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The Treasury Department and its bureaus employed approximately 116,675 full-time civilian employees. The treasury has had its fair share of discriminations in the past; the story is told of Frances Spinner who was serving as Treasurer, under Abraham Lincoln, and he stirred up a great deal of controversy by hiring the first female employees at Treasury. In 1862, he hired Jennie Douglas to cut and trim paper. This was a hand operation that had previously been done entirely by men. Treasurer Spinner was so pleased with his experiment that he remarked, "the first day Miss Douglas spent on the job settled the matter in her behalf and in women's favor." He subsequently appointed many women to positions in the Treasury. He came under a lot of criticism from opponents, but declared that the women in the Treasury were "hardworking, efficient, had excellent work habits and integrity." For his innovation and his spirited defense of female employees, the women of New York erected a statue of him in his hometown of Herkimer, New York. Today there is an almost equal distribution of employees between males and females and personnel are employed based on qualifications and not on gender

To ensure that employees are not discriminated against the treasury abides by the Federal Employee and Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (no fear act), this was signed into law on May 15, 2002, by President Bush. This law increases Federal agency accountability for acts of discrimination or reprisal against employees. This act, which took effect on October 1, 2003, makes Federal agencies individually accountable for violations of anti-discrimination and whistleblower protection laws.

• Posting of EEO complaint data on the Internet. Each Federal agency must post on its public web site certain summary statistical data relating to equal...