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As the Army grapples with changing the names of almost a dozen posts named for Confederate generals like Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood, a task force set up to help the Navy improve diversity says some of its ships may have connections to Confederate or white supremacist ideologies.
The Navy's top officer has received dozens of recommendations to improve inclusion and diversity in the ranks.
Racial and gender biases and systemic inequality have a deleterious effect on military readiness, and the U.S. Navy is adopting dozens of recommendations to address it, the service announced Wednesday. The Navy released a comprehensive review of these issues by a task force launched amid last summer’s racial justice protests. The task force’s 56 recommendations span all aspects of the Navy’s sprawling organization, from recruiting and promotion disparities to the names of ships that honor Confederates and White supremacists. It also recommends adding a fourth “core value” to the ser...
Quick Hits Information Technology Industry Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council are urging congressional leaders to include a $9 billion boost to the Technology Modernization Fund as proposed in President Biden's pandemic relief and recovery legislation. "Aging IT at the Federal and state levels has hindered the ability of governments to quickly and efficiently get dollars, programs, and services to Americans in need," the groups wrote in their Feb. 2 letter to House and Senate leaders. *** Michael Regan, Biden's nominee for the Environmental Protecti...
'To do nothing is unacceptable' | Task Force report says Navy needs to do more to become diverse, inclusive Navy Task Force One was created to address concerns brought to the forefront by the death of George Floyd. Author: Laura Geller Updated: 6:51 PM EST February 3, 2021 WASHINGTON — During his six months of work on Task Force One Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Admiral John Nowell Jr. had an eye-opening revelation. “I thought as a white male admiral in the U.S. Navy, that we had made more progress with equality in our nation and in our Navy,” Nowel...