The House Democrats are asking the Trump administration to translate the list of employees who will be placed in a new category of federal employment and which critics fear will keep Trump’s political appointees.
The request to the 61 government offices comes when the agencies have started implementing the program October enforcement order from President Trump
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“We ask for a full account of the political appointees who have already been appointed career positions or are waiting for such a transformation, ”the lawmakers wrote in a letter signed by each committee chair of the house.
Trump’s order has been widely opposed by unions because it removes protection against employment for civil servants.
But it has also raised fears among critics that it could be used to “immerse” appointees in career positions.
The order will allow the Trump administration to place political appointees in careers, bypassing the merit-based system normally required in the recruitment process. And while this allows employees to be laid off for performance reasons, with low utilization, it prevents employees from being laid off “on the basis of the employee’s party affiliation”.
“Protecting the impartial expertise of the career public service is essential to the security of the American people. The principles of the federal workforce merit system have placed limits on ensuring that competitive service requirements do not circumvent the inappropriate placement of political appointees in permanent career service positions, ”the lawmakers wrote in the letter.
Early indications are that the Trump administration may be trying to categorize a significant portion of its employees into the new F-schedule category.
Record obtained by Real clean politics noted that it plans to categorize 88 percent of the staff of the Office of Management and Budget, 425 people, into this category.
In the order, Trump wrote that “agencies need flexibility to quickly remove underperforming employees from these positions without facing significant delays or litigation”.
But even with the restrictions on people fired lifted, the incoming Biden administration would still have to present a case where political detainees are performing poorly – this could take time for leaders to try to build their cause.
“The incoming Biden needs to set a record that shows this is not a partisan action,” Andrew Rosenberg, the Union of Worried Scientists against the order, previously told The Hill.
Trump’s order gives agencies 90 days to determine which policy positions they need to achieve new status, a deadline that ends when an elected president Joe Biden
Joe Biden, Minnesota confirms Biden’s victory takes office.
