In the first year of the Trump administration, a number of federal agencies have quietly undergone changes to their mission statements or have had significant changes proposed. While many of these edits have gone unnoticed by the public, they may point to meaningful shifts in those agencies’ purpose, priorities and value alignment. Read the full column here.
Below are the current and previous versions of five of the most noticeably changed mission statements, along with our annotations. To see an annotation, click on the yellow highlighted text.