President Donald Trump's administration is directing the federal government to dismantle its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management orders all DEI staff to be placed on paid leave and agencies to develop plans to lay them off. The move follows an executive order signed by Trump on his first day, which aims to sweepingly dismantle DEI programs across the federal government.
Associated PressWill Scharf assists as President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump 's administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management.
By Thursday, federal agencies are directed to compile a list of federal DEI offices and workers as of Election Day. By next Friday, they are expected to develop a list to execute a"reduction-in-force action" against those federal workers.
While many changes may take months or even years to implement, Trump's new anti-DEI agenda is more aggressive than his first and comes amid far more amenable terrain in the corporate world. Prominent companies from Walmart to Facebook have already scaled back or ended some of their diversity practices in response to Trump's election and conservative-backed lawsuits against them.
Trump's executive order will toss out equity plans developed by federal agencies and terminate any roles or offices dedicated to promoting diversity. It will include eliminating initiatives such as DEI-related training or diversity goals in performance reviews.Trump's order paves the way for an aggressive but bureaucratically complicated overhaul of billions of dollars in federal spending that conservative activists claim unfairly carve out preference for racial minorities and women.
He acknowledged that unwinding some entrenched programs may be difficult. For example, the Treasury Department implements housing and other assistance programs through block grants to states that have their own methods for implementing diversity criteria.It's not clear whether the Trump administration will target every initiative that stemmed from Biden's DEI executive order.
Noreen Farrell, executive director of gender rights group Equal Rights Advocates, said that she was hopeful that the Trump administration"will not go out of its way to undo the rule," which she said has proved popular in some state and cities that have enacted similar policies.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEI DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION EXECUTIVE ORDER PAID LEAVE REDUCTION-IN-FORCE
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