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Showing Original Post only (View all)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's all about loyalty and leverage. Control. Civil service will need purging post Trump. If
bucolic_frolic
Jan 25
#5
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
The ADA and 504 are laws - but most DEI departments were not created by Congress
FBaggins
Jan 25
#20
I assume that at least some of these employees are career (yes, I know what happens when I assume)
COL Mustard
Jan 25
#18