Trump Signs Order Barring Federal Contractors From Engaging in DEI Practices

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 26 prohibiting federal contractors and their subcontractors from engaging in practices based on the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) framework. The order directs the Office of Management and Budget to provide guidance to federal agencies on compliance and to identify “economic sectors whose players engage in DEI,” according to a White House fact sheet. It also directs agencies to “cancel, terminate, or suspend contracts” with contractors that refuse to eliminate “racially discriminatory DEI activities,” the fact sheet stated. “DEI activities are not only unethical and often illegal, but also cause inefficiencies, waste, and abuse within entities that engage in such practices,” Trump said in his order....