By Camille Stewart Gloster, Deputy National Cyber Director, Technology and Ecosystem Security The United States depends on reliable and resilient critical infrastructure and functions, supported by our country’s cyber professionals. Our Nation continues to face a significant shortfall in cyber talent, with estimates of approximately 700,000 open positions. While the cyber workforce deficit constitutes a…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Advance Pay Equity on the 15th Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
New Biden-Harris Administration actions will help close wage gaps and improve pay transparency for workers. President Biden and Vice President Harris have long championed equal pay as a cornerstone of their commitment to ensuring opportunity and fairness for all workers. Closing gender and racial wage gaps is essential to ensuring that women and people of color can fully…
A Proclamation on the 70th Anniversary of the Lavender Scare
Our Nation has made tremendous progress in advancing the cause of equality for LGBTQI+ Americans. To keep building on that progress, we must reflect honestly on the darkest chapters of our story and on how far we have come. Seventy years ago, as the Cold War set in, President Eisenhower signed an Executive Order banning…
Ambassador Susan E. Rice Remarks at Launch of U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
As Prepared For Delivery: Thank you, Mr. Second Gentleman. Good morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us for today’s special announcement. Like President Biden and the Second Gentleman, I take antisemitism personally. I grew up in a mixed Jewish and Black neighborhood in Washington, D.C. My family home used to belong to the Israeli…
FACT SHEET: On Equal Pay Day, the Biden-Harris Administration Announces Actions to Continue Advancing Pay Equity and Women’s Economic Security
Today, on Equal Pay Day, we celebrate how far we have come—and how far we have yet to go—in closing the gender pay gap. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, America has seen an unprecedented—and equitable—economic recovery, building back an economy that is the strongest in the world. Women’s labor force participation is the highest it has…
Executive Order on Advancing Economic Security for Military and Veteran Spouses, Military Caregivers, and Survivors
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Military-connected families are American working families. Military and veteran families, military caregivers, and survivors face many of the same challenges as their neighbors, but they can carry the…
Readout of the Second Roundtable in “The Time is Now: Advancing Equity in Science and Technology” Series on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Last Friday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted the second “The Time is Now: Advancing Equity in Science & Technology” roundtable. The session entitled “No Time to Waste: Lessons Learned from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Summit on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism in 21st Century STEMM Organizations,”…
OSTP Director Prabhakar Represents United States at G7 Science and Technology Ministerial Meeting
From July 9-11, 2024, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Arati Prabhakar represented the United States and Biden-Harris Administration as Head of Delegation at the Group of Seven (G7) Science and Technology Ministerial Meeting in Bologna and Forlì, Italy. Director Prabhakar participated with…
The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism: Key Actions by Pillar
The Biden-Harris Administration released the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism on May 25, 2023. The strategy outlines a whole-of-society approach to tackle the scourge of antisemitism in America. It features over 100 meaningful actions that over two dozen government agencies will take to counter antisemitism, as well as over 100 calls to action for…
M-24-08 Strengthening Digital Accessibility and the Management of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
View or download as a PDF. December 21, 2023 M-24-08 MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: Shalanda D. Young, Director SUBJECT: Strengthening Digital Accessibility and the Management of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act On this page: I. INTRODUCTION This memorandum provides guidance to help agencies advance digital accessibility by maintaining an…
