Project 2025 wanted to hobble the federal workforce. DOGE has hastily done that, and more

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Government Executive, Rebecca Kern, April 9, 2025

Project 2025, a comprehensive policy blueprint backed by influential conservative think tanks, laid out an ambitious plan for the Trump administration to tackle inefficiencies across the federal government. 

Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump and his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency have set forth executing that plan in the most chaotic way possible – eliminating entire agencies, firing tens of thousands of workers, and testing the legal system and reach of the executive branch.

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