The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 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,
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Trump Signs Dozens Of Executive Orders, Including An Indefinite Freeze On IRS Hiring
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.
Memo: Job offers 'revoked' for some federal workers hired before Trump took office who haven't yet started
A government memo said federal job offers accepted before January 20 with start dates after February 8 are revoked with the possibility to be renewed.
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 classification, which makes it easier to fire federal workers, is also the subject of congressional legislation.
The White House has ordered all federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices to close by Jan. 22, following an executive order by President Trump. DEI workers will be placed on paid administrative leave,
OPM said technological advances necessitated the changes, but some stakeholders argued the modifications still don’t reflect current governmental needs.
Executive orders are written directives issued by a president that manage the operations of the U.S. government. They have the force of law similar to regulations issued by federal agencies, according to the American Bar Association.
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).
The Biden administration issued a last-minute executive order on AI infrastructure. And OPM has a new IT chief.
Employees in the programs will be placed on paid administrative leave. Agencies have the next few days to submit reports on how they are complying with the orders, including plans to fire them.
President Donald Trump's first days back in office garnered praise from his supporters and opposition and discontent from those impacted by his executive orders and other plans DW has more.
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