Trump signed Executive Order creating, “Schedule F” classification that would strip job protections from tens of thousands of federal employees. Biden revoked it, but Trump vowed to reinstate immediately. Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for firing 50,000+ civil servants.
Schedule F and the Plan to Purge Civil Service
Key Facts4
- 01October 2020: Signed Executive Order 13957 creating 'Schedule F' classification
- 02Would have stripped job protections from tens of thousands of federal employees
- 03Allowed firing career civil servants and replacing with political appointees
- 04Biden immediately revoked upon taking office (January 2021)
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