New Indiana Gov. Braun Forms Transportation Cabinet
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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun started his administration by creating a new Cabinet for transportation and infrastructure among a flurry of 28 executive orders he signed in his first days after taking office.
“We can be the risk-takers and trailblazers that Hoosiers deserve in leadership, or maintain the status quo,” Braun noted in his Jan. 13 inauguration speech. “We can rest on our laurels as a great state to have a business, or chart a new path like our pioneering predecessors to make Indiana the standard-bearer for small business growth. I intend to do that.”
That same day the governor signed 10 executive orders (Nos. 2025-01 to 2025-10) in the first of three batches. Among those orders were to create an Office of Transportation and Infrastructure, an Office of Commerce and a Secretary of Management and Budget.
The new Office of Transportation and Infrastructure will oversee, coordinate and implement the policies of state legislators and the governor, such as:
- Investing in maintaining and building state roads and bridges
- Providing broadband access to each community
- Improving the customer experience at the state motor vehicle services
Another of Braun’s orders stood up the Executive Council on Cybersecurity. “The varied authorities, roles and responsibilities of critical infrastructure stakeholders require a collaborative public-private partnership that encourages a unity of effort,” Executive Order No. 2025-10 stated. “The council shall develop, maintain and execute an implementation plan for accomplishing strategic cybersecurity objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable and relevant to the overall strategic vision, which shall be completed within an established time frame.”
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The governor also established an Office of Energy and Natural Resources, which is tasked with various duties such as developing next-generation energy sources to lower utility costs of state residents. The Energy and Natural Resources office is also directed to collaborate with business, industry, trade groups and others to determine current and future energy needs.
On Jan. 14, Braun signed nine executive orders, and another nine on Jan. 21. These mandates spanned from health care affordability and hospital charity care to sharing data between state agencies and removing degree requirements for state jobs.
The governor stated that the goal of these executive orders is to streamline state bureaucracy and improve accountability.
For example, EO 2025-17 aims to reduce state regulations. It demands that state agencies eliminate regulatory burdens by 25% by Jan. 1, 2029. To accomplish this goal, state agencies are required to compare Indiana regulations to those in other states and default to the least regulated option. Additionally, state agencies must move to sunset regulations if they have not been modified within the last eight years.
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