Key Updates
Summary
The Order is intended to restore accountability in career civil service, reinstating a prior administration policy, Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service). The Order alters the previous policy to focus on career professionals. Additionally, Executive Order 14003 of January 22, 2021 is revoked along with any rules, regulations, guidance or policy associated.
Legal Challenges
| Date Complaint Filed | January 20, 2025 |
| Venue | United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
| Summary |
Plaintiffs are seeking to declare that the Executive Order is unlawful and enjoin Defendants (President Trump and various agencies and officials) from creating a new excepted service, Schedule F. Plaintiffs claim that Defendants will move a number of employees into this new service category “with the goal that many would then be fired.” Plaintiffs argue that the Executive Order is unlawful because it exceeds statutory authority and is contrary to congressional intent, covers people other than political appointees, deprives federal employees of accrued due process rights, and violates the Administrative Procedure Act. |
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