"The administration of United States President Donald Trump has finalised its overhaul of the US government's civil service system, according to a government statement, giving the president the power to hire and fire an estimated 50,000 career federal employees. The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday is set to create a new category for high-ranking career employees involved in carrying out administration policies, the Wall Street Journal reported."
"Personnel in that category would be exempted from longstanding civil service protections that make federal workers difficult to fire. list of 4 itemsend of list OPM officials said the rule is aimed in part at disciplining federal workers who stand in the way of Trump's policies, the paper reported. It added that the new category applies to senior positions that are policy-determining, policy-making or policy-advocating in nature."
The Office of Personnel Management finalized a rule creating a new category for high-ranking career employees responsible for carrying out administration policies. Those positions will remain career jobs filled on a non-partisan basis but will be reclassified as at-will and excepted from adverse action procedures and appeals. The rule applies to senior policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating roles and is intended to discipline federal workers who obstruct administration policies. Agencies will be able to quickly remove employees for misconduct, poor performance, or for intentionally subverting Presidential directives. OPM director Scott Kupor said employees cannot conscientiously object in ways that interfere with mission execution.
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