The Trump administration is stepping up its timeline for terminating federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles, NBC News has learned.
An earlier memo from the Office of Personnel Management had asked agency heads to submit written plans by Jan. 31 for dismissing employees. Friday, the acting head of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said agency heads "shall take action to terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, and ‘environmental justice’ offices and positions within sixty days."It's still unclear how many workers would be affected.
The directive accelerates earlier plans from the administration which had called for government agencies to submit written plans by Jan. 31 for dismissing workers at some point in the future.The updated guidance says agencies “can and should” start issuing layoff notices “to employees of DEIA offices now.” An order issued Tuesday told department heads to inform all workers in DEI roles that they would be put on paid leave the following day.
NBC News reported this week that federal employees had received emails warning that they could face “adverse consequences” if they do not notify the Office of Personnel Management about efforts to “obscure” DEI initiatives.U.S. & WorldDEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion and focuses on fostering equitable environments in businesses and schools, particularly for historically marginalized communities.
We’re looking to hear from federal government workers. If you’re willing to talk with us, please email us at During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump framed his crackdown on diversity initiatives as a move to"end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life."
In efforts to implement Trump's directives, government agencies have also begun removing mentions of diversity from their websites. that it had dissolved DEI-focused councils, placed on paid administrative leave career department staff who were responsible for implementing DEI initiatives and removed or archived hundreds of materials containing DEI resources.said FridayPennsylvania
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