Executive Order 14151
| "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing" | |
 | |
| Type | Executive order |
|---|---|
| Number | 14151 |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Signed | January 20, 2025 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2025-01953  |
| Publication date | January 29, 2025 |
Executive Order 14151, titled "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing", is an executive order signed by Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, on January 20, 2025.[1]
Background
[edit]President Trump signed 26 executive orders on January 20, 2025, his first day as president during his second term.[2] These orders were officially published over the span of January 28 through January 31.[3]
In addition to EO 14151, other executive orders about "DEI" from Trump include:
Provisions and effects
[edit]EO 14151 directs the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to terminate all mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities relating to 'diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.'[4] It also mandates that agencies must report a list of all employees in DEI and "environmental justice" positions to the OMB director within 60 days.[2][5]
Implementation
[edit]Lists were compiled across the federal government of any employee that had ever worked in a post related to DEI, as well as employees who did work in such posts, but who'd purportedly taken part in some sort of diversity training, workshop, affinity group (see below), or other initiative. These employees were subsequently purged en masse.[6]
Office of Personnel Management
[edit]The OPM put several employees, including many who had not worked in DEI but who'd previously taken part in a DEI-related initiative, on administrative leave to await termination.[6] The OPM also sent emails to all federal employees encouraging them to report any coworker they knew of who'd been involved with such initiatives.[7]
Department of Education
[edit]The Department of Education put at least 100 employees, only two of whom actually worked in DEI, on administrative leave to await termination.[6][7]
Department of Energy
[edit]The Department of Energy put a double-digit number of employees on administrative leave awaiting termination under the order, less than a quarter of whom actually worked in a DEI role.[6][7]
Department of Justice
[edit]Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the DOJ to criminally investigate any company with a DEI policy.[8]
Internal Revenue Service
[edit]The IRS reportedly deleted any mention of diversity, equity, or inclusion from its procedural handbook.[7]
Universities
[edit]The United States Military Academy ordered the shutdown of all student "affinity" groups - student organizations oriented towards racial minorities, women, and/or LGBT people.[9]
Intelligence Community
[edit]The Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation both dissolved their diversity offices, with the former reportedly also dissolving all employee affinity groups (see above) and compiling lists of every employee that was part of one.[10][11]
The Defense Intelligence Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency also reportedly dissolved their employee affinity groups, with the former also ceasing all recognition of Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Black History Month, Pride Month, and other similar civil-rights related holidays.[6]
NASA
[edit]Employees at the NASA were instructed by headquarters to "drop everything" in favor of using the time to scrub NASA websites of anything relating to diversity, underrepresented minority groups, and/or women (such as women in leadership).[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing". Federal Register. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ a b "All the executive orders Trump has signed after 1 week in office". NPR. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "2025 Donald J. Trump Executive Orders". Federal Register. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "Trump calls DEI programs 'illegal.' He plans to end them in the federal government". NPR. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "Recent Executive Actions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)". Congressional Research Service. 29 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Trump's DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI - T…". archive.ph. 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ a b c d Stein, Chris (2025-02-02). "'Very retaliatory': the federal workers caught up in Trump's DEI purge". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ Stahl, Jeremy; Stern, Mark Joseph (2025-02-06). "Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ Jeyaretnam, Miranda (2025-02-05). "Army Orders West Point to Disband Cadet Clubs". TIME. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ Merlan, Anna. "Chaos follows Trump's anti-DEI and "efficiency" measures". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ Cole ·, Samantha (2025-02-04). "Workers at NASA Told to 'Drop Everything' to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites". 404 Media. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
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