Equitable Data Working Group News Today

Lets use National Minority Health Month and Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month to recognize Asian Americans unique and often overlooked health differences.

Targeted News Service provides Washington Bureau coverage, federal contract and contracting information for awards and for subcontracting opportunities, a congressional vote chart, federal and congressional press releases.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promoted "equity" in economic policy and criticized the Supreme Court's recent affirmative action decision in a speech Friday.

In this data note, we use 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) data to examine how demographic characteristics as well as measures of health coverage and other social and economic factors that drive health and health care vary for Asian and NHOPI people overall and by subgroups.

The federal government needs quality data systems in place to measure how well education and training programs are preparing skilled workers.

President Biden issued Executive Order 14091: Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Federal Government EO, directs federal agencies to undertake additional efforts to advance equity initiatives. EO targets underserved communities.

To enhance law enforcement agencies’ data collection and transparency efforts, the government is asking the public to “help us understand the data pract...

The strategy, which includes comprehensive action plans submitted by 32 agencies, represents a historic first for the federal government as it works to address barriers impacting Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

Outgoing House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney lost her primary earlier this year, and so ...

Enhanced data collection efforts and outreach are needed to improve outcomes for underrepresented communities across the country.