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women in federal law enforcement  

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  • Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) began in 1978 as the Interagency Committee on Women in Federal Law Enforcement (ICWIFLE), a task forced formed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to study the reasons women were not becoming or remaining federal law enforcement officers. In 1983 its sponsorship was transferred to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury, with each agency represented by a cochair. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Women in Federal Law Enforcement]

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