The Trump administration requires federal agencies to finish various roles by Reuters

Written by Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A memorandum distributed by the Personnel Management Office showed that the administration of US President Donald Trump asked US federal agencies on Friday to finish roles and offices related to diversity, equality and inclusion programs.

Why is it important

Trump, the Republican, has released a series of executive orders that have been seeking to dismantle Dei programs since he took office on Monday.

DEI programs seek to enhance the opportunities available for women, ethnic minorities, gay people and other traditional representative groups. Civil rights defenders say that such programs, which are supported by Democrats in general, are necessary to address the long -term inevitability and structural racism.

Trump and his allies say that DEI programs are fairly distinguished against other Americans and weaken the importance of the merit of employees in employment or promotion.

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And the memo said: “Under this matter, every agency, administration or chairman of the Committee to take to end, to the maximum law permitted by the law, all the offices and positions of Dei, Deia and” Environmental Justice “within sixty days. .

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Trump also pressed the private sector to join his attack on Dei. Civil rights defenders say his attempt is a great setback for decades -continuing efforts to ensure equality in employment and federal contracts.

It was not immediately clear from the memo the number of Dei employees in each federal agency.