The Trump administration has issued a memo directing federal agency heads to terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) staff and close DEI offices within 60 days. This action follows earlier directives that required agencies to submit layoff plans by January 31. The rapid changes create uncertainty within the federal workforce, especially for those focused on inclusion and accessibility issues. Agencies are instructed to pause DEI initiatives, with a directive encouraging employees to report colleagues engaging in related practices, fostering a tense atmosphere among federal employees.
The White House purge of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) programs and workers, begun Monday, is happening at lightning speed.
Agencies were ordered to put staff on paid leave, as well as take down all DEI websites, social accounts, and 'outward facing media.'
The memo Friday night follows a directive issued earlier this week that ordered department and agency heads to close DEI offices - some of which are tasked with addressing accessibility issues for disabled people.
The directive included an email template that called on government employees to snitch on colleagues that were continuing these practices.
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