OPM proposes rule that would make it easier to fire federal employees for political reasons

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Update: On April 18, the Office of Personnel Management announced that the agency would publish a proposed rule on April 23 that would allow for reclassifying about 50,000 federal employees, or 2% of the federal workforce, under a new “Schedule Policy/Career” designation. The proposed rule would allow federal agencies to “swiftly remove employees…without lengthy procedural hurdles” for reasons including “subversion of presidential directives.”

Timeline:

April 18, 2025: Office of Personnel Management proposes rule to establish new designation to make it easier to fire government employees who are determined to “refuse to advance the policy interests of the president.”

January 22, 2025: White House issues Executive Order on Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions within the Federal Workforce

President Trump issued an executive order indicating he will overturn regulations to clear the way for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which manages civil service (non-elected, non-military) employees of the federal government, to reinstate an employee classification known as Schedule F. The first Trump administration created the Schedule F designation in order to make it easier to fire federal workers in jobs that are normally apolitical, and therefore have civil service protections in their job. The Biden administration established protections to limit the use of this designation. By reinstating Schedule F, President Trump would be able to fire federal workers he deems disloyal, shifting the work of government away from the public interest and toward the president’s interests. Under Schedule F, significant numbers of federal employees – who live and work across every U.S. state and territory – could be vulnerable to political attack, retaliatory termination, or termination without cause in order to fast-track hiring civil servants with certain political or ideological preferences.

https://www.epi.org/policywatch/eo-restoring-accountability-to-policy-influencing-positions-within-the-federal-workforce/

[allegorical oracle]

1. Reuters last Friday published a similar story and published its tally:

"Over 260,000 federal workers have already been fired, taken buyouts, retired early or have been earmarked for termination since Trump took office, according to a tally by Reuters."

And it's ongoing. Imagine having to look for a new job at the same time he's tanking the economy as fast as he can. Disgusting.