WH Nixes DEI Considerations in Federal Contracting Rules

WH Nixes DEI Considerations in Federal Contracting Rules

WH Nixes DEI Considerations in Federal Contracting Rules

Federal agencies have been told to stop considering a company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices when deciding whether to procure its goods or services, according to a General Services Administration (GSA) announcement on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

The policy reverses a Biden administration initiative in which the government took into account a company’s internal DEI practices as one of numerous factors when deciding whether to buy that company’s products or services.

The GSA is also halting a federal attempt to replace plastic straws with paper ones in federal operations, changing the policy to adhere to an executive order signed last week by President Donald Trump.

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