The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released new guidance implementing President Trump’s executive order on gender policies in federal agencies, directing widespread changes across government operations.
The memorandum, issued by Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell, required federal agencies to make immediate changes to policies, programmes, and workplace practices related to gender identity by January 31. The directive stems from an executive order titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”
Under the new guidance, agencies must review and potentially terminate programmes, contracts, and grants deemed to promote certain gender-related concepts. The directive also calls for affected employees to be placed on paid administrative leave while their positions are reviewed.
Other required changes include modifying government forms to request “sex” rather than “gender,” removing pronoun selection features from federal email systems, revising policies regarding sex-segregated facilities, cancelling related training programmes and employee resource groups, and taking down associated website content and social media.
Federal agencies must report compliance measures to OPM by February 7, including a complete list of actions taken and plans for full implementation.
The guidance cites OPM’s authority under federal law (5 U.S.C. § 110(a)(1) and (a)(5)) as the basis for these directives to federal department and agency heads.
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