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The president-elect's previous experience with a governmentwide 79-day halt to agency hiring could inform his new approach to the federal workforce, if those lessons still apply.
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Trump’s second-term agenda: Breaking the bureaucracy
Sep 16, 2024 · Democrats, good government experts and federal employee groups say the return of Schedule F would effectively end the 150-year-old merit based civil service system, first established by the ...
House approves bill adding more red tape to agency rulemaking …
Dec 12, 2023 · The House on Tuesday voted 218-203 to pass legislation that Republicans argue will improve accountability in the federal rulemaking process, but Democrats and the Biden administration blasted it ...
Trust in the Federal Government is Low, But ... - Government …
Mar 23, 2022 · Only four in 10 people trust the federal government to do what’s right, according to a new survey, but Americans have a more favorable view when asked specifically about the people and ...
Bush and the bureaucracy: a crusade for control
Mar 25, 2005 · To Moffit and other proponents of strong management, the Bush White House has indeed initiated a dramatic transformation of the federal bureaucracy, trying to create a leaner, more results ...
That Time Bill Clinton Declared ‘The Era of Big Government Is Over’
May 4, 2022 · It proposed eliminating, privatizing and consolidating whole agencies and Cabinet departments, slashing federal employment, and trimming federal pay and benefits. And it was a huge political success.
Beyond Czars: Meeting Bureaucracy-Spanning Challenges
Feb 21, 2023 · That’s why presidents have found it necessary to appoint czars. They fill a gap that the federal bureaucracy (and its mirror image on Capitol Hill) cannot, at least as currently configured.
The House Has Approved a Bill to Prevent Future Schedules F
Sep 15, 2022 · In October 2020, Trump signed an executive order establishing Schedule F, a new classification within the federal government’s excepted service, and instructed federal agencies to identify and ...
The Spoils System Still Threatens the Civil Service
Feb 28, 2023 · Employee group urges centralized response to increase in doxxing and threats against federal workers