The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.

Federal agencies must “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance,” and any other programs that included “DEI, woke gender ideology and the Green New Deal,” Vaeth wrote.

Vaeth suggested that the pause would last until at least mid-February, asking agencies to provide a detailed report on the programmes that have been affected by 10 February.

He specifies that Medicare and Social Security benefits are not included in the pause. Other programmes through which aid “is received directly by individuals” are also exempt.

But it remains uncertain how much money is involved. The memo suggests that the federal government spent $10tn (£8tn) in fiscal year 2024, more than $3tn of which went to federal financial assistance. But the source of those numbers is unclear. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the government spent $6.7tn that year.

  • weariedfae@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    Holy fucking shit. I thought I couldn’t be surprised but they find new ways. God damn this is devastating to the scientific community.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        2 days ago

        Information still coming in, but afaik and can tell, yes, all grants.

        Effectively the University system in the US is liable to collapse as a result of this, because this also includes student loans.

        • GingaNinga@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          2 days ago

          This is for realsies DEFCON 1 bonkers. I work in research, its extremely expensive and mostly funded by grants, this is apocalyptic if not sorted out quickly.

        • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
          9·
          2 days ago

          Where are the student loan banks now with their emergency injunction suits?

        • Elshender@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8·
          2 days ago

          I work for a Native American tribal government and they’re freaking out as well. Almost all Tribal funding is through Federal grants. Unless they have a casino or other source of income.

          • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 days ago

            I’m associated with a non profit research institute who is in partner in a tribal grant looking at the climate impacts of bringing buffalo back to native lands. This is pretty much ends that program.

            Another program I’m associated with is facing down losing basically %100 of the funding for that project and that’s a $50 mil program.

        • Gerudo@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          This was my first thought. It’s new semester time and a lot of federal aid needs to get to students’ hands like yesterday.

      • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
        8·
        2 days ago

        which part of Donald “have they tried internal light therapy or injecting bleach” Trump were you still confused about 5 year later?