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NASA moves swiftly to end DEI programs, ask employees to “report” violations (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

those who are fired for being originally hired as part of DEI

Are NASA actually required to do this, or have they only been ordered to suspend DEI programs for new hires?

[–] GlendatheGayWitch 2 points 1 week ago

From the article:

"In an email sent to agency employees on Wednesday afternoon, acting administrator Janet Petro wrote, "We are taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of"