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On this GitHub commits page, you can see activity as Technology Transformation Services (TTS), a division of the General Services Administration (GSA) removes DEIA information from its operational handbook. Some notable #accessibility related items:

* Removed: Language about work being "predominantly remote".
* Deleted: Guides on non-project Slack channels and custom emojis (with the latter presumably often being used to highlight aspects of identity).
* Gone: Encouragement to use visual description across various platforms and contexts, and the corresponding visual descriptions guide along with it.
* Modified: Guidance to "consider factors of equity" when determining compensation for research participants. It now reads, "consider other factors".
* Quote: "At TTSC, we follow various policies and practices to foster an open and inclusive community", shortened to the vaguely nonsensical "At TTSC, we follow various policies and practices."
* Deleted: Inclusive culture guide and all references to it (including advice on how to flag exclusionary behaviour). Similarly, guides on running inclusive events and psychological safety have been expunged.
* Removed: Inclusion Bot, a Slack application to privately inform people about their use of "words or phrases that have racist, sexist, ableist, or otherwise exclusionary or discriminatory histories or backgrounds".

https://github.com/18F/handbook/commits/main/
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