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.
Silicon Valley Diversity
An investigation into Silicon Valley’s hiring diversity.
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Judge backs Reveal’s suit to end secrecy around Silicon Valley’s diversity
The decision has far-reaching consequences for public access to information.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How we created a baseline for Silicon Valley’s diversity problem
Reveal obtained diversity data for 177 large tech companies through a unique collaboration with researchers with access to that data.
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Here’s the clearest picture of Silicon Valley’s diversity yet: It’s bad. But some companies are doing less bad
While tech companies’ racial and gender disparities are grave, Reveal found many firms haven’t been held back by conventional excuses.
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We sued the government for Silicon Valley diversity data
We’re suing the government for diversity data filed by Silicon Valley companies including PayPal, which has waffled on promises to release its data.