What Happened to ENDA?
http://www.bilerico.com/2012/02/what_happened_to_enda.php2/22/12
Karen Ocamb
"It's terrific that DynCorp has moved to protect its LGBT employees, but let's also remember that dozens of other government contractors do not protect their workers from anti-LGBT harassment and discrimination," Almeida said in a press release. "An executive order outlawing discrimination at federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is sitting at the White House. President Obama should take this opportunity, in the wake of DynCorp's decision, to make sure that no government contractor uses taxpayer money to fund anti-LGBT harassment or discrimination."
The news that an ENDA-like bill was "sitting at the White House" prompted a new petition to Obama – and a number of stories: I criticized Obama for not including the need for ENDA in his State of the Union address; Chris Geidner at Metro Weekly wrote "From Partner Benefits to Affirmative Action, Proposed Contractor Executive Order Specifics Discussed;" and The Williams Institute's M.V. Lee Badgett wrote an op-ed for the New York Times: "What Obama Should Do About Workplace Discrimination."
