The Agriculture Department will announce millions of cuts, including $230,000, for “Brazilian Forests and Gender Consultants.”
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins announced on Friday that nearly 80 contracts have ended, including Brazilian Forest and Gender Consultants and Central America’s Gender Assessment Consultants.
Rollins said the 78 active contracts under the Biden administration totaled more than $132 million, and more than 1,000 contracts are still under review due to potential termination.
Findings come after reviews from Elon Musk led The government’s efficiency department, Rollins said, will help the Agriculture Department stop unnecessary spending.
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Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins will speak to media members outside the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
$132 million Termination agreement $374,000 for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Onboarding Specialists, $254,000 for Diversity Dialogue Workshop, $298,000 for International Development for Historically Underrated Communities, $229,000 for Brazilian Forestry and Gender Consultants Includes $121,000 and $29,000 for the Dollar, Women’s and Forest Carbon Initiative Mentorship Program. A gender assessment consultant in Central America.
Rollins previously issued memos to officially withdraw all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs, focusing instead on unity, equality, and meritocracy.
Currently, the agricultural sector has cancelled 948 employee training, of which 758 focus solely on DEIs. Other cancelled trainings covered topics such as environmental justice and gender ideology.
Brooke Rollins will speak to media members outside the White House in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 14th, 2025. (Getty Images)
Another termination agreement states that “the region of Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean region for training, education and access to professional and economic opportunities for women, and climate change adaptation activities. “Increasing participation” totaled $91,000.
It also rented a local electric vehicle utility van and Hawaii meeting room for 100 people on biodiversity for $33,000 for $11,000.
The agricultural sector has cut $277 million due to media contracts. This includes subscriptions to Politico Pro, a news and information service that provides resources such as legislative tracking. Politico said the overwhelming majority of Politico Pro subscribers were in the private sector.
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On December 18th, 2022, there are signs of the Department of Agriculture at the USDA entrance in Washington, DC. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu agent)
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Rollins said the Agriculture Department is trying to optimize the workforce by eliminating positions that are no longer needed, requiring workers to return to offices and move employees to the central part of the country. It’s there.