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Trump administration withdraws U.S. from global open government initiative

The General Services Administration cited the organization’s support for “LGBTQ+ advocacy, feminism, and climate alarmism” among its reasons the nation dropped its membership.

By Madison Alder, January 30, 2026

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The U.S. government has backed out of an organization it helped found that’s aimed at improving how governments can better serve their citizens.

The Open Government Partnership announced Wednesday that the U.S. had formally withdrawn its membership, adding to a growing list of organizations the administration has departed. 

Despite the U.S. being one of the founding nations of the organization in 2011, the General Services Administration’s head, Edward Forst, wrote to the group’s leadership this month to notify them of the decision. 

Per a copy of that letter published by OGP, Forst said the country’s participation in the organization “has become at best ineffective and at worst detrimental to advancing” principles outlined in the nation’s founding documents, though he didn’t cite specific documents.

Forst implied that the body “seeks to erode U.S. national sovereignty” and went on to blame its “embrace of divisive ideological agendas” as a reason the nation dropped its membership. 

“Racial identity politics, anti-police bias, LGBTQ+ advocacy, feminism, and climate alarmism have increasingly dominated OGP’s policy agenda,” Forst wrote. “These divisive agendas, driven by extreme ideological cliques, have destroyed the ability of OGP to credibly operate as a voice for transparency.”

That rhetoric echoes the Trump administration’s controversial efforts to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, from the federal government — whether through the termination of grants, positions, organizations, or data points. The withdrawal also comes after the organization reported that the Trump administration had weakened the U.S. government’s existing progress toward open government goals. 

In a December report, OGP pointed to the Trump administration’s repeal and replacement of executive orders “related to equity, data transparency, and law enforcement accountability” and disbanding a federal advisory committee on open government as examples of weakened progress.

The U.S. withdrawal was met with disappointment and criticism from the organization’s leadership as well as civil society leaders, though none expressed surprise. 

“Anyone who has followed developments over the last year will not be surprised by this decision of the US government,” Aidan Eyakuze, OGP’s CEO, said in a statement included in the release. 

Eyakuze commended efforts by government leaders and civil society to advance accountability goals and expressed hope the U.S. would return to the organization one day. 

Daniel Schuman, executive director of the nonprofit American Governance Institute who previously led the now-disbanded Open Government Federal Advisory Committee, said the administration’s decision is part of “a broader pattern of opacity.”

“The Trump administration is not only the least transparent government in American history; its policies are antithetical to democracy, of which transparency is an essential element,” Schuman said in a written statement. 

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「OPM は、ダイバーシティとインクルージョンの疑いのある取り組みを報告するための電子メール アカウントを作成します 」： #FEDSCOOP

「人事管理局は、多様性、公平性、包括性に関する取り組みの疑いのある報告を収集することを目的とした新しい電子メール アカウントを作成しました。これは、トランプ政権が連邦職員全体にわたる DEI の取り組みを削減するために講じた一連の措置の 1 つです。
OPMは現在ダイバーシティへの取り組みを閉鎖するプロセスに取り組んでいる政府機関に対し、そのような取り組みを偽装するあらゆる取り組みについて報告を収集するよう指示した。 」

密告制度です。DEI の措置を停止しようとしない行為を密告するメールアカウントを連邦職員に周知させています。

https://fedscoop.com/opm-email-report-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives/

#prattohome

[email protected] is the new federal snitch line. It would suck if they got a few too many emails.

The internet knows what to do.

https://fedscoop.com/opm-email-report-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives/

#DEI #DEIA #OPM #FedScoop #HUD