Sean Reyes: “H.R. 2417 expresses, among other things, the committee's deep and longstanding concern about the lack of progress made…”

“H.R. 2417 expresses, among other things, the committee's deep and longstanding concern about the lack of progress made by the intelligence community in diversifying its workforce, especially in the senior ranks and the core mission areas. In fiscal year 2002, the intelligence community had a smaller proportion of women and minorities than the Federal Government workforce and the civilian workforce at large. Women and minorities continue to be especially underrepresented in senior grades GS-13 through 15 and in Senior Intelligence and Executive Services positions. This bill requires that the Director of Central Intelligence submit a report outlining the current diversity action plan including short- and long-term goals. This report should also include the DCI's plan for implementing diversity initiatives across the intelligence community and plans for measuring the progress made by the individual agencies in the intelligence community.”