An executive order will direct OMB and OPM to coordinate with federal agencies to terminate all DEI programs, including environmental justice programs, equity-related grants, equity action plans, and equity initiatives. The action aims to create "equal treatment" and end DEI across the federal government. The incoming White House indicated potential future actions targeting private companies' DEI policies. The order would rescind DEI policies instituted by the Biden administration. A prior September 2020 Trump executive action denied systemic racism and restricted diversity training within the federal government, its contractors, and grant recipients.
The order, which Trump is expected to sign on Monday, his first day in office, will direct the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to coordinate with agencies to terminate all DEI programs in federal agencies, including environmental justice programs, equity related grants, equity action plans and equity initiatives, the official said.
Trump, who has been outspoken against DEI initiatives, denied the existence of systemic racism in a September 2020 executive action, which restricted diversity training within the federal government, its contractors and grant recipients. "This ideology is rooted in the pernicious and false belief that America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country," the executive order said, adding that DEI training "perpetuates racial stereotypes and division and can use subtle coercive pressure to ensure conformity of viewpoint."
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