Unitary executive controls convert merit-based federal grants into tools of partisan compliance.
The White House is dismantling peer-reviewed vetting processes to give political appointees final veto power over all discretionary federal awards.
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The planned overhaul of federal Uniform Guidance subjects merit-based scientific awards to direct, ideological vetting by political appointees.
The massive OMB regulatory shift strips career civil servants of grant vetting power to ensure federal dollars align with the executive's explicit political agenda.
The proposed OMB rule shifts the federal award system from merit-based, nonpartisan peer reviews to direct political vetoes by presidential appointees.