Sanders added it is “problematic” if schedule F is being used to reinforce and maintain political loyalty.
The spoils system was replaced by the current merit-based system where career employees serve multiple administrations, carrying out their jobs independent of politics.
The Biden administration erected temporary roadblocks at the federal Office of Personnel Management – rules aimed at protecting federal workers from retaliatory mass firings.
The District of Columbia itself has the largest individual chunk of federal workers in any state or territory, with more than 162,000.
But it could also be devastating to employment in states that went to Trump, where roughly 967,000 federal workers live.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Ronald Sanders –, Trump’s, –, Sanders, Max Stier, “, ” Stier, didn’t, Karoline Leavitt, Biden, Will Lanzoni, Elon Musk, Mandy Gunasekara, Everett Kelley –, Joyce Howell, “ They’re, Marie Owens Powell, Sunlen Serfaty, Tierney Sneed
Organizations:
CNN, Trump, Energy Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Partnership for Public Service, Management, DC, of Columbia, Convention Center, Land Management, EPA, Unions, American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE, ”, American Civil Liberties Union, Democracy
Locations:
Maryland, Virginia, Beach, West Palm Beach , Florida, Washington, Colorado