Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing

The order directs the OMB Director, assisted by the Attorney General and the OPM Director, to coordinate the termination of all DEI and DEIA programs, mandates, policies, preferences, and activities across the entire federal government. Each agency and department head must, within 60 days, terminate DEI and DEIA offices and positions (including Chief Diversity Officer roles), close equity action plans and programs, end DEI-related grants and contracts, and remove DEI performance requirements for employees, contractors, and grantees. Agency heads must also report to OMB a complete inventory of all DEI-related positions, budgets, expenditures, contractors, and grantees, and direct deputy heads to assess costs and recommend alignment actions.

The OPM Director is separately required to review and revise federal employment practices, union contracts, and training programs so that performance reviews reward individual merit and do not consider DEI or DEIA factors. A monthly meeting, convened by the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and attended by OMB, OPM, and all deputy agency heads, will monitor progress and identify areas for further Presidential or legislative action. The order includes a severability clause but does not itself change any statute or reclassify any legal protected category.

All federal agencies and their employees, especially those currently serving in DEI or DEIA offices and positions. Federal contractors that provided DEI training to federal agencies and federal grantees that received funding to advance DEI programs since January 20, 2021, are also directly reached by the order's reporting and termination requirements.

Federal employees in dedicated DEI roles face elimination of their positions within 60 days. Contractors and grantees providing DEI training or programs to the government lose access to that work. Federal hiring, promotion, and performance reviews must be restructured to remove any DEI-related criteria across all agencies.

Implementation runs on two parallel tracks. The OMB Director coordinates overall termination strategy with the Attorney General and OPM Director, while individual agency heads execute specific closures within a 60-day window. Deputy agency heads separately assess cost and operational impact and recommend further realignment steps, including possible Congressional notifications under 28 U.S.C. 530D. A recurring monthly meeting, chaired by the Domestic Policy Assistant, then tracks agency-by-agency progress and flags areas where additional Presidential directives or legislation may be needed. The order includes a severability clause but no expiration date.