Diversity, equity, inclusion dominate Biden admin's policy priorities across agencies

The White House is leading a government-wide effort to implement policies aimed at boosting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the government.

The Treasury committee is a natural extension of the administration’s broad effort to promote "equity" that started with an executive order on advancing racial equity that Biden issued on his first day in office. Yellen said the administration has pursued that goal in bills like the American Rescue Plan, which aspires to build a foundation for an "equitable economic recovery," and the infrastructure bill, which she said will boost investment in communities "that have often been ignored or overlooked." Pete Kasperowicz is a politics editor at Fox News Digital. He can be reached at Peter.Kasperowicz@Fox.com and his Twitter handle is @PeteKDCNews.

Treasury is one of several federal agencies taking its cue from the White House. In the run-up to the midterm elections, the White House has put up a series of posts about equity as it relates to federal grant funding, federally funded research, stopping the spread of monkeypox and access to infrastructure contracts.