The issue focused on how some federal agencies had failed to respond to women's claims and those that had been filed and whether they had kept their employees out of public face-offs. The article asked about what those agencies had done to prevent public allegations of gender discrimination.

It also reported on some of the effects of high-profile examples of female candidates who had won over women in other fields. The article reported on which federal agencies had followed more closely and sent more women to top jobs.

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