EO 14239: Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
Signed: March 18, 2025 | Published: March 21, 2025
Aims to enhance national resilience against threats like cyberattacks, natural disasters, and space weather by empowering state and local governments. It builds on prior orders (e.g., EO 12656, EO 14017) to streamline federal operations, reduce costs, and prioritize risk-informed infrastructure. Key actions include developing a National Resilience Strategy within 90 days and reviewing infrastructure within 180 days.
EO 14238: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
Signed: March 14, 2025 | Published: March 20, 2025
Continues efforts to shrink federal government size and spending. It aligns with a broader policy of reducing bureaucratic overhead.
EO 14237: Addressing Risks From Paul Weiss
Signed: March 14, 2025 | Published: March 20, 2025
Suspends security clearances held by individuals at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest.
EO 14236: Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
Signed: March 14, 2025 | Published: March 20, 2025
Revokes multiple Biden-era actions (e.g., EO 13994 on COVID-19 data, EO 14026 on minimum wage for federal contractors) deemed “harmful” by the current administration. It’s part of a broader rollback of previous policies, following EO 14148, to “restore common sense” to government operations.
