The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.

Donald Trump will begin his second term in the White House after taking the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

The president’s “Day One” orders targeted immigrants, transgender Americans, climate progress, and the Constitution