Complicit: EEOC, An Enforcement Agency That Fails to Enforce Civil Rights in the Federal Sector

This panel discusses the history of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the C4C's interface with the late Representative Elijah Cummings, which led to Congress passing the Elijah Cummings Federal Employee Anti-discrimination Act. In addition to discussing the C4C recommended equal employment opportunity reform measures adopted into law, panel members also discuss their 2023 report to President Biden titled: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Unmet Mission Challenges Impacting Prompt, Fair, and Impartial Processing of Federal Employees’ Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints.