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Executive Orders & Related Resources
Department/Agency Directives & Memoranda
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) News
Lawsuits Related to Freeze on Payments for Grants/Contracts & Removal of Information from Government Websites
Institutional Communications on Federal Funding Updates
NIH 15% Cap on Indirect Cost Reimbursement - Information & Resources
COGR Communications & Resources
Transition Impact Survey Questions
2025 Administration Transition Impacts on Research - Tell Us Your Story (Ongoing)
COGR's Summary Tracker of Executive Orders (V.6, Released on February 27, 2025)
COGR Letters to Trump Administration on Reducing Red Tape Affecting Research (January 29, 2025)
COGR Quoted on NIH 15% Cap on Cost Reimbursements
COGR Quoted on HHS's Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act
Executive Orders & Related Resources
- Presidential Actions (White House)
- 2025 Donald J. Trump Executive Orders (Federal Register)
- Executive Order Overview & Tracker (Akin Gump)
- Recent Executive Actions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) (Congressional Research Service)
- Trump is signing a flurry of executive orders. Here's how those work (NPR)
- Executive Orders: An Introduction (Congressional Research Service)
Department/Agency Directives/Memoranda
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders
- OPM Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women
- Office of Management and Budget Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs
- OMB QA on M-25-13
- Instructions for Federal Financial Assistance Program Analysis in Support of M-25-13
- See Lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in D.C. 1/28/25
- Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit, Seeks Immediate Court Order to Block Sweeping OMB Directive Freezing up to $3 Trillion in Vital Federal Funding
- Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
- Judge blocks Trump’s spending freeze
- Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants
- White House budget office rescinds federal funding freeze
- OMB Memo M-25-14 Recission of M-25-13
- White House says Trump funding freeze remains in effect despite rescinding OMB memo
- Judge signals toward granting Dem challenge to OMB freeze after order rescinded
- A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze
- D.C. federal judge likely to extend ban on Trump OMB funding freeze
- Office of Management & Budget M-25-11 "Guidance Regarding Section 7 of the Executive Order Unleashing American Energy"
- Office of Management & Budget: Instructions for Federal Financial Assistance Program Analysis in Support of M-25-13
- Department of Energy (DOE) Agency-wide Review of Program and Administrative Activities
- Department of Defense (DoD): Class Deviation, Restoring Merit Based Opportunity in Federal Contracts
- DOE PF 2025-16 Rescission of DEI, CBP, and Justice40 Policy Flashes, Acquisition Letters, and Financial Assistance Letters
- DOE Memorandum for All DOE Funding Agreements or Awards: Cease All Activities Associated with DEO and CBP
- DOE Notice of Court Order New York et al. v. Trump
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Immediate Pause on Issuing Documents and Public Communications
- DHHS Acquisition Guidance on Acting Secretary Memo entitled, “Immediate Pause on Issuing Documents and Public Communications – ACTION” (January 21, 2025)
- DHHS Immediate Pause on Issuing Documents and Public Communications (January 21, 2025)
- NASA Initial Guidance Regarding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) Executive Orders
- NASA Amendment 109: Removing DEIA Requirements from ROSES-2024
- NASA Initial Guidance Regarding Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Executive Order
- NASA Guidance Regarding OMB Memorandum M-25-14 and Recent Temporary Restraining Orders
- NASA Implementation of Executive Orders
- Department of Labor: Immediate Implementation of Executive Orders “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”
- U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI
- USAID: Notice on Implementation of Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
- Department of Labor: Department of Labor to cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity under rescinded Executive Order 11246
- NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders & FAQs
- Contact NSF Regarding the Agency's Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
- General Services Administration: Acquisition Pause
- U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transporation: Ranking Member Ted Cruz. D.E.I. Division, Extremism, Ideology. How the Biden-Harris NSF Politicized Science.
- DOJ Fiscal Year 2025 Open Notices of Funding Opportunities
- CDC Guidance on Complying with Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government
- CDC Guidance on Complying with Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Action
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) News
- DOGE Official Government Website: https://doge.gov/
- Executive Order: ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S
- “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY”: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/
- Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Executive Order: Early Implementation (Congressional Research Service)
- Musk isn’t DOGE’s chief. Who is Amy Gleason? (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/amy-gleason-doge-administrator-musk/
- Trump’s Declaration Allows Musk’s Efficiency Team to Skirt Open Records Laws (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-foia-public-records.html
- Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/
- With a new home for DOGE in the White House, here's what you need to know (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5270893/doge-united-states-digital-service-elon-musk-usds-trump-white-house-eop-omb
- Musk Says DOGE Is Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/musk-says-doge-is-halting-treasury-payments-to-us-contractors/ar-AA1yibZc
- What DOGE actually is now (Politico): https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/01/23/what-doge-actually-is-now-00200306
- The most chaotic new committee in Congress (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/doge-mtg-crockett-casar-congress-stansbury
Lawsuits Related to the Freeze on Payments for Grants & Contracts & Removal of Information from Government Websites
Freeze on Payments:
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump
- Docket Number: 1:25-cv-00333
- District Ct., D. Maryland
- Filed Feb. 3, 2025
- See Feb. 3 2025, Complaint alleging freeze violates spending clause, is void for vagueness (e.g., does not define key terms such as DEI, DEIA), and violates First Amendment.
- See Feb. 21, 2025, Court Order and supporting Memorandum granting in part and denying in part plaintiff’s motion by granting a preliminary injunction that holds under Jan. 20, 2025, EO Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Program and Preferencing Sec. 2(b)(i) (“Termination Provision”), Jan. 21, 2025, EO Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Sec. 3(b)(iv) (“Certification Provision”) and Sec. 4(b)(iii) Enforcement provision, government cannot:
- a. pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate any awards, contracts or obligations (“Current Obligations”), or change the terms of any Current Obligation, on the basis of the Termination Provision;
- b. require any grantee or contractor to make any “certification” or other representation pursuant to the Certification Provision; or
- c. bring any False Claims Act enforcement action, or other enforcement action, pursuant to the Enforcement Threat Provision, including but not limited to any False Claims Act enforcement action premised on any certification made pursuant to the Certification Provision.
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget
- Docket Number: 1:25-cv-00239
- Dist. Ct., District of Columbia
- Filed Jan. 28, 2025
- See Jan. 28, 2025, Complaint alleging freeze violates APA and is contrary to the First Amendment.
- See Feb. 3, 2025, Temporary Restraining Order.
- See Feb. 25, 2025, Order granting a Preliminary Injunction and accompanying Memorandum Opinion. “Government is enjoined from giving effect to, or reinstating under a difference name, the unilateral, non-individualized directives in OMB Memorandum M-25-13 with respect to disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards.” Also requires Government to give notice of this preliminary injunction to agencies and instruct them to continue releasing disbursement on open awards.
State of New York v. Trump
- Docket Number: 1:25-cv-00039
- District Ct., Rhode Island
- Filed Jan. 28, 2025
- See Jan. 28, 2025, Complaint alleging that freeze violates APA and separation of powers.
- See Feb. 10, 2025, Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)
- See Feb. 10, 2025, Government Appeal of TRO to First Circuit Court of Appeals
- See Feb. 11, 2025, Denial of Appeal from First Circuit Court of Appeals
- See Feb. 14, 2025, Court Order finding government did not follow original TRO and ordering immediate restoration of frozen funding and end of funding pause while TRO is pending.
- Preliminary injunction hearing held on February 21, 2025. Court decision pending.
Shapiro v. Dept. of Interior
- Docket No. 2:25-cv-00763
- District Ct., E.D. Pennsylvania
- Filed Feb. 13, 2025
- See Feb. 13, 2025, Complaint alleging that funding freeze violates Administrative Procedures Act (APA), is arbitrary and capricious, and unconstitutional and citing administration’s failure to comply with TROs that are currently in place.
Litigation re: Removal of Information from Government Websites:
Doctors for America v. Office of Personnel Management, CDC, FDA, and HHS
- Docket number 1:25-cv-00322
- District Court, District of Columbia
- Filed Feb. 4, 2025
- See Feb. 4, 2025, Complaint seeking restoration of data and information from CDC, HHS, and FDA websites that plaintiff alleges was removed in violation of Administrative Procedures Act and Paperwork Reduction Act.
- See Feb. 11, 2025, Temporary restraining order granted by court; DHHS, CDC, FDA ordered to restore certain information to their websites pending final outcome of litigation. TRO expires Feb. 25, 2025, and Plaintiffs have requested that it be extended or converted to a preliminary injunction. Government is reviewing websites to determine those in scope of the TRO.
Litigation re: EO Prohibiting Federal Research and Education Funding to Institutions Providing Gender-Affirming Care to Minors:
State of Washington v. Trump
- Docket Number: 2:25-cv-002244
- District Court, W.D. Washington
- Filed: 2/11/25
- See Feb 7, 2025 Compliant brought by Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon and associated physicians alleging that the EO “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” which, among other things, prohibits federal research or education grants to medical institutions, including medical schools and hospitals, that provide gender affirming care to minor. The suit also seeks a temporary restraining order (TRO) to be put in place until the case can be fully adjudicated.
- See Feb 14, 2025, TRO granted by court. TRO applies to States of Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota.
- See Feb. 19, 2025, Government filing with Court of a Notice of Compliance with TRO accompanied by the notice sent by DOJ to departments/agencies.
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See Feb. 19, 2025, Complaint amended to add Colorado as a plaintiff.
Litigation Relating to Pause in Foreign Aid
Global Health Council v. Office of Management and Budget
- Docket No. 1:25-cv-00402
- District Court, District of Columbia
- Filed: Feb. 11, 2025
- See Feb. 11, 2025, Complaint seeking to have EO that halted funding for USAID and other federal foreign-assistance programs declared unlawful and unconstitutional and seeking a TRO/Preliminary Injunction while case can be adjudicated on the merits.
- See Feb. 13, 2025, Court Order granting TRO in narrow terms than originally requested by plaintiffs. The Order keeps the EO in place and does not enjoin the government from conducting a review of funding programs, but the Court granted the TRO by temporarily enjoining the government from (a) suspending, pausing or preventing the obligation or disbursement of foreign assistance funding in connection with grants, cooperative agreements, loans or other awards that were in existence as of Jan. 19, 2025; and (b) issuing, implementing, enforcing terminations, suspensions or stop work orders in connection with those awards.
- See Feb. 20, 2025, Court Order granting in part and denying in part the plaintiff’s motion to hold defendants in contempt and to enforce TRO. The Court did not hold defendants in contempt, but granted the motion to enforce the TRO.
- See Feb. 25, 2025, Minute Entry and Order granting plaintiff’s emergency motion to enforce the TRO
Global Health Council v. Trump and AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. U.S. Dept. of State
- Docket No.: 25-5047
- Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- See Feb. 26, 2025, Order denying that TRO is appealable, denying mandamus relief, and dismissing motion for an administrative stay.
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See Feb. 26, 2025, Application to U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the order issued by the District Court and impose an administrative stay. The Supreme Court granted the stay and overruled the District Court’s ruling ordering the Trump Admin. to release the foreign aid funding.
Lawsuits Related to NIH 15% F&A Cap
Institutional Communications on Federal Funding Updates
Federal Funding Updates Under the New Administration (Arizona State University)
Federal Funding Under the New Administration - General Updates (UMass Amherst)
Tracking Federal Changes 2025 (University of Michigan)
Federal Research Updates 2025 (Columbia University)
Federal Funding Updates: Stay Informed (Washington State University)
2025 Federal Administration Transition Guidance (University of New Hampshire)
New Administration Federal Funding Updates (University of Hawaii)
Federal Funding Updates (University of Houston)
Update on Federal Funding (University of Utah)
University Resources to Navigate the Federal Research Funding Landscape (Boston University)
2025 Federal Administration Transition Information & Resources (Stanford University)
Memo to the Caltech Community Regarding Federal Policy Changes (Cal Tech)
Federal Executive Orders (EOs) & Other Policy Directives (University of Michigan)
2025 Federal Administration Transition (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Biden Administration OSTP News & Updates (Archived)
Biden Administration OMB Memoranda (Archived)
Biden Administration OMB Circulars (Archived)
- United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (May 2024)
- IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE for the United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (May 2024)
- Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions
- Updated Report to the U.S. Congress on Financing Mechanisms for Open Access Publishing of Federally Funded Research
- Memorandum on Guidelines for Federal Research Agencies Regarding Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs
- Memorandum on Policy Regarding Use of Common Disclosure Forms for the “Biographical Sketch” and the “Current and Pending (Other) Support” Sections of Applications by Federal Research Funding Agencies
- GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM 33 (NSPM-33) ON NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (January 2022)
