# Schedule F: Reclassifying Federal Employees

> Created a new 'Schedule F' in the excepted service stripping civil-service protections from policy-related federal positions, making them easier to dismiss.

Donald Trump · Government & Workforce · Executive Order · EO 13957 · Oct 21, 2020
Official record: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-23780

## What happened

Created a new 'Schedule F' in the excepted service stripping civil-service protections from policy-related federal positions, making them easier to dismiss. Rescinded by Biden in 2021 and revived in Trump's second term.

## How it happened

Issued by executive order in the final months of the first term; never fully implemented before the change of administration.

## Documented impact

- [positive / contested] Supporters argued it increases accountability of the bureaucracy. — Proponents said it lets elected leaders remove underperforming or obstructive officials.
- [negative / contested] Critics warned it politicizes the civil service. — Unions and good-government groups said it could enable patronage and erode merit-based protections for tens of thousands of workers.

## Sources

- [Federal Register: EO 13957](https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-23780)

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