This is a timeline documenting efforts to get companies in the Technology industry to release diversity data.
2008
- Mike Scott of San Jose Mercury News reviews federal data on diversity of local Silicon Valley firms
2009
November:
- Launch of B-counted app to crowdsource stats on gender diversity at tech events
2011
November:
- CNN makes Freedom of Information requests to acquire Silicon Valley EEO-1 data. Julianne Pepitone reports: Silicon Valley fights to keep its data secret.
2012
2013
November:
- Tracy Chou creates Women in Software Engineering Stats spreadsheet. Coverage: The tech industry's woman problem: statistics show it's worse than you think
2014
March:
- Rainbow PUSH announces a digital inclusion initiative aimed at the lack of Black people on the boards of and as executives of technology companies. Jesse Jackson begins a series of addresses at technology shareholder meetings at HP.
May:
- Google releases their diversity data
- Ri Liu launches Do Better app/visualisation of tech company diversity data
June:
- Double Union launches Open Diversity Data campaign
- * Michelle Quinn at San Jose Mercury News asks Silicon Valley companies to provide EEO-1 data
July:
- Rev. Jesse Jackson calls on Twitter to release diversity data, starts Twitter campaign with hashtags #disclosetwitterdatanow and #twitterdata
August:
- Apple release their diversity data
- Michelle Quinn at San Jose Mercury News [http://www.mercurynews.com/portal/michelle-quinn/ci_26412547/quinn-getting-more-workforce-data-out-silicon-valley?_loopback=1
October:
November: