Revocation of Certain Executive Orders
Executive Order 2025-02098
|Signed on January 22, 2025
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What it means
Revokes two 2021 executive orders that required COVID-19 vaccinations for federal employees and safety protocols for federal contractors. This eliminates pandemic-era mandates, returning workplace policies to pre-pandemic standards.
Expected impact
- Federal employees will no longer be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment
- Federal contractors will no longer need to follow specific COVID safety protocols previously mandated
- Increased workplace flexibility for federal agencies and contractors
- Potential cost savings from no longer needing to implement and enforce these requirements
- May be viewed positively by those who opposed vaccine mandates, while raising concerns among public health advocates