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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...
For federal employees moved into Schedule Policy/Career, the most important question is not simply whether protections still exist. It is whether those protections can be meaningfu...
President Trump’s June 3, 2026 executive order moving roughly 8,000 federal positions into Schedule Policy/Career has understandably drawn intense attention across the federal work...
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...
ProPublica’s recent video on Russell Vought is not ordinary political commentary. For federal employees, it is a warning about how ideas discussed in private strategy rooms can bec...
Federal employees at HHS are reportedly facing the first major rollout of Schedule Policy/Career, the revived version of what was formerly known as Schedule F. According to Governm...
If you are a federal employee, the past few days are not just political theater. They implicate civil service protections, paycheck stability, and your ability to raise concerns wi...
Federal employees facing possible reclassification into Schedule Policy/Career now have a new and very practical concern: compensation.
Recent supplemental guidance from OPM confi...
The Office of Personnel Management has finalized a new rule creating Schedule Policy/Career, a classification aimed at “policy-influencing” positions. The government’s own estimate...
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