Diversity News Video
Diversity News is a video program produced for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
by the VACO Broadcasting Center. It airs on the Veterans Health Administration's Employee Education System Video Center.
All editions are closed captioned.
- September 2017: focuses on VA’s Annual Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, No FEAR, and Whistleblower Rights and Protection Policy Statement and a related special message from Georgia Coffey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diversity and Inclusion; VA Handbook 5975.4, Transgender Employee Transition Guidance; and the VA and the University of Maryland University College Memorandum of Understanding.
- May/June 2017: focuses on updates to the VA Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, training offered by ODI's Workforce Analysis Team, the World Café concept, and the Vets to Feds program.
- March/April 2017: focuses on the State of the Agency for Fiscal Year 2016.
- November/December 2016: focuses on updates to the National Diversity Internship Program, the Workforce Recruitment Program; Policy Guidance on Religious Exercise and Expression in VA Facilities and Property Under the Charge and Control ofVA, and the World Café concept.
- September/October 2016: features interviews with members of VA's Employee Engagement Service.
- July/August 2016: features a welcome to VA's National Diversity Internship Program (NDIP) interns.
- May/June 2016: focuses on the State of the Agency for Fiscal Year 2015.
- January/February 2016: focuses on updates to VA's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Program; Workforce Recruitment Program; African American Employment Program; and Asian American and Pacific Islander Program, and introduces the concept of the World Café on race relations.
- November/December 2015: focuses on updates to VA's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Program; Blacks In Government; VA’s Disability Employment Program; and the National Diversity Internship Program.
- September/October 2015: features updates to VA's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Program; Federally Employed Women's 46th Annual National Training Program; VA’s Disability Employment Program; regulation regarding service animals on VA property; and MyCareer@VA.
- July/August 2015: features the VA Central Office commemoration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
- May/June 2015: features the State of the Agency for Fiscal Year 2014.
- March/April 2015: features the winners of the Secretary’s Fourth Annual Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Awards; VA receives certification from the Office of Special Counsel under OSC’s 2302(c) Whistleblower Protection Certification Program; MyCareer@VA Days; VA's memorandum of understanding with the African American Federal Executive Association and the Asian American Government Executives Network; and the Office of Resolution Management Assessments.
- December 2014/January 2015: focuses on Guidance on Religious Exercise and Expression in VA Facilities and Property Under the Charge and Control of VA.
- September/October 2014: features an interview
with Georgia Coffey, VA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diversity and Inclusion,
and Hansel Cordeiro, an attorney with the VA Office of the General Counsel, on VA
whistleblower rights and protections (transcript).
- July/August 2014: features David Williams, Director
of Workforce Analysis in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, with a report on
the end of fiscal year 2013 workforce data in VA focusing on representation that
is by race, ethnicity, and gender and on promotion rates (transcript).
- May/June 2014: features the diversity and inclusion
portion of the VA Central Office new employee orientation (transcript).
- March/April 2014: focuses on VA's National Individuals with Disabilities Employment Program and features an interview with Melissa Gibson, VA’s Acting National Individuals with Disabilities Employment Program Manager and VA’s National Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator (transcript).
- Update: Please note that the Supreme Court decision on June 26, 2015, in Obergefell
v. Hodges renders some of the information contained in this episode inaccurate.
The latest guidance in this area will be posted on the
LGBT Employment Program Web page. January/February
2014: focuses on the Defense of Marriage Act and features the second
half of an interview with Deborah McCallum, Assistant General Counsel in VA’s
Office of the General Counsel and legal counsel for VA's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender workgroup (transcript).
- Update: Please note that the Supreme Court decision on June 26, 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges renders some of the information contained in this episode inaccurate. The latest guidance in this area will be posted on theLGBT Program Web page. November/December 2013: focuses on the Defense of Marriage Act and features an interview with Deborah McCallum, Assistant General Counsel in VA’s Office of the General Counsel and legal counsel for VA's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender workgroup (transcript).
- September/October 2013: VA’s National Diversity Internship Program (NDIP) and features Georgia Coffey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diversity and Inclusion, and an interview with a few of VA’s 2013 NDIP Interns (transcript)
- July/August 2013: David Williams, Director of Workforce Analysis in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, reports on the end of fiscal year 2012 workforce data in VA focusing on representation that is by race, ethnicity, and gender and on promotion rates (transcript).
- May/June 2013: The “career lifecycle” and MyCareer@VA (transcript).
- March/April 2013: How MyCareer@VA makes it easier for VA supervisors to develop and manage their teams, and to help retain top talent at VA (transcript).
- January/February 2013: MyCareer@VA and features an interview with Dr. Carrie Tuning with the VA Learning University (transcript).
- November/December 2012: Interview with Rosa Franco,
VA's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resolution Management (transcript).
- September/October 2012: Christy Compton, VA's
National Disability Employment Program Manager (transcript).
- August 2012: Rebroadcast of July 2012 edition.
- July 2012: Videotaped diversity and inclusion
messages from members of VA leadership (transcript).
- June 2012: David Williams, Director Workforce
Analysis in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, with a report on the end of fiscal
year 2011 workforce data in VA focusing on representation that is by race, ethnicity,
and gender and on promotion rates (transcript).
- May 2012: The VA's revised Diversity and Inclusion
Strategic Plan (transcript).
- April 2012: Carolyn Williams, diversity training
specialist, presenting the diversity and inclusion portion of the VA Central Office
new employee orientation (transcript).
- March 2012: An interview with Kevin Kelly from
the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication to discuss disability
accommodation (transcript).
- February 2012: Why diversity initiatives fail
(transcript).
- January 2012: The government-wide diversity and
inclusion strategic plan and on guidance to Federal agencies for creating their
own plans (transcript).
- December: The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
(transcript).
- November: The second annual Alternative Dispute
Resolution and Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Awards ceremony (transcript).
- October: Prohibited personnel practices (transcript).
- September: Resolving conflicts at work in ways
that promote personal and organizational productivity (transcript).
- August: Evaluating the effect of diversity management
on organizational performance (transcript).
- July: Some of the competencies required of diversity
professionals (transcript).
- June: David Williams, Director Workforce
Analysis in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, with a report on the end of fiscal
year 2010 workforce data in VA focusing on representation that is by race, ethnicity,
and gender and on promotion rates (transcript).
- May: The current status of some of the ADVANCE
initiatives led by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion including the National
Diversity Internship Program, the Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students
with Disabilities, centralized funding for reasonable accommodations, and a new
reasonable accommodation tracking system (transcript)
- April: Resolving conflicts at work in ways that
promote personal and organizational productivity (transcript).
- March: Stress and the psychologically healthy
workplace (transcript).
- February: The importance of workplace flexibility
(transcript).
- January: The Netter Principles, a framework for
building organizational inclusion (transcript).
- December: How organizational leaders help employees
find meaning in their work (transcript).
- November: Determinants of employee engagement,
performance, and productivity, and how those energies are sustained (transcript).
- October: Ways to create a culture of employee
engagement (transcript).
- September: Ways to leverage the uniqueness of
all employees in order to improve individual and organizational performance (transcript).
- August: International standard for social responsibility
(transcript).
- July: How to use employee survey data to improve
organizational effectiveness (transcript).
- June: The Results Only Work Environment (transcript).
- May: Employment value proposition as a key to
recruitment and retention (transcript).
- April: Reducing bias in the workplace (transcript).
- March: Building a strategic plan for diversity
management (transcript).
- February: Suspending judgment (transcript).
- January: Diversity management as part of the Human
Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework (transcript).
- December: Core principles of patient-centered
care (transcript).
- November: The American Nurses Credentialing Center's
Magnet Recognition Program (transcript).
- October: Employment of people with disabilities
(transcript).
- September: Organizational justice (transcript).
- August: Ways to build and maintain high levels
of trust (transcript).
- July: National Quality Forum report on cultural
competency (transcript).
- June: VA recruitment video produced in Spanish
by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion with the assistance of the Veterans Health
Administration (transcript).
- May: Interview with Nevin Weaver, Network Director
of VISN 8, about their new pilot recruitment program, “Achieving Common Goals
Through Diversity” (transcript).
- April: Interview with Cheryl Kelley from the Food
and Drug Administration on the Federal Interagency Diversity Partnership (transcript).
- March: Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments
Act of 2008 (transcript).
- February: Roundtable discussion with ODI’s
leadership team about the office’s recent name change, VA’s new Diversity
and Inclusion Strategic Plan, and some of the projects and initiatives associated
with that plan (transcript).
- January: Washington, DC VA Medical Center's fourth
session of its Executive Leadership Training Series, which focuses on cultural diversity
(transcript).
