This was done in order to comply with Trump’s executive order that calls for the elimination of DEI “language in Federal discourse, communications, and publications.”
Whether similar letters were sent to staff in other government departments was not immediately apparent.
A request for comment from ABC News was not immediately answered by representatives of the Transportation Department, Energy Department, HHS, or CDC. One of the most recent.
Outcomes of the Trump administration’s attempts to undermine diversity and equality initiatives in the federal government is the requirement that pronouns be removed from email signatures.
Trump issued two executive orders on his first day in office, urging the termination of what he described as his administration’s “radical and wasteful DEI programs” and a return.
