How much does the federal government spend on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts each year? Apparently no one knows because there’s no requirement to collect or report such information. We do know it adds up to tens of millions of dollars.
Price tags for DEI efforts vary widely across the government, but clues can be found in the amount of money agencies have publicly requested as part of the appropriations process.
HHS, for example, requested $113 million in its FY 2024 budget for “training for diversity” in the health workforce. That’s up from $102 million in 2023 and $94 million in 2022. The Department of Labor’s 2024 budget request included $515,000 to hire two full-time employees and provide for the necessary resources to “support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) program and training initiatives.”
At the Department…
