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The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Sideline and prepare to fire independent civil servants
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This order encourages agencies to put career staff on paid leave or reassign them new or vague duties, and requests a list of easily-terminated federal workers.
Guidance on Probationary Periods, Administrative Leave and Details
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January 20, 2025
Under this guidance, agencies have until Friday, January 25, to provide to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) a report of all employees who are subject to termination without cause (i.e., those on probationary periods and temporary appointments). Agencies are further directed to consider which of them should be retained. This guidance also encourages agencies to make broad use of administrative leave (paid time off) in connection with agency restructuring or to manage the agency’s work. The guidance also encourages agencies to reassign employees, including to an unclassified set of duties, to facilitate agency restructuring or management.
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