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Inclusion Strategic Plans to steer the agency in the right direction and keep it on course.  The documents below provide an overview of some of the steps the agency has taken and plans to take to further its Diversity and Inclusion goals as well as assess the progress it has made.  <br>  </p> <h4>NOAA Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Policy Statements</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.noaa.gov/organization/inclusion-and-civil-rights/policy-statement-on-equal-employment-opportunity" media_library="File Library">NOAA EEO Policy Statement</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/legacy/document/2020/Sep/2019%20Diversity%20and%20Inclusion%20Policy%20Statement_Final.pdf">NOAA Diversity and Inclusion Policy Statement</a></li> </ul> <h4>NOAA's Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plans and Assessments </h4> <ul> <li> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/legacy/document/2020/Dec/Diversity%20Maturity%20Model%20%282019%29.pdf">NOAA Diversity and Inclusion Maturity Model</a></p> </li> <li> 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