IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE
White House ^ | 2/11/25 | DJT (EO)
Posted on 02/11/2025 7:19:46 PM PST by hardspunned
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. To restore accountability to the American public, this order commences a critical transformation of the Federal bureaucracy. By eliminating waste, bloat, and insularity, my Administration will empower American families, workers, taxpayers, and our system of Government itself.
Sec. 2. Definitions. (a) “Agency” has the meaning given to it in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code, except that such term does not include the Executive Office of the President or any components thereof. (b) “Agency Head” means the highest-ranking official of an agency, such as the Secretary, Administrator, Chairman, or Director, unless otherwise specified in this order. (c) “DOGE Team Lead” means the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Team at each agency, as defined in Executive Order 14158 of January 20, 2025 (Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency”). (d) “Employee” has the meaning given to it by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes individuals who serve in the executive branch and who qualify as employees under that section for any purpose. (e) “Immigration enforcement” means the investigation, enforcement, or assisting in the investigation or enforcement of Federal immigration law, including with respect to Federal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry, or reentry to, or employment in, the United States, but does not include assisting individuals in applying for immigration benefits or efforts to prevent enforcement of immigration law or to prevent deportation or removal from the United States. (f) “Law enforcement” means: (i) engagement in or supervision of the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law; or (ii) the protection of Federal, State, local, or foreign government officials against threats to personal safety. (g) “Temporary employee” has the meaning given to it in 5 C.F.R. part 316. (h) “Reemployed annuitant” has the meaning given to it in 5 C.F.R. part 837.
Sec. 3. Reforming the Federal Workforce to Maximize Efficiency and Productivity. (a) Hiring Ratio. Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of January 20, 2025 (Hiring Freeze), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government’s workforce through efficiency improvements and attrition (Plan). The Plan shall require that each agency hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart, consistent with the plan and any applicable exemptions and details provided for in the Plan. This order does not affect the standing freeze on hiring as applied to the Internal Revenue Service. This ratio shall not apply to functions related to public safety, immigration enforcement, or law enforcement. Agency Heads shall also adhere to the Federal Hiring Plan that will be promulgated pursuant to Executive Order 14170 of January 20, 2025 (Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service). (b) Hiring Approval. Each Agency Head shall develop a data-driven plan, in consultation with its DOGE Team Lead, to ensure new career appointment hires are in highest-need areas. (i) This hiring plan shall include that new career appointment hiring decisions shall be made in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, consistent with applicable law. (ii) The agency shall not fill any vacancies for career appointments that the DOGE Team Lead assesses should not be filled, unless the Agency Head determines the positions should be filled. (iii) Each DOGE Team Lead shall provide the United States DOGE Service (USDS) Administrator with a monthly hiring report for the agency. (c) Reductions in Force. Agency Heads shall promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force (RIFs), consistent with applicable law, and to separate from Federal service temporary employees and reemployed annuitants working in areas that will likely be subject to the RIFs. All offices that perform functions not mandated by statute or other law shall be prioritized in the RIFs, including all agency diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; all agency initiatives, components, or operations that my Administration suspends or closes; and all components and employees performing functions not mandated by statute or other law who are not typically designated as essential during a lapse in appropriations as provided in the Agency Contingency Plans on the Office of Management and Budget website. This subsection shall not apply to functions related to public safety, immigration enforcement, or law enforcement. (d) Rulemaking. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shall initiate a rulemaking that proposes to revise 5 C.F.R. 731.202(b) to include additional suitability criteria, including: (i) failure to comply with generally applicable legal obligations, including timely filing of tax returns; (ii) failure to comply with any provision that would preclude regular Federal service, including citizenship requirements; (iii) refusal to certify compliance with any applicable nondisclosure obligations, consistent with 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(13), and failure to adhere to those compliance obligations in the course of Federal employment; and (iv) theft or misuse of Government resources and equipment, or negligent loss of material Government resources and equipment. (e) Developing Agency Reorganization Plans. Within 30 days of the date of this order, Agency Heads shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report that identifies any statutes that establish the agency, or subcomponents of the agency, as statutorily required entities. The report shall discuss whether the agency or any of its subcomponents should be eliminated or consolidated. (f) Within 240 days of the date of this order, the USDS Administrator shall submit a report to the President regarding implementation of this order, including a recommendation as to whether any of its provisions should be extended, modified, or terminated.
Sec. 4. Exclusions. (a) This order does not apply to military personnel. (b) Agency Heads may exempt from this order any position they deem necessary to meet national security, homeland security, or public safety responsibilities. (c) The Director of OPM may grant exemptions from this order where those exemptions are otherwise necessary and shall assist in promoting workforce reduction.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE, February 11, 2025.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doge; implementation; whitehouse
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Holy Cow! They’re using a meat axe on the Swampers!
1 posted on 02/11/2025 7:19:46 PM PST by hardspunned
To: hardspunned
The Plan shall require that each agency hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart,
2 posted on 02/11/2025 7:24:20 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
To: hardspunned
No kidding. You can only hire one employee for every FOUR leaving! That stops the growth of government fiefdoms dead in their tracks. And with the various buy-out squeezes, hopefully lots will be leaving.
I never dreamed that I’d see such normal and conventional business practices applied to FedZilla. Hallelujah!!
3 posted on 02/11/2025 7:30:22 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
To: hardspunned
DOGE maybe honestly the greatest thing a President has done in generations.
4 posted on 02/11/2025 7:30:36 PM PST by Lod881019
To: hardspunned
It's an emergency! They've nearly sunk our ship...Leaving the country close to dead on the floor in every direction.
The corrupt who hijacked the government have too long become an ever increasing greedy, punitive heavy burden on the people. And it only grows in size, scope and corruption. Those on fixed incomes and middle class have been beaten like a drum by these criminals, while the "Public Servants" send their money into the black hole of foreign countries where they in turn get their kick backs, influence and favors.
They need to pay.
5 posted on 02/11/2025 7:32:18 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: hardspunned
Weeeeee DOGE !
6 posted on 02/11/2025 7:34:37 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: hardspunned
Uh oh...nowhere is the word "contractor" to be found in the order. The bastards will try to ramp up hiring of independent contractors. I'm sure President Trump and Musk are onto that game, but they don't spell out how they are going to curtail that.
From the EO...
Reductions in Force. Agency Heads shall promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force (RIFs), consistent with applicable law, and to separate from Federal service temporary employees and reemployed annuitants working in areas that will likely be subject to the RIFs. All offices that perform functions not mandated by statute or other law shall be prioritized in the RIFs, including all agency diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives;
Wow! That is outstanding.
7 posted on 02/11/2025 7:35:06 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
8 posted on 02/11/2025 7:35:28 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: hardspunned
Well at $36+ trillion in debt we can address the fiscal time bomb the easy way (like this) or the hard way (like 1990 in the Soviet Union).
9 posted on 02/11/2025 7:35:32 PM PST by packagingguy
To: ProtectOurFreedom
All offices that perform functions not mandated by statute or other law shall be prioritized in the RIFs, including all agency diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; all agency initiatives, components, or operations that my Administration suspends or closes;
Hiring Approval. Each Agency Head shall develop a data-driven plan, in consultation with its DOGE Team Lead, to ensure new career appointment hires are in highest-need areas. (i) This hiring plan shall include that new career appointment hiring decisions shall be made in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, consistent with applicable law. (ii) The agency shall not fill any vacancies for career appointments that the DOGE Team Lead assesses should not be filled, unless the Agency Head determines the positions should be filled. (iii) Each DOGE Team Lead shall provide the United States DOGE Service (USDS) Administrator with a monthly hiring report for the agency.
10 posted on 02/11/2025 7:35:52 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
To: hardspunned
BTTT
11 posted on 02/11/2025 7:36:03 PM PST by nopardons
To: hardspunned
Unfortunately, that is all about hiring government EMPLOYEES. It doesn’t discuss contractors.
12 posted on 02/11/2025 7:36:51 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t have to get specific permission to contract from the head of the Dept or Agency.
13 posted on 02/11/2025 7:44:20 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
To: RetiredTexasVet
“get specific permission to contract from the head of the Dept or Agency.”
I’d sure hope so, but look at all the shenanigans that DOGE has uncovered. Money to house illegals in hotels; Treasury disbursements with no purpose noted; Social Security being paid to people 125 years old; lots Social Security payments going to people without SS numbers.
If those Department heads are pulling that crap, they cannot be trusted to NOT hire contractors.
14 posted on 02/11/2025 7:54:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
To: hardspunned
Trump has a loyal wingman this time. Makes all the difference.
15 posted on 02/11/2025 7:54:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
To: hinckley buzzard
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Maybe you brightboys missed the part where it said the DOGE staff are cancelling contracts wholesale throughout the bureaucracy. Don’t need an EO to do that.
17 posted on 02/11/2025 7:57:22 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
DOGE will easily be able to track any new contracts or payments to contractors—so great way to find new managers and employees to fire.
Lol.
18 posted on 02/11/2025 8:01:19 PM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: hinckley buzzard
Correct—DOGE is slashing spending left and right.
The leftist courts will not be able to keep up....
19 posted on 02/11/2025 8:02:45 PM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: hinckley buzzard
“missed the part where it said the DOGE staff are cancelling contracts wholesale throughout the bureaucracy.”
It’s not in the EO. Which is what I was pointing out. If you want to be helpful and not just snarky, please point us to a citation for what you claim. I hope it’s true and it is blindingly obvious, but a solid citation would be good.
20 posted on 02/11/2025 8:20:28 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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