New Government Operations Executive Orders

Establishes the White House Gender Policy Council to advance gender equality.

Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

Revokes prior orders to protect federal workers and empower their unions.

Cancels the ethics rules for executive branch workers from a past order.

Requires senior political appointees, not career staff, to approve new rules.

Creates a committee to improve how the government manages wildland fires.

Sets the line of succession for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Closes federal government departments and agencies on December 24, 2020.

Sets the line of succession for the Secretary of Defense.

Creates a new class of federal employees in policy roles, making them easier to hire and fire.