🔍Proposed Rule on Federal Employee Accountability and Performance
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
Summary
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The proposed rule lets policy-influencing positions be moved into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or undermine the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives.
Agencies
- Personnel Management Office
Business Impact
$$$ - High
The proposed rule significantly impacts businesses through changes in employee accountability measures within federal agencies. Specifically, it allows for expedited removal of federal employees from policy-influencing positions, which could affect contractors and businesses dependent on government regulations and policies. This reflects on actual operational efficiencies that could affect compliance and performance in related sectors.