Executive Order: Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
Summary
This executive order expands the Schedule Policy/Career excepted service category, transferring certain federal positions from competitive service to at-will employment to facilitate removal for poor performance or misconduct. It directs agency heads to petition for reclassification of policy-influencing roles, mandates performance bonus pools for these employees, and amends civil service rules to exempt them from standard adverse action procedures.
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Key Takeaways
- 1.Transfer of policy-influencing positions to Schedule Policy/Career, exempting them from adverse action procedures (Section 1).
- 2.Agency heads must petition OPM to reclassify competitive service positions as Schedule Policy/Career (Section 3(a)(ii)).
- 3.Mandatory separate bonus pools and a new Presidential award program for Schedule Policy/Career employees (Section 4).
- 4.Amendments to civil service rules allowing retention of competitive status for certain employees transitioning to excepted service (Section 2).
- 5.Exemption of Schedule Policy/Career employees from trial periods (Section 2(d)).
Market Implications
The order increases operational flexibility for federal contractors by potentially accelerating personnel changes in policy-influencing roles, which may reduce bureaucratic delays in contract execution and policy implementation.
Full Analysis
The order increases operational flexibility for federal contractors by potentially accelerating personnel changes in policy-influencing roles, which may reduce bureaucratic delays in contract execution and policy implementation.
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