Kalpana Kotagal
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217 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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Right.
It tells us so much.
It paints the picture.
And this is data that the agency has collected, as you said, since 1966.
Right.
It's it's data that our staff used to drill down further to look for trends, to understand trends.
where problems might arise, and to use the agency's incredibly scarce resources in the most efficient and effective ways.
This is in Project 2025, this rescission.
So, you know, not surprisingly, the commission is now proposing to rescind this data, despite how important a tool it is in our toolbox.
I really see this as part of this larger attack from the administration on civil rights protections across the government.
You know, this notice of proposed rulemaking, it just came out publicly to rescind this data.
It offers, you know, as you might imagine, a number of explanations for the rescission, including the DOJ-OLC memo on disparate impact.
None of them are particularly... No relationship.
That's right.
That's exactly right.
None of them are particularly compelling.
It's quite remarkable.
It takes the position that collecting demographic data somehow forces employers to make hiring and other employment decisions on the basis of protected traits.
So hard to understand what the connection is there.
There's literally no foundation or evidence for this, right?
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