Washington Post: White House Budget office moving to reclassify key roles
Following an executive order President Donald Trump signed last month, the Office of Management and Budget is moving to reclassify 88% of its workforce into a new job classification that would give the federal government more flexibility to fire these employees without going through a lengthy appeals process, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The budget office identified 425 of its employees -- including analysts and other experts -- who would switch to a "Schedule F" classification under the executive order by Trump, according to the Post. The move was first reported by Real Clear Politics.
CNN has reached out to the OMB for comment.
Trump's executive order allows the OMB and other federal agencies more leeway to hire "Schedule F" employees and remove "poor performers" from these roles, effectively allowing them to replace civil servants with political appointees. The order applies to employees serving in "confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions" that typically do not change during a presidential transition.
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If Trump has his way we're back to cronyism.
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