Massive Interior Department Overhaul: Layoffs, Energy Policy Shifts, and Streamlined Permitting
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Massive Interior Department Overhaul: Layoffs, Energy Policy Shifts, and Streamlined Permitting
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In preparation for these cuts, the U.S. Geological Survey has requested updated resumes from all Interior employees, noting that while positions deemed "high priority" or critical to public safety would be exempted from reductions in force, the department is actively planning workforce cuts to "increase workforce efficiency."
The restructuring is being led by Tyler Hassen, who was temporarily appointed as Assistant Secretary of Policy Management and Budget in March. According to reports, Hassen is associated with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Secretary Burgum's order grants Hassen extensive oversight over the consolidation process, including control over funding, policy, and personnel decisions.
Beyond organizational changes, Burgum has also made dramatic policy shifts in the energy sector. On May 4, he explicitly promised to end federal support for offshore wind projects, declaring on social media that "American tax dollars will no longer be wasted on intermittent and costly Green New Deal wind projects." This follows the Interior Department's earlier move to halt work on Equinor's Empire Wind project off New York when Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to issue a stop-work order on April 16.
On May 1, the department reinstated stricter standards for permitting energy projects on the outer continental shelf by withdrawing a 2021 legal interpretation from the Biden administration in favor of an earlier 2020 opinion from the first Trump administration on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
The department has also announced a dramatic overhaul of energy permitting, implementing emergency procedures that will reduce environmental and tribal reviews from years to weeks. This fast-track process is part of the response to President Trump's declared national energy emergency.
In a recent video release titled "This Week at Interior," dated May 2, 2025, Burgum highlighted the department's role in the first 100 days of President Trump's administration, particularly focusing on efforts to increase energy production, revise offshore bonding requirements for oil and gas operations, and map underwater minerals through the U.S. Geological Survey.