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OPM's new suitability rule lets the agency order the removal of a sitting federal employee for conduct that happened after they were hired — and Government Executive's headline for...

OPM's Schedule Policy/Career reclassification converted roughly 8,000 career federal positions last month into an at-will job category — and more than 50 members of Congress now sa...

A new OPM suitability rule takes effect July 30, 2026, and it creates a second path for removing sitting federal employees that runs entirely outside the Chapter 75 adverse-action ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has agreed to hear, en banc, a case that could decide how far federal agencies can go in removing career employees without the pro...

OPM has finalized a new suitability rule that lets agencies remove current federal employees for serious misconduct that happens after they're hired — closing a gap that, until now...

A recent executive order reportedly removed civil service protections from an estimated 8,000 federal employees. That is serious, and affected employees should review the appendix ...

For months, federal employees have been watching the return of Schedule F under a new name: Schedule Policy/Career. On June 3, 2026, the President signed an executive order impleme...

A growing number of agencies, especially the Department of Defense, are fast-tracking removals by handling “performance” issues under Chapter 75 instead of Chapter 43. Both chapter...

A newly leaked “Department of War” memo is changing how the Department of Defense handles removals for “unacceptable performance.” It directs supervisors and HR to act with “speed ...