By The White House | Created at 2025-03-15 03:15:09 | Updated at 2025-03-17 07:10:27
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ELIMINATING WASTE AND REDUCING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order continuing the reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.
- This Executive Order eliminates non-statutory functions and reduces statutory functions of unnecessary governmental entities to what is required by law.
- Affected entities include the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, United States Agency for Global Media, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Institute of Museum and Library Services, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Minority Business Development Agency, and Arctic Research Commission.
- This action builds on an Executive Order President Trump previously signed to reduce unnecessary governmental entities and Federal advisory committees.
REDUCING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH: With this Executive Order, President Trump is further decreasing the size of the Federal Government to enhance accountability, reduce waste, and promote innovation.
- The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already identified billions in waste, fraud, and abuse.
- Cutting these governmental entities will save taxpayer dollars, reduce unnecessary government spending, and streamline government priorities.
- By reducing the Federal footprint, President Trump is returning power to local communities and state governments.
REFORMING THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY: The American people elected President Trump to drain the swamp and end ineffective government programs that empower government without achieving measurable results.
- The government wastes billions of dollars each year on duplicative programs and frivolous expenditures that fail to align with American values or address the needs of the American people.
- President Trump eliminated the Federal Executive Institute, a government program purportedly designed to provide bureaucratic leadership training.
- President Trump established the “Department of Government Efficiency” to examine how to streamline the Federal Government, eliminate unnecessary programs, and reduce bureaucratic inefficiency.
- President Trump launched a 10-to-1 deregulation initiative, ensuring every new rule is justified by clear benefits.
Through these actions, President Trump is keeping his promise to restore
