The USAID Office of Civil Rights and Diversity (OCRD) organized an action team to create the MD-715 report, track progress toward planned activities, and conduct an analysis of workforce data tables to identify and address any triggers leading up to barriers of employment. Using the results of the data analysis, the MD-715 team consulted with representatives from across the Agency to analyze USAID’s policies, practices, and procedures while assessing the Agency’s current efforts to identify and eliminate barriers that impede free and open competition in the workplace.
The Self-Assessment Checklist reflects the team’s assessment of the overall Agency status as it pertains to each of the 153 applicable measures that make up the six essential elements for USAID. Of the 156 measures, three do not apply to USAID because of a lack of second-level reporting components. For every deficiency in Part G that lacks sufficient explanation, a corresponding recommendation in Part H includes planned remediation activities.
