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Michael Sainato and Rachel Leingang

Trump signs order creating new federal worker classification for at-will, political appointees

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Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on 20 January 2025. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday creating a new classification of federal employees who would be subject to hiring and firing by the president, Schedule G, for employees working on policy, in the latest action by his administration to reshape the federal workforce.

The non-career classified employees will be expected to leave in changing presidential administrations, with the order claiming it will “improve operations, particularly in agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, by streamlining appointments for key policy roles”.

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