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PHMSA's External Civil Rights Program encompasses all civil rights laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination in programs and activities receiving financial assistance from PHMSA. The PHMSA Office of Civil Rights is responsible for civil rights compliance...
PHMSA encourages all recipients of Federal financial assistance to use small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in their projects. These businesses include small businesses,disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), veteran-owned and...
The PHMSA Office of Civil Rights develops and implements White House educational initiatives with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and institutions that serve Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders and...
The major goals of PHMSA's Special Emphasis Programs are to eliminate discriminatory policies and practices, and to identify and resolve barriers to full employment of a protected class. These programs are to ensure equal representation throughout PHMSA, to address issues critical to...
Reasonable Accommodation Request Procedures for People with Disabilities
President Bush signed the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, commonly called the "No FEAR Act", on May 15, 2002. The Act mandates that Federal agencies shall be held individually accountable for violations of anti-discrimination and...
If you feel you have been discriminated because of your race, color, national origin, age (over 40), religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information or reprisal, you must initiate counseling on your complaint within 45 calendar days of the incident.
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Complaints of discrimination may be filed by any employee or applicant for employment with PHMSA who believes he/she has been discriminated against on the basis of:
race color religion national origin sex (includes sexual harassment) age (40 and up) disability (physical...To help eliminate barriers to equality of opportunity in all aspects of federal employment, a complaint system exists for those who feel they have been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, and/or...