Saving the Civil Service Act H.R. 1002 / S. 399
Background Info
Schedule F stems from a Trump Executive Order (no longer in effect) in which tens of thousands of civil servants who serve in roles deemed to have some influence over policy would be reassigned as "Schedule F" employees. These employees would lose their employment and union protections upon re-assignment, making them functionally at-will employees and therefore far easier to fire. Further, Schedule F defies merit principles and instead would require political loyalty to a President. NFFE is taking action to ensure Schedule F cannot be imposed by future Presidents.
The Saving the Civil Service Act (H.R. 1002 / S. 399) would prevent a future Schedule F and would ensure the civil service system cannot be politically manipulated.
NFFE Materials
- NFFE Schedule F Brief to Congress December 2024
- NFFE Letter in Support of the Preventing a Patronage System Act
- Note: this letter is from the 117th Congress regarding the same bill with a different title
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Official Reports
NFFE Press Releases
NFFE Fights on Capitol Hill for the Saving the Civil Service Act
- NFFE President Erwin: 118th Congress Must Pass Legislation to Prevent Widespread Political Corruption
NFFE Endorses Legislation to Prevent Partisan Takeover of Federal Civil Service
NFFE Testifies in Senate to Promote Merit Systems Principles and Warn Against Dark
National Media
- Axios News: How Trump could reimpose "Schedule F" in 2025
- Cato Institute: Schedule F - The Phantom Menace
- Mother Jones: Trump Loyalists Lay Out Plan for Second Term: Gut Worker Protections
- NTEU: Schedule F Threat Broader Than Previously Known
- Federal Times: Trump’s White House pushed Schedule F ‘to the extreme,’ union says
- Federal News Network: Schedule F plans show ‘far higher’ impact on federal workforce than first anticipated
- Politico: The prospect of a second Trump presidency has the intelligence community on edge
- Benzinga: Trump 'Wants To Weaponize' Intelligence Agencies With Loyalist Appointments, Former Official Warns
- The American Conservative: How to Actually Drain the Swamp?
- Boston Herald: Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins
- American Enterprise Institute: Trump’s ‘Schedule F’ Gambit Is Dangerous
- How Things Work: What Republicans Plan to Do to Labor If They Win
- Brookings Institute: The risks of Schedule F for administrative capacity and government accountability
- Politico: ‘A Very Large Earthquake’: How Trump Could Decimate the Civil Service
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