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Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge D.E.I. Crackdown

President Trump on Wednesday revoked a 60-year-old executive order banning discrimination in hiring practices in the federal government. (Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times)

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The Trump administration on Wednesday threatened federal employees with “adverse consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to purge diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from their agencies.

Tens of thousands of workers were put on notice that officials would not tolerate any efforts to “disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language.” Emails sent out, which were based on a template from the Office of Personnel Management, gave employees 10 days to report their observations to a special email account without risking disciplinary action.

“There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information,” the template sent to agency heads said. “However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences.”

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The message also said: “These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars and resulted in shameful discrimination.”

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