Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
- The Trump administration directed that all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and agencies develop layoff plans, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.
- The memo requires agencies to cancel any DEI-related trainings and end related contracts, with a deadline for placing staff on leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
- Trump's executive order aims to dismantle DEI efforts nationwide, accusing former President Joe Biden of forcing discrimination programs into the federal government.
- The order seeks to eliminate initiatives such as DEI-related training and diversity goals in performance reviews, according to Chiraag Bains, former Deputy Director under Biden.
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Trump uses all tools available to roll back federal DEI initiatives
President Donald Trump is rolling back the government’s decades-long push for diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI’s supporters say it ensures historically marginalized groups are included, while critics have long condemned it as discriminatory.


GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
You can see the specific steps that a government agency is taking to comply with the Trump administration’s policies against diversity, equity, and inclusion on the agency’s GitHub, which shows it frantically deleting and editing various documents, employee handbooks, Slack bots, and job listings across everything the agency touches. 18F is a much-hyped government agency within the General Services Administration that was founded under the Obama…
What Is a Federal DEI Employee? The Job Explained - WorldNL Magazine
Image Credit: Getty Images Federal DEI employees are at risk of being laid off by the new administration. Find out more below. What Does DEI Mean? DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. Many companies implement DEI policies and practices in workplaces to provide all employees with equal opportunities. DEI includes representation for all races, genders and sexual orientations. Programs include anti-bias training and resource …
DEI going to DIE in federal government
President Donald Trump is making quick work of his first week in office, signing a flurry of executive orders on everything ranging from the southern border to abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs for much of the federal workforce.Starting this week, Trump wants “radical and wasteful” DEI offices to be placed on paid leave, according to a memo issued by the Office of Personnel Management. “President Trump campaigned on en…
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