( March 27, 2025, 11:53 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government’s use of a reduction-in-force (RIF) to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees throughout the government violated RIF procedures and was unlawful discrimination based on sex and/or race as well as political affiliation, the former deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) argues in an appeal of their termination and request for processing their appeal as a class one filed March 26 in the Merit Systems Protection Board....