headquarters rockville maryland key people james e. smith president and ceo graham kalton chairman of the board products wesvar blaise revenue 495.9 million usd fy2013 1 website www.westat.com westat is an employee owned statistical survey research corporation in rockville maryland providing research services to agencies of the u.s. government as well as businesses foundations and state and local governments . contents 1 history 2 research activities 3 employee ownership 4 employment discrimination 5 references 6 external links history edit westat inc. began as a partnership in 1961 with cofounders edward c. bryant ph.d. a tenured full professor of statistics at the university of wyoming and two former students james daley and donald king . in 1963 the company was incorporated . dr. bryant served as westat s first president until 1978 when joseph hunt took over as president and ceo for the next 32 years . in may 2011 james e. smith ph.d. became president 2 and ceo of the company . in september 2014 westat entered into a conciliation agreement with the ofccp to resolve issues including record keeping and statistical shortfalls in hiring for certain jobs identified during a routine audit of the company s affirmative action programs for 2008 2009 . there was no ofccp finding of intentional discrimination on westat s part . the agreement requires payment of a monetary settlement which has been completed hiring goals which have already been met and a two year reporting period ending in september 2016 with which the company is in full compliance . westat has also taken substantial steps to correct the reporting practices that led to the complaint and remains fully committed to equal opportunity employment and its affirmative action programs . research activities edit westat conducts studies on health conditions and expenditures 3 4 academic achievement and literacy 5 6 medical treatments and outcomes 7 8 9 exposure assessments 10 program evaluation 11 12 13 information management and communications solutions 14 15 and respondent knowledge attitudes and behaviors . 16 it supports two software packages wesvar and blaise . the former is a variance estimation software while the latter is a survey processing system . 17 employee ownership edit the firm is employee owned . all employees can earn a share of ownership through the westat employee stock ownership plan esop . since the introduction of the plan in 1977 the value of employee holdings has grown . 18 employment discrimination edit department of labor s office of federal contract compliance programs discovered during a scheduled audit of the company systems in 2014 that westat systematically discriminated against 638 women applicants 2 153 african american applicants 825 asian american applicants and 35 hispanic job applicants for research analyst programmer analyst telephone data collector survey process and field data collector positions between oct. 1 2008 and sept. 30 2009 . 19 20 according to the ofccp under the terms of the settlement westat agreed to pay 1 500 000 in back wages and interest to all affected applicants make 113 job offers to the original class members as positions become available preserve and maintain all employment records correct record keeping violations conduct internal audits and perform outreach and positive recruitment activities . 20 references edit the 2013 honomichl top 50 report pdf . smith leads rockville s westat with a head for numbers and people retrieved 2015 02 24 . survey field staff nhanes retrieved 2010 08 11 . study diabetes self management portal yields promising results retrieved 2011 03 16 . mary ann zehr december 10 2009 . what kinds of schools are most likely to teach foreign languages education week . retrieved 2010 08 03 . jay mathews july 19 2010 . better data needed to accurately rate school systems . washington post . retrieved 2010 08 04 . center watch clinical trials provider profile retrieved 2010 08 03 . september 1 2009 . innovative therapies for treatment of post traumatic stress disorder . science codex . retrieved 2010 08 04 . november 4 2010 . lung cancer trial results show mortality benefit with low dose ct. national cancer institute . retrieved 2010 11 05 . nichd announces contracts to first research centers for planned national children s study nichd website . retrieved 2010 08 03 . ryan grim september 7 2006 . a white house drug deal gone bad slate . retrieved 2010 08 04 . ryan grim september 7 2006 . evaluation of the office on national drug control policy ondcp national youth anti drug media campaign reports nida website . retrieved 2010 08 03 . head start impact study . final report . retrieved 2010 08 11 . westat inc. wins 1.09 million federal contract . bloomberg business week . retrieved 2010 08 03 . wham pow the cdc goes to comic con . the huffington post . retrieved 2010 10 10 . william h. mcmichael july 8 2010 . pentagon sends out survey on gay troops . army times . retrieved 2010 08 03 westat usa is the distributor of the blaise system for north central and south america . blaise contact information . retrieved 2010 08 03 westat website benefits retrieved 2015 02 24 . marshall ryan 12 september 2014 . rockville company pays 1.5 m in discrimination claim . rockville gazette . retrieved 18 december 2014 . a b mcginnis laura ; trupo michael . ofccp news release 09 10 2014 ; data mining giant westat to pay 1.5 m to settle discrimination case with us labor department . department of labor . retrieved 18 december 2014 . external links edit westat home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title westat & oldid 718604119 categories business services companies of the united statescompanies based in rockville marylandemployee owned companies of the united statesemployment discrimination navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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