FCC ends DEI initiatives after Trump’s executive order
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President Donald Trump An executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government was signed on Monday, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enforced that directive on Tuesday after a change of presidential administrations.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a post on X: “The FCC is suspending the introduction of DEI and will focus our work on effectively fulfilling the FCC’s statutory mandate.” Carr added that the FCC no longer includes the promotion of DEI in the agency’s strategic plans.
Carr said in a statement released by the FCC that his reason for ending the agency’s DEI programs, “promotes egregious forms of discrimination that violate the Communications Act and deprive Americans of their right to fair and equal treatment under the law.”
“It also represents a wasteful expenditure of taxpayer resources. However, the FCC joined other private and public sector agencies in introducing discriminatory DEI policies during the Biden administration. Legal proceedings and many other elements of its official work.”
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the end of the agency’s DEI programs the day after Trump took office. (Jonathan Newton/Pool/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
“Yesterday, President Trump took swift and decisive action to end the government’s rampant and wasteful DEI programs,” Carr wrote in a statement released by the FCC. “Additionally, President Trump’s leadership as agencies act in accordance with the executive order will have great results for the American people.”
Among the DEI initiatives at the FCC, Carr is promoting DEI in the agency’s strategic plan, in which promoting DEI is the regulator’s second-highest strategic priority.
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The Trump administration has had several DEI initiatives to eliminate or repeal the FCC since taking office. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
During the Biden administration, the FCC also indicated in its annual budget request to Congress that it would use appropriated funds to promote DEI, excluding future requests.
The FCC’s DEI Advisory Group and a cross-agency group known as the Digital Discrimination Task Force will also be disbanded.
In addition, the FCC’s Fairness Action Plan would be repealed, and guidance to FCC advisory committees to promote DEI would be repealed.
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DEI will be removed from the FCC’s annual performance plans, along with its economic reports.
