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I wish this was accurate for science funding but it's not: bsky.app/profile/josh...
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Here's the executive order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Among other entities Trump says he's ending are the United States African Development Foundation, Credit Union Advisory Council, Community Bank Advisory Council, and the HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Long COVID.
Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal Bureaucracy. (a) The non-statutory components and functions of the following governmental entities shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and such entities shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law: (i) the Presidio Trust; (ii) the Inter-American Foundation; (iii) the United States African Development Foundation; and (iv) the United States Institute of Peace. (b) Within 14 days of the date of this order, the head of each unnecessary governmental entity listed in subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Director) confirming compliance with this order and stating whether the governmental entity, or any components or functions thereof, are statutorily required and to what extent. (f) Within 14 days of the date of this order, the following heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall take the following actions with respect to the following Federal Advisory Committees within their respective agencies: (i) the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall terminate the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; (ii) the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall terminate the Academic Research Council and the Credit Union Advisory Council; iii) the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall terminate the Community Bank Advisory Council; (iv) the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall terminate the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Long COVID; and (v) the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall terminate the Health Equity Advisory Committee.
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM