"Department of Government Efficiency" officials have swept through federal agencies, compromising data systems and undermining the privacy of millions of Americans.

Since Donald Trump assumed the presidency on January 20th, staff with Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) have swept through federal agencies across the government, compromising data systems, and undermining the privacy of millions of Americans. As examples, DOGE has accessed some of the most protected information systems housed at the Treasury Department, the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services), Social Security Administration, and numerous others. There is a risk that Musk will use this data to give an advantage to his own business ventures. There is also a risk that his team has fed the data into an AI system with unknown privacy protections.

The Trump administration has taken a series of actions to illegally dismantle USAID.

Since January 20th, President Trump and his administration have taken a series of actions to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in violation of federal law. Shortly after taking office, the administration issued stop-work orders on USAID foreign assistance awards. Secretary of State Rubio was subsequently named Acting Director of USAID. Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) has played a key role in this effort. DOGE staff reportedly demanded access to classified USAID systems without requisite security clearances; USAID security officials who attempted to block them were placed on administrative leave. Elon Musk posted on February 3 that he spent the previous weekend “feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” and that same day, USAID headquarters shut down. The consequences of the above actions have been catastrophic. USAID provides life-saving food, medicine, and support to hundreds of thousands of people across the world. It also supports U.S. farmers by buying U.S. agriculture to distribute internationally.

The Trump administration has targeted and purged FBI and DOJ officials who played a role in investigations and prosecutions related to January 6th.

Since Donald Trump took office on January 20th, 2025, the administration has summarily removed Justice Department (DOJ) prosecutors from their positions who played a role in investigations and prosecutions related to the January 6th insurrection. And there has been a concerted effort to target and remove Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents who aided in these investigations and prosecutions, and even potentially to expose these agents' names to the public. This purge of law enforcement officials reinforces that no one will be held accountable for the events of January 6th. It also politicizes DOJ and the FBI. The potential exposure of the FBI agents' names could jeopardizes the lives of these agents and other federal government officials who have been unfairly attacked simply for doing their jobs.

Several federal agencies deleted government websites containing information for health practitioners on contraception, HIV prevention, and more.

On January 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration – two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – abruptly deleted a broad range of health-related data and other information from their public-facing websites, including resources identifying risks to youth health, HIV prevention, and contraception access. This was in response to guidance from the Office of Personnel Management directing agencies to delete all public-facing resources that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and so-called gender ideology. The deleted information includes crucial resources for doctors and researchers seeking to provide patients with the best possible care and develop clinical studies that produce accurate results. A group of health professionals and medical trainees has sued to challenge the deletion; a temporary restraining order has been granted stopping the removal of this data; and a motion for summary judgement is pending.

This order attempts to undo lawfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements between the government and unions representing public servants.

This order takes issue with collective bargaining agreements that were lawfully negotiated near the end of the Biden Administration between that administration and federal employees. President Trump asserted without any legal basis that he has the power to undo such agreements ratified in the last 30 days of the prior administration, but he does not.

This order sets a federal policy of addressing chronic diseases, with misleading claims about their causes and flimsy attacks on existing federal programs and scientific research.

The Make America Healthy Again Commission is charged with assessing and making recommendations to address chronic health issues, including restructuring the federal government's response to childhood chronic diseases. It undertakes this effort while the rest of the Trump administration is blocking funding for scientific research and public health programs. The Order asserts without evidence that chronic diseases have been ignored by the federal government, that current scientific research is replete with conflicts of interest, and that federal funding has not promoted high-quality scientific research. The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and receive expert input, and is directed to issue an initial assessment in 100 days and a "Make Our Children Health Again" strategy within 180 days. However, the commission is headed by a vaccine skeptic and the Order falsely implies that chronic diseases are caused by an "over-reliance on medication and treatments" that can be addressed by "fresh thinking" on "food and drug quality and safety."