At monasteries half-way round the world from each other, a Buddhist monk in Bhutan and an Orthodox Christian
Employment Standards Administration, Office of Workers’ Comp Programs, Buffalo, N.Y. (2,168 square feet)Department of Energy-Carlsbad Office, Carlsbad, N.M. (90,850 square feet)
Internal Revenue Service National Office, Champaign, Ill. (4,945 square feet)Geological Survey, Charlotte, N.C. (5,316 square feet)Internal Revenue Service National Office, Chattanooga, Tenn. (17,786 square feet)
Geological Survey, Cheyenne, Wyo. (9,521 square feet)Federal Transit Administration, Chicago, Ill. (13,531 square feet)
Rural Housing Service, Christiansted, V.I. (4,439 square feet)
Federal Trade Commission, Cleveland, Ohio (9,340 square feet)Since Turner took the helm at HUD, the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has instructed staff to pause investigations of all gender identity discrimination cases, according to two HUD attorneys who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of losing their jobs or benefits.
One said letters were then issued closing the cases for lack of jurisdiction. HUD has not disclosed how many cases have been dropped.Webster’s letter and another provided to the AP cite
calling for the federal government to define sex as only male or female.Morris, of the ACLU, said she has never seen an executive order cited in a jurisdictional closure of a complaint.