In another executive order designed to dismantle the federal government, President Donald Trump issued a directive Monday seeking to eliminate an organization founded in 1968 to train its managers.
“Built upon foundational public service values and competencies, our programs support federal leaders in understanding their role within the government’s constitutional framework,” reads the agency’s website on the federal Office of Personnel and Management. “By encouraging introspection through small group work, participants build learning communities, where everyone is both a teacher and learner.”
The Trump administration said the agency is to be eliminated in order to reduce the role that the federal bureaucracy plays in American government.
“Bureaucratic leadership over the past half-century has enlarged and entrenched Washington, D.C.’s managerial class, a bloated system far removed from the needs of American families,” reads the fact sheet for the order.
The United States of America purchased the 14 acre tract at 1301 Emmet Street in 1982 for just under $2 million. The property is now assessed at just over $19.5 million.
The FEI’s website is still up and gets added to a list I am tracking.
The order is an example of an executive branch that has determined that it and it alone will decide what happens and that the legislative and judicial branches are advisory. All manner of lawsuits are being filed to challenge this interpretation.
The order specifically mentions Trump’s pause on foreign aid “to ensure every dollar of U.S. foreign assistance supports American values.”
Last week, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols blocked an order placing thousands of employees with the United States Agency for International Development leave on immediate administrative leave. Here’s a link to the suit filed Friday by the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees.
“This reckless decision has thrown USAID’s Foreign Service professionals—and their families—into chaos,” AFSA President Tom Yazdgerdi said in a statement on February 7. “These non-partisan men and women have dedicated their careers to advancing America’s interests abroad, only to have their futures suddenly placed in jeopardy.”
There have been several media reports related to the Federal Executive Institute I’ll link here.
- White House moves to eliminate Federal Executive Institute, Anastasia Obis, Federal News Network, February 11, 2025
- Trump signs executive order to close Federal Executive Institute, Sarah Allen, CBS19 News, February 11, 2025
- Trump abolishes Federal Executive Institute, imperils dozens of Charlottesville jobs, Dmitry Martirosov, February 12, 2025
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