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The order would have removed long-held protections from tens of thousands of career bureaucrats, making them easier to dismiss. That would give the president vast powers to reshape the federal government at will \u2014 and could politicize positions long treated as nonpartisan, the board said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Trump administration attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-civil-service-biden\/2021\/01\/18\/5daf34c4-59b3-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5\">unsuccessfully<\/a> to rush through the change before the end of its term, and, upon taking office, President Biden immediately rescinded the order,\u201d the board said in an editorial published Aug. 30. \u201cBut, according to a troubling recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/07\/22\/trump-2025-radical-plan-second-term\">report<\/a> from Axios\u2019s Jonathan Swan, Mr. Trump and his associates plan to quickly reinstate Schedule F if he is elected in 2024, using it to fire career employees and replace them with loyalists. Other potential GOP presidential hopefuls have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/08\/03\/2024-gop-hopefuls-trump-plan-purge-civil-servants\">indicated<\/a> they would consider targeting the federal workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal bureaucracy includes some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/07\/26\/trump-schedule-f-civil-service\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8\">2 million employees<\/a> who keep the government operating. The Trump administration claimed Schedule F is needed to make it easier for supervisors to remove poor performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo doubt there are ways to reform evaluation and dismissal processes so they are more nimble and responsive,\u201d the Post editorial board said. \u201cBut much of our government\u2019s expertise rests with civil servants. A system that sees more people enter and leave federal agencies with the political churn would be less knowledgeable and efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schedule F would also eliminate one of the major appeals of federal jobs: the understanding that there will be some measure of stability even when there are changes in administrations, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats have introduced legislation that would forestall such a possibility. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/302\">Preventing a Patronage System Act<\/a>, sponsored by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia would block positions from being classified outside the existing system unless Congress consents. 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