President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 3 transferring roughly 8,000 career federal positions into the newly created Schedule Policy/Career classification.
The move makes it easier for the Trump administration to fire employees in policy-making positions who are not carrying out their job duties effectively.
The order follows a final rule published by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in February that officially established Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service.
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