“diversity” agency website is taken down by Musk

In its first official action, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, took down the website of the Executive Council of Chief Diversity Officers, an agency that was linked to the United States federal government when it was led by Democrat Joe Biden.

The measure took place on Monday night (20), the day of Republican Donald Trump’s inauguration as the new president of the USA. Trump took office in the White House with a commitment to eliminate programs considered woke.

When accessing the agency’s website, users are seeing the following error message: “Page not found. We apologize, we were unable to find the page you are looking for. It may have been removed, renamed, or is currently inaccessible.”

DOGE, which, as the name suggests, will be responsible for managing the efficiency of government resources, shared a screenshot on X with the page disabled and the following caption: “Progress”.

During his campaign and in his inauguration speech, Trump reiterated his commitment to dismantling policies promoted by the Biden administration that followed the DEI agenda – “diversity, equity and inclusion” – to the detriment of objective and meritocratic criteria. The Republican criticized these initiatives as being part of the woke agenda, as well as excessive and unnecessary spending. For Musk, these policies weaken public and private institutions.

In a decree signed this Monday, Trump made official the end of DEI policies in US government agencies. The measure, which reverses guidelines implemented by the Biden administration, determines the closure of programs, positions and initiatives related to DEI and “environmental justice” in all areas of public administration.

Trump justified the decree by stating that such policies promote discrimination and waste of public resources, compromising the principle of equal treatment. The text of the decree requires the review of employment practices, contracts and training, reinforcing that performance and individual initiative must be the central criteria in public administration, and orders a detailed report on the impact and costs of these policies since 2021.