Affirmative Action ReviewReport to the President
Outline of the Report
Letter to the President
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purposes of the Review
1.2. Analytical Framework
1.3 The Adarand Review
2. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: HISTORY
AND RATIONALE 2.1 Background
2.2 Fair Employment -- The Executive Order
2.3 Fair Employment -- The Enforcement of Title VII
2.4 Education
3. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
3.1 Review of the Empirical Literature, in Summary
3.2 Effect on Earnings
3.3 Effect on Employment
4. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:
4.1 Evidence of Continuing Discrimination
4.2 Results from Random Testing
4.3 Continuing Disparities in Economic Status
5. REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS
6. OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT
COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
6.1 Concepts & Principles
6.2 Policies & Practices
6.3 Performance & Effects
6.4 A Note on OFCCP Law Enforcement Functions
6.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
7. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE
MILITARY
7.1 Concepts & Principles
7.2 Policies & Practices
7.4 Implications
7.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
8. FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
8.1 History and Results
8.2 Summary Profiles for Selected Agencies
8.3 Affirmative Action for a Shrinking Federal Workforce
8.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
9. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT
POLICIES & PRACTICES
9.1 Overview
9.2 Policies & Practices
9.3 Performance & Effects
9.4 Evaluations & Proposed Reforms
9.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
10. EDUCATION AND HHS POLICIES &
PRACTICES
10.1 Overview
10.2 Policies & Practices
10.3 Performance & Effects
10.4 Concerns & Complaints
10.5 A Note on Minority-Targeted Scholarships
10.6 Conclusions and Recommendations
11. SELECTED OTHER FEDERAL
POLICIES:
11.1 FCC Preferences and Targeting
11.2 The Treasury: Minority Bank Deposits
11.3 Agriculture Programs
11.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
Footnotes
APPENDIX A:
Presidential Directive of July 19, 1995
APPENDIX B:
Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Memorandum