Three of the six federal grant-making agencies we reviewed that support research in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields--the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture--routinely collect demographic information about the individual researchers who apply for and receive federal gr

As our transformational diversity efforts have been implemented, the diversity of GAO's workforce and leadership team--SES/SL and Band III level staff-- has improved. In 2000, minorities represented about 14 percent of the SES/SL corps. As of fiscal year 2007, about 18 percent of the SES members were minorities. Similarly, the representation of minorities at the Band III level-- the SES feeder po

GAO found that: (1) Congress uses budget function classifications in concurrent resolutions on the budget to classify budgetary resources according to the national need addressed; (2) in some cases, a subfunction may be associated with one or more subdepartments to provide a more detailed view of the government's varied missions and its organizational structures; and (3) linking object classifica

GAO discussed the Census Bureau's collection of race and ethnicity data in the 1990 census. GAO noted that: (1) the 1990 Decennial Census underscored the importance of race and ethnic questions; (2) the Bureau has limited time to improve the race and ethnic questions for the 2000 census due to delays in scheduled activities; (3) the data from the 1990 race and Hispanic origin questions were of hi

GAO found that: (1) agencies used standard definitions in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, but the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) only monitored the agencies' methodologies for data collection and not the results of the data collection; (2) agencies' extensive use of Census Bureau support and products, which complied with OMB guidance, helped ensure uniformity; (3) the Depa

GAO provided supplemental information on equal employment opportunity (EEO) discrimination complaints at smaller federal agencies. GAO noted that: (1) one agency corrected inaccurate data it reported in its EEO report; (2) it revised a table to reflect the corrected data; and (3) the reason for the inconsistencies was that complaints encompassed multiple issues, such as national origin, race, sex