In the next chapter of the EEO pay data collection story, the EEOC announced today it has contracted with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to, “conduct an independent assessment of the quality and utility of the EEO-1 Component 2 data for FY 2017 and 2018.”

This is not an unexpected move and in large part, anticipated, especially after remarks by Commissioner Victoria Lipnic and others after the Agency collected the data as required by court order last year.

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