To comply with a Biden executive order requiring diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal workforce by, among other things expanding employment opportunities for convicted individuals, government agencies must “widely publicize” they are “hiring persons with criminal conduct issues in their background checks” according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which enforces the nation’s workplace discrimination laws. Job applicants with criminal records are rarely eliminated from government jobs since the president issued the directive, the EEOC concedes, but more must be done to accommodate them and, when conducting background checks, the agency says employers should take a holistic approach with consideration for mitigating circumstances.