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GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal databases
A project called "Remove-DEI" shows the tweaks used to remove "forbidden words" from a database about childhood school readiness.
Code updates to a government database that helps track whether a federal program to get children ready for school at age five is actually working show software engineers are purging it of references to "forbidden words" related to DEI. At HHS, a recent GitHub commit details a project called “Remove-DEI” which removes the ability to search or filter in this HeadStart for information on how well programs that target “families affected by systemic discrimination/bias/exclusion” are actually working. I ask also that you scan the website for other places where we need to remove the forbidden words.” The code was written by employees at a company called Ad Hoc LLC, a government contractor that works with HHS on the database.
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