[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 40 (Monday, March 3, 2025)]
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Vol. 90
Monday,
No. 40
March 3, 2025
Part II
The President
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Executive Order 14222--Implementing the President's ``Department of
Government Efficiency'' Cost Efficiency Initiative
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14222 of February 26, 2025
Implementing the President's ``Department of
Government Efficiency'' Cost Efficiency Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. This order commences a
transformation in Federal spending on contracts,
grants, and loans to ensure Government spending is
transparent and Government employees are accountable to
the American public.
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
the United States DOGE Service, as defined in Executive
Order 14158 of January 20, 2025 (Establishing and
Implementing the President's ``Department of Government
Efficiency'').
(b) ``Agency'' has the meaning given to that term
in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code, except
that such term does not include the Executive Office of
the President or any components thereof.
(c) ``Agency Head'' means the highest-ranking
official of an agency, such as the Secretary,
Administrator, Chairman, or Director. Agency Heads may
select designees within their agencies to carry out the
responsibilities specified in this order.
(d) ``Covered contracts and grants'' means
discretionary spending through Federal contracts,
grants, loans, and related instruments, but excludes
direct assistance to individuals; expenditures related
to immigration enforcement, law enforcement, the
military, public safety, and the intelligence
community; and other critical, acute, or emergency
spending, as determined by the relevant Agency Head.
Notification shall be made to the agency's DOGE Team
Lead.
(e) ``DOGE Team Lead'' means the leader of the DOGE
Team at each agency, as defined in Executive Order
14158.
Sec. 3. Cutting Costs to Save Taxpayers Money. (a)
Contract and Grant Justification. Each Agency Head
shall, with assistance as requested from the agency's
DOGE Team Lead, build a centralized technological
system within the agency to seamlessly record every
payment issued by the agency pursuant to each of the
agency's covered contracts and grants, along with a
brief, written justification for each payment submitted
by the agency employee who approved the payment. This
system shall include a mechanism for the Agency Head to
pause and rapidly review any payment for which the
approving employee has not submitted a brief, written
justification within the technological system.
(i) Once the system described in subsection (a) of this section is in
place, the Agency Head shall issue guidance, in consultation with the
agency's DOGE Team Lead, to require that the relevant agency employee
promptly submit a brief, written justification prior to that employee's
approval of a payment under covered contracts and grants, subject to any
exceptions the Agency Head deems appropriate.
(ii) To the maximum extent permitted by law, and to the maximum extent
deemed practicable by the Agency Head, the payment justifications described
in subsection (a)(i) of this section shall be posted publicly.
(b) Review of Covered Contracts and Grants. Each
Agency Head, in consultation with the agency's DOGE
Team Lead, shall review all existing
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covered contracts and grants and, where appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, terminate or modify
(including through renegotiation) such covered
contracts and grants to reduce overall Federal spending
or reallocate spending to promote efficiency and
advance the policies of my Administration. This process
shall commence immediately and shall prioritize the
review of funds disbursed under covered contracts and
grants to educational institutions and foreign entities
for waste, fraud, and abuse. Each Agency Head shall
complete this review within 30 days of the date of this
order.
(c) Contract and Grant Process Review. Each Agency
Head, in consultation with the agency's DOGE Team Lead,
shall conduct a comprehensive review of each agency's
contracting policies, procedures, and personnel. Each
Agency Head shall complete this process within 30 days
of the date of this order and shall not issue or
approve new contracting officer warrants during the
review period, unless the Agency Head determines such
approval is necessary.
(d) Covered Contract and Grant Approval.
(i) Following the review specified in subsection (c) of this section, and
prior to entering into new contracts, each Agency Head shall, in
consultation with the agency's DOGE Team Lead, issue guidance on signing
new contracts or modifying existing contracts to promote Government
efficiency and the policies of my Administration. The Agency Head may
approve new contracts prior to the issuance of such guidance on a case-by-
case basis.
(ii) Each DOGE Team Lead shall provide the Administrator with a monthly
informational report on contracting activities. As soon as an agency's
contract and grant justification process described in subsection (a) of
this section is established, this report shall include all payment
justifications provided pursuant to that process, to the extent consistent
with law.
(e) Non-Essential Travel Justification. Each Agency
Head shall, with assistance from the agency's DOGE Team
Lead, build a technological system within each agency
that centrally records approval for federally funded
travel for conferences and other non-essential
purposes. Once an agency's system is in place, the
Agency Head shall prohibit agency employees from
engaging in federally funded travel for conferences or
other non-essential purposes unless the travel-
approving official has submitted a brief, written
justification for the federally funded travel within
such system. Each DOGE Team Lead shall, to the extent
consistent with law, provide the Administrator with a
monthly informational report listing each agency's
justifications for non-essential travel. Such
justifications shall be posted publicly unless
prohibited by law or unless the Agency Head grants an
exemption from this requirement.
(f) Credit Card Freeze. To the maximum extent
permitted by law, all credit cards held by agency
employees shall be treated as frozen for 30 days from
the date of this order, except for any credit cards
held by employees engaged in, or charges related to
employees utilizing such credit cards for, disaster
relief or natural disaster response benefits or
operations or other critical services as determined by
the Agency Head, and subject to such additional
individualized or categorical exceptions as the Agency
Head, in consultation with the agency's DOGE Team Lead,
deems appropriate.
(g) Real Property Disposition. Agencies shall take
the following actions:
(i) Real Property Report. Within 7 days of the date of this order, each
Agency Head shall confirm to the Administrator of General Services or his
designee that the Agency Head has submitted updates to the Federal Real
Property Profile Management System to ensure the system reflects a complete
and accurate inventory of real property subject to the agency's
administration.
(ii) Real Property Leases. Within 30 days of the date of this order, each
Agency Head shall promptly identify all termination rights the Agency Head
may have under existing leases of Government-owned real property
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and, in consultation with agency's DOGE Team Lead and the Administrator of
General Services or his designee, determine whether to exercise such
rights.
(iii) Real Property Disposition. Within 60 days of the date of this order,
the Administrator of General Services shall submit a plan to the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the disposition of
Government-owned real property which has been deemed by the agency as no
longer needed.
Sec. 4. General Exclusions. This order does not apply
to:
(a) Law enforcement officers, as defined in 5
U.S.C. 5541(3) and 5 CFR 550.103, or covered contracts
and grants directly related to the enforcement of
Federal criminal or immigration law;
(b) U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Department
of Homeland Security;
(c) the Uniformed Services, as defined in 20 CFR
404.1330;
(d) any other covered grant or contract, agency
component, or real property that the relevant Agency
Head exempts in writing from all or part of this order,
in consultation with the agency's DOGE Team Lead and
the Director of OMB; or
(e) classified information or classified
information systems.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 26, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-03527
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