Summary

Federal employees have been directed to report colleagues in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) roles within 10 days or face unspecified “adverse consequences.”

The directive follows a Trump executive order eliminating DEIA programs in federal agencies, which the administration claims “divided Americans by race.”

Employees were warned about disguised DEIA roles using "coded or imprecise language.”

  • normalexit@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    My favorite part is the US government, with its massive intelligence agencies, is trying to shake down its employees to discover their own org chart.

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      2 days ago

      You’re missing that this is a loyalty test.

      It’s not about finding out this info. It’s about finding out who is willing to be the Reek in all the new House Bolton-style fiefdoms. That’s why people only have 10 days to rat out colleagues, they want lists of trustworthy loyalists by the time mid-tier appointees get into the office.

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          13 hours ago

          And every agency got this, not just NASA. It’s high visibility politics saying “guys, we’re in charge here.”

          Politically, it’s their only real quick, easy win, to say “we ended wokeness in the Deep State” by sidelining at most a couple hundred staff and a few million in funding.

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          what the fuck is a deia contract. Do they just want a list of scapegoats they can be racist, sexist, and bigoted to?

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      2 days ago

      Says a bit about the potency of those intelligence agencies, maybe? Or the vigor with which these policies will be pursued - or lack thereof. I dunno.