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by Maxious 479 days ago
Under Executive Order 14151 "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing" many links/pages were already removed from the design system https://github.com/uswds/uswds-site/pull/3078 https://github.com/uswds/uswds-site/pull/3053/files#diff-86c... (ie. inclusivecolors.com would be prohibited)

Within 60 days "“diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government" must be terminated https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/endi...
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seanwilson 479 days ago
> (ie. inclusivecolors.com would be prohibited)

I didn't have "does this include words in it that might get banned?" on my checklist when hunting for a good domain name haha. The https://designsystem.digital.gov/design-tokens/color/overvie... link still mentions "inclusively".

> Within 60 days "“diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility”

Are there more details on this? So next USWDS might be stripping out references to WCAG accessibility guidelines like their color contrast advice?

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plasma_beam 479 days ago
That’d be something for sure. Section 508 accessibility laws are built into most federal IT contracts. DHS has an entire trusted tester certification program around it. The changes required to existing federal contracts if they do this are staggering.

https://www.dhs.gov/trusted-tester

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