No Fear Act

Requirement:   All federal public websites* must comply with the existing No Fear Act Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation of 2002 (No Fear Act) Public Law No. 107-174). Organizations should review the relevant law to ensure that their public websites meet the full range of requirements:

• No Fear Act Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation of 2002 (No Fear Act) Public Law No. 107-174)

• NEW: Final Rule from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Requiring Agencies to Post No Fear Act Data to Their Homepage (Effective August 2, 2006)

Examples  

• Department of State posts their No Fear Act statistical data on a quarterly basis.

• Department of Treasury provides No Fear Act data for all their bureaus.

Resources  

• Government-wide data on discrimination complaints -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posts aggregate data reported by federal employees.

* These requirements apply to executive departments and agencies and their public websites. Check the specific law to see if it also applies to judicial or legislative agencies or to intranets.