Schedule F

Trump’s pick for OMB chief defends removing civil service protections, withholding appropriated funds

Russ Vought laments "weaponized bureaucracies" as he draws bipartisan criticism for declining to commit to following spending laws.

OPM officials tout agency’s transformation under Biden

Leaders at the federal government’s dedicated HR agency said the organization has come a long way since being targeted for elimination by the first Trump administration.

Last-ditch effort to block Schedule F’s return thwarted by Senate Republicans

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sought unanimous consent on the Senate floor to pass the Saving the Civil Service Act, but his motion was opposed by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

Will civil service protections hold up against RFK Jr.’s threats to the federal public health workforce?

Kennedy, Trump’s pick to lead HHS, has talked openly about removing swaths of civil servants at FDA and NIH.

Schedule F 2.0...can it be that bad?

COMMENTARY | "Is it the 'end of democracy as we know it' bad?" asks one former federal official.

Trump expected to tap Schedule F architect promising widespread federal layoffs to head OMB

Russ Vought previously held the job and now says he wants federal workers to be "viewed as the villains."

Key lawmakers back Trump's plans to remove federal workers

GOP leaders say they will back the president-elect's efforts to strip civil-service protections.

Feds brace for return of Trump personnel policies

Federal employee unions sought to balance reassuring members that they will fight the return of measures undermining feds’ civil service protections with asserting their commitment to nonpartisan service.

What Trump’s win means for the federal workforce

The Republican former president has vowed to remake the civil service in his image with the reinstatement of Schedule F.

Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people

The American administrative state was established almost 100 years ago by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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10 congressional races for federal employees to watch

Many of the competitive House and Senate races involve lawmakers who oversee federal agency funding.

New bill would levy penalties on feds ‘impeding’ presidential directives and require new training

The Stop Resistance Activities by Federal Employees Act could penalize federal employees if they are found to have obstructed a lawful order from administration officials and require agencies to report those alleged violations to the president every six months. 

OPM issues guidance for agencies to implement anti-Schedule F regulations

The effort to insulate the federal civil service from former President Trump’s plan to replace potentially tens of thousands of career employees in “policy-related” position with loyalists could be short lived if the Republican nominee wins the election next month.

‘Put them in trauma’: Inside a key MAGA leader’s plans for a new Trump agenda

As OMB director, Russell Vought sought to use Trump’s 2020 Schedule F executive order to strip away job protections for nonpartisan government workers.

Biden says Trump's civil service plans make him unfit for office

The president cited his predecessor’s support for reinstating Schedule F, a controversial plan to make tens of thousand of federal workers at-will employees, as he campaigned for Vice President Harris' White House bid.

Does Trump have the right idea about dismantling the Deep State?

COMMENTARY | "Trump’s diagnosis is correct in part but his reform proposal badly misses the target," writes one observer.