• Timeline : Upon issuance of the OMB plan , this memorandum shall expire for all executive departments and agencies , with the exception of the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ).
• Analysis : o The order is designed to “ end the onslaught of useless and overpaid DEI activists buried into the federal workforce .”
• Outlook : o The first Trump administration instituted a 79-day hiring freeze across the federal government ahead of an ambitious plan by then-Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to reorganize agencies to be more efficient and run with fewer employees . The impact of Trump ’ s first freeze was felt in agencies long after it ended ; virtually all of them ended his administration with a smaller footprint than they maintained just before Trump took office .
• Return to In-Person Work
• Details : Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall , as soon as practicable , take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis . o Exemptions : The department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary .
• Analysis : To justify the order , the White House states that “ only 6 % of employees currently work in person .”
• Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
• Details : o The order requires that the Attorney General ( AG ) prepare a report on weaponization activities undertaken by federal civil and criminal enforcement agencies , including the Department of Justice ( DOJ ), Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ), and Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ). The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI ) is required to prepare a similar report on the federal intelligence community . Both the AG and the DNI are instructed to issue recommendations for addressing federal weaponization .
• The “ intelligence community ” includes but is not limited to the Office of DNI , Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ), National Security Agency ( NSA ), and intelligence elements of the military .
• Analysis : o The order accuses the Biden administration of “ weaponizing the legal force of numerous Federal law enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community against those perceived political opponents .”
• Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
• Details : The order directs the Attorney General to investigate the activities of the Biden administration , identify any censorship activities , and issue recommendations .
• Restoring Schedule F in the Federal Workforce
• Details : The order immediately reinstates EO 13957 , which created Schedule F in the excepted service . The new order makes several amendments to the original Schedule F EO , including : o Referring to Schedule F employees as “ policy / career ” employees bracewell . com 13