Scott, Butterfield, and Lee Release Tech Sector Diversity Report

On Thursday, Congressmen Bobby Scott (D-VA) and G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) released a Government Accountability Office report, "Diversity in the Technology Sector: Federal Agencies Could Improve Oversight of Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements." The report found that the environment and access to these opportunities have not improved in more than a decade for women, Black, and Hispanic workers, and that there remains a persistent lack of racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in the technology workforce. The legislators say that technology firms have explained away their poor workforce diversity performance by claiming it is simply a pipeline problem; however, the evidence does not support this claim. Hispanic workers represent 10%, and Black workers 7%, of Bachelor's and Master's in technology degrees, yet they comprise 5% or less of the professionals and mid-level managers in the leading technology companies. See the full report here.