All witnesses. Please discuss the profile of persons of diverse backgrounds within your organization and then for the record, the Committee Requests the addition of grade, years of service and career categories to the annual be added to the annual demographic report. Mr. Coker, why dont you begin . We took a look at our great profile, gg 12 and 13 as recently required by our manager from her directive, 715. We noticed there was a gap there between minority and nonminority and that triggered further analysis. We are in the midst of a study we began in march of this year and expect to complete this fall, september 2019, to take a look at why that gap and promotion rate. Not likely to be one particular item but nonetheless evil have data to support some understanding of that gap. In terms of its effects i can tell you our current senior profile for Senior Officers 32 is female which is good and our minority representation at the senior ranks, nsa, 15 and for people with disabilities it is
Hosted this event. The committee will come to order. Before we get our termite all members we are in an open session and as such will discuss unclassified matters only. Without objection, the chair may declare in recess at any time. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you have joined us today to discuss admission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of diversity and inclusion at all levels, from entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. While there has been some improvement in recent years, the demographic profile of the ic workforce still does not mirror that of the Wider Population and is lagging in attracting the best and the brightest from all walks of life. Fully taking advantage of the diverse intellect, innovation, and experiences here at home better prepares the ic, and our nation, to address tomorrows most pressing challenges and analyze an increasingly complicated and integrated world. In holding th
Schmidt genocide. On stage in new york, the syrian refugee who didnt have a piano lesson until 18 months ago. Welcome to the program. We begin this news hour with the fight against isil. The iraqi miami and shia militia are declaring victory. The fight has been led by the badr corps. The group is now ready to move north into isil strongholds. We have a report. The celebration illustrated the growing power of shia groups here including the badr corps. The badr corps dont like to be called a militia but in effect are in control of their own operations. They are working with the Iraqi Government and with those forces have now taken over according to the militia members leaders and Iraqi Government officials pretty much all of the province, a major stronghold of isil. It hasnt been without a cost. As they drove is through part of the territory, you can see abandoned villages, houses destroyed, even mosques destroyed in some areas, we were told. What we saw really indicated a region, the fo
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