How The Biden Admin Tried To Keep The VA Woke After It Left Town

In the last year of the Biden administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs inaugurated an effort to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion principles that would outlast their time in power.
In January 2024, the VA’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Council met to discuss the results of a survey, wherein employees were asked to identify “pain points” connected to their individual identities — based on race, gender identity, and a number of other factors — in order to further embed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the agency.
The discussion centered on “identity insights” and was designed to “improve employee experience,” records obtained by the Center to Advance Security in America reveal.