Systematic Coordination Emerges in Federal Worker Purge and Civil Service Dismantling

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

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 force (RIF) notices. The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint targeted up to 50,000 federal workers, transforming nonpartisan positions into at-will political appointments. These actions represent a profound restructuring of the federal workforce, prioritizing political loyalty over institutional expertise and professional civil service standards.

Key Actors

Trump Administration Heritage Foundation Office of Personnel Management Federal Employee Unions Project 2025 Coalition Paul Dans Russell Vought Everett Kelley

Tags

regulatory-capture institutional-corruption industry-influence systematic-coordination civil-service-reform political-loyalty-test project-2025 schedule-f

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