The latest episode of the FEDtalk podcast takes listeners on a highlights tour of the Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) 2020 Annual Training, which was postponed due to the coronavirus until August 2021. WIFLE President Cathy Sanz, Vice President Jessie Lane, and FEDtalk host Debra Roth sat down with two conference presenters who offered webinars in place of the in-person trainings and two of the 2020 award winners from the Drug Enforcement Agency.

In the most recent FEDtalk podcast episode, Alice Mercer, Chairperson of the Blacks in Government (BIG) Committee on Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity, Margaret Williams, Vice-Chair of the Senior Executives Association (SEA) Board of Directors, and Chad Hooper, National President of the Professional Managers Association (PMA) discuss the implications of racism within federal agencies. BIG is a government-wide organization that strives for racial equality in governance for black Americans. SEA is the professional association for career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and other senior government leaders. PMA represents management and non-collective bargaining unit eligible employees at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

On FEDtalk this week, join host Natalia Castro for a conversation regarding how systemic racism and discrimination impact the federal workforce. Guests will be discussing challenges the federal government faces when addressing issues of racial tension and combating systemic racism, as well as providing insight on how the federal workforce can move forward to become more representative of the people it serves.