Comment from Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald EEOC-2026-0034
Donald Tomaskovic-DeveyOpposeAcademic
Summary: Donald Tomaskovic-Devey of the Center for Employment Equity at the University of Massachusetts opposes ending EEOC workplace data collection. He argues that this data is essential for tracking progress toward an equal opportunity society and understanding the processes that affect it.
Ending EEOC workplace data collection is a profound mistake. The EEOC and society more generally will be flying blind, with no sense of how close or far we are from an equal opportunity society. Most of what we know about progress, regress, and the processes that generate or forestall equal opportunity is derived from EEOC workplace data.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Center for Employment Equity, University of Massachusetts.