Despite their intended independence and importance for government accountability and efficiency, inspectors general have come under fire during the second Trump administration. Learn more here: ourpublicservice.org/blog/preside...

As the administration’s reductions in government services, programs and the civil service continue to impact how agency services, these cuts will influence how Americans relate to their government and levels of trust. Explore the public opinion data here.

The 2025 data show that trust in the government remains low, with only 33% of Americans sharing that they trust the government.

While this number is still low and confirms a continued crisis, it is an increase from 2024, when only 23% of Americans trusted the government.

We built the Federal Harms Tracker to help the public better understand the scale, impact and risk that the Trump administration's nonstrategic and careless cuts have on Americans now and for years to come. Explore agency reductions and read the impact stories here. bit.ly/CostToYourGov

While the impact of government management decisions can often be abstract or hard to trace, the erosion of government capacity has a measurable effect on the public. Our tracker makes outcomes of these decisions visible by measuring and mapping cuts to federal personnel, funding and infrastructure.

As of July 21, 2025, our data indicates that over 148,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce, with the largest reductions in February, March and June.