Document: OGC staff oppose White House limiting diversity training

Employees in EPA’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) are raising alarms over the Trump administration’s recent order limiting staff diversity training, warning that it appears to downplay a pattern of discriminatory or racist behavior at the agency and undermines the work of an OGC anti-racism committee. An Oct. 30 open letter signed by 80 OGC staffers, first reported by HuffPost , accuses the White House of “further institutionalizing racism in the federal government” and “strangling” discussions on the subject within...