Cummings Act Notices

The Department of the Interior embraces equal employment opportunity (EEO). The core of equal employment opportunity is the right to work and advance based on merit, ability, and potential, free from prejudice or discrimination. EEO covers all human capital and employment programs, management practices, and decisions including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, merit promotions, transfers, reassignments, training, career development, benefits, and separations.  

Consistent with federal law, Interior prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information, or protected EEO activity. Further, acts of retaliation against an employee who engages in protected activity, whistleblowing, or the exercise of any appeal or grievance right provided by law will not be tolerated in our workplace. The Department supports the decision of its employees to exercise all available rights under Civil Rights statutes. 

The Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020 requires that Notifications of Violation regarding findings of discrimination be posted publicly for a minimum of one year. Recent notifications can be found below: 

• October 3, 2024: National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Boulder City, Nevada
• December 6, 2023: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office of Financial Management, Internal Control and Audit Follow-up Division, in Washington, D.C.
• November 27, 2023: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, Alaska
• July 20, 2023: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), Kalaloch Ranger Station in Forks, Washington (Facility)
• June 6, 2023: Bureau of Reclamation, Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Branch, of the Engineering and Laboratory Services Division, within the Technical Service Center, Lakewood Colorado
• February 17, 2023: Bureau of Trust Funds Administration, Office of Trust Funds Investments, in Albuquerque, New Mexico  
• July 15, 2022: Office of the Secretary, Office of Financial Management, Washington, D.C.
• July 15, 2022: Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin Region, Sacramento, CA
• July 12, 2022: National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island, NY
• April 27, 2022: Bureau of Land Management (BLM): Headquarters West - Grand Junction, Colorado

More information on our EEO program can be found on the Employment Complaints and Adjudication Division page.