President Trump signed an Executive Order, titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
The Office of Personnel Management tells agency and department heads they must close all DEIA offices by the end of Wednesday and put government workers in those offices on paid leave.
President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS—and your tax refund.
President Trump signed the executive order, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (DEI
The reversal of diversity policies is part of Trump’s drive to “protect civil rights” and end what his administration has called “discriminatory initiatives.”
The State Department has already begun to implement the president’s memo cancelling telework agreements as of March 1 and remote work arrangements July 1, with exceptions for military spouses and employees with disabilities.
Good government experts warn that President Trump’s revival of Schedule F, inserting new criteria into the hiring process and demand for a list of all feds who are still on their probationary period portend a mass firing of career workers as the new administration seeks to reshape the federal bureaucracy.
By the end of Wednesday, heads of departments and agencies must start taking action to close all diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and put government employees working in those offices on paid leave, according to a notification from the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Federal DEI hires had to know what was coming when President Donald Trump began his historic second term on Monday by rescinding the Executive Order that President Biden started his term in 2021 with—one that ordered the promotion of racial preferences throughout his administration.
The ATF is coming under fire for allegedly quietly changing the job title of its DEI officer to "senior executive" as President Donald Trump shutters DEI offices.
This isn’t an accident, obviously. The government is deliberate about ensuring that physical constraints aren’t barriers for employees — deliberate as a matter of law, yes, but also as a matter of intent. The government has systems and processes that encourage people with disabilities to seek and obtain employment.