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posted by mrpg on Monday November 26 2018, @08:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the hire-me-I'm-smart dept.

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Federal labor officials have decided to reverse their longtime policy and release diversity numbers for government contractors such as Oracle and Palantir Technologies in response to a lawsuit filed by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

Reveal submitted Freedom of Information Act requests for the workplace statistics of those and other tech companies as part of a project analyzing the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley. We requested the companies’ official EEO-1 reports, which show the race and gender numbers for total US employees grouped by broad job categories.

But five companies – Oracle, Palantir, Pandora Media, Gilead Sciences and Splunk – objected to the requests, claiming that the diversity data is a trade secret. In each case, the US Department of Labor initially agreed with the companies and denied Reveal’s FOIA requests.

[...] On Oct. 30, the Labor Department notified the five government contractors that it would disclose their diversity numbers over their objections. Citing the lawsuit, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs told the companies that it has “undertaken a supplemental review” and “will initiate disclosure.” The companies had until Nov. 19 to take legal action to stop the release of the data.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @09:06PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @09:06PM (#766605)

    Since when do you need to report this? Why?

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @09:32PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @09:32PM (#766632)

    it's too make sure companies hire enough women, njiggers and other decorative elements.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @04:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @04:40AM (#766805)

      Does that include people like you "2"?

  • (Score: 2) by Hawkwind on Tuesday November 27 2018, @05:24AM (2 children)

    by Hawkwind (3531) on Tuesday November 27 2018, @05:24AM (#766823)

    Short version, as a federal contractor of $50K+/yr they are required to submit a diversity plan each year (federal regs 41 CFR 60-2).

    Note CA prop 209 makes an exception for cases where funding would be lost but for compliance.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @01:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @01:37PM (#766914)
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @06:12PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @06:12PM (#766971)

      fuck that shit. what stupid whores these companies are.