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On this GitHub commits page, you can see activity as Technology Transformation Services (TTS), a division of the General Services Administration (GSA) removes DEIA information from its operational handbook. Some notable #accessibility related items:
* Removed: Language about work being "predominantly remote".
* Deleted: Guides on non-project Slack channels and custom emojis (with the latter presumably often being used to highlight aspects of identity).
* Gone: Encouragement to use visual description across various platforms and contexts, and the corresponding visual descriptions guide along with it.
* Modified: Guidance to "consider factors of equity" when determining compensation for research participants. It now reads, "consider other factors".
* Quote: "At TTSC, we follow various policies and practices to foster an open and inclusive community", shortened to the vaguely nonsensical "At TTSC, we follow various policies and practices."
* Deleted: Inclusive culture guide and all references to it (including advice on how to flag exclusionary behaviour). Similarly, guides on running inclusive events and psychological safety have been expunged.
* Removed: Inclusion Bot, a Slack application to privately inform people about their use of "words or phrases that have racist, sexist, ableist, or otherwise exclusionary or discriminatory histories or backgrounds".
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The administration is acting so recklessly, it could happen but for this one it would be surprising.
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 was passed with major bipartisan support and people who are generally against Big Government are for plain language.
Also Trump is arguably a good practitioner of plain language; it may be cruel, ignorant, and/or lies but it's plain.
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