Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined.
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by Mark Olalde, Pro Publica
Days after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, the acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency sent an email to the entire workforce with details about the agency’s plans to close diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and included a plea for help.
“Employees are requested to please notify” the EPA or the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s human resources agency, “of any other agency office, sub-unit, personnel position description, contract, or program focusing exclusively on DEI,” the email from then-acting Administrator James Payne said.
No employees in the agency, then more than 15,000 people strong, responded to that plea, ProPublica learned via a public records request.
Learn how Trump’s focused on ending DEI in his second term.
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