The Office of Personnel Management has issued a new rule aimed at protecting federal employees from potential political interference in their job security. The regulation, announced on Thursday, prevents career civil servants from being reclassified as political appointees or other at-will workers, making it more challenging to dismiss them from their positions.
This move comes in response to former President Donald Trump's executive order known as Schedule F, which sought to reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees and reduce their job security protections. President Joe Biden nullified Schedule F upon taking office, but concerns remain about the potential impact if Trump were to reintroduce it in a second term.
