The federal government will no longer explicitly prohibit contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains after the enaction a new directive last month.
In an overlooked public memo last month issued by the General Services Administration and reported by Axios, the federal government made changes prompted by President Donald Trump's executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion, which repealed an order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 regarding federal contractors and nondiscrimination.
