Workplace diversity order is just the first step in effort

(From The Washington Post) -- For those hungry to increase diversity in the federal workplace, the executive order President Obama issued last week may leave even the vegetarians among them asking, "Where's the beef?"

Think of Obama's order promoting "the Federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion" as an appetizer preparing for more meaty efforts to come.

By itself, it's just another plan. But it's really too early to tell how effective it will be. More will be known after the promised overall strategy is developed, followed by more detailed agency-level proposals.

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