"The Pentagon has officially eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs, to comply with White House executive orders, according to a watchdog report. But Congress had already done the heavy lifting last year.
The Defense Department went from 115 to just 41 DEI jobs by July 2024 per a provision in the 2024 annual defense policy law, according to a Government Accountability Office in a report released Thursday.
The Defense Department “reduced its civilian workforce” after implementing section 1101 of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which put a cap on civilian personnel pay grades assigned for diversity, equity, and inclusion roles to that of a GS-10 or about $73,484 annual salary. The law also directed civilians in DEI roles—defined as having primary duties for developing and implementing DEI policy, objectives, education and training—be reassigned.
The remaining 41 jobs were not subject to the NDAA provision because “their pay rate was less than a General Schedule (GS)-10, they were military positions, or DOD determined that DEI was not the primary reason the position existed,” the report says.
Of those 41 DEI positions—which have now been eliminated or restructured—25 were held by military personnel, while 16 were held by civilians, the GAO wrote. The Air Force and Space Force had the most, with 19 jobs, followed by the Army, which had seven civilian-filled and five military positions. ..."
There’s no more DEI at DOD, watchdog finds - Defense One "But most of the roles were eliminated last year by an act of Congress."
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