As the saying goes, the news never stops — but there’s a lot of it out there, and all of it doesn’t always pertain to our readers. In this weekly news roundup, we’ll cover the top news stories that matter most to our diversity focused audience.
1. Biden Administration Makes Progress on Equity Action Plan
The Biden Administration released a White House update on progress made to Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, which was signed by the President on his first day in office.
In the update, Biden provides information on how the 90 federal agencies in the federal government and 50 independent agencies worked quickly to implement the order. These agencies conducted assessments of some “high-impact services for the American people” to see where “systemic barriers to access may exist.”
