OPM "Initial Guidance" memo implementing EO 14168 across the federal workforce
- Date
- Actor
- Office of Personnel Management; Acting Director Charles Ezell
- Agency
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Type
- Guidance/memo
Summary
OPM directs all agency heads to implement EO 14168 by 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2025: turn off email features that prompt for pronouns and ensure employees remove pronouns from signature blocks; review and revert agency forms to list only male and female; take down agency websites, media, and materials that "inculcate or promote gender ideology" (the trigger for the mass website purges — see section 12); cancel related trainings; disband employee resource groups and special-emphasis programs premised on gender identity; and review contracts and grants for termination (see section 9). Agencies were required to certify compliance to OPM.
Status
In effect; implemented government-wide beginning January 31, 2025.
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Documents
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OPM "Initial Guidance" memo implementing EO 14168 across the federal workforce
Memorandum from Charles Ezell, Acting Dir., Off. of Pers. Mgmt., to Heads & Acting Heads of Departments & Agencies, Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump's Executive Order Defending Women (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.opm.gov/media/yvlh1r3i/opm-memo-initial-guidance-regarding-trump-executive-order-defending-women-1-29-2025-final.pdf.
Sources
- eenews.net/articles/agencies-face-5-p-m-deadline-on-pronouns(opens another site)
- fedsmith.com/2025/01/31/federal-employees-instructed-to-remove-pronouns-from-th…(opens another site)
- opm.gov/media/yvlh1r3i/opm-memo-initial-guidance-regarding-trump-executive-orde…(opens another site)PDF, external
Cite this action
Memorandum from Charles Ezell, Acting Dir., Off. of Pers. Mgmt., to Heads & Acting Heads of Departments & Agencies, Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump's Executive Order Defending Women (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.opm.gov/media/yvlh1r3i/opm-memo-initial-guidance-regarding-trump-executive-order-defending-women-1-29-2025-final.pdf.
Short form: Memorandum from Charles Ezell, Acting Dir., Off. of Pers. Mgmt., to Heads & Acting Heads of Departments & Agencies, Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump's Executive Order Defending Women (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.opm.gov/media/yvlh1r3i/opm-memo-initial-guidance-regarding-trump-executive-order-defending-women-1-29-2025-final.pdf.