Chuck Ezell, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued guidance in response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13985 removing DEI policies from the federal government.
OBTAINED FIRST BY @cbsnews’ @kristincbrown: All federal employees in DEI roles have to be placed on paid leave by 5pm Wednesday as those offices and programs are being ordered shut down, according to @USOPM memo. pic.twitter.com/PhTn4QrQqB
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) January 22, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.
The memorandum reads, in part:
In light of the above Executive Orders, each should take prompt actions regarding the offices and agency sub-units focusing…
