As White House Steps Up Schedule F Implementation, ‘Lawmakers Don’t Get It’
Recent moves by OPM are stoking fear that the Trump administration is accelerating plans to politicize federal jobs as the window closes on Congress’ ability to block the move.
Time is running out for Congress to block the Trump administration’s implementation of what experts say is an alarming plan to convert potentially hundreds of thousands of federal workers into at-will employees, essentially turning the civil service into a partisan machine where jobs can be doled out as rewards for political support and “disloyal” employees can be fired when the boss takes offense.
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12/14/2020 10:00 AM EST
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