The White House’s Office of Management and Budget sent this document to government agencies listing about 2,600 programs that were under review.
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and is the equivalent of the government's human resources departent.
The White House memo issued late Monday led to chaos and confusion as to what programs would be impacted by the freeze.
Learn more about the exemptions for certain government employees that do not have to follow the return-to-office mandate from Trump.
See agency by agency, the more than one million federal workers who could be affected.
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, AL-07, released the following statement after the Trump Administration rescinded its Office of Management and Budget memo freezing nearly all federal grants and loans:
The Beltway swamp hates it, but the president is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its huge deficit.
The acting budget director directed federal agencies to ensure that grants and programs are aligned with the Trump administration's priorities.
The Trump’s administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial order that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance, which had paralyzed many federal programs and caused a huge uproar on Capitol Hill.
Another former OMB official said prior administrations have used Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP) and Voluntary Early Retirement (VERA) to reduce the headcount of certain agencies. But those buyout offers are capped at $25,000.