Gender and skin color count when seeking work or contracts with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where leaders are working to build a workforce with well-balanced diversity.
A recently released annual report to Congress shows that diversity, equity, and inclusion permeates many facets of the SEC’s culture (pdf).
The information is tracked through the SEC’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), which was established in 2011 under former President Barack Obama as a requirement of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. While the U.S. Treasury must provide Congress a report each year, other federal departments, agencies, and commissions within the U.S. government are not mandated to prepare a report….