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

• 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 4/6/2026