Do Black Lives Matter in the Federal Government? Plaintiff, Mary Pitt ContendsBlacks employed by the Federal Government want the same career opportunities and Economic Pay Standards as Whites. "Black federal employees want an end to the inequalities they experience in safeguarding and protecting America" - Mary Pitt "Black federal employees demand that there be a Fair Playing Field across the Federal Government so they can advance their careers"- Mary Pitt Hold the hiring officials Accountable! Stop the Blatant Discrimination.
By: Mary Pitt Plaintiff Contends: DHS hiring officials are not following the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) policies and procedures for hiring military veterans who earned Veteran Preference, even with respect to those who hold a 30-Point Preference status (that is, those who have a 30-percent or more service-connected disability). Plaintiff Contends: DHS does not enforce their own policies and procedures on Diversity and Inclusion, equality, and economics, nor do they follow their policies for Workforce Diversity. For example, in the "elite" Protective Security Advisor (PSA) Program, the "crown jewel" roles are dominated by white men and white women across the regions; out of approximately 105 positions, they hired "95" White Males…95% of the DHS workforce. Plaintiff Contends: DHS uses racial discrimination in its hiring processes, and DHS uses internal "reassignments" DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the agency that is "responsible for protecting the Nation's critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats", oversees the PSA Program, which began as a pilot in 2004, and now serves 73 districts in 50 states and U.S. territories. It is now 2020, and there still has not been any African-American females hired into the PSA Program. Don't Take My Word, You be the Judge. Click on the PSA Map and Google the names of the PSAs for yourself. Plaintiff Contends: she has "impeccable"
Plaintiff Contends: her qualifications far exceeded the minimum, had she been selected for one of the many positions she CertEd for, she could have quickly and easily transitioned into the PSA role and had boots on the ground within days, not months, but that opportunity was never afforded. Plaintiff Contends: she interviewed twice for the same position and was denied only to discover that the white male selected (non-veteran) According to open-source reports from DHS, the long-time hiring requirements for DHS PSA positions include those with an average of 20-years of law enforcement, military, and anti-terrorism experience (https://www.dhs.gov). The Plaintiff Contends: zero African-American Females have been hired as PSAs; yet, there was a newly hired white female contractor hired in 2018, had no military service, had no law enforcement background, had no time in grade with the agency, yet she was hired as a PSA, in a GS-14 pay grade by way of a special hiring authority, yet the Plaintiff's credentials aligned perfectly against the long-time hiring requirements listed in the PSA Brochure, and she held "all" of OPMs special hiring authorities to include: 30% Disabled, VRA, VEOA, and Schedule A, with the ability to be a Direct-Hire, yet the agency refused to hire the highly qualified African-American Plaintiff as a PSA. Plaintiff Contends: the PSA Program structure is also a true replication of the Executive Leadership that oversees the PSA Program - CISA's Executive Leadership, which is 97% white males, zero African-American Females nor other ethnicities in leadership roles, and throughout CISA, there are only a handful of African America GS-15 positions, and no African-American SES's nor Directors, and only 1 African-American Male Deputy Associate Director. How prepared and effective is an Agency and an Organization when it allows and commits unfair hiring and promotion practices that place unqualified personnel in supervisory positions and in front-line roles that deal directly with the security and the resilience of this nation? Often too many times, qualified, intelligent African-American males have made numerous certs, been interviewed for these same PSA positions, yet too have been continuously not selected, even those African-American males who have built many of the intelligent software programs, to include the legacy IP Gateway, and used throughout the PSA programs. African-American females and African-American males want a fair playing field. Enough is Enough! A copy of the Press Release was delivered to the Commission of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on July 9, 2019, in Washington, D.C., bringing this issue to their awareness. We asked for an Internal Audit to investigate DHS's hiring practices. Plaintiff Contends: Hold DHS and OPM leadership accountable because Black Lives Does Matter in the Federal Government too! The Plaintiff asks the presiding judge to please not delay the order any longer, approve the order to be granted for a jury trial so her unfair struggle can be heard. End
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