Top federal contractors like Dell, Lockheed Martin refused to make diversity data public. Some have paid to settle employment discrimination claims.
Silicon Valley Diversity
An investigation into Silicon Valley’s hiring diversity.
Posted inWorkers’ Rights
People of Color Were Promised Equal Opportunity. Federal Contractors Are Failing.
Federal contractors who employ 1 in 5 Americans are required to give women and people of color opportunities to advance. Many do not, new data shows.
Posted inDiversity in American Corporations
No Longer a Trade Secret: Diversity Data From the Country’s Mega Contractors
The data is the largest trove of corporate diversity information ever made public, thanks to a yearslong legal battle by Reveal.
Posted inSilicon Valley Diversity
We Forced the Government to Share Corporate Diversity Data. It’s Giving Companies an Out Instead.
Instead of releasing diversity reports for thousands of government contractors, the U.S. Department of Labor invited them to fight their public release – and specifically named Reveal’s reporter as the instigator.
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity
Judge backs Reveal’s suit to end secrecy around Silicon Valley’s diversity
The decision has far-reaching consequences for public access to information.
Posted inImpact, Silicon Valley Diversity, Uncategorized
Same data, new lawsuit: Reveal sues Labor Department for failure to release updated Silicon Valley diversity numbers
The Department of Labor gave us Silicon Valley diversity data after we sued them. Now we have to sue again. Same companies. Same data. Different year.
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity
Oracle and Palantir said diversity figures were trade secrets. The real secret: Embarrassing numbers
The Labor Department initially sided with tech companies to block the data, but released it after Reveal filed a lawsuit.
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity
We got the government to reverse its longtime policy to get Silicon Valley diversity data
For years, the Labor Department has allowed federal contractors to block public records requests for their demographics by calling them trade secrets.
Posted inImpact, Inequality, Silicon Valley Diversity
Silicon Valley is leaving women of color behind. A new collaborative hopes to change that
Efforts to increase diversity in technology have largely been focused on race or gender, but not both, overlooking obstacles unique to women of color.
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity
5 reasons why companies should share their EEO-1 diversity forms
Diversity advocates acknowledge that EEO-1 forms are imperfect. But the benefits outweigh the shortcomings.