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President Donald Trump signed an executive order stripping job protections from a senior group of federal workers earning up to about $200,000 a year who influence policy, making it easier to fire about 8,000 employees as part of a broader federal workforce overhaul; unions have sued, and litigation is paused while changes are finalized.
President Trump signed an executive order reclassifying about 8,000 senior federal workers into Schedule F, expanding at-will firing rights for policy-focused staff. The move is part of a broader effort to transform the federal workforce and has sparked lawsuits arguing it would politicize the civil service, though officials say it will not recreate the spoils system and that the majority of those affected are at or near GS-15 pay grade. The government initially projected far more positions could be reclassified, but the actual impact is smaller.
The White House is proposing a government-wide nondisclosure agreement for federal workers to sign, aiming to curb leaks by covering internal operations and pre-decisional material. The draft NDA, posted by the Office of Personnel Management to the Federal Register, would let agencies adopt it with a 30-day comment period. The move has been criticized by the AFGE as a bid to silence staff and purge nonpartisan civil servants, though officials say it does not create new substantive restrictions and would preserve whistleblower rights.
The Trump administration proposed a government-wide nondisclosure agreement to bar federal workers from sharing non-public confidential or proprietary information; agencies could adopt the NDA, expanding measures used by the Pentagon and other agencies, while whistleblower protections would be preserved.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's mass firing of probationary federal employees was illegal because it was directed by the Office of Personnel Management rather than the individual agencies, leading to some reinstatements and legal consequences for the government.
The Trump administration canceled the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, citing the need to revise questions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, raising concerns about compliance with legal requirements to survey federal employees.