OPM Advances Plan to Remove Civil Service Protections for Policy Roles
Snippet of Article: "...The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to reclassify around 50,000 federal employees into roles with fewer civil service protections, making them easier to fire or replace.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management published a proposed rule on April 23 that would introduce a worker classification known as “Schedule Policy/Career” — a successor to the “Schedule F” order that President Donald Trump issued toward the end of his first term but ran out of time to implement. The public is invited to comment on the proposed rule by May 23.
Employees who may be reclassified as Schedule Policy/Career include staff who have “substantive participation and discretionary authority in agency grantmaking,” the rule states. ..."
Source: ww2.aip.org