Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute
This executive order, titled Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute (Executive Order 14207), directs the elimination of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) as a government program designed to provide leadership training to federal executives. The order frames FEI as an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars and part of a long-standing bureaucracy that it says has not benefited American families. It assigns the responsibility for eliminating FEI to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and it revokes historical documents that established FEI, including a Presidential Memorandum from 1968 and Executive Order 11348 from 1967. The order also preserves important statutory authorities (like those of federal departments/agencies and the Budget Director’s budget-related functions), and it makes clear that the elimination must be implemented in accordance with applicable law and available funding. It states that the order does not create enforceable rights and does not diminish other executive authorities or budget processes. In short, the FEI program would be shut down, with steps to be taken by OPM, and the policy is to redirect resources away from this program toward broader government efficiency and taxpayer-focused goals.
Key Points
- 1Elimination of the Federal Executive Institute: The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take all necessary steps to shut down FEI, in accordance with applicable law.
- 2Revocation of establishing documents: The order revokes the Presidential Memorandum of May 9, 1968 and Executive Order 11348 (April 20, 1967) that created or required FEI.
- 3Policy rationale: The order states a policy to eliminate FEI and similar programs to reduce bureaucratic bloat and better serve taxpayers, emphasizing leadership training as a function not directly benefits to Americans.
- 4Preservation of other authorities: The order explicitly does not impair authority granted by law to executive departments or agencies, nor the Budget Director’s budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposal functions.
- 5Rights disclaimer and funding note: The order states it does not create any rights enforceable in court and that implementation is subject to applicable law and the availability of appropriations.