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American Military News
3 days ago
- Politics
- American Military News
Trump admin unveils Constitution training course for top gov't employees
President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to launch a new 80-hour training course on the U.S. Constitution and the government's 'founding ideals' for Senior Executive Service employees. According to an Office of Personnel and Management memo obtained by Real Clear Politics, the syllabus for the Trump administration's new training course includes an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution, 'Founding ideals of our government,' and the 47th president's executive orders. Real Clear Politics reported that the U.S. Office of Personnel and Management's new training program will require individuals who want to become Senior Executive Service employees to complete 80 hours of video training. The outlet noted that the training will conclude with two days of in-person training in Washington, D.C. The Office of Personnel and Management's website states that Senior Executive Service employees 'serve in key positions just below top Presidential appointees.' The website describes Senior Executive Service employees as the 'major link' between presidential appointees and the rest of the government's workforce. The website adds, 'They operate and oversee nearly every government activity in approximately 75 Federal agencies.' READ MORE: Video: Canada 'considering' offer to become 51st state for free Golden Dome, Trump says According to Real Clear Politics, the new Office of Personnel and Management's training for Senior Executive Service employees is expected to launch in September and will affect agencies throughout the federal government under the Trump administration. The memo obtained by Real Clear Politics explained that the goal of the new training is to 'ensure that SES officials uphold the Constitution and the rule of law and effectively serve the American people.' Real Clear Politics reported that the memo outlining the upcoming training course for Senior Executive Service employees is part of the Office of Personnel and Management's 'Executive Core Qualifications.' The outlet noted that diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics have been removed by the Trump administration and that new Senior Executive Service employees will be selected on competence, merit, and 'dedication to our Nation's Founding ideals.' According to the memo, the Trump administration is also planning to require each agency's Executive Review Boards to add a majority of employees who have not served as career government employees. Real Clear Politics reported that the Executive Review Boards handle the hiring, assessment, and management of Senior Executive Service employees. The memo noted, 'These requirements ensure that effective implementation of the President's policies is at the forefront of agency executive management decisions.'
Axios
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Axios
What to know about Trump's efforts to replace federal workers under Schedule F
The Trump administration announced Friday that it would move forward with mass firings of more federal workers under the auspices of a new rule, previously known as" Schedule F." Why it matters: The plan will allow Trump to gut civil service protections from a large swath of federal workers, paving the way to replace them with loyalists. The big picture: Beneath the layer of political appointees every president can nominate, the federal government is staffed by large numbers of civil servants in nonpartisan roles that come with protections that shield them from politically-motivated firings. During his first term, President Trump issued an executive order known as "Schedule F," which took aim at these protections. Even before Trump officially launched his second presidential run, reports abounded that he planned to resurrect Schedule F during his second term. During his campaign, Trump vowed to slash the size of the " deep state" federal government and fire " rogue bureaucrats and career politicians." What is the new rule? The new rule, dubbed "Schedule Policy/Career," will reclassify many career civil servants as "at will" employees, making them easier to remove from their posts. This new rule will impact workers involved in policymaking, two White House officials familiar with the plan told Axios. Flashback: Weeks ahead of the 2020 election, Trump issued an executive order known as "Schedule F" that would have reclassified tens of thousands of federal workers whose roles involved policy-making functions. That new category made it easier to fire federal employees in civil servant positions and career posts who were considered disloyal to the president. Former President Biden rescinded the executive order after he took office. Reinstating Schedule F Plans for reinstating Schedule F to fire federal workers have been percolating for months. On his first day back in office, the Trump issued an executive order essentially reinstating Schedule F. In the order, Trump talked about the need to bring accountability to the federal workforce, arguing it is too difficult to fire underperforming workers with their current job protections. The Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) issued a memo in January that set deadlines for agencies to determine which workers might be subject to Schedule F reclassification. Zoom in: Reinstating Schedule F was also a facet of Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which Trump's allies touted as the administration's agenda. Who could be impacted? As many as 50,000 federal workers — about 2% of the federal workforce — could be affected by Schedule F reclassification.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Here are the agencies that followed Musk's DOGE productivity email verdict – and the ones that didn't
When Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chair Elon Musk asked federal staffers to respond to a personal productivity email or get fired — not all federal agencies complied. While some leaders of federal agencies voiced support for the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) email instructing staffers to provide a summary of the tasks they accomplished the previous week by Monday at 11:59 p.m., and participated themselves, others instructed their agencies to ignore it. One million federal workers did comply with Musk's request, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday. "All federal workers should be working at the same pace that President Trump is working and moving," Leavitt told reporters at the White House Tuesday. "We have a country to save, and we want this federal government to be responsive to the needs of the American people who re-elected this president to have historic, massive reform. And that's what the intention of this idea is." Musk unveiled the email in a post on X Saturday and cautioned that a failure to reply was equivalent to handing in a resignation. "Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week," Musk wrote. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation." Although the deadline has passed, it's not over for those who didn't reply. Musk said later on Monday in a post on X that "subject to the discretion of the President, they will be given another chance" to respond. Failure to do so will result in termination, he said. Read On The Fox News App 'If You Don't Answer…you're Fired': Trump Stands Behind Musk's Doge Productivity Email However, the White House said Tuesday that employees should look to their own agency for guidance on how to proceed with the directive. "Agencies should consider any appropriate actions regarding employees who fail to respond to activity," a White House official told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "It is agency leadership's decision as to what actions are taken." Musk is heading up the newly created DOGE, which aims to reduce government waste and fraud. Here are the agencies that followed Musk's directive: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy listed five accomplishments he completed for the week, pointing to the Trump administration's effort to halt New York City's congestion pricing toll program, which charges passenger vehicles $9 to enter certain areas of Manhattan. "Mr. President, 5 things I did last week:" Duffy posted to X Monday. "1. Terminated NYC elitist, anti-worker congestion pricing. 2. Launched an investigation into the $16 billion in taxpayer dollars wasted on a high-speed rail project that, after 17 years, has yet to lay a single mile of track. 3. Saved $10 million a year by eliminating redundant and outdated landlines." Other tasks Duffy listed included visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Warrenton, Virginia, and touring the Burbank, California, traffic control tower. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins posted his own productivity report to X Monday, taking credit for processing 1 million disability claims for fiscal year 2025 and identifying "wasteful" contracts to cancel. "I launched a review of VA's community care practices so we can maximize Veterans' health care choices (more on this in the future)!" Collins said in the post. Kelly Loeffler, who is leading the Small Business Administration (SBA), shared a list with Fox News Digital of five things she accomplished following her Wednesday confirmation. Among the tasks she cited were supporting "the Office of the Advocate to work across agencies to cut burdensome regulation imposed on small businesses," and establishing the Office of Manufacturing and Trade to advance President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda. Other tasks included creating a fraud working group to analyze loan fraud and meeting with governors to discuss SBA's services at the state level. SBA aims to provide small business owners with counseling, capital and contracting expertise to advance their businesses. Trump Rattles Off 'Flagrant Scams' Uncovered By Doge, Takes Aim At Fort Knox In Cpac Speech Here are the agencies that have pushed back on Musk's email edict: Darin Selnick, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, issued a letter Sunday to civilian personnel at the Pentagon about how to handle the matter. "When and if required, the Department will coordinate responses to the email you have received from OPM," he wrote. "For now, please pause any response to the OPM email titled, 'What did you do last week.'" The State Department also ensured its staff didn't need to feel compelled to respond to OPM's email. "The State Department will respond on behalf of the Department," Tibor Nagy, the acting undersecretary of management, said in an email Saturday. "No employee is obligated to report their activities outside their Department chain of command." FBI Director Kash Patel also instructed his employees to disregard Musk's email. Dod Tells Civilian Workforce To Ignore Elon Musk's Request To Report Productivity "FBI personnel may have received an email from OPM requesting information," Patel told employees in an email on Saturday. "The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures. When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses." Likewise, the Justice Department also issued similar instructions, according to a letter obtained by CNN. While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) didn't order its employees to disregard the OPM email, it did warn its personnel to exercise caution if they chose to respond and use "a high level of generality and describe your work in a manner to protect sensitive data," NBC News reported. "There is no HHS expectation that HHS employees respond to OPM and there is no impact to your employment with the agency if you choose not to respond," the email from HHS said, according to NBC News. "That said, if you choose to respond, here are the guidelines you should follow." "Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly," the email said. An HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. President Donald Trump said Monday the rejection by the agencies was "friendly," and due to the nature of their work. "That was done in a friendly manner," Trump said at a Monday press briefing alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. "Only things such as, perhaps Marco (Rubio) at State Department, where they have very confidential things. Or the FBI, where they're working on confidential things. And they don't mean that in any way combatively with Elon. They're just saying there are some people that you don't want to really have them tell you what they're working on last week." Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report. Original article source: Here are the agencies that followed Musk's DOGE productivity email verdict – and the ones that didn't
Fox News
25-02-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Here are the agencies that followed Musk's DOGE productivity email verdict – and the ones that didn't
When Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chair Elon Musk asked federal staffers to respond to a personal productivity email or get fired – not all federal agencies complied. While some leaders of federal agencies voiced support for the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) email instructing staffers to provide a summary of the tasks they accomplished the previous week by Monday at 11:59 p.m., and participated themselves, others instructed their agencies to ignore it. One million federal workers did comply with Musk's request, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday. "All federal workers should be working at the same pace that President Trump is working and moving," Leavitt told reporters at the White House Tuesday. "We have a country to save, and we want this federal government to be responsive to the needs of the American people who re-elected this president to have historic, massive reform. And that's what the intention of this idea is." Musk unveiled the email in a post on X Saturday and cautioned that a failure to reply was equivalent to handing in a resignation. "Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week," Musk wrote. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation." Although the deadline has passed, it's not over for those who didn't reply. Musk said later on Monday in a post on X that "subject to the discretion of the President, they will be given another chance" to respond. Failure to do so will result in termination, he said. However, the White House said Tuesday that employees should look to their own agency for guidance on how to proceed with the directive. "Agencies should consider any appropriate actions regarding employees who fail to respond to activity," a White House official told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "It is agency leadership's decision as to what actions are taken." Musk is heading up the newly created DOGE, which aims to reduce government waste and fraud. Here are the agencies that followed Musk's directive: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy listed five accomplishments he completed for the week, pointing to the Trump administration's effort to halt New York City's congestion pricing toll program, which charges passenger vehicles $9 to enter certain areas of Manhattan. "Mr. President, 5 things I did last week:" Duffy posted to X Monday. "1. Terminated NYC elitist, anti-worker congestion pricing. 2. Launched an investigation into the $16 billion in taxpayer dollars wasted on a high-speed rail project that, after 17 years, has yet to lay a single mile of track. 3. Saved $10 million a year by eliminating redundant and outdated landlines." Other tasks Duffy listed included visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Warrenton, Virginia, and touring the Burbank, California, traffic control tower. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins posted his own productivity report to X Monday, taking credit for processing 1 million disability claims for fiscal year 2025 and identifying "wasteful" contracts to cancel. "I launched a review of VA's community care practices so we can maximize Veterans' health care choices (more on this in the future)!" Collins said in the post. Kelly Loeffler, who is leading the Small Business Administration (SBA), shared a list with Fox News Digital of five things she accomplished following her Wednesday confirmation. Among the tasks she cited were supporting "the Office of the Advocate to work across agencies to cut burdensome regulation imposed on small businesses," and establishing the Office of Manufacturing and Trade to advance President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda. Other tasks included creating a fraud working group to analyze loan fraud and meeting with governors to discuss SBA's services at the state level. SBA aims to provide small business owners with counseling, capital and contracting expertise to advance their businesses. Here are the agencies that have pushed back on Musk's email edict: Darin Selnick, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, issued a letter Sunday to civilian personnel at the Pentagon about how to handle the matter. "When and if required, the Department will coordinate responses to the email you have received from OPM," he wrote. "For now, please pause any response to the OPM email titled, 'What did you do last week.'" The State Department also ensured its staff didn't need to feel compelled to respond to OPM's email. "The State Department will respond on behalf of the Department," Tibor Nagy, the acting undersecretary of management, said in an email Saturday. "No employee is obligated to report their activities outside their Department chain of command." FBI Director Kash Patel also instructed his employees to disregard Musk's email. "FBI personnel may have received an email from OPM requesting information," Patel told employees in an email on Saturday. "The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures. When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses." Likewise, the Justice Department also issued similar instructions, according to a letter obtained by CNN. While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) didn't order its employees to disregard the OPM email, it did warn its personnel to exercise caution if they chose to respond and use "a high level of generality and describe your work in a manner to protect sensitive data," NBC News reported. "There is no HHS expectation that HHS employees respond to OPM and there is no impact to your employment with the agency if you choose not to respond," the email from HHS said, according to NBC News. "That said, if you choose to respond, here are the guidelines you should follow." "Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly," the email said. An HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
