The order directs federal agencies to implement new policies and procedures for hiring. No vacant federal civilian positions may be filled or created except as provided for in the order or required by law. All hiring must comply with the Merit Hiring Plan issued previously and each agency must establish a Strategic Hiring Committee to approve hires. The order also requires agencies to prepare an Annual Staffing Plan, outlining new career appointments for the upcoming fiscal year. Exceptions to the order include positions in the Executive Office, non-career positions requiring Presidential appointment or Senate confirmation, military personnel of the Armed Forces, and positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety.

The order directs federal agencies to make several nominations and appointments. Daniel Bonham is to be Assistant Secretary of Labor, Mark Ditlevson as Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Paul Ferguson as United States Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia. William Hewes III is to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Benjamin Landa as Ambassador to Hungary, and Arvind Raman as Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology. Robert Rotter, Daniel Satterlee, and David St. Pierre are to be United States Marshals for their respective districts. Jennifer Wicks McNamara is to be Ambassador to Vietnam. The nomination of Mark Brnovich as Ambassador to Serbia has been withdrawn.

The order directs the Senate to consider the nominations of seven individuals for various U.S. Attorney and District Judge positions. Specifically, William Boyle, Erin Creegan, and Zachary Keller are nominated for U.S. Attorney roles in North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Louisiana respectively, each for a term of four years. David A. Bragdon, Lindsey Ann Freeman, Matthew E. Orso, and Susan Courtwright Rodriguez are nominated as U.S. District Judges for different districts in North Carolina. Rebecca L. Taibleson is nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.

The order directs federal agencies to nominate several individuals to various positions. Erwin Antoni is nominated as Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, for a term of four years. Laura DiBella and Robert Harvey are nominated as Federal Maritime Commissioners for terms expiring in 2028 and 2029 respectively. Steven Haines is nominated as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, George Holding as United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Sriprakash Kothari as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Ryan McCormack is nominated as Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Peter Metzger as Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury, and Brian David Miller as United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for

The order directs the Senate to consider the nomination of Edward Forst, from Florida, to the position of Administrator of General Services, following the resignation of Robin Carnahan.

The order notes several nominees to various roles. Thomas Albus is to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Timothy Dill and Maurice Todd to be Assistant Secretaries of Defense, Andrew Duva to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel Edwards to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Other appointments include Ho Nieh as a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Michael Payne as Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation at the Department of Defense, and Douglas Troutman as Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency. Thomas Ferguson III, Richard Price, and Darin Smith are to be U.S. Attorneys for different districts.

The order directs federal agencies to create a new Schedule G in the excepted service for noncareer positions of a policy-making or policy-advocating character. This is to address the gap in the current excepted service schedules, which do not have a category for these types of positions. Appointments to these positions, which are expected to change with Presidential transitions, will now be made under this new Schedule G. The Office of Personnel Management is tasked with implementing the necessary regulations for this order.

The nominations sent to the Senate include Jeffrey Anderson to represent the U.S. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, Julie Callahan as Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Jerome Francis Gorgon Jr. as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, among others. Notable nominations also include Paul Hollis as Director of the Mint, David LaCerte as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Dan Negrea as the U.S. Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

The order sends to the Senate the nominations of three individuals for judicial positions. Joshua D. Dunlap is nominated as United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, replacing retired William J. Kayatta, Jr. William W. Mercer is nominated as United States District Judge for the District of Montana, replacing Dana L. Christensen who is retiring. Eric Chunyee Tung is nominated as United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, replacing Sandra Segal Ikuta who is retiring.

The order directs federal agencies to halt the filling of vacant civilian positions and the creation of new ones through October 15, 2025, except as otherwise specified or required by law. This directive applies to all executive departments and agencies, with exceptions for military personnel, positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, public safety, and the Executive Office of the President. The hiring process should align with the Merit Hiring Plan issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on May 29, 2025. The OPM Director may grant exemptions where necessary, and agencies are prohibited from contracting outside the federal government to circumvent this policy.

The proclamation designates July 5, 2025, as the 160th Anniversary of the United States Secret Service. The document acknowledges the service's history and current role, noting that it protects the President, Vice President, their families, former presidents, major presidential candidates, and visiting foreign dignitaries. The proclamation also calls on all Americans to express gratitude and respect to the 8,000 employees of the United States Secret Service.

The memo notes the nomination of numerous individuals to various federal positions. These include Ademola Adewale-Sadik as United States Director of the African Development Bank for a five-year term, Lee Beaman and others to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for terms expiring in 2028, 2029, and 2030, and various appointees as United States Attorneys for terms of four years in multiple districts. New positions include James Caggy as an Assistant Secretary of Defense and Rosario Palmieri as an Assistant Secretary of Labor.

The memo notifies the Senate of new appointees and nominations. Notably, Riley Barnes is appointed as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Alan Boehme is appointed as an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and Karen Brazell is appointed as Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Additionally, several individuals are nominated for roles as U.S. District Judges for various districts, and others are appointed to various roles within the Department of State, Department of Defense, and other federal entities.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked mass layoffs and restructuring at two dozen agencies. The judge said the Trump administration's actions were illegal without authorization from Congress.

The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division has redirected efforts toward combating “woke” and investigating “anti-Christian bias.” In response, dozens of attorneys have left the department.

The order directs federal agencies to enhance the use of probationary and trial periods for new hires. Agencies must affirmatively determine that the continued employment of individuals serving these periods would benefit the Federal service before finalizing their appointments. The directive also issues a new Civil Service Rule XI, replacing subpart H of part 315 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, and repeals Civil Service Rule 2.4. This change aims to prevent probationary employees from becoming tenured Federal employees without agency approval.

Eight more immigration judges have been fired, joining scores of other judges, aides, and staff let go previously. According to the report:

“The Executive Office for Immigration Review, or EOIR, which runs the immigration court system, fired at least two dozen more immigration judges and supervising judges in February, including five from California courts, according to the judge’s union. The administration also eliminated five leadership positions at the EOIR and removed nine Board of Immigration Appeals judges appointed under Biden. An additional 85 professional court staff — including 19 judges, interpreters, legal assistants, and IT specialists — took buyouts after receiving a ‘Fork in the Road’ email offering federal workers ‘deferred resignations.’”

The order directs Federal agencies to extend the hiring freeze on Federal civilian employees within the executive branch through July 15, 2025. No vacant positions may be filled nor new ones created, unless otherwise provided for in the memorandum or required by law. This freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies, except for positions related to military personnel, immigration enforcement, national security, public safety, the Executive Office of the President, and those exempted by the Office of Personnel Management. Agencies are prohibited from contracting outside the Federal Government to circumvent the freeze and are instructed to seek efficient use of existing personnel and funds. This order does not restrict the nomination and appointment of officials to positions requiring Presidential appointment or Senate confirmation, among other exceptions.

About 50,000 federal employees, and possibly many more, will lose civil service protections as the Trump II administration moves ahead with plans to re-classify them to a status that places workers in an "at-will" employment status.

The FDA is planning to hire contractors to cover tasks formerly carried out by laid off staff. In early April the agency let go about 60 employees who coordinated travel and logistics for inspectors and others. The agency is now seeking contractors to fill those roles.

The order directs Federal agencies to suspend any active security clearances held by Miles Taylor and individuals at entities associated with him, pending a review of whether such clearances are in the national interest. This directive involves the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and all other relevant executive department and agency heads. The Secretary of Homeland Security is also directed to review Taylor's activities as a government employee, identify any instances of unauthorized dissemination of classified information, and prepare a report with recommendations for appropriate remedial or preventative actions. [Editor: Miles Taylor is a former Trump I administration official (DHS) who criticized the president's handling of classified documents and other conduct.]

The order directs Federal agencies to receive nominations for various positions. The Department of the Army is to consider Marc Andersen, William Gillis, and Jules Hurst III for the role of Assistant Secretary. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Labor are to consider Gregory Autry and David Brian Castillo respectively for the position of Chief Financial Officer. Donald Bergin III is nominated for Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), Marc Berkowitz for Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Jonathan Berry for Solicitor for the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor is also to consider Anthony D’Esposito for Inspector General and Andrew Rogers for Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. The Navy is to consider Benjamin Kohl

Department to lose about a quarter of its staff. More details: Thousands at CDC, FDA Laid Off.

The order directs Federal agencies and agency subdivisions, including the Departments of State, Defense, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Agency for International Development, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the National Science Foundation, the United States International Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the General Services Administration, and others, to exclude themselves from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs. This exclusion is based on the determination that these agencies and subdivisions primarily function in intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work, and that the application of certain sections of the United States Code to these entities is inconsistent with national security requirements and considerations. Specific exclusions are

The order directs Federal agencies to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at WilmerHale, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with national interest. The Office of Management and Budget is instructed to identify all government goods and services provided for WilmerHale's benefit, and agency heads are to cease provision of such materials or services where legally permissible. The order also requires government contracting agencies to demand disclosure of any business contractors do with WilmerHale, and agency heads are to review all contracts with WilmerHale or entities that disclose doing business with them, with steps to be taken to terminate any such contracts where legally allowed.

The order directs Federal agencies to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Jenner & Block LLP (Jenner), pending a review of whether such clearances align with national interest. The Office of Management and Budget is directed to identify all Government goods, property, material, and services provided for Jenner's benefit, with relevant agency heads ordered to cease such provision where legally permitted. Agencies are also instructed to require Government contractors to disclose any business they do with Jenner and to review all contracts with Jenner or entities doing business with Jenner. If permitted by law, agencies are to take steps to terminate any contracts for which Jenner has been hired to perform any service.

Directs federal agencies to suspend security clearances of law firm Jenner & Block employees, cease providing government resources to the firm, and review federal contracts involving Jenner & Block or entities associated with it.

Directs agencies to phase out paper checks for federal payments by September 30, 2025, citing cost savings and fraud reduction.

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy. Directs several federal entities to eliminate all non-statutory components and reduce their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum required by law. Agency heads must report compliance within seven days, detailing which functions are legally required. Additionally, the Office of Management and Budget is instructed to reject funding requests inconsistent with this directive. Among those targeted is the US Agency for Global Media, which manages Voice of America.

Cuts and layoffs everywhere; highlighting this because of its size and what it portends (eliminating the department).