Ridiculous Redactions
I spoke a couple days ago about the new report praising diversity at the DOJ. Well forget that. It turns out half of the report was redacted, and through the miracle of lousy computer security, we now have the unredacted version.
Why was this blacked out? To avoid embarrassment? To prevent anyone from realizing that this administration is not perfect, that there are still problems in the government? Can't these people ever admit when something is wrong?
Here's my favorite redacted line:
The fact that the current top political leadership of the Department is diverse sends an important, positive message as the beginning of management’s leadership strategy.
Well that sounds good, why would they redact that? Maybe because most of those minorities leaders have already left the department. I guess that sends an important, negative message then, doesn't it?
Here are some other choice pieces blacked out when publicly released:
Minorities are substantially more likely to leave the Department than whites.We found that sexual harassment is not perceived by attorneys to be a problem in the Department, but racial harassment is.
In the study, attorneys and HR managers, especially minority attorneys, expressed a perception that the [award and promotion] system is not transparent—although they might perceive it as not transparent when the real problem is that there is no system at all.
The majority of line attorneys, senior leaders, and HR administrators believe that the prospect of obtaining an SES position is too remote to be viable as a rationale for retention for most attorneys. Minorities express this concern more than whites—and we believe that the lack of minorities in the SES ranks significantly contributes to minorities’ perceptions.
A common pattern throughout the elements of work climate are that attorneys of different demographic groups characterize the work climate differently. In particular, women are less likely than men and minorities are less likely than whites to hold favorable views of the work climate.
