US agencies update websites amid Trump’s DEI, Remote Work Orders

• Government agencies have struggled to comply with President Donald Trump’s orders.
• Since he took office, some agencies have updated websites to remove language on DEI and telecommuting.
• Here are some changes that have already rolled out across federal agencies and departments.

In the days since Donald Trump took office, federal agencies have struggled to make changes to DEI and telecommuting-related language on their websites. In some cases, entire web pages have been removed.

As part of his flurry of executive orders, Trump has taken aim at both DEI initiatives and telecommuting in government.

On Monday, he signed an order to quit diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government, giving agencies and departments 60 days to end DEI-related practices and just days to put federal DEI personnel on paid leave.

He eliminated Executive Order 11246, a Lyndon B. Johnson-era policy that mandated anti-discrimination policies for federal contractors, and said during his inaugural address that it was official American policy that “there are only two sexes: male and female.”

Any agency that does not comply with Trump’s new DEI policies could face “adverse consequences,” according to a memo issued by the US Office of Personnel Management.

Also on Monday, Trump ordered all federal employees to return to office full time.

Now, agencies are scrambling to respond to Trump’s order by changing their internal policies and websites, scrubbing DEI titles, mentions of inclusivity and explanations of telecommuting policies.

Take, for example, the biography page for the United States Postal Service’s Deputy Inspector General. Comparing the current version with an archived one shows that her “chief diversity officer” title has been removed.

The General Service Administration’s Technology Transformation Services handbook changed its Conduct and Standards page to remove references to an “open and inclusive community,” which was present in an archived version prior to inauguration. The new site also eliminated references to telecommuting and guidelines instructing employees to “treat everyone as a telecommuter.”

In other cases, entire web pages have disappeared. The USDA, for example, used to have an entire page dedicated to its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. That page is no longer active.

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An FAQ webpage from the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs — which enforced anti-discrimination policies — is no longer live. An archived version of the page answered questions about discrimination and Executive Order 11246, which Trump ended.

The Social Security Administration’s LGBTQI+ website, which used to offer “self-verification” of a person’s gender, now appears to reflect Trump’s policy that “there are only two genders: male and female.”

None of the agencies or departments mentioned in this story responded to requests for comment about the changes from Business Insider.