Directives to end WFH arrangements are leaving some federal employees confused and scrambling to rework their lives. Why it matters: The clock has started. Following President Trump's orders, the Office of Personal Management (OPM) gave federal workers roughly a month's heads-up to be back in the office full-time.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a memo to all employees announcing the closure of the agency’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility offices, and ending any remaining DEI-related contracts.
OPM guidance sent to federal agencies included a letter template that called on workers to report any attempts to "disguise" DEI initiatives.
The acting head of DHS told the department's executive team it has 30 days to execute his order and ensure all employees are in compliance with the new policy.
By close of business Wednesday, diversity, equity and inclusion offices within the federal government will shut down; email accounts will be suspended.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 13 to 2 on Monday night to advance Noem’s nomination to the Senate floor.
If passed, the bill would require the consent of governors of the state providing National Guard forces and the state receiving them if the president requests.
The sites went down a day after the Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to all agencies Tuesday calling for all DEI workers to be placed on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Monday evening ordered all DHS employees back to work, following an executive order from President Donald Trump on his first day in office, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News. The order effectively and abruptly ended teleworking at the department.
This order is meant to return to the promise and the hope that is captured by the civil rights champion — that one day all Americans can be treated on the basis of their character and not
Trump’s freeze this time around is set to expire after 90 days, though agencies will first have to submit plans—in consultation with OMB and Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—to permanently reduce their rolls through efficiencies and attrition. The Internal Revenue Service will face a longer freeze, per Trump’s order.
Government needs to adopt overhaul recommendations and “tailor employment policies toward specific occupations or labor markets.”