Trump's missing the point on DEI and meritocracy, experts say
Experts in the DEI field say anti-discrimination programs are intended to produce merit-based systems. President Donald Trump ...
How Many Federal DEI Employees Are There in the U.S.?
Donald Trump issued an executive order when he took office in January 2025, removing Joe Biden’s DEI programs in the ...
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White House collects lists of federal DEI office employees as punishments begin
Agencies are starting to take action against DEI-tasked employees and pass lists of those workers on to OPM and the White ...
Federal DEI Employees Will Have Email Access Suspended And Be Placed On Paid Leave
By close of business Wednesday, diversity, equity and inclusion offices within the federal government will shut down; email ...
Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders target employee resource groups, federal workers say
Federal agency workers say that professional groups meant to support employees, many of whom are from marginalized ...
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What is DEI and what do the employees do? Here's why Trump placed federal staff on leave
It applies to the more than 400 U.S. federal agencies. ‘DEI staff’ includes employees of diversity offices, program ...
Trump admin orders federal employees in DEI offices to be placed on paid leave as agencies wind down diversity initiatives
The Office of Personnel Management — the government’s top human resources agency – notified federal department heads in a ...
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Trump administration to lay off all federal employees in DEI offices
The Trump administration is planning to lay off all federal employees who worked in a diversity, equity, inclusion and ...
What Is a Federal DEI Employee? The Job Explained
The specific number of DEI employees are unknown in the U.S., however, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) ...
I'm an Army vet with my dream job at the VA. I feel targeted by anti-DEI efforts and the new buyout offer — but I won't quit.
I'm an Army veteran who now has my dream job at the VA. Trump's buyout offer for federal workers isn't going to make me ...
Department of Veterans Affairs places 60 DEI employees on leave with salaries totaling more than $8M
The Department of Veterans Affairs placed about 60 employees focused on DEI initiatives on leave, and according to the agency ...