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CIA Officer Receives EEOD Award

The Intelligence Community (IC) recently recognized a CIA officer for her exceptional equal employment and diversity outreach work.

The officer—assigned to CIA’s Center for Mission Diversity and Inclusion (CMDI)—received the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2011-2012 IC Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity (EEOD) Exceptional Service Award, which is presented to an IC EEOD officer who has substantially advanced strategic IC goals and developed exceptional, original and innovative EEOD practices.

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