RandoLand.us Profile picture
Jul 29 28 tweets 9 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
The Biden administration's Department of Agriculture has awarded over $12.7 million in contracts for "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" training and DEI-related initiatives.

This thread will list all contracts, recipients, and links to awards:
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $3,019,575 to Star Cypress Partners LLC for "Equity Commission contract support", with a potential $4.4 million total contract award. $10 million for USDA "racial equity commissions" was authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $3,000,000 to Star Cypress Partners LLC for "equity program contract support"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $975,000 to Timothy J Londagin for the "Agricultural Market Service Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative".

The initiative will "determine the current state of DEIA in the organization's current culture" and "define a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded another $250,000 to Timothy J Londagin for the "Agricultural Market Service Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative". The contractor will "provide support, guidance, and expertise in DEIA."

Link to award:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $931,910 to Accenture Federal Services for evaluation of equity in SNAP (food stamp) service delivery.

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $510,583 to Strategy Consulting Team LLC for an "organizational assessment of culture and diversity"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $500,000 to Professional Management Consulting Services for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Training for the USDA Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $500,000 to Martin Loyd Inc for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Training for the USDA Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, with a potential $1.1 million total contract award

Link to award:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $494,573 to Essnova Solutions for diversity, equity, and inclusion and "Voice of the Customer" design support services for the USDA Office of the Customer. The contract covers 2 full time and 2 part time staff with 2,824 hours of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $484,606 to The AR Group LLC for a Diversity and Inclusion Climate Assessment on the Rural Development program

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $347,431 to The AR Group LLC for a Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center "inclusivity climate assessment plan", training, and "diversity, equity, and inclusion assessment."

Link to award:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $189,187 to The AR Group LLC for an "inclusivity climate assessment for the USDA Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC-BC) to determine organizational cultural effects on FPAC-BC employees, diversity… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2023, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $465,000 to Metropolitan Group LLC for the Pacific Southwest Region "Strengthening Workforce Diversity and Modernizing Recreation" program, with a potential $2.4 million total contract award

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $248,547 to Freedom International LLC for the Strategic Minority Agriculture Recruitment Target Program (SMART), a program aimed at recruiting "underrepresented" USDA employees at minority-serving education institutions

Link to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $213,817 to Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion specialist services for Forest Service international programs

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2023, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $191,817 to Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc for Outreach, diversity, and inclusion specialist services for Forest Service programs

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $31,941 to Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc for an "LAC Gender Equity Facilitator"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $13,472 to Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc for "International diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant services for Forest Service international programs"

Link to award:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $18,805 to Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc for "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion communication specialist services for Forest Service international programs"

Link to award:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $150,000 to David Jones CPA PC for fact-finding services for FY 2022 for the Office of Equal Opportunity, Diversity, And Inclusion

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $60,300 to Joe Mattox for "Anti-racism, equity, and being an effective ally" training

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $19,600 to Joe Mattox for "Intercultural Communication Diversity Dialogue Circles"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $50,000 to Strategic Diversity Initiatives Inc for Diversity and Inclusion consulting and training

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded an additional $38,100 to Strategic Diversity Initiatives Inc for a "certified diversity and inclusion consultant" to "help assess the USDA's current program and make recommendations for additional growth".

Link to award:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $10,565 to Sheila Lee & Associates LLC for "preventing discrimination and diversity and inclusion training"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2021, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $10,250 to TMS Business Solutions for a "racial equity consultant" to "provide virtual, region-wide DEI assessment and training"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…
In 2022, the Biden administration's USDA awarded $8,132 to Allyship in Action LLC for a "workshop series focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion"

Link to award: usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with RandoLand.us

RandoLand.us Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RandoLand_us

May 30
NEW in RandoLand:

Complete breakdown of the debt limit compromise bill (Fiscal Responsibility Act).

EVERY rescission identified, as well as all major items scrapped from the Limit, Save, Grow Act.

randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Discretionary spending levels are set through 2029, and maintain high post-covid levels. randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Veterans’ Health care is expanded with $44.7 billion allocated for the War Toxic Exposure Fund

randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Read 19 tweets
Aug 29, 2022
NEW in RandoLand:

Breakdown of the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping $740 billion reconciliation bill pushed through Congress on a party line vote randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill gives the IRS $79.6 billion in addition funding, with $45,6 billion slated for enforcement randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill extends Obamacare subsidies for people 400% above the poverty line through 2025 randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Read 29 tweets
Jun 22, 2022
🚨BREAKING IN RANDOLAND🚨

Breakdown: the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the gun control bill expected to pass in the wake of the Uvalde shooting

randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill includes $40 million for expansion of “Community Mental Health Services Demonstration Programs”

These demonstration programs were originally introduced by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.

randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill includes $58 million for the Dept of HHS and Dept of Education to provide “guidance and technical assistance” on delivery of Medicare/CHIP services in schools randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Read 28 tweets
May 10, 2022
NEW in RandoLand:

Breakdown of the $40 billion Ukraine Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill includes $54 million for the Centers for Disease Control randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill gives the Secretary of Defense the authority to offer an additional $450 million in military assistance

randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Read 11 tweets
Mar 28, 2022
NEW on RandoLand:

Full breakdown of the 2022 Omnibus bill, 2700 pages and $1.5 trillion. randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The bill includes $250 million to offset the drop in fees collected by Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Services during coronavirus randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
The omnibus allocates $55 million for the Minority Business Development Agency, of which $18 million is designated for overhead costs randoland.us/bill_breakdown…
Read 54 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(