Daily Wire Reports: President Donald Trump signed an executive order purging diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from the federal government. But groups of left-leaning bureaucrats could keep DEI alive if left unchecked.

Shortly after Trump signed his executive order, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo to executive agencies directing them to put their DEI officials on leave and report any attempts within the departments to rename and conceal DEI efforts. The memo asks agency heads to “send an agency-wide notice to employees informing them of the closure and asking employees if they know of any efforts to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language.”

One such effort, The Daily Wire has learned, could be undertaken by employee resource groups (ERGs), identity-based organizations that were central to the Biden administration’s DEI agenda. Many ERGs function as de facto DEI offices, offering trainings, organizing conferences, and enforcing DEI policies in their agency. ERGs tend to be very left-wing, and in some cases only accept people if they belong to a certain race or share a specific sexual orientation.

Activist and reporter Robby Starbuck, known for fighting DEI in corporate America, told The Daily Wire that ERGs will be central to efforts to defy Trump’s order.

“Affinity groups like ERG’s are the hotbed where left wing radicalization occurs. We’ve seen it in company after company through our investigations,” Starbuck said. “The federal government must disband these divisive groups who control entry on the basis of race or sexual proclivity preferences. These groups are where many of the DEI schemes are hatched and I guarantee it’s the hotbed for planning how to conceal DEI in defiance of the President.”