Chairman Carr Ends FCC's Promotion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pursuant to the policies stated in President Trump's “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” Executive Order, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that he is ending the FCC’s promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).  Chairman Carr will focus the agency’s work on competently carrying out the Commission’s statutory mission, as defined by Congress, without promoting invidious forms of discrimination. In the very first section of the Communications Act, Congress stated that it created the FCC for the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication “without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex,” and Congress has expressly tasked the FCC with the important mission of increasing accessibility in the communications sector. Promoting invidious forms of discrimination runs contrary to the Communications Act and deprives Americans of their rights to fair and equal treatment under the law.  It also represents a wasteful expenditure of taxpayer resources.  Nonetheless, the FCC joined other private and public sector institutions in promoting discriminatory DEI policies during the Biden Administration.  The FCC did so by embedding DEI in its strategic priorities, budget requests, advisory groups, rulemaking proceedings, and many other components of its official work. Here is what I am doing:

• Eliminating the Promotion of DEI from the FCC’s Strategic Plan.  
• Eliminating the Promotion of DEI from the FCC’s Budget. 
• Eliminating the FCC’s DEI Advisory Group.  
• Rescinding the FCC’s DEI Equity Action Plan. 
• Ending the FCC’s DEI Task Force. 
• Eliminating DEI from the FCC’s Advisory Committee Directive.  
• Eliminating the Promotion of DEI from the FCC’s Annual Performance Plans. 
• Eliminating DEI Analysis from FCC Economic Reports.