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ONCE AGAIN, IT’S ABOUT THE MATH

Perhaps you’ve read the predictions about what a second Trump Administration might look like, including the reintroduction of an Executive Order known as Schedule F , which could reclassify as many as 50,000 civil service employees out of approximately 2 million.   Schedule F stems from a Trump Executive Order (no longer in effect) in which tens of thousands of civil servants who serve in roles deemed to have some influence over policy would be reassigned as "Schedule F" employees. These employees would lose their employment and union protections upon re-assignment, making them functionally at-will employees and therefore far easier to fire. Further, Schedule F defies merit principles and instead would require political loyalty to a President. NFFE [National Federation of Federal Employees] is taking action to ensure Schedule F cannot be imposed by future Presidents. The Saving the Civil Service Act (H.R. 1002 / S. 399) would prevent a future Schedule F and would ensure...