They also asked for details about any Trump political appointees who have already been hired into career jobs or are being considered. Trump’s order allows agencies to reclassify workers involved in policy-making to a new “Schedule F” category without the job protections they have now. The White House order says Trump is pushing to streamline the federal bureaucracy, increase accountability and make it easier to clear out “poor performers.” The federal government employs about 2 million people in total. The order has drawn fire from the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 700,000 federal and Washington, DC government workers, and the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 150,000 federal workers. Biden has already pledged to rescind other executive orders targeting federal workers once he takes office.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 26, 2020 00:33 UTC