New executive order could strip civil service protections from wide swaths federal workforce

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 2:56 p.m.

b'An extraordinary new White House executive order will reclassify certain career federal employees as political. It gives agency heads the authority to hire or fire them at will. The EO from President Trump creates a brand new schedule in excepted service for career people in certain policy-making roles. The EO may not make enough waves to count as an "October surprise." But for federal employees it\'s a doozy. Federal News Network\'s Nicole Ogrysko joined the Federal Drive with more.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'