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Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

AI Summary: This is a policy document - specifically an Executive Order that reinstates and modifies a previous Executive Order (13957) creating a new employment classification called "Schedule Policy/Career" within the federal workforce. This regulation establishes a new categorization for federal employees in policy-influencing positions with reduced job protections. The order reinstates a previous policy that allows easier removal of federal employees in policy-determining roles, renaming the previous "Schedule F" to "Schedule Policy/Career". Key provisions include requiring federal employees to faithfully implement administration policies, allowing for dismissal if they do not, and giving agency heads more discretion in removing employees in these positions. The order revokes previous protections for federal workers and directs the Office of Personnel Management to amend civil service regulations to support these changes. Employees in these new schedule positions are not required to personally support the current president but must implement administration policies consistent with their constitutional oath. The order aims to increase accountability in the federal workforce, particularly for those in positions that shape and implement policy actions affecting Americans.