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On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. In his remarks at the signing, the President underscored that the purpose of the Council is "to ensure that each of the agencies in which they're charged takes into account the needs of women and girls in the policies they draft, the programs they create, the legislation they support" and that the true purpose of our government is "to ensure that in America, all things are still possible for all people."
 The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in collaboration with the White House Council on Women and Girls  , is dedicated to increasing the participation of women and girls in the fields of science, engineering, and mathematics by increasing the engagement of girls with STEM subjects in formal and informal environments, encouraging mentoring to support women throughout their academic and professional experiences, and supporting efforts to retain women in the STEM workforce.
 This website includes a stunning collection of 64 videos and essays from women across the agency who contribute to NASA’s mission in many different ways.
 The NASA Office of Small Business Programs website promotes and integrates all small businesses into the competitive base of contractors that pioneer the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.
 NASA continues the Agency’s tradition of investing in the Nation’s education programs and supporting the country’s educators who play a key role in preparing, inspiring, exciting, encouraging, and nurturing the young minds of today who will be the workforce of tomorrow.
 The mission of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights. Among OCR's most important responsibilities are resolving complaints of discrimination and conducting Department-initiated cases, typically called compliance reviews, which permit OCR to target resources on compliance problems that appear particularly acute. OCR also provides technical assistance to help institutions achieve voluntary compliance with the civil rights laws that OCR enforces. An important part of OCR's technical assistance is partnerships designed to develop creative approaches to preventing and addressing discrimination.
 The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division’s Federal Coordination and Compliance Section operates a comprehensive, governmentwide program of technical and legal assistance, training, interagency coordination, and regulatory, policy, and program review, to assure that federal agencies consistently and effectively enforce various landmark civil rights statutes and related Executive Orders that prohibit discrimination in federally assisted programs and in the federal government’s own programs and activities.
 LEP.gov is a federal interagency website that provides a host of information and resources on limited English proficiency (LEP) requirements under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 13166, which is designed to help improve access to LEP persons to federal programs and services.
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