Government Operations & Efficiency

Government Operations, Efficiency & Federal Workforce encompasses policies designed to streamline federal operations and improve the efficiency of government services. Asterisked executive orders are currently or have been challenged in court. Our legal challenge tracker provides daily updates on their respective statuses

• Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific: Restores access to large areas of previously restricted Pacific marine national monuments for U.S. commercial fishing. (6/11)
• Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service: Implements the "Schedule Policy/Career" classification by transferring certain senior policy‑influencing federal positions into the excepted service, reducing civil service protections to enable easier removal for poor performance or misconduct and thereby increasing executive branch accountability and responsiveness to presidential policy priorities. (6/3)
• Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States: Modifies Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper by expanding reduced-duty coverage for certain equipment, adding new derivative products, and lowering the U.S.-content threshold from 95% to 85%. (6/1)
• Realigning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries: Directs federal agencies to align the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with evidence based practices used in peer developed countries while preserving vaccine access, parental authority, and legal protections. (5/29)
• Approving Critical Position Pay Authority for National Security Investment Workforce: Authorizes agencies to offer elevated "critical position pay" (up to $400,000) for up to 400 roles to recruit and retain highly skilled professionals supporting national security–related investment programs. (5/29)
• Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands: Rescinds prior off-road vehicle restrictions on federal lands to replace vague regulatory criteria with a statutory-based framework aimed at expanding access. (5/29)
• To Implement Certain Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and for Other Purposes: Implements trade-related provisions of the 2026 appropriations law by extending key duty-free programs, updating tariff schedules, and adjusting country eligibility designations through the end of 2026. (5/19)
• Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System: Directs federal agencies to strengthen financial system safeguards by enhancing customer due diligence, combating illicit financial activity, and addressing fraud and credit risks. (5/19)
• Integrating Financial Technology Innovation into Regulatory Frameworks: Directs federal regulators to modernize and streamline financial regulations to reduce barriers, support fintech innovation, and expand access to financial systems. (5/19)
• Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy: Blocks ownership and interests in property, restricts transactions and travel, and authorizes financial sanctions against individuals and entities linked to the Cuban government, human rights abuses, corruption, or sectors of the Cuban economy deemed threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy. (5/1)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Bridger Pipeline Expansion LLC to Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary at Philips County, Montana, Between the United States and Canada: Grants Bridger Pipeline Expansion LLC permission, subject to federal oversight and conditions, to construct, operate, and maintain a cross-border pipeline in Montana for transporting crude oil and petroleum products between the United States and Canada. (4/30)
• Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Grid Infrastructure, Equipment, and Supply Chain Capacity: President determined that expanding U.S. electric grid infrastructure, equipment manufacturing, and related supply chains is essential to national defense and, under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act, authorized expedited federal financial and procurement actions while waiving certain statutory requirements. (4/20)
• Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Development, Manufacturing, and Deployment of Large-Scale Energy and Energy Related Infrastructure: The President determined that expanding the domestic development, manufacturing, and deployment of large scale energy and energy related infrastructure is essential to national defense and, under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act, authorized expedited federal financial and procurement actions while waiving certain statutory requirements during the declared national energy emergency. (4/20)
• Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Natural Gas Transmission, Processing, Storage, and Liquefied Natural Gas Capacity: President determined that expanding U.S. natural gas and liquefied natural gas transmission, processing, storage, and export capacity is essential to national defense and allied energy security and, under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act, authorized expedited federal financial and procurement actions while waiving certain statutory requirements. (4/20)
• Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Coal Supply Chains and Baseload Power Generation Capacity: President determined that strengthening U.S. coal supply chains and coal fired baseload power generation is essential to national defense and, under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act, authorized expedited federal financial and procurement actions while waiving certain statutory requirements to address energy reliability shortfalls during the declared national energy emergency. (4/20)
• Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity: President determined that expanding domestic petroleum production, refining, and logistics capacity is essential to U.S. national defense and, under the Defense Production Act, authorized federal financial and procurement actions while waiving certain statutory requirements to quickly address energy supply vulnerabilities during the declared national emergency. (4/20)
• Presidential Determination Concerning the Air Force's Jet Fighter Training Operations in Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada: The U.S. Air Force's jet fighter training operations in Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada are exempt for one year (April 20, 2026–April 20, 2027) from federal, state, interstate, and local water pollution control requirements under the Clean Water Act. (4/20)
• Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness: Directs federal agencies to accelerate research, approval, funding, and patient access for psychedelic-based treatments—especially for veterans and others with treatment resistant serious mental illness—by prioritizing FDA review, enabling Right to Try access, funding state partnerships, expanding data sharing, and expediting drug rescheduling where clinically justified. (4/18)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Three Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain three existing cross border oil pipeline facilities at the U.S.–Canada border in Pembina County, North Dakota, superseding the prior 1991 permit. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C., an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border in Neche, Pembina County, North Dakota, superseding the prior 2008 permit. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border near Neche in Pembina County, North Dakota, superseding the prior 2017 permit. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border in Pembina County, North Dakota (near Neche), superseding the prior 1998 permit and subject to applicable laws and conditions. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border in St. Clair County, Michigan, superseding the prior 1991 permit and subject to applicable laws and conditions. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, an indirect subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border in St. Clair County, Michigan, superseding the prior 1991 permit and subject to applicable laws and conditions. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border in St. Clair County, Michigan, superseding the prior 1953 permit and subject to applicable laws and conditions. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Bakken Pipeline Company LP to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Burke County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary of the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Bakken Pipeline Company LP, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain an existing cross border oil pipeline at the U.S.–Canada border in North Dakota, superseding the prior 1996 permit and subject to applicable laws and conditions. (4/15)
• Presidential Permit: Authorizing Bakken Pipeline Company LP to Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at Burke County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada: Grants a Presidential permit authorizing Bakken Pipeline Company LP, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., to construct, connect, operate, and maintain cross border pipeline facilities at the U.S.–Canada border in North Dakota for transporting crude oil and petroleum products (4/15)
• Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2027 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended: Orders across-the-board reductions to non-exempt direct spending budgetary resources for fiscal year 2027. (4/8)
• Liberating the Department of Homeland Security from the Democrat-Caused Shutdown: Declares the lapse in Department of Homeland Security funding an emergency compromising national security and orders to use legally available funds to pay DHS employees missed during the shutdown. (4/3)
• Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States: Strengthens Section 232 trade measures by applying higher, full‑value tariffs—generally 50 percent or 25 percent—on imported aluminum, steel, copper, and their derivatives. (4/2)
• Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients into the United States: Concludes that imports of patented pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients pose a national security risk and responds by imposing steep Section 232 tariffs—up to 100 percent. (4/2)
• Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections: Directs federal agencies to strengthen citizenship verification for federal voting, create and share state-specific citizenship lists, impose stricter controls and tracking requirements for mail‑in ballots, and prioritize investigation and prosecution of election-related fraud to reinforce confidence in federal election integrity. (3/31)
• Paying Our Great Transportation Security Administration Officers and Employees: Declares the DHS shutdown a national security emergency and directs the Department of Homeland Security, with OMB, to use legally available funds to continue paying TSA employees. (3/27)
• Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors: Directs federal agencies to prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from engaging in racially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, including disparate treatment or Program Participation (to include membership or participation in or access to training, mentoring, or leadership development programs and the like). (3/26)
• Further Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council: Continues the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council until either 10 days after its required report is submitted or May 29, 2026, whichever comes first. (3/24)
• Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud: Establishes a White House–led interagency task force to strengthen oversight, eligibility verification, data sharing, and enforcement to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. (3/16)
• Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act: Amends prior delegations under the Defense Production Act to allow both the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy to independently exercise certain authorities and when to seek presidential approval. (3/13)
• Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit: Directs federal financial regulators to reduce regulatory burdens and modernize rules affecting mortgage origination, servicing, capital, appraisals, and digital processes. (3/13)
• Promoting Fiscal Responsibility in Compensation Practices at the Tennessee Valley Authority: Directs the Tennessee Valley Authority to promote fiscal responsibility by aligning executive pay with public-sector standards, recommending a $500,000 cap on total annual compensation for all employees. (3/11)
• Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity: Declares the U.S. commitment to dismantle criminal cartels and foreign terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere by coordinating with allies, cutting off their territory and financing, and training partner militaries using all lawful resources. (3/7)
• Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens: Establishes U.S. policy to protect Americans by coordinating law enforcement, diplomacy, international pressure, and victim support to prevent, disrupt, and dismantle foreign criminal networks engaged in cyber-enabled fraud and related predatory activities. (3/6)
• Ratepayer Protection Pledge Proclamation: Establishes a national policy requiring U.S. hyperscalers and AI companies to fully fund the electricity generation and infrastructure needed for data centers so that rising AI-related power demand does not increase household electricity costs, while strengthening domestic innovation, grid reliability, and community investment. (3/4)
• Ending Certain Tariff Actions: Terminates and directs agencies to stop collecting certain additional tariffs imposed under prior national-emergency authorities. (2/20)
• Continuing the Suspension of Duty-Free de minimis Treatment for All Countries: Continues the suspension of the duty‑free de minimis exemption for imports from all countries. (2/20)
• Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge to Address Fundamental International Payments Problems: Imposes a temporary 10% ad valorem import surcharge for up to 150 days beginning February 24, 2026. (2/20)
• Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides: Declares elemental phosphorus and glyphosate‑based herbicides critical to U.S. national defense and food security and uses Defense Production Act authorities to prioritize and protect their domestic production by delegating allocation and contracting powers to the Secretary of Agriculture. (2/18)

• Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic: Revokes the ban on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. (2/6)
  
• Addressing Addiction through the Great American Recovery Initiative: Establishes the Great American Recovery Initiative to coordinate a government-wide, evidence-based response to addiction by expanding treatment access. (1/29)
  
• Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council: Continues the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council until March 25, 2026, and assigns responsibility for its Federal Advisory Committee Act functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security, effective January 24, 2026. (1/23)
  
• Establishing a Second Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations: Ordered the establishment of a second emergency board to investigate and report on unresolved labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and several unions. (1/14)
  
• Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People: Declares a national emergency and prohibits any judicial process against Venezuelan government oil funds held in U.S. Treasury accounts. (1/9)
  
• Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States: Directs all U.S. executive departments and agencies to immediately withdraw from and end support for a long list of international organizations, conventions, and treaties. (1/7)

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Last updated 6/12/2026