Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Five people's hands ranging in color from dark brown to pale white

The Department has long engaged in efforts to elevate the importance of diversity in the workforce—one office at a time, one report at a time, one data set at a time. Department leaders, equal opportunity employment experts, human capital practitioners, hiring managers, learning and development experts, and employees in their discretionary time, are and have been engaging in numerous and varied efforts to increase diversity and to include and engage people of diverse backgrounds. A look at the workforce data, which we describe below, reflects the success of these efforts in allowing DOI to maintain the diversity ratios in its workforce. The same data reflects almost a decade of hard work that has yet to yield significant and sustainable increases in demographic representation among the DOI workforce.

- DOI Strategic Plan to Advance DEIA

The Department of the Interior's Strategic Plan to Advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Workforce makes clear the state of DEIA in DOI, and the priority actions needed to make that significant and sustain changed that is needed. The Office of Policy Analysis works with others across DOI, especially the Office of Diveristy, Inclusion, and Civil Rights, to advance DEIA policies, evidence, and practice across the Department. In doing so, we aim to help DOI fulfill its vision: DOI is responsible for protecting and preserving the treasures of this Nation and aims to build a workforce that represents the treasures of this Nation—its people.

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