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   Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website   
   called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information   
   of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one   
   point as “targets.”   
      
   It’s unclear when the website, which lists mostly Black employees who work   
   in agencies primarily within the Department of Health and Human Services,   
   first appeared.   
      
   “Offenses” for the workers listed on the website include working on   
   diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, donating to Democrats and   
   using pronouns in their bios.   
      
   The website, a government worker said, is being circulated among multiple   
   private group chats of federal health workers across agencies, as well as   
   through social media links.   
      
   The site also reached Dr. Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the   
   American Public Health Association, who learned about it Tuesday evening   
   when a federal health worker sent it to him.   
      
   “This is a scare tactic to try to intimidate people who are trying to do   
   their work and do it admirably,” Benjamin said. “It’s clear racism.”   
      
   A government worker said they found out theirs was among the names on the   
   website Tuesday afternoon after a former co-worker sent them the link on   
   social media.   
      
   “It’s unnerving,” said the person, who requested anonymity because of   
   safety concerns. “My name and my picture is there, and in 2025, it’s very   
   simple to Google and look up someone’s home address and all kinds of   
   things that potentially put me at risk.”   
      
   “I don’t know what the intention of the list is for,” the person said.   
   “It’s just kind of a scary place to be.”   
      
   On Tuesday evening, the site listed photos of employees and linked to   
   further information about them under the headline “Targets.” Later Tuesday   
   night, the headline on each page had been changed to “Dossiers.”   
      
   The site lists workers’ salaries along with what it describes as “DEI   
   offenses,” including political donations, screenshots of social media   
   posts, snippets from websites describing their work, or being a part of a   
   DEI initiative that has been scrubbed from a federal website.   
      
   Benjamin suggested the acts of online harassment are criminal. “Law   
   enforcement should look into them.”   
      
   A person who isn’t on the list but works at a federal health agency called   
   the website “psychological warfare.” The link, this person said, is being   
   circulated in their private group chat of federal health workers, causing   
   some to “freak out.”   
      
   It’s hard to gauge, the worker said, whether it’s a legitimate threat. “I   
   don’t know anything about the organization doing this or their parent   
   association. People are just paranoid right now.”   
      
   A note at the bottom of the website says, “A project of the American   
   Accountability Foundation.” That group is a conservative watchdog group.   
      
   It’s not the first time the group has created such a list. In December, it   
   sent Pete Hegseth, then the nominee for defense secretary, a list of names   
   of people in the military whom it deemed too focused on diversity, equity   
   and inclusion, the New York Post reported at the time.   
      
   Neither the American Accountability Foundation nor HHS immediately   
   responded to requests for comment.   
      
   The website comes after a bruising two weeks for public health workers.   
   Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they have   
   received “threatening” memos from the Department of Health and Human   
   Services directing them to terminate any activities, jobs and research   
   with any connection to diversity, equity and inclusion — and turn in co-   
   workers who don’t adhere to the orders. HHS oversees federal health   
   agencies, including the CDC and the National Institutes of Health.   
      
   “The tone is aggressive. It’s threatening consequences if we are not   
   obedient. It’s asking us to report co-workers who aren’t complying,” said   
   a CDC physician who wasn’t authorized to speak to reporters. “There’s a   
   lot of fear and panic.”   
      
   NBC News reviewed one of the memos, which directed employees to “review   
   all agency position descriptions and send a notification to all employees   
   whose position description involves inculcating or promoting gender   
   ideology that they are being placed on paid administrative leave effective   
   immediately.”   
      
   The result, staffers said, is paranoia.   
      
   “I know of people who have been put on administrative leave for perceived   
   infractions related to these ambiguous memos. People are thinking if I put   
   one foot wrong, I’m just going to be fired,” another CDC physician said.   
      
   In one case, a potluck luncheon among co-workers was hastily canceled for   
   fear it would be seen as a way to promote cultural diversity.   
      
   Despite the harassment, public health employees said they remain committed   
   to their work.   
      
   “If I leave, who’s going to replace me?” a CDC physician said. “If nobody   
   replaces me and enough of us leave, then who’s going to be doing the   
   public health work?”   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/federal-health-workers-   
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