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: ACS BlogAgricultural Dept. Fails To Handle Complaints of Discrimination, Says GAO
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s process for handling discrimination complaints from minority workers is woeful, says a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Washington Post reports that the GAO report, released yesterday, slams the USDA’s efforts for resolving the complaints of discrimination, saying its credibility “has and continues to be undermined by faulty reporting of data.” The newspaper notes that African American USDA employees “have long complained of discrimination in hiring and promotions.”
Full post as published by ACS Blog on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).
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