1 in 10 low-income households had a retirement account balance in...
      **Released on   Jul 26, 2023**
          VA Disability Benefits: Actions Needed to Further Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Compensation
    GAO-23-106097
      Published:   Jul 26, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 26, 2023
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    The Veterans Benefits Administration provided more than $112 billion in disability benefits to about 5.4 million veterans and their families in FY 2022. The agency has faced longstanding challenges managing claims and has been on our High Risk List since 2003. Our analysis of agency disability compensation from 2010 through 2020 found that Non-Hispanic Black veterans had the lowest approval rates among all racial and...
      **Released on   Jul 20, 2023**
          HUD Rental Assistance: Enhanced Data and Strategy Could Improve Oversight of Accessibility Requirements
    GAO-23-105083
      Published:   Jul 20, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 20, 2023
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    The Department of Housing and Urban Development enforces federal civil rights laws that require housing providers to make reasonable accommodations—such as providing entryway ramps—for households with disabilities. These requirements also apply to the housing providers that administer HUD's own rental assistance programs. We found that, although HUD collects information on a household's disability status, it does not systematically collect data on requests for reasonable accommodations...
      **Released on   Jun 26, 2023**
          U.S. Access Board: Interagency Efforts to Promote Accessibility for People with Disabilities Generally Followed Leading Collaboration Practices
    GAO-23-105948
      Published:   Jun 26, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 26, 2023
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    The U.S. Access Board promotes accessibility for people with disabilities by developing guidelines, providing technical assistance, and enforcing accessibility requirements at federal facilities. The Access Board collaborates with other federal agencies on many of these activities. For example, it works with agencies to investigate and address public complaints about inaccessibility at agencies' facilities. We found that the Access Board generally followed our list of leading...
      **Released on   Jun 21, 2023**
          DOD Civilian Workforce: Actions Needed to Analyze and Eliminate Barriers to Diversity
    GAO-23-105284
      Published:   Jun 21, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 21, 2023
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    The Department of Defense civilian workforce doesn't reflect the diversity of the federal government. DOD has lower percentages of women and members of historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups—such as African Americans. DOD has been working to identify potential barriers to diversity, but little has changed over the last 10 years. This may be because it is unclear which DOD office is responsible for overseeing...
      **Released on   Mar 29, 2023**
          HUD Rental Assistance: Serving Households with Disabilities
    GAO-23-106339
      Published:   Mar 29, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 29, 2023
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    Finding affordable, accessible rental housing can be difficult for low-income households that have a family member with a disability. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has rental assistance programs that can help. But a lot of affordable housing is aging and has to be modified to work for these families. We looked at HUD's rental assistance programs, how many households with disabilities they served...
      **Released on   Mar 14, 2023**
          Women in the Workforce: Underrepresentation in Management Positions Persists, and the Gender Pay Gap Varies by Industry and Demographics
    GAO-23-106320
      Published:   Mar 14, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 14, 2023
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    Women remain underrepresented in management roles in the U.S. workforce. Female managers continue to earn less than male managers, but the pay gap varies by industry and demographics. Our analysis of Census data showed that in 2021: 42% of managers were women, but overall women make up 47% of the workforce Female managers were more likely to be younger and more educated, and less likely...
      **Released on   Feb 17, 2023**
          Department of Education: Additional Data Collection Would Help Assess the Performance of a Program Supporting College Students with Disabilities
    GAO-23-105551
      Published:   Feb 15, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Feb 17, 2023
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    The Department of Education gives grants to schools and organizations to help disadvantaged students—including students with disabilities—prepare for, enroll in, and graduate from college. The Student Support Services program is its only college access program whose target population specifically includes students with disabilities. But Education does not collect complete information about the disability status of the students helped through the program. As a result, it...
    
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