The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) EEO policy statements mandate equal opportunity for HUD employees, former employees, and applicants for employment. HUD prohibits discrimination in all aspects of the Department’s personnel policies, practices and operations. The Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity (ODEEO) develops policy statements based on the guidance provided by our external regulators, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), who have EEO program oversight responsibility for every federal agency according to Executive Order 12067.