On June 10, the Trump administration ruled about 100 employees in the National Foundation (NEH) of the Humanities Foundation (NEH), part of the “effective reduction.” USA Today. Since then, about two-thirds of the organization’s workers have been unemployed. It is believed that less than 60 employees remain in government agencies.
“Reorganization is underway, and there are no appropriate plans to ensure continuous operations,” the United States Government Employees Federation locals 3403 said in a statement. “These huge changes … are conducting research on institutions and individuals that rely on NEH support to preserve and explain the existential threats to our shared heritage.”
Founded in 1965, NEH has awarded over $6 billion in grants to museums, historical sites, universities, libraries and related organizations.
The Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts have stopped all remaining funds for NEH for fiscal 2025. Doge also cut $65 million from NEH’s $210 million budget and attempted to fire about 65% of its employees. Instead, the funds have been incorporated into projects such as President Donald Trump’s National Heroes Garden.
The lawsuit prevented the NEH plan from “reductions to effect”, but no new layoffs were announced at the time of this case.
“It is ridiculous that the grants to do things like publishing President George Washington’s writings, restoring Mark Twain’s writings and supporting civic education are pointed to the commissioned statue. While NEH employees have the expertise to help provide a historic background about these individuals and their impact, and the union that commissioned these people in the commission is not a bond, it is a bond, and it is a hard work thing. Art newspaper.
Several organizations have filed lawsuits against NEH in an attempt to stop what some people call “demolition.” The photo looks only going to get worse: the proposed 2026 federal budget includes plans to eliminate NEH, the National Art Endowment, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
one Reuters A review of government agencies’ departures found that they have been cut by nearly 12%, and so far, 260,000 of the 2.3 million federal civilian labor force.
The filth of federal agencies continues amid the ongoing dispute between President Trump and former President Elon Musk. Washington Post“The situation in the federal bureaucracy is much worse than I realized.”
