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This is an extremely important story that isn't getting the attention it deserves.
After GSA initiated the presidential transition, I warned that there would still be new Trump sabotage to come. This is exactly what I was concerned about.
Here's what's happening-- 1/ https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1331332106161704962
After GSA initiated the presidential transition, I warned that there would still be new Trump sabotage to come. This is exactly what I was concerned about.
Here's what's happening-- 1/ https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1331332106161704962
Presidents appoint leaders of federal agencies, for instance Cabinet secretaries and their staffs, but most civil servants are career federal employees, a professional staff that provide continuity no matter which party is in power. Congress passed laws to create this system. 2/
It wasn't always this way. There was a time when an incoming president handed out government jobs to loyalists and supporters after taking office, and the civil service constantly turned over with administrations. That was terrible for the country. 3/ https://twitter.com/Reinlwapo/status/1321817138324213760
Congress passed the Pendleton Act in 1883 to end this practice (the "spoils system"), and over time created a permanent, professional civil service that works for the American people, not the benefit of one person.
Trump is trying to undo that now. 4/ https://twitter.com/john_sipher/status/1319983051947053059
Trump is trying to undo that now. 4/ https://twitter.com/john_sipher/status/1319983051947053059
To bypass laws enacted by Congress that protect career civil servants from being fired for political reasons, Trump issued an Executive Order just before the election creating a new classification of federal employees, "Schedule F," who can be terminated without cause. 5/
The White House ordered every agency to reclassify some of its workforce as Schedule F by January 19, 2021, the day before the Inauguration.
At the time, Trump believed he would get a second term, and planned to fire protected employees like Dr. Fauci for imagined disloyalty. 6/
At the time, Trump believed he would get a second term, and planned to fire protected employees like Dr. Fauci for imagined disloyalty. 6/
But once it became clear Trump lost the election, a new goal came into view: sabotaging President-elect Biden.
Sometime in the last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) produced a memo which reclassified **88%** of its workers as Schedule F. https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1330723085344006145
Sometime in the last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) produced a memo which reclassified **88%** of its workers as Schedule F. https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1330723085344006145
Trump now believes he can fire nearly everyone at OMB at will. More agencies are likely to follow OMB in reclassifying portions of their workforces as Schedule F soon. Trump likely hopes to replace swathes of the career federal workforce with loyalists. 8/ https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-transition-civilservants/trump-order-could-spark-mass-firings-of-civil-servants-before-inauguration-lawmakers-warn-idINL1N2IB01Y
Obviously we are not taking this sitting down. Democrats in both House and Senate have filed legislation to nullify Trump's Schedule F order. 9/ https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/1321112969602805760
The @OversightDems Committee is pursuing an investigation to track other reclassifications of workers, so that we can see where this is happening. Lawsuits have been filed, and a big fight over this is coming. 10/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/10/union-lawmakers-attempt-to-block-schedule-f-executive-order-through-new-lawsuit-legislation/ https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1331691804949950466
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/10/union-lawmakers-attempt-to-block-schedule-f-executive-order-through-new-lawsuit-legislation/ https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1331691804949950466
I'm working with colleagues to block funding for reclassification of federal workers under Trump's order. https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1331383028304781313
Trump hopes to leave his successor with a sabotaged government amid a pandemic and economic crisis. It's contemptible and we have to stop him. 11/11
Trump hopes to leave his successor with a sabotaged government amid a pandemic and economic crisis. It's contemptible and we have to stop him. 11/11
One more thing. Some of you may remember that a top public official Trump appointed to oversee the federal workforce resigned last month because he could not in good conscience cooperate with a new order from the President. He resigned over this. 12/11 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-civil-servants-resign/2020/10/26/69d05a22-17a4-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html
More: the Energy Department and Office of Personnel Management have both reportedly taken steps to reclassify portions of their workforces as Schedule F.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moves-to-strip-job-protections-from-white-house-budget-analysts-as-he-races-to-transform-civil-service/2020/11/27/d04f6eba-2e69-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063719123
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/this-excel-spreadsheet-could-put-thousands-of-federal-employees-in-trumps-crosshairs
@mattshuham got the form the Administration is using:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moves-to-strip-job-protections-from-white-house-budget-analysts-as-he-races-to-transform-civil-service/2020/11/27/d04f6eba-2e69-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063719123
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/this-excel-spreadsheet-could-put-thousands-of-federal-employees-in-trumps-crosshairs
@mattshuham got the form the Administration is using:
