The GSA cited initiatives focusing on diversity of suppliers through federal procurements. Image: LapaiIrKrapai/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe White House has released summaries of actions that agencies have taken and their plans under two Biden administration executive orders on using the federal government to advance social and economic equity.
A fact sheet on the anniversary of the second of those orders says agencies took more than 600 actions since the release of their 2022 Equity Action Plans, including to (in its words): increase access to federal contracting dollars, capital, and lending programs for small disadvantaged businesses; reduce discrimination in the housing market; advance environmental justice and invest in disadvantaged communities; address health disparities, including disparities in maternal health outcomes in communities of color; build economic prosperity in rural communities; promote equity and fairness in the justice system; support victims and survivors of gender-based violence; root out bias in the design and use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence; and bolster civil rights enforcement.”
Major agencies additionally posted updated plans on whitehouse.gov/equity. The GSA for example cited initiatives focusing on diversity of suppliers through federal procurements; making digital government services more accessible; and taking social equity into consideration in large-scale construction projects and the federal buildings footprint.
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