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Create department to streamline agencies and enforce alignment
Pages: pp. 15, 44–47, 93
Chapters: Executive Office of the President, OMB, Agency Reform Sections
Quotes: “A new management structure must be created to direct and execute strategic policy implementation across the Executive Branch.”
Project 2025 does not name a "Department of Government Efficiency" directly, but repeatedly emphasizes the need for centralized management infrastructure and cross-agency enforcers reporting directly to the White House. The idea of a pseudo-department is extracted from the repeated recommendation to consolidate implementation enforcement under a unified command.
We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: Project 2025 does not name a "Department of Government Efficiency" directly, but repeatedly emph'sizes the need for centralized management infr'structure and cross-agency enforcers reporting directly to the White House. The idea of a pseudo-department is extracted from the repeated recommendation to consolidate implementation enforcement under a unified command.
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: On March 12, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order establishing the Office of Executive Branch Coordination within the White House. The office is tasked with overseeing agency compliance with presidential directives and enhancing interagency enforcement mechanisms. This aligns with Project 2025's objective of creating centralized enforcement structures similar to a Department of Government Efficiency.
Reduce workforce deemed misaligned with administration goals
Pages: pp. 17–19, 43–44
Chapters: OPM, Personnel Strategy Chapter
Quotes: “Agency heads should eliminate positions and staff not aligned with mission execution.”
Project 2025 advocates removing tens of thousands of federal workers seen as barriers to the administration’s agenda. The language focuses on “streamlining” and “alignment,” but the underlying strategy is mass dismissal under Schedule F.
We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: Project 2025 advocates removing tens of thousands of federal workers seen 's barriers to the administration's agenda. The language focuses on "streamlining" and aalignment,a but the underlying strategy is m'ss dismissal under Schedule F.
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: On March 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order reinstating and expanding Schedule F, a classification that allows easier dismissal of federal employees in policy-related roles. The order directs agencies to begin reclassifying positions, signaling movement toward widespread personnel changes aligned with Project 2025’s call for mass federal layoffs.
Remove internal watchdogs to reduce oversight
Pages: pp. 17–18, 44, 58
Chapters: DOJ, OPM, Oversight Reform Sections
Quotes: “Inspectors General must be held accountable and aligned with agency mission objectives.”
While Project 2025 avoids directly calling for firings, it lays out conditions and structures that remove independence from agency watchdogs. The implication is that existing IGs will be replaced with loyalists who support executive branch goals.
We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: While Project 2025 avoids directly calling for firings, it lays out conditions and structures that remove independence from agency watchdogs. The implication is that existing IGs will be replaced with loyalists who support executive branch goals.
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: In March 2025, the Trump administration removed several Inspectors General, including those overseeing the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education. While no official justification was provided, sources within the administration indicated the moves were intended to ensure alignment with executive policy goals, signaling a shift away from IG independence and advancing the objective outlined in Project 2025.
Increase control over independent agencies
Pages: pp. 19, 46–47, 67
Chapters: Executive Office, OMB, Departmental Oversight Strategy
Quotes: “The President must assert control over independent agencies to ensure alignment with administration policy.”
Project 2025 repeatedly states that so-called “independent” agencies should not be allowed to obstruct presidential priorities. It proposes placing these bodies under more direct supervision by the Executive Office.
We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: Project 2025 repeatedly states that so-called "independent" agencies should not be allowed to obstruct presidential priorities. It proposes placing these bodies under more direct supervision by the Executive Office.
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: On March 18, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order to increase Executive Office supervision of independent agencies by requiring them to coordinate significant regulatory actions with the White House. The directive reduces their operational independence and aligns with Project 2025's goal of expanding White House oversight.