However, the Defence Department denied repeated requests from Reuters to release the 2017 survey data, including through a Freedom of Information Act request. It has also not released a separate report about the 2017 survey data or clearly explained why the data has been withheld for so long. Makes them look badA Pentagon spokeswoman said the Defence Department was nearing completion of its report on the fiscal year 2017 survey data and would provide it to Congress in the coming weeks. And if it made them look good, they'd release it," said Christensen, whose research has drawn attention to racial discrimination in the military. The Pentagon survey, known as the Workplace and Equal Opportunity Survey of Active-Duty Members, examines such issues directly.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 18, 2020 13:07 UTC