WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House’s Office of Personnel Management notified heads of agencies and departments that they must begin taking steps to close all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices by the end of the day Wednesday and place government workers in those offices on paid leave, Fox News Digital has learned.
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Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell sent a memo to heads and acting heads of departments and agencies Tuesday evening directing them to, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 to:
The memo also directed the heads of agencies and departments, by 12:00pm Thursday to share with OPM:
By Friday at 5pm, agency heads must submit to OPM:
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DEI department of homeland security (Fox News Digital-Hannah Grossman)
The memo comes after President Trump signed an executive order to eliminate all DEI programs from the federal government.
The president also signed an order making it "the official policy of the U.S. government to only recognize two genders: male and female."