The Trump administration is accelerating its timeline to eliminate federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles.
A Memo On Friday, the head of the US Office for Staff Administration said the agency’s heads were allowed to maximize “law, All DI, Dia, and ‘Environmental Justice’ offices and positions within sixty days. Will take action to give. “
It is not yet clear how many workers will be affected. The White House has not provided detailed estimates. For many carrier employees, workplace protection can also hinder elimination efforts.
The directive has intensified the first administration’s projects, demanding government agencies to submit written plans to dismiss workers at some point in the future by January 31.
The latest guidance states that agencies should now issue and start notices for “employees of the Dia Offices”. “An order issued on Tuesday told the heads of the department that they should inform all the workers in the role of the DEI that the next day they would be put on a salary leave.
NBC News reported this week that federal employees received emails that warned if they informed the personnel management office about efforts to “unclear” DEI measures If you do not, they may face “negative consequences”.
Memos follow President Donald Trump who signed an executive order on Monday To eliminate what he called the “radical and useless” dei diversity, equality and joining program In federal agencies, the DEI has been ordered to be closed with office and programs.
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This week, Trump also canceled a decades -old executive order that banned discrimination Through federal contractors.
In his inaugural address on Monday, Trump created his crackdown on diversity measures “in every aspect of public and private life as a move to end the government’s policy of trying to seek engineer race and gender. –
In an attempt to enforce Trump’s instructions, government agencies have also begun eliminating diversity in their websites.
The Homeland Security Department labeled a webpage “protected material” focused on “protected diversity” and cultivating a comprehensive work space.
The Department of Education on Thursday Announced It has dissolved the DEI -based councils, which are placed on the paid administrative leave career department staff who were responsible for the implementation of DEI measures and removes hundreds of content containing DEI resources. Or was saved.
The PE pages for the Department of State, the Labor and the Department of Commerce were also taken down.
The National Gallery of Art, which receives federal funds, said on Friday that it had closed an office dedicated to the relationship and joining Trump’s crackdown.
