{"id":31201,"date":"2025-01-22T03:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T03:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/white-house-opm-orders-all-dei-offices-to-begin-closing-by-end-of-day-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T03:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T03:44:13","slug":"white-house-opm-orders-all-dei-offices-to-begin-closing-by-end-of-day-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/white-house-opm-orders-all-dei-offices-to-begin-closing-by-end-of-day-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified heads of agencies and departments that they must begin taking steps to close all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-take-more-than-200-executive-actions-day-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a> offices by the end of the day Wednesday and place government workers in those offices on paid leave, Fox News Digital has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-vows-new-era-national-success-says-americas-decline-over-inaugural-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP VOWS &#8216;NEW ERA OF NATIONAL SUCCESS,&#8217; SAYS AMERICA&#8217;S &#8216;DECLINE IS OVER&#8217; IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell sent a memo to heads and acting heads of departments and agencies on Tuesday evening directing them that by no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, they are to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/influencers-praise-trump-declaring-only-two-genders-recognized-us-truth-winning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>INFLUENCERS PRAISE TRUMP FOR DECLARING &#8216;ONLY 2 GENDERS&#8217; WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY US: &#8216;TRUTH IS WINNING!&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The memo also directed the heads of agencies and departments that by noon Thursday, Jan. 23, they must share with OPM:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By Friday at 5 p.m., agency heads must submit to OPM:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-take-more-than-200-executive-actions-day-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY 1<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The memo comes after President Trump signed an executive order to eliminate all DEI programs from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The president also signed an order making it &#8220;the official policy of the U.S. government to only recognize two genders: male and female.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified heads of agencies and departments that they must begin taking steps to close all diversity, equity and inclusion offices by the end of the day Wednesday and place government workers in those offices on paid leave, Fox News Digital has learned.\u00a0 TRUMP VOWS &#8216;NEW ERA &#8230; 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