Targeting DEI
From its very first day, the Trump Administration has had a profound contempt for the concept of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). This concept has expanded to an aggressive hostility towards anything deemed too “woke,” including LGBTQ rights (especially the inherent rights of transgender people), protesting against Israel’s occupation of Palestine or climate justice. DOGE has supported these efforts as part of its intrusion into agencies, usually in one of the following ways:- Firing staff responsible for civil rights or other DEI-adjacent duties
- Eliminating content related to DEI topics from federal websites
- Canceling grants whose descriptions suggest they are DEI-related
- Canceling grants to entities who are seen as insubordinate to administration oversight of their material (often under the pretext of curbing antisemitism)
- Removing options from federal forms that reflect diversity. For instance, this might include changing a gender field to only reflect two choices.
- Curtailing studies or data collection that might illustrate racial or other disparities
Events
12/XX/24
Appointed:
Kathryn Armstrong Loving starts at EPA.
Appointed:
Kathryn Armstrong Loving starts at EPA.
| : | Kathryn Armstrong Loving 12/XX/24-1/20/25 |
| Note: | LinkedIn reported being consultant/advisor to Zeldin from Dec 2024; assuming transition role here |
1/20/25
Appointed:
Kathryn Armstrong Loving starts as Federal Detailee at EPA.
Appointed:
Kathryn Armstrong Loving starts as Federal Detailee at EPA.
| Appointed: | Kathryn Armstrong Loving 1/20/25-6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Federal Detailee |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE lands at EPA E&E News, 2/12/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Kathryn Armstrong Loving LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Inside DOGE’s EPA Team and Its Multimillion-Dollar Mistakes NOTUS, 9/25/25 |
| Note: | Reported left EPA on LinkedIn. Likely at EPA from Day one based on NOTUS |
c.1/22/25
Appointed:
Nate Cavanaugh starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Nate Cavanaugh starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Nate Cavanaugh c.1/22/25-8/06/25 |
| Salary: | $120,509 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Note: | Testifies started working in early January, but formally a few days after inauguration |
1/24/25
Interagency Coordination:
Representing OPM, James Sullivan coordinates in an email to Department of Energy officials on several DOGE-led initiatives. One messages states “as discussed over the phone, when you compile the list of 69 DEI employees placed on admin leave, please share with Amanda and myself.” Energy officials also send a list of 1394 probationary employees to Amanda Scales, all of whom will be fired.
Interagency Coordination:
Representing OPM, James Sullivan coordinates in an email to Department of Energy officials on several DOGE-led initiatives. One messages states “as discussed over the phone, when you compile the list of 69 DEI employees placed on admin leave, please share with Amanda and myself.” Energy officials also send a list of 1394 probationary employees to Amanda Scales, all of whom will be fired.
| Person: | Amanda Scales, James Sullivan |
| Source: | How the Energy Department got DOGE’d E&E News, 11/07/25 |
| Agency: | OPM, DOE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Anti-Personnel |
1/29/25
Disruption:
The Smithsonian Institution announces it is closing a diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. It is not a federal agency, but most of its funding comes from Congressional appropriaions and two-thirds of its staff are federal workers.
Disruption:
The Smithsonian Institution announces it is closing a diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. It is not a federal agency, but most of its funding comes from Congressional appropriaions and two-thirds of its staff are federal workers.
| Source: | The Smithsonian will close its diversity office and freeze federal hiring National Public Radio, 1/29/25 |
| Agency: | Smithsonian |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Anti-Personnel |
2/08/25
Disruption:
The DOGE social media account on X boasts about deleting a page of LGBTQI+ resources that was part of the DHS website.
Disruption:
The DOGE social media account on X boasts about deleting a page of LGBTQI+ resources that was part of the DHS website.
| Source: | DOGE Account Calls Attention to Removing LGBTQ+ Page on DHS Website Newsweek, 2/09/25 |
| Agency: | DHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI |
2/10/25
Sighting:
Multiple employees at HUD receive an email from new DOGE staffer Scott Langmack asking them to list every contract at HUD and whether it is critical to HUD’s mission and/or has DEI components.
Sighting:
Multiple employees at HUD receive an email from new DOGE staffer Scott Langmack asking them to list every contract at HUD and whether it is critical to HUD’s mission and/or has DEI components.
| Person: | Scott Langmack |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Disruption:
A day after a conservative activist flagged the DOGE account on X about it, DOGE posts on its X.com account that it has removed gender identity options from a specific online form at the VA.
Disruption:
A day after a conservative activist flagged the DOGE account on X about it, DOGE posts on its X.com account that it has removed gender identity options from a specific online form at the VA.
| Source: | On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team The New York Times, 2/26/25 |
| Agency: | VA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI |
2/14/25
Disruption:
After a conservative account complained to Musk on Twitter about gender options on the FAFSA form, it was changed the same day. Reportedly, this change was already on the roadmap, but multiple contractors were called in to rush it as an emergency job.
Disruption:
After a conservative account complained to Musk on Twitter about gender options on the FAFSA form, it was changed the same day. Reportedly, this change was already on the roadmap, but multiple contractors were called in to rush it as an emergency job.
| Source: | On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team The New York Times, 2/26/25 |
| Agency: | Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI |
2/20/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| Ed. Detailed To: HHS Conor Fennessy 2/20/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
2/21/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: USADF Nate Cavanaugh 2/21/25 | |
| Source: | Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25 |
| Note: | verified via court filing |
2/24/25
Disruption:
The head of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is placed on administrative leave and eventually dismissed. She is replaced in the position by Chris Chapman, who is subsequently fired in mass layoffs on March 11th. The agency was leaderless until July 7, when it was added as additional responosibilities for another executive in the Department of Education.
Disruption:
The head of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is placed on administrative leave and eventually dismissed. She is replaced in the position by Chris Chapman, who is subsequently fired in mass layoffs on March 11th. The agency was leaderless until July 7, when it was added as additional responosibilities for another executive in the Department of Education.
| Source: | Suddenly Sacked: The Final Days of Former NCES Chief’s Term and the Future of Education Data The Hechinger Report, 7/14/25 |
| Agency: | Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Elimination |
2/27/25
Disruption:
Ethan Shaotran contacts Leland Dudek to inform him that DOGE had identified roughly 3 dozen federal contracts in Maine as “nonessential” and that “we should cancel them” as retribution for the Maine governor publicly countering abuse from the President over transgender athletes. Two of those contracts are for Social Security services in the State.
Disruption:
Ethan Shaotran contacts Leland Dudek to inform him that DOGE had identified roughly 3 dozen federal contracts in Maine as “nonessential” and that “we should cancel them” as retribution for the Maine governor publicly countering abuse from the President over transgender athletes. Two of those contracts are for Social Security services in the State.
| Person: | Leland Dudek, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security The New York Times, 6/16/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
c.3/13/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NEH Nate Cavanaugh c.3/13/25 | |
| Source: | The Intercept Media, Inc. v. United States Department of Government Efficiency, doc 1 Court Document, 3/24/25 |
| Note: | Verified via court filing |
| GSA? Detailed To: NEH Justin Fox c.3/13/25 | |
| Source: | The Intercept Media, Inc. v. United States Department of Government Efficiency, doc 1 Court Document, 3/24/25 |
3/18/25
Interagency Coordination:
A senior policy strategist at the White House relays a “Stephen request” (meaning Stephen Miller) that “POTUS wants to see more action against universities.” Included in the initial coordination is GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum. He becomes involved with figuring out grants from multiple agencies to cut for both University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State University, because they had allowed trans athletes to participate in sports. This is very much not his area of responsibility at the GSA, but he is on the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism which stripped funding from Columbia Univesity.
Interagency Coordination:
A senior policy strategist at the White House relays a “Stephen request” (meaning Stephen Miller) that “POTUS wants to see more action against universities.” Included in the initial coordination is GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum. He becomes involved with figuring out grants from multiple agencies to cut for both University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State University, because they had allowed trans athletes to participate in sports. This is very much not his area of responsibility at the GSA, but he is on the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism which stripped funding from Columbia Univesity.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn. NOTUS, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | OMB, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
3/19/25
Interagency Coordination:
During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients of these requests.
Interagency Coordination:
During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients of these requests.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Adam Hoffman, Kathryn Armstrong Loving, Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn. NOTUS, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, DOD, DHS, EPA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
3/20/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: IMLS Justin Fox 3/20/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | start inferred from IMLS appearance |
3/21/25
Disruption:
The Trump administration eliminates the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and two ombudsman offices responsible for investigating allegations of abuse from immigrants. This also includes the CRCL program that was characterized as “money laundering” by DOGE staffer Kyle Schutt.
Disruption:
The Trump administration eliminates the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and two ombudsman offices responsible for investigating allegations of abuse from immigrants. This also includes the CRCL program that was characterized as “money laundering” by DOGE staffer Kyle Schutt.
| Person: | Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | Trump Shuts Down 3 Watchdog Agencies Overseeing Immigration Crackdown The New York Times, 3/21/25 |
| Agency: | DHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Immigration |
3/22/25?
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: MCC Nate Cavanaugh 3/22/25? | |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Note: | Linked to MCC by NPR, start date guessed from disruption there |
3/31/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: IMLS Nate Cavanaugh 3/31/25 | |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas Bluesky, 3/31/25 |
| Note: | Based on initial reports |
4/03/25
Interagency Coordination:
Tarak Makecha, a DOGE representative at DOJ is forwarded a list at 6pm of DOJ contracts to terminate for the Acacia Center, a nonprofit in DOGE’s crosshairs that day and a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the DOJ. He coordinates with Josh Gruenbaum at the GSA, who is leading a multi-agency effort to eliminate grants.
Interagency Coordination:
Tarak Makecha, a DOGE representative at DOJ is forwarded a list at 6pm of DOJ contracts to terminate for the Acacia Center, a nonprofit in DOGE’s crosshairs that day and a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the DOJ. He coordinates with Josh Gruenbaum at the GSA, who is leading a multi-agency effort to eliminate grants.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Tarak Makecha |
| Source: | On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ Lawfare Media, 4/27/25 |
| Agency: | DOJ, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Disruption:
Tarak Makecha escalates his demands at 6:25pm that the Acacia contracts must be terminated immediately despite it being after business hours and there not being an actual emergency.
Disruption:
Tarak Makecha escalates his demands at 6:25pm that the Acacia contracts must be terminated immediately despite it being after business hours and there not being an actual emergency.
| Person: | Tarak Makecha |
| Source: | On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ Lawfare Media, 4/27/25 |
| Agency: | DOJ |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
c.4/09/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: MBDA Nate Cavanaugh c.4/09/25 | |
| Source: | State of Rhode Island v. Trump, doc 35-4 Court Document, 4/11/25 |
| Note: | inferred from disruptions at MBDA starting |
4/14/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NSF Luke Farritor 4/14/25 | |
| Source: | How DOGE got into the National Science Foundation FedScoop, 4/22/25 |
| Note: | arrived at agency to do secondary round of grant reviews with other DOGE staff at HHS. |
4/18/25
Disruption:
In retribution against Harvard University for rejecting demands from the Trump Administration on April 14th, the National Science Foundation begins rejecting scientific grants, stating they weren’t in alignment with current NSF priorities.
Disruption:
In retribution against Harvard University for rejecting demands from the Trump Administration on April 14th, the National Science Foundation begins rejecting scientific grants, stating they weren’t in alignment with current NSF priorities.
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | NSF |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
4/30/25
Interagency Coordination:
As part of a DOGE-driven effort to find ways to punish Harvard by pulling its grants from the federal govenment, Josh Gruenbaum emails Alexander Simonpour to ask if there are grants that can be revoked by NASA. The next day, Simonpour relayed the request to other NASA staffers and then followed up on May 8th stating that the White House had imposed a 5pm deadline for the information.
Interagency Coordination:
As part of a DOGE-driven effort to find ways to punish Harvard by pulling its grants from the federal govenment, Josh Gruenbaum emails Alexander Simonpour to ask if there are grants that can be revoked by NASA. The next day, Simonpour relayed the request to other NASA staffers and then followed up on May 8th stating that the White House had imposed a 5pm deadline for the information.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Alexander Simonpour |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
5/01/25?
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| Ed.? Detailed To: DOI Conor Fennessy 5/01/25? | |
| Source: | Trump Administration Is Said to Target Park Service Grants The New York Times, 5/07/25 |
| Note: | Guessed because created a spreadsheet at DOI on grant cancellations around 5/07 |
5/07/25
Disruption:
A spreadsheet created by Conor Fennessy outlines a reported $26 million in grant reductions for programs in the National Parks, including those identified as “DEI” or studying climate change. It also axes a popular Scientists in Parks program, that provides educational opportunities for early-career scientists and students. A $400K project to make a park accessible for children with disabilities was also targeted because it was “DEI.”
Disruption:
A spreadsheet created by Conor Fennessy outlines a reported $26 million in grant reductions for programs in the National Parks, including those identified as “DEI” or studying climate change. It also axes a popular Scientists in Parks program, that provides educational opportunities for early-career scientists and students. A $400K project to make a park accessible for children with disabilities was also targeted because it was “DEI.”
| Person: | Conor Fennessy |
| Source: | Trump Administration Is Said to Target Park Service Grants The New York Times, 5/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Disruption:
DOGE staff at the Department of Labor terminate more than two dozen grants to increase the representation of women in trades like construction, manufacturing and IT, as well as to combat gender-based violence and discrimination. DOGE later brags about it on its X account.
Disruption:
DOGE staff at the Department of Labor terminate more than two dozen grants to increase the representation of women in trades like construction, manufacturing and IT, as well as to combat gender-based violence and discrimination. DOGE later brags about it on its X account.
| Question: | Fuzz: She’s not named, but I am linking Bridget Youngs since she claims she was reviewing grants at DOL |
| Person: | Bridget Youngs |
| Source: | DOGE Killed Dozens of Grants That Supported Women Workers Mother Jones, 5/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOL |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI |
5/08/25
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Alexander Simonpour |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Interagency Coordination:
Jeremy Lichtman emails USDA officials to inform them that GSA (likely Josh Gruenbaum) had directed them to review several agency grants for termination. These terminations were reportedly “awaiting final greenlight from the White House.”
Interagency Coordination:
Jeremy Lichtman emails USDA officials to inform them that GSA (likely Josh Gruenbaum) had directed them to review several agency grants for termination. These terminations were reportedly “awaiting final greenlight from the White House.”
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Jeremy Lichtman |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
5/12/25
Disruption:
In a retaliation against the university coordinated by GSA, grants for Harvard University from DOD, HUD, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education are all terminated. There were 200 grants from DOD alone. The stated reasons varied but included that they no longer effectuated the administration’s priorities or directly accusing Harvard of fostering antisemitism on campus.
Disruption:
In a retaliation against the university coordinated by GSA, grants for Harvard University from DOD, HUD, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education are all terminated. There were 200 grants from DOD alone. The stated reasons varied but included that they no longer effectuated the administration’s priorities or directly accusing Harvard of fostering antisemitism on campus.
5/15/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| Ed. Detailed To: USDA Conor Fennessy 5/15/25 | |
| Source: | USDA Records Reflecting DOGE Economy Act Funding Transfers Document Cloud, 8/22/25 |
6/02/25
Disruption:
NIH staff are forced to send all grant proposals through an AI tool that looks for topics banned by the Trump administration. This includes topics like “DEI, transgender, China, or vaccine hesitancy.” Staff are also ordered to check that medical research grants aren’t being awarded to certain schools like Harvard or Columbia which are seen as enemies of Trump.
Disruption:
NIH staff are forced to send all grant proposals through an AI tool that looks for topics banned by the Trump administration. This includes topics like “DEI, transgender, China, or vaccine hesitancy.” Staff are also ordered to check that medical research grants aren’t being awarded to certain schools like Harvard or Columbia which are seen as enemies of Trump.
| Source: | DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite The Washington Post, 6/02/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, IT Modernization, Spending |
6/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Kathryn Armstrong Loving 1/20/25-6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Federal Detailee |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE lands at EPA E&E News, 2/12/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Kathryn Armstrong Loving LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Inside DOGE’s EPA Team and Its Multimillion-Dollar Mistakes NOTUS, 9/25/25 |
| Note: | Reported left EPA on LinkedIn. Likely at EPA from Day one based on NOTUS |
7/06/25
Disruption:
The head of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sends a “DEI Whistle-blower Questionnaire” to all staff which is really just a thinly-veiled invitation for federal coworkers to snitch on their colleagues.
Disruption:
The head of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sends a “DEI Whistle-blower Questionnaire” to all staff which is really just a thinly-veiled invitation for federal coworkers to snitch on their colleagues.
| Source: | Trump's Government is a Den of Snitches, 'Freaks,' and Paranoid Tyrants Rolling Stone, 7/08/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Anti-Personnel |
7/11/25
Disruption:
The State Department lays off more than 1300 people – many specializing in violent extremism, refugee resettlement and women’s rights – as part of a sweeping reorganization announced by Marco Rubio on April 22. The terminated staff will be placed on a 120-day administrative leave period before formally losing their jobs.
Disruption:
The State Department lays off more than 1300 people – many specializing in violent extremism, refugee resettlement and women’s rights – as part of a sweeping reorganization announced by Marco Rubio on April 22. The terminated staff will be placed on a 120-day administrative leave period before formally losing their jobs.
| Person: | Marco Rubio |
| Source: | State Department is firing more than 1,300 staff on Friday CNN, 7/11/25 |
| Agency: | State |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Elimination |
8/06/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Nate Cavanaugh c.1/22/25-8/06/25 |
| Salary: | $120,509 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Note: | Testifies started working in early January, but formally a few days after inauguration |
2/02/26
Oversight:
A new report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office determines that the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education have cost the federal government more than $28 million. The Department of Education has been blocked from implementing a reduction in force that would reduce the office to 10% of its former size but it has effectively eliminated civil rights enforcement at the agency.
Oversight:
A new report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office determines that the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education have cost the federal government more than $28 million. The Department of Education has been blocked from implementing a reduction in force that would reduce the office to 10% of its former size but it has effectively eliminated civil rights enforcement at the agency.
| Source: | The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says National Public Radio, 2/02/26 |
| Agency: | Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Elimination, Impunity |