Trump’s 11th-hour assault on the civil service by stripping job protections runs out of time Lisa Rein
Replay Video UP NEXT President Trump’s last-ditch effort to remove civil service protections from tens of thousands of career federal employees appears to have lost steam, facing time constraints and legal hurdles as the administration prepares to leave office, officials said. As a result, President-elect Joe Biden will become president Wednesday with an executive order in place to carry out the biggest change to the civil service in a generation but no completed paperwork to reclassify the affected employees so they can be fired without cause. Allies of Biden say he’s likely to reverse Trump’s order.
President-elect Joe Biden has not taken a position on the issue but has said he would reverse other mandates issued by President Trump seen as hostile to federal employees.
Biden s DHS Pick Defends Ethics Record, Promises Morale Boost for Workforce
Alejandro Mayorkas faces sharp questions over prior controversy despite praise for his service.
Senior Correspondent
President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Homeland Security Department faced pointed questioning over a controversy from his previous federal service, even as lawmakers in both parties agreed on the pressing need to finally confirm a secretary to the government’s third-largest agency.
Criticism for Alejandro Mayorkas broke down along party lines at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with Republicans largely focusing on a 2015 inspector general report that found the DHS secretary-designate created the appearance of improper political influence when he intervened in various cases before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services while he was the agency’s director.
About turn: what Biden’s presidency means for federal staff
By Kate Hodge on 19/01/2021
The Biden-Harris administration: experts share what it could mean for federal workers. Credit: Adam Schultz / Biden for President
As Donald Trump faces his last day in the White House, US civil servants are preparing for a new administration and a very different style of government. We ask three experts what officials can expect from the new president
Today is Donald Trump’s last day as president of the United States, marking the end of an administration that often seemed actively hostile to its own federal workers.
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Security concerns in the run up to the inauguration have agencies taking special precautions.
Senior Correspondent
Federal agencies are taking drastic measures to keep employees safe with the looming threat of violence surrounding President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, including by hosting additional federal security personnel and even telling some workers to evacuate their homes.
Following the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, federal offices in the Washington area and around the country are cautioning workers, many of whom are already working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to stay away, effective immediately. Prior to his resignation, then acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf moved the inauguration’s National Special Security Event designation timeline up from Jan. 19 to Jan. 13. This has led to widespread ro