OPM memo about DEIA jobs is real [Video]

VERIFY readers asked if workers were really told they would face “adverse consequences” if they did not help identify “disguised” diversity and inclusion roles.

In his first days in office, President Trump signed dozens of executive orders, several of which dealt with ending policies focused on DEIA – diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

The Biden administration had ordered federal agencies to actively promote diversity, and offices focused on DEIA were created within those agencies. Trump has argued that by focusing on diversity the government has strayed from merit-based hiring and promotion, calling DEI programs “public waste and shameful discrimination.”

Trump ordered DEIA offices be dismantled and employees of those offices placed on paid leave, many to eventually be laid off.

Soon after the orders were issued, lettersbegan circulating online that included instructions to federal employees to aid in the dismantling effort by identifying and reporting any programs or positions that are DEIA-focused but may have been renamed to make their …

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