You’ve heard the stories of civil servants silenced & pushed out. You know that many agencies lost staff & suspect figures made it into career ranks

But just how much damage did Trump cause?

In a new memo, RDP has tried to arrive at an answer

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https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Existential-Threat-to-the-Civil-Service.pdf

In an extensive review of reporting from the last 4 years, RDP recorded examples of 5 primary ways that the Trump admin politicized the civil service:

1) Staffing loss
2) Regulatory Erosion
3) Burrowing
4) Manipulation of Career Hiring
5) Ongoing political appointments

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The resulting picture is a frightening one.

And, it is likely incomplete. We need Congress, with its unrivaled investigatory tools, to uncover what has remained beyond the reach of media scrutiny.

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But many of the necessary steps to repair the damage, in the short- & long-term, are already evident

These include:

- Using available authorities to hire quickly
- Firing remaining Trump staff
- Reducing the number of political appointees
- Increasing agency budgets

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