The order will continue to direct the Trump administration and ensure that all agencies coordinate with Elon Musk’s doge cost-cutting efforts.
President Donald Trump signed the executive order on February 26th, providing new cost-cutting directives to all federal agencies, coordinating with government efficiency (DOGE).
Trump has also ordered agents to work with agents members to “confirm and terminate all unwanted contracts.”
Wednesday’s order is the latest from the Trump administration to direct federal agencies to coordinate with Elon Musk’s Doge as teams work to cut government spending and reduce the size of the federal workforce.
According to the order, the Human Resources Administration will develop rules that ensure federal workers “hold the highest standards of conduct.”
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Following the expiration of the Trump administration’s January 20th freeze, all federal agencies will be allowed to hire one employee for every four people left or released, and have to start plans for massive cuts and decide which agents themselves are being eliminated or combined.
More specifically, direct all institutional directors to coordinate with the DOGE and the Office of Management and Budget, and consider all regulations within the jurisdiction to ensure they are consistent with law and presidential policies. They also ask for prioritization of “heavy costs” regulations.
Institutions are also directed to use discretion to limit enforcement measures beyond statutory authorities or beyond the constitutional authority of the federal government.
At the president’s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Musk said Doge should move quickly if he wants to succeed in cutting $1 trillion from federal debt by next year.
He said doge “Make mistakes… (and) isn’t perfect,” but his team points out that when problems arise, they can “fix them very quickly.” Musk cited Doge as one example of mistakenly reducing Ebola prevention during the guting of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
“In the case of USAID, one of the things we accidentally cancelled in a very short time was Ebola prevention,” he said. “So we quickly restored prevention.”
Musk didn’t say how many federal workers the administration is trying to cut, but said, “We want to keep everyone who does the essential and does the job well.”
