Recent regulatory changes from the Trump administration are overhauling how employee removals and disciplinary actions function across the federal workforce.
After losing civil service protections, some federal employees now in Schedule Policy/Career fear for their job security and retribution for speaking up.
FILE - The Theodore Roosevelt Building, location of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, on Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. The government's chief human resources agency has issued a new rule making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees. Advocates hope the rule will head off former President Donald Trump's promises to radically remake the workforce along ideological lines if he wins back the White House in November. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)