>President Trump has signed a Memorandum placing all federal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) employees on administrative leave, pending the termination of these programs under Trump’s “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” Executive Order. >As The Gateway Pundit reported, this is one of the more than 40 executive actions aimed at restoring national sovereignty, economic prosperity, public safety, and racial equality, which Trump signed immediately after taking his Oath of Office. >Already, on Tuesday, DEI Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan was fired by the acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamin Huffman due to several operational failures under her watch along with rampant political correctness. >Trump's latest anti-DEI measure gives specific instructions to agency heads to close the DEIA offices. >A template email for employees provided to agency heads reads, "These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination." >The memo gives the following instructions to agency heads to close DEIA offices: >>1. No later than 5:00 pm EST on Wednesday January 22, 2025 a. Send an agency-wide notice to employees informing them of the closure and asking employees if they know of any efforts to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language a template agency-wide notice is attached as Appendix I. >>b. Send a notification to all employees of DEIA offices that they are being placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately as the agency takes steps to close/end all DEIA initiatives, offices and programs.' A template employee letter is attached as Appendix 2. >>c. Take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) of DEIA offices >>a. a written plan for executing a reduction-in-force action regarding the employees who work in a DEIA office. Agencies should coordinate with OPM in preparing these plans, >>b. a list of all contract descriptions or personnel position descriptions that were changed since November 5, 2024 to obscure their connection to DEIA programs >The email template provided to agency heads further notes, "We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language" and directs agencies to report "any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024." >CBS News White House correspondent Ed O'Keefe said on X, "All federal employees in DEI roles have to be placed on paid leave by 5pm Wednesday as those offices and programs are being ordered shut down." >"To every reporter asking about this: I can gladly confirm!" Press Secretary Leavitt cheered in response. [Archive](https://archive.today/CZamY) - running very slow, still processing at time of post.