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Budget expands DEI requirements across federal programs

The federal government’s 2025 budget has vastly expanded its diversity and inclusion agenda, forcing DEI compliance into funding and oversight rules, even for programs once based strictly on merit.

Melanie Bennet
Nov 05, 2025
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The federal government’s 2025 budget has vastly expanded its diversity and inclusion agenda, forcing DEI compliance into funding and oversight rules, even for programs once based strictly on merit.

The federal government has allocated $2 million in Budget 2025 to support the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Secretariat, a…

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