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The department of Veteran affairs (VA) has placed nearly 60 leave of leave of absence that focused on initiatives of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and had a combined salary of more than $ 8 million.
He said it in a press release on Monday that he completed his implementation of the executive order of President Donald Trump to end the federal government.
Part of the abolition of the va Dei inside the agency It meant that about 60 employees paid to the paid administrative permission that focused only on DEI activities.
He said that the combined salary of employees, including basic salaries, the remuneration of the locality and the additional revenue, exceeds $ 8 million, and the average pay is about $ 136,000 a year per employee.
Trump’s federal purge puts hundreds on leave, nixes $ 420 million in contracts
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One of the employees had a salary of more than $ 220,000 a year, according to VA.
In addition to leaving the employees on leave, he said that he identified several contracts for training, materials and other Consulting services related to DEI that are currently sought to cancel. The combined value of contracts, said the VA, is more than $ 6.1 million.
In the coming weeks and months, she said she plans to work on reassignment of resources to better support veterans, families, carers and survivors who exist.
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Initiatives of diversity, equity and inclusion have been subject to praised opinions of praise and reissue. (Adobe Stock)
The Va is also removing materials related to the Digital Assets.
“Under President TrumpIt is laser focused on providing the best care and benefits possible to veterans, their families, carers and survivors, “said Morgan Ackley, the director of the Middle Middle Affairs Affairs. Past and Pivoten Again on Va’s main mission. We look forward to reassigning the millions of dollars spent on DEI programs and staff to better serve men and women who have bravely served our nation. “
The Va joins many other federal agencies that are running the Trump Plan to end the DEI initiatives.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end DEI initiatives at the federal level. (Evan Vucci/AP)
The temporary organization of the Trump Government Efficiency Department, headed by technology billionaire Elon Musk, wrote in a social networking place in X that had been canceled about $ 420 million in current and imminent contracts, focused mainly on DEI initiatives.
On the day of its inauguration, on Monday, January 20, Trump signed the Executive Order and the Federal Personnel Management Office notified the heads and departments that must begin to take action to close all the offices of Dei al End of Wednesday, January 22 and place government workers in these offices with a paid permission. It is still unclear when or if they will end.
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Trump’s order terminated President Biden’s executive order on the promotion of diversity initiatives, “to advance racial equity and support for the underestimated communities through the federal government”, which signed his first Day in office.
Brie Stimson of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
