HR 889 Introduced to Address Gender Bias in STEM

Congress Member Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas of the House Committee on Space, Science and Technology, along with several co-sponsors, introduced HR 889 in March of 2011 "to provide for fulfilling the potential of women in academic science and engineering, and for other purposes."  Among other provisions, the bill would require workshops to be held related to methods recognizing and reducing bias and enhancing gender equity in academic science and engineering research and other projects which are federally funded, plus collection of related data.  Additionally, a report is due to the committee after five years to evaluate the effectiveness of the program plus suggestions for improvement.   http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr889ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr889ih.pdf  (NAPE Pipeline Press April 2011)