Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

Section 1 · Taking the Reins of Government

1 White House Office

23–42 · Rick Dearborn

32 not started by status
32 counted
  • Not started 32

What has happened

Nothing verified in this chapter yet.

Still to come

Executive action 31

  1. 32 Develop political workforce plans such as Schedule F Major Not started
  2. 28 Reexamine the memo limiting White House–DOJ contacts Notable Not started
  3. 28 Prepare recommendations to reverse the prior Administration's litigation positions Notable Not started
  4. 29 Reexamine permanent press space on the White House campus Notable Not started
  5. 40 Establish an economic opportunity working group chaired by the DPC Director Notable Not started
  6. 24 Have the Chief of Staff establish a White House Office organizational chart Minor Not started
  7. 24 Designate White House points of contact, including PPO-selected White House Liaisons Minor Not started
  8. 25 Appoint an operations Deputy Chief of Staff with foreign policy credentials Minor Not started
  9. 26 Appoint a Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy with strong policy credentials Minor Not started
  10. 26 Place IGA, OPA, and OPL under the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Minor Not started
  11. 28 Appoint a White House Counsel who is a generalist loyal to the President Minor Not started
  12. 29 Staff Communications with a director, two deputies, and a Press Secretary Minor Not started
  13. 30 Reexamine ties to the White House Correspondents Association Minor Not started
  14. 32 Have PPO conduct political background checks on potential appointees Minor Not started
  15. 32 Use OPM to effectuate the President's direct Title 5 authorities Minor Not started

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Needs Congress 1

  1. 31 Fill roughly 1,000 Senate-confirmed and 3,000 other political jobs with conservatives Notable Not started

All recommendations in this chapter

Every recommendation this chapter is the home of, in printed-page order.

  1. 24 Have the Chief of Staff establish a White House Office organizational chart Not started
  2. 24 Designate White House points of contact, including PPO-selected White House Liaisons Not started
  3. 25 Appoint an operations Deputy Chief of Staff with foreign policy credentials Not started
  4. 26 Appoint a Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy with strong policy credentials Not started
  5. 26 Place IGA, OPA, and OPL under the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Not started
  6. 28 Reexamine the memo limiting White House–DOJ contacts Not started
  7. 28 Prepare recommendations to reverse the prior Administration's litigation positions Not started
  8. 28 Appoint a White House Counsel who is a generalist loyal to the President Not started
  9. 29 Reexamine permanent press space on the White House campus Not started
  10. 29 Staff Communications with a director, two deputies, and a Press Secretary Not started
  11. 30 Reexamine ties to the White House Correspondents Association Not started
  12. 31 Fill roughly 1,000 Senate-confirmed and 3,000 other political jobs with conservatives Needs Congress Not started
  13. 32 Develop political workforce plans such as Schedule F Not started
  14. 32 Have PPO conduct political background checks on potential appointees Not started
  15. 32 Use OPM to effectuate the President's direct Title 5 authorities Not started
  16. 33 Install cadres of political staff just below senior levels in departments and agencies Not started
  17. 33 Appoint one OPA political affairs director plus regional deputy directors Not started
  18. 33 Designate an OPA liaison staffer for the Cabinet and agencies Not started
  19. 33 Have the Office of Cabinet Affairs hold regular Deputy Secretaries meetings Not started
  20. 34 Appoint a single Cabinet Secretary reporting to the Chief of Staff's office Not started
  21. 34 Appoint a single OPL Director reporting to the Chief of Staff's office Not started
  22. 34 Have the Office of Public Liaison run listening sessions with key interest groups Not started
  23. 35 Draw the OPL Director from the campaign or Capitol Hill, not from K Street Not started
  24. 35 Appoint an IGA Director with one or two Deputy Directors Not started
  25. 38 Assign overlapping policy areas to only one White House policy council Not started
  26. 38 Have policy councils lead cross-cutting priorities: China, immigration, wokeism Not started
  27. 38 Vet NSC staff and the National Security Adviser for security experience Not started
  28. 38 Limit the number of detailees staffing the National Security Council Not started
  29. 39 Appoint qualified heads of the NEC and Council of Economic Advisers Not started
  30. 40 Have the DPC Director chair a standing meeting with EOP office principals Not started
  31. 40 Establish an economic opportunity working group chaired by the DPC Director Not started
  32. 40 Have the DPC and NSC jointly develop a border security policy agenda Not started