Office of Personnel Management

Trump Executive Order Extends Hiring Freeze with Political Approval Requirements

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump signed an executive order titled ‘Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring’ on October 15, 2025, extending the federal hiring freeze and requiring all federal hiring decisions to be approved by ‘Strategic Hiring Committees’ consisting of senior …

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Federal workforce shrinks by 59,000 jobs with 154,000 on paid leave

| Importance: 6/10

Department of Labor reported 59,000 federal jobs eliminated by June 2025 under DOGE initiative, with additional 154,000 employees (6% of 2.3 million civilian workforce) participating in deferred resignation program paying full salary and benefits through September 30, 2025 to accelerate exodus of …

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Trump Administration Implements Loyalty Tests for Federal Hiring

| Importance: 8/10

OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan requires applicants at GS-05 level and above to write four 200-word essays including how they would advance Trump’s policy …

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Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification

| Importance: 9/10

The Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sets a critical April 20 deadline for federal agencies to submit recommendations for Schedule Policy/Career (formerly Schedule F) worker reclassifications. This initiative targets an estimated 50,000 positions (approximately 2% of …

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DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning

| Importance: 8/10

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) demanded $4 million from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to fund 20 full-time positions tasked with implementing widespread federal workforce reductions. OPM was required to submit Reduction in Force (RIF) plans targeting approximately 70,000 …

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Systematic Coordination Emerges in Federal Worker Purge and Civil Service Dismantling

| Importance: 8/10

The Trump administration systematically dismantled federal civil service protections through Schedule F, an executive order enabling mass reclassification and termination of career civil servants. By October 2025, approximately 4,200 federal workers across at least 7 agencies received reduction in …

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Coordinated Federal Workforce Purge: Schedule F and DOJ Personnel Removal

| Importance: 10/10

Trump administration implements Schedule F executive order on first day of presidency, systematically dismantling civil service protections and targeting DOJ prosecution staff. The order reclassifies an estimated 50,000 federal workers, effectively politicizing key policy positions and allowing …

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Coordinated Federal Workforce Purge: Schedule F and DOJ Personnel Removal

| Importance: 10/10

Trump administration implements unprecedented Schedule F (renamed Schedule Policy/Career) executive order on first day of presidency, systematically dismantling civil service protections and targeting DOJ prosecution staff. The order reclassifies an estimated 50,000 federal workers (2% of federal …

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Trump Issues Original Schedule F Executive Order: Civil Service Protection Elimination

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump issued an executive order creating Schedule F, a radical reclassification mechanism designed to strip civil service protections from approximately 50,000 federal workers in ‘policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating’ positions. The order would effectively …

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