Following the White House Edict Effective Prohibitions Federal employees From the discovery of their personal pronouns in the signatures of E -Stand, sources within several federal agencies say that pronouns are now systematically blocked through multiple clients E -atiz and other software.
Wired confirmed various automated efforts with employees in the United States for International Development (USAID), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The General Services Directorate (GSA) and US Ministry of Agriculture.
The employees spoke with Wiren on the condition of anonymity, citing the fear of retaliation.
Multiple agencies directed by E -Stand on the weekend, saying the staff that, due to the executive command of President Trump, their offices would eliminate the possibility of a deputy from Office 365. Employees said they would also need to remove excuses from their signatures E -št to meet with the directive.
The USAID staff says that the formal deactivation of their ability to say pronunciation has happened last week, in response to executive commands that defined the sexes that President Donald Trump issued on the first day in power. GSA staff says that the pronouns were deleted from the signature of the E -Employee signature after hours on Friday, and they were no longer visible in Slacka, an app exchange in the workplace.
Reached for a comment, the White House switched the wiring director of the Communication of the OPM McLaurine Pinover, which pointed to 29 January Memorandum Order agencies to disable all features “calling users for their pronouns”.
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The ban on personal pronouns follows the great efforts of a white house to remove programs that encourage diversity and social justice within the Federal Government, as well as other references to “diversity, equality and involvement” in the discourse of federal employees.
In a striking example of a policy in action, a picture appeared last week A wall painted at the Academy headquarters in the Quantic of the Federal Office for Investigation Due to the IT, which included “diversity” among the basic values of the Office. (According to the E -Mail Office for the integrity and compliance of FBI Got his mother JonesThe bureau no longer includes “diversity” among its fundamental values.)
Trump’s administration began a radical campaign last week, which was aimed at stimulating members of the federal workforce to leave their jobs before endangered reductions. The effort was guided by Elon Musk, the leader of the so -called Ministry of the Government (Doge), a working group that effectively took control of several federal agencies and sensitive government systems with obvious approval from the White House.
Wired reported last week that men’s clothing has been effectively taken over Staff Management OfficeUS Government Human Resources Department. In this and other efforts it is employment inexperienced young engineers At the age of 19 and 24, many of which are public records show, former trainees or are related to companies aligned with male.
Opm e –sinthi federal workers 28 January with a “delayed resignation offer”, causing a wide confusion among federal workers. (Doge’s new chief HR was unable to answer the basic questions about an offer at a meeting of the disputed staff last week, Wired reported.) In the e -Mail staff on Sunday night, the OPM explained whether the delayed resignation program met with existing privacy laws. “Yes,” read the answer. “The delayed resignation program uses only basic contact information on federal employees, such as the name and government address, together with short, voluntary answers E -Stage. Information is stored in government systems. To the extent that the Privacy Act is applied, all information relevant to the program is covered by existing notice of the OPM record of the OPM system. “
Multiple agency sources said Wired last week That several Musk Lieutenants received access to key computer systems controlled by GSA, an independent agency that Congress was in charge of overseeing federal buildings and providing equipment, supplies and IT support throughout the Government.
Andrew Couts, Makena Kelly and Zoë Schiffer contributed to reporting.