The executive order, titled "Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy," directs the reduction of certain non-essential federal government functions and entities. The President aims to streamline operations in agencies like the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Minority Business Development Agency, among others, by cutting non-required components and limiting operations to those legally necessary. Agency heads must report compliance within 7 days, and future funding requests may be rejected if they don't align with this order. The order must comply with existing laws and is not intended to provide legal rights to any parties.
Simple Explanation
The President wants to make the government smaller by getting rid of parts that aren't needed, but he didn't say exactly which ones. He told important people in the government to show they are doing this in just one week.