Employees at several federal agencies Friday were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures after President Donald Trump signed executive orders aiming to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the federal government.

“Pronouns and any other information not permitted in the policy must be removed from CDC/ATSDR employee signatures by 5.p.m. ET on Friday,” according to a memo sent from Jason Bonander, the CDC’s Chief Information Officer and obtained by ABC News. “Staff are being asked to alter signature blocks by 5.p.m. ET today (Friday, January 31, 2025) to follow the revised policy.”

Employees at the Department of Transportation and Department of Energy received a similar memo, ABC News reported, being told to remove pronouns from everything from government grant applications to email signatures across the department, sources told ABC News.

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