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Schedule Policy/Career: What You Lose, What Survives

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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...

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Schedule Policy/Career and Whistleblower Rights

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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...

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Schedule Policy/Career and Civil Service Protections

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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...

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Schedule Policy/Career Is No Longer Theoretical

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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...

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Russell Vought and Federal Employee Rights

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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...

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HHS Schedule Policy/Career Reclassification

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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...

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Schedule Policy/Career Risks for Federal Employees

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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...

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Schedule Policy/Career: Loss of Loan Repayment & Incentives

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Federal employees facing possible reclassification into Schedule Policy/Career now have a new and very practical concern: compensation.

Recent supplemental guidance from OPM confi...

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Schedule Policy/Career: Which Federal Jobs Are at Risk

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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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