In a stunning move Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order moving many “policy-making” federal employees to a new classification that removes their “civil service protections” going into effect just before inauguration in January.
The new order essentially moves certain executive branch “men and women in the Federal service employed in positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character” to a new Classification F. This classification essentially moves these employees from union protections to “at-will” employees.
In the order, the President states, “Unfortunately, the Government’s current performance management is inadequate, as recognized by Federal workers themselves. For instance, the 2016 Merit Principles Survey reveals that less than a quarter of Federal employees believe their agency addresses poor performers effectively.”
“Separating employees who cannot or will not meet required performance standards is important, and it is particularly important with regard to employees in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions. High performance by such employees can meaningfully enhance agency operations, while poor performance can...
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5 comments:
Oh, I like that!
It’s a cheap ploy to let the Trump administration replace talent and acumen with fealty and self-dealing.”
Bullshit. It’s a way to FINALLY cut the dead weight from the over-bloated government rolls. Good work, Mr President!
A B O U T TIME.
as a voting taxpayer i approve this message.
it's always good practice to separate the heads of organs unable to succeed at assigned tasks from the employees attempting to do their jobs correctly and go home at the end of the day. a culture of nepotism is controlled from the top down. a culture of failure is also controlled from the top down. when the CEO finds an incompetent subordinate stymying progress to profitability, he only gives that subordinate so many opportunities to fail before replacing him. Rules need to reflect the realities of operations. Rules that keep incompetence in positions of control need to get changed.
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