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

Thomas F. Gilman

xviii Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Thomas F. Gilman served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration and Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Trump Administration. Currently, he is a Director of ACLJ Action and Chairman of Torngat Metals. Tom is the former CEO of Chrysler Financial and has had a 40-plus year career as a senior executive and entrepreneur in the global automotive industry, including roles at Chrysler Corporation, Cerberus Capital Management, Asbury Automotive Group, TD Auto Finance, and Automotive Capital Services. He holds a BS in finance from Villanova University.”

In government

No executive-branch post found in a search on Aug 27, 2026. Senate nominations and White House appointments watched since, through Oct 16, 2026.

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Move ITA and parts of BIS to the U.S. Trade Representative Needs Congress Not started
  2. Merge BEA, Census, and BLS into one statistical agency Needs Congress Not started
  3. Merge USPTO and NIST into a U.S. Office of Patents, Trademarks, and Standards Needs Congress Not started
  4. Reverse the 2008–2016 Export Control Reform loosening of the EAR Not started
  5. Issue an IEEPA executive order controlling exports of Americans' data Not started
  6. Add TikTok and WeChat providers to the Entity List Not started
  7. Break up and downsize NOAA Needs Congress Attempted
  8. Fully commercialize National Weather Service forecasting operations Not started
  9. Rewrite regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act and ESA Partially done
  10. Disband the bulk of OAR climate-change research Attempted
  11. Add a citizenship question to the decennial census Attempted
  12. Abolish the Economic Development Administration Needs Congress Attempted

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