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Creating Schedule G In The Excepted Service
The order creates Schedule G for noncareer federal policy-making and policy-advocating positions that typically change with presidential transitions.
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It establishes a new hiring category outside the competitive civil service and exempts covered employees from most civil-service removal rules, unless a statute requires otherwise.
What the order does
- Creates Schedule G for noncareer policy-making or policy-advocating positions normally subject to change after a presidential transition.
- Defines transition-sensitive positions to include those whose appointments require approval from the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
- Directs the Office of Personnel Management to issue implementing regulations and update federal personnel rules.
- Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assess whether Schedule G candidates can advance the President’s policies without considering their political affiliation or activity.
Who it affects
- Noncareer federal employees and applicants in policy-making or policy-advocating roles.
- Federal agencies that classify, appoint, or remove employees in excepted-service positions.
- Department of Veterans Affairs officials and Schedule G candidates.