Good government experts warn that President Trump’s revival of Schedule F, inserting new criteria into the hiring process and demand for a list of all feds who are still on their probationary period portend a mass firing of career workers as the new administration seeks to reshape the federal bureaucracy.

President Donald Trump announced the reinstallation of Schedule F on Monday, one of several executive actions taken in the hours after his inauguration.

President Trump reinstated a revised executive order from his first term that would make it easier for the White House to remove policy-facing federal employees — including Senior Executive Service employees.

The executive order brings back "Schedule F," that allows many federal employees to be reclassified as political appointees, making it easier to remove workers deemed insufficiently loyal to his administration.

OPM asked federal agencies to compile lists of workers to consider terminating, reflecting DOGE's goals to cut the government workforce.

OPM said technological advances necessitated the changes, but some stakeholders argued the modifications still don’t reflect current governmental needs.

Hours after President Donald Trump was inaugurated into his second presidential term Monday, he took to the stage of the Capital One Arena in Washington and signed two executive orders on the federal workforce,

Agencies to receive new plans to improve the hiring process and performance plans for SESers in the next 120 days under Trump administration’s new policies.

A former federal firefighter said the president’s executive order could interrupt the government’s ability to hire seasonal employees.

Executive orders are written directives issued by a president that manage the operations of the U.S. government. They have the force of law similar to regulations issued by federal agencies, according to the American Bar Association.

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