Employees at several federal agencies were instructed to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon.

The directive came from internal memos obtained by ABC News, which referenced two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. These orders aimed to limit diversity and equity programs within the federal government.

“Pronouns and any other information not permitted in the policy must be removed from CDC/ATSDR employee signatures by 5.p.m. ET on Friday,” according to one such message sent Friday morning from Jason Bonander, the CDC’s Chief Information Officer.

“Staff are being asked to alter signature blocks by 5.p.m. ET today (Friday, January 31, 2025) to follow the revised policy,” the message continued.

Federal employees with the Department of Transportation received a similar directive on Thursday.

Sources told ABC News that employees were directed to remove pronouns from various documents, including government grant applications and email signatures, throughout the department, ABC News reported.

Employees at the Department of Energy who received a similar notice Thursday were told this was to meet requirements in Trump’s executive order calling for the removal of DEI “language in Federal discourse, communications and publications.”

It is unclear whether employees at other federal agencies received similar directives. Spokespeople for the Transportation Department, Energy Department, HHS, and CDC did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.

The mandate to remove pronouns from email signatures is the latest development in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle diversity and equity initiatives within the federal government.

On his first day in office, Trump signed a pair of executive orders calling for an end to what his administration called “radical and wasteful DEI programs” and seeking to restore “biological truth to the federal government.”

Both of those directives were referenced in the Friday message to agencies, ABC reported.