Booz Allen Scraps DEI Programs in Reaction to Trump Orders

Feb. 7, 2025, 5:36 PM UTC

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., a US government defense contractor, is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, citing President Donald Trump’s executive order pressuring federal suppliers to cancel diversity practices.

Booz Allen will close down its DEI department, remove diversity goals from employee and executive priorities, and eliminate all references to “DEI” in internal and external communications and training, according to a recording of a virtual company town hall reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Employees also will no longer be allowed to use pronouns or bathrooms that differ from their sex assigned at birth if that’s the rule of ...

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