Inquiry into Allegations of Racially Disparate Treatment of U.S. Mint Employees

Submitting OIG:

Department of the Treasury OIG

Date Issued:

Monday, October 17, 2022

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of the Treasury

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

OIG-CA-23-003

Component, if applicable:

United States Mint

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Other

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1-1	Open	Yes
Proactively evaluate patterns and trends in Administrative Investigations, Management Inquiries, and EEO complaints as it pertains to demographic characteristics including, but not necessarily limited to, race and ethnicity. To facilitate this type of analysis, the data collection process for Administrative Investigations and Management Inquiries should be improved to ensure the capture of necessary information and to ensure consistency of data collected across the programs. These enhancements will help ensure information is tracked, monitored, and analyzed at a consolidated level.
1-2	Open	Yes
Enhance efforts to proactively evaluate patterns and trends in Mint workforce statistics such as hiring and promotion practices as it pertains to demographic characteristics including, but not necessarily limited to, race and ethnicity. As part of this proactive evaluation, steps should be taken to identify potential adverse trends, understand why they exist, and review whether there are opportunities to address them.
1-3	Open	Yes
Ensure that the Mint workforce has the proper policies, resources, and tools to aid employee understanding of how to file complaints pertaining to harassment, employee misconduct, and potential deficiencies and/or vulnerabilities in Mint operations, programs, and/or systems. This also pertains to ensuring that policies for Management Inquiries and Administrative Investigations are clearly written so that employees understand the distinction between the two processes. To ensure that efforts are effective, consideration should be given to conducting surveys and/or other forms of outreach among the workforce as it pertains to the complaint process.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

1-1

Open

Yes

Proactively evaluate patterns and trends in Administrative Investigations, Management Inquiries, and EEO complaints as it pertains to demographic characteristics including, but not necessarily limited to, race and ethnicity. To facilitate this type of analysis, the data collection process for Administrative Investigations and Management Inquiries should be improved to ensure the capture of necessary information and to ensure consistency of data collected across the programs. These enhancements will help ensure information is tracked, monitored, and analyzed at a consolidated level.

1-2

Open

Yes

Enhance efforts to proactively evaluate patterns and trends in Mint workforce statistics such as hiring and promotion practices as it pertains to demographic characteristics including, but not necessarily limited to, race and ethnicity. As part of this proactive evaluation, steps should be taken to identify potential adverse trends, understand why they exist, and review whether there are opportunities to address them.