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Executive Order 14151

Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing

This executive order terminates all federal DEI and DEIA programs, offices, and mandates across government agencies, revoking Biden-era equity initiatives. Agency heads must dismantle these programs within 60 days and report on their prior scope, while federal employment practices are barred from considering DEI factors in performance reviews.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 8339

Impact dates

  1. Agency heads terminate DEI/DEIA/environmental justice offices, positions, programs, and submit inventory lists

  2. Monthly interagency meetings begin

Key directives

  • OMB Director, with AG and OPM Director, shall coordinate termination of all DEI/DEIA programs
  • OPM Director shall review and revise all federal employment practices, union contracts, and training policies
  • Federal performance reviews shall not consider DEI/DEIA factors
  • Agency heads shall terminate all DEI/DEIA/'environmental justice' offices and positions within 60 days
  • Agency heads shall submit list of DEI positions, programs, budgets, contractors, and grantees within 60 days
  • Deputy agency heads shall assess operational impact and cost of prior DEI programs
  • Deputy agency heads shall recommend Congressional notifications under 28 U.S.C. 530D
  • Assistant to President for Domestic Policy shall convene monthly meetings with OMB, OPM, and deputy heads

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Termination directive issued for all discriminatory DEI/DEIA programs
  • Federal employment practices must cease considering DEI factors

Near term (90d)

  • Agency heads must terminate DEI offices/positions and submit inventory lists by 60 days
  • OPM review of employment practices and union contracts
  • Deputy heads assess operational impact and costs of prior DEI programs

Long term

  • Monthly interagency meetings on civil-rights policy formulation
  • Potential Congressional notifications to align regulations and contracts
  • Structural shift in federal hiring, grants, and procurement away from equity-focused criteria

Risks & tensions

  • Legal challenges likely on civil-rights and employment-law grounds
  • Union contract renegotiations may face grievances or litigation
  • Vague 'to the maximum extent allowed by law' creates implementation uncertainty
  • Environmental justice termination may conflict with statutory environmental requirements
  • Relabeling detection requirement suggests anticipated agency resistance
  • Set-aside contract changes could disrupt existing minority-business programs
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