The new federal Government Department (DOGE) Friday that taxpayers will see a little more than a saving of $ 1 billion thanks to the elimination of 104 contracts of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
On Wednesday, DOGE recorded the cancellation of 85 “DEIA” contracts from 25 federal agencies. Friday afternoon, this number increased to 104 contracts totaling $ 1,000,060,792, according to a DOGE press release.
It should be noted that 21 contracts from the Treasury Ministry have been canceled, saving a total of $ 25,247,783. In second place, the Ministry of Health and Social Services canceled 15 contracts worth $ 28,1848.
While the personnel management office has only annulled three contracts, the dollar figure was pinned to $ 494,956,233, an average of approximately $ 165 million per contract.
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The other agencies with the most contracts canceled by the Trump administration include agriculture with 11 and the American agency for international development (USAID) and Internal security With seven each.
According to a release Monday from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 60 Employees Whose Roles Were Solely Focused On Dei Were Placed on Administrative Leave, and Spokesperson Morgan Ackley Said the Administration is “Laser Focused On Providing the Best Possible Care and Benefits to Veterans, Their families, caregivers and survivors.
“We are proud to have abandoned the DEI division policies of the past and return to the main mission of VA,” said Ackley.
The eliminations of the fast -shooting DEI contract occur a week after President Donald Trump has signed an executive decree targeting efforts, officially described as “ending illegal discrimination and in restaurants based on merit”.
However, a consortium of the Liberal State General castigated Trump with a warning that movements “have nothing to do with the fight against discrimination”.
A joint declaration led by Rhode Island Ag Peter Neronha Friday called the decrees which led to the dismantling of “useless and dishonest” dei policies and programs.
Neronha and his co -signs – California general prosecutors, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Washington State – declared that they would accept to be “voluntary partners “To fall into discrimination if Trump has rather chosen to use” long -standing civil rights “rather than the path he has chosen.
“Contrary to the claims of President Trump, the policies he seeks to finish do not decrease the importance of individual merit, and they do not mean that employers reduce their standards, hire unskilled candidates or engage in Preferences based on breed and sex “,” the press release.
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“Deia initiatives simply guarantee that there are good opportunities for everyone, helping to maximize the contributions of all employees and allow companies and organizations to succeed in their missions.”
In the Congress, the representative Aaron Bean and Senator Joni Ernst have made Doge’s efforts to further reduce government waste and abuse.
Bean, a republican from Jacksonville, Florida, founded the Congressional Doge Caucus in November, and Ernst, Iowa, led the charge to put pressure for return to work for federal employees and sales of spaces unused or underused federal offices.
