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

5. Department of Homeland Security · Minor

Limit congressional contact to political appointees in Legislative Affairs

Not started

163 5. Department of Homeland Security

“Only political appointees in OLA should interact directly with congressional staff on all inquiries, including budget and appropriations matters.”

What has happened

  1. Not started

    Nothing found. No DHS policy restricting direct contact with congressional staff to political appointees in the Office of Legislative Affairs was announced or published.

    No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

Not started, on a negative search covering DHS headquarters reporting lines and management practice. Paired with #414 and #434, the other two asks aimed at the Mandate’s “answer shopping” complaint.

Action
restrict
Object
DHS interaction with congressional staff
ID
433