The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.
The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers from their jobs, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.
On Friday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed a rule reclassifying tens of thousands of career civil servants as « at-will » employees, the White House announced in a statement. Removing civil service protections would make workers easier to fire.
The White House said the proposed rule would address « unaccountable, policy-determining federal employees who put their own interests ahead of the American people’s. »
President Trump and his allies, including billionaire Elon Musk, have said they want to « dismantle government bureaucracy », which they criticize as a « deep state », and root out what Trump has called « rogue bureaucrats. » They’ve claimed, without presenting evidence, that the government is rife with corrupt employees and non-existent workers. Trump has long argued that his administration should have greater flexibility in appointing people who will faithfully carry out his agenda and firing those who won’t.
