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17. Article about that Executive Order

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:39 PM

Nov 2020

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2020/10/executive-order-obliterating-civil-service-protections-gets-an-f/

It doesn't look like that order strips protections from civil servants being fired. It has more to do them being hired: allowing these kinds of appointments to positions that formerly required an open competitive process which avoided the whole appointee situation.

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If Biden can't fire Drumps DOD loyalists [View all] jpak Nov 2020 OP

Oh yes he can. Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #1

They are political appointees. Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #2

TY jpak Nov 2020 #4

Or Biden can use Trump's new EO and have DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #8

I thought appointees served at the will of the President... Spazito Nov 2020 #5

Yes, that's true. dware Nov 2020 #9

He can fire them. I don't know why CNN and other places are BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #6

Yes that's what I heard on CNN jpak Nov 2020 #7

I'm confused too about how that talking point even got started. Mike 03 Nov 2020 #10

Something about these people being able to "burrow" into their jobs BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #11

Biden's DoD can create the traditional "F Troop" and assign them to NCjack Nov 2020 #12

Loopholes about civil service protections Hela Nov 2020 #13

Why can't he fire them? LisaL Nov 2020 #14

He can fire any political appointee he chooses StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #15

Article about that Executive Order Hela Nov 2020 #17