Executive orders in action: Trump moves to shut down federal DEI offices
Trump issues federal workforce executive orders, union sues
Trump’s day 1 executive actions include federal hiring freeze, return-to-office directive
President Trump called for a hiring freeze and a return to office for federal employees, but implementing telework changes will face multiple roadblocks.
The Office of Personnel Management tells agency and department heads they must close all DEIA offices by the end of Wednesday and put government workers in those offices on paid leave.
President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS—and your tax refund.
Learn about the history of Executive Order 11246 following President Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI programs and remove DEI employees within a week.
A government memo instructs federal agencies to put diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) staff on paid leave by 17:00 local time on Wednesday.
The classification, which makes it easier to fire federal workers, is also the subject of congressional legislation.
Trump’s anti-DEI directive sent shockwaves through Washington. The executive order, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” reversed several Biden administration policies that promoted initiatives that focuses on race, gender, or other characteristics.
Good government experts warn that President Trump’s revival of Schedule F, inserting new criteria into the hiring process and demand for a list of all feds who are still on their probationary period portend a mass firing of career workers as the new administration seeks to reshape the federal bureaucracy.
The executive order brings back "Schedule F," that allows many federal employees to be reclassified as political appointees, making it easier to remove workers deemed insufficiently loyal to his administration.
By the end of Wednesday, heads of departments and agencies must start taking action to close all diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and put government employees working in those offices on paid leave, according to a notification from the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Louisiana, a state deeply shaped by its cultural diversity and ongoing efforts to address inequities, faces significant consequences from this order
The Forest Service employed more than 5,600 employees in California in 2024, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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