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BumRushDaShow

(146,801 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 06:29 AM Jan 25

Trump admin tells agencies to start firing DEI staffers [View all]

Source: Axios

11 hours ago


The Trump administration is directing the heads of federal agencies to "take action to terminate" staffers of DEI offices, according to a memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued Friday night.

Why it matters: The White House purge of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) programs and workers, begun Monday, is happening at lightning speed.

State of play: "[E]ach agency, department, or commission head shall take action to terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, and 'environmental justice' offices and positions within sixty days," the memo reads.

  • The memo updates a directive sent earlier this week that told agencies to submit written plans for executing a "reduction-in-force," i.e., layoffs, no later than January 31.
  • But the new memo says agencies should start issuing these reduction-in-force notices now.
  • It's not clear how many DEI staffers there are within the federal government, which employs millions of workers.
  • In many cases it may not be possible to simply fire these workers; processes for doing so will vary.


  • Zoom in: 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.

  • Agencies were ordered to put staff on paid leave, as well as take down all DEI websites, social accounts, and "outward facing media." They were also told to withdraw any plans in the equity and inclusion space and cancel all trainings and contracts.
  • The directive included an email template that called on government employees to snitch on colleagues that were continuing these practices.


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/25/trump-dei-workers-fired
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    It is not a change in policy, it is a hostile purge and attack. Irish_Dem Jan 25 #1
    The incentivizing of snitching Mike 03 Jan 25 #2
    This is still in place, but the site was edited on Wednesday: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 25 #3
    Ohhh, boy... what's next : / : ( electric_blue68 Jan 25 #25
    So he's purging minorities from the Federal workforce lanlady Jan 25 #4
    This 100% bronxiteforever Jan 25 #8
    It's all about loyalty and leverage. Control. Civil service will need purging post Trump. If bucolic_frolic Jan 25 #5
    I really don't want to have to work for another 4 years. COL Mustard Jan 25 #19
    Fetterman, Snoop dog, et al..... Lovie777 Jan 25 #6
    Also this act is unconstitutional.................. Lovie777 Jan 25 #7
    so? the constitution constrained prior occupants of the oval, not this one rainin Jan 25 #13
    Can you elaborate? I mean it is not illegal to fire federal employees. It happens all the time. Why specifically do kelly1mm Jan 25 #28
    Tiny little hands, lighting another fuse. Prairie_Seagull Jan 25 #9
    Move over DEI - here comes NEPOTISM purr-rat beauty Jan 25 #10
    How long before HarryM Jan 25 #11
    I am getting some whiffs of that now. OldBaldy1701E Jan 25 #17
    : ( damn! electric_blue68 Jan 25 #27
    Applications are being accepted at the Dept of Hate, Lies and Oppression. twodogsbarking Jan 25 #12
    He is truly going mad with power. WTF. Initech Jan 25 #14
    Where are the lawsuits? Are there any lawsuits about this??? OhioBack2Blue Jan 25 #15
    Remember that this just happened BumRushDaShow Jan 25 #16
    Yeah. Time card fraud and travel fraud are the biggest ones for us. COL Mustard Jan 25 #26
    We have had BumRushDaShow Jan 26 #30
    True. I've been amazed COL Mustard Jan 26 #31
    The only time I would use mine BumRushDaShow Jan 26 #32
    The ADA and 504 are laws - but most DEI departments were not created by Congress FBaggins Jan 25 #20
    My thoughts Dan Jan 25 #29
    This meshes with purging the IGs. Hugin Jan 26 #33
    I assume that at least some of these employees are career (yes, I know what happens when I assume) COL Mustard Jan 25 #18
    He's reclassifying many of them as "Schedule F" FBaggins Jan 25 #21
    Back when OPM started going through their reclassification process BumRushDaShow Jan 25 #22
    Every time the zealots get a little closer... Hugin Jan 26 #34
    I had started in the gov't back under Raygun BumRushDaShow Jan 26 #35
    My closest co-worker at the time was a refugee from AMC. Hugin Jan 26 #36
    My lab ended up with at least one refugee from what was then DPSC (the Defense Personnel Support Center combo thing) BumRushDaShow Jan 26 #37
    See what I wrote above BumRushDaShow Jan 25 #23
    this is basically gutting all HR depts. Javaman Jan 25 #24
    just imagine if he had acted this quickly on Covid prodigitalson Jan 26 #38
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